Picking up a button that had come off his shirt

what he/she said or did

asked about my family/showed me his pet parrot in its cage

what he/she seemed like

cheerful, a bit shy

Language points:

1 I was getting more and more annoyed and of course, the more upset I got, the less I was able to concentrate.我越来越烦躁，当然了，我越不高兴，就越难集中精力。

　　　More and more 越来越...。　　　

e.g. He became more and more interested in playing tennis.

他越来越喜欢打网球。

2. I turned around and glared at the person who was singing.

我转身怒视着那个哼唱的人。

　　　　glare at 怒视。　　　　

e.g. The fighting men were glaring at each other. 两个打斗的男人愤怒地对视着。

　　The angry father glared at his son. 愤怒的父亲瞪着儿子。

3. The fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn't matter. If anything, it made me even angrier.她看起来是个善解人意的友善的女孩，而这平添了我几分怒气。

句中that 所引导的是一个同位语从句。紧跟在名词之后并说明该名词是指何人何物的词语称为同位语。

e.g. Mr Wang, the father of one of my co-workers, is 94 years old and is still healthy.

王先生，我同事的父亲，今年94岁了还很健康。

　　句中的the father of one of my co-workers, 是Mr Wang 的同位语。

　　同位语从句与定语从句在结构上很相似，但同位语从句是用来解释先行词，表示其内容的；而定语从句则是用来修饰先行词，说明其性质和特征的。

　　e.g. I made a promise that if anyone set me free I would make him very rich.

我许下一个诺言：谁能还我自由，我就使他富有。（同位语从句）

The mother made a promise that pleased all her children.母亲许了一个使孩子