Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge
00:00 Discussing title of the chapter and explaining key words02:55 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously/在阅读故事的同时讲解难点词汇城桥 - 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 scaleshttps://ko-fi.com/acetracey