神奇树屋 - 黑夜里的骑士 - 03 跨过城桥

Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge

• 00:00 Discussing title of the chapter and explaining key words
• 02:55 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously/在阅读故事的同时讲解难点词汇

Key words/重点词汇

• 城桥 - drawbridge
• 护城河 - moat
• 通往 - to lead to
• 外围 - surrounding
• 吊桥 - drawbridge
• 守护 - to guard, to protect
• 进攻 - to attack, to assault, to go on the offensive
• 跨过 - to step across, to stride over, to cross over
• 迈过 - to step over
• 坎 - pit, hole
• 跨国企业 - transnational corporation, multinational corporation
• 沟 - ditch, gully, ravine
• 鸿沟 - gulf, chasm, wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 汉
• 障碍 - barriers, obstacles
• 白雾弥漫 - white fog fills the air
• 细小 - tiny, fine
• 弥漫 - to pervade, to fill the air, to saturate (the air with fog, smoke, etc.)
• 香味 - fragrance, smell
• 颗粒 - particles
• 望 - to gaze, to look into the distance
• 望远镜 - telescope, binoculars
• 显微镜 - microscope
• 近视 - nearsightedness
• 远视 - farsightedness
• 通道 - passage, channel, corridor
• 地下通道 - underground passage
• 通向 - leading to, direct toward, going towards
• 地道 - tunnel
• 地道 - authentic, genuine
• 人行横道 - pedestrian crossing
• 手电筒 - flashlight
• 装置 - equipment, device
• 夹着 - to press from either side, to place in between
• 皮革 - leather
• 书签 - bookmark
• 翻开 - to open (a book, etc.)
• 标记 - to mark, sign, mark, symbol
• 赴宴 - to attend a banquet
• 赴 - to go, to visit (e.g., another country), to attend (a banquet, etc.)
• 奔赴 - to rush to; to hurry to
• 出席 - to attend, to be present
• 聚会 - party, gathering, to meet, to get together
• 格调 - style, taste, character
• 长途 - long-distance
• 旅途 - journey, course of a journey
• 盔甲 - armor/armour
• 铠甲 - armor/armour
• 头盔 - helmet
• 工地 - construction site
• 材质 - material (that something is made of)
• 安全帽 - safety helmet
• 周遭 - surrounding
• 建筑物 - building, structure, edifice
• 研读 - to study attentively (a book), to delve into
• 章节 - chapter, section
• 上吊 - to hang oneself
• 不要在一棵树上吊死 - "don’t hang yourself on one tree" (literally), don't insist on only taking one road to Rome, there's more than one way to skin a cat, there are plenty of fish in the sea, there are other ways of achieving a desired outcome even if one avenue doesn't work out (proverb/俗语)
• 执念 - obsession, (when followed by 于) to be obsessive (about)
• 以 - in order to
• 护城河有很多谁，以保护城堡 - there is a lot of water in the moat in order to protect the castle
• 入侵 - to invade
• 侵入 - to make (military) incursions, to invade
• 互换 - to exchange, to swap
• 侵占 - to invade and occupy (territory)
• 侵略 - to invade, invasion
• 遭受 - to suffer, to sustain (loss, misfortune)
• 俄罗斯 - Russia
• 乌克兰 - Ukraine
• 鳄鱼 - crocodile
• 鳞片 - scales, fish scales

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