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 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

• 鼓声 - drumbeat, sound of drums
• 号角声 - sound of horns, trumpet sound
• 号角 - bugle horn
• 牛角 - cow horn
• 士气 - morale
• 哈利·波特 - Harry Potter
• 盛大 - grand, magnificent
• 盛况 - grand occasion
• 豪华 - luxurious
• 华丽 - magnificent, splendid
• 前所未有 - unprecedented (idiom)
• 典礼 - ceremony
• 宴会 - banquet
• 格调 - style
• 男子 - man, male
• 打鼓 - to beat a drum
• 描绘 - to describe, to portray
• 菜肴 - dishes, cuisine
• 乐曲 - musical composition
• 演奏 - to perform on a musical instrument
• 大厅堂 - grand hall
• 宴会堂 - banquet hall
• 端着 - to hold something level with both hands, to carry
• 餐盘 - dining plate
• 派饼 - pie
• 派 - pie
• 谐音 - homonym, homophone
• 音译 - transliteration
• 孔雀 - peacock
• 雄性 - male
• 开屏 - (a peacock) spreads its tail
• 扇子 - fan
• 蓝宝石 - sapphire
• 张望 - to gaze into the distance
• 浓雾 - thick fog
• 东张西望 - (idiom) to look around in all directions
• 一溜烟 - in the blink of an eye, like a wisp of smoke
• 蝙蝠侠 - Batman
• 一转眼 - in a wink/blink of an eye
• 一眨眼 - in a wink/blink of an eye
• 鹰房 - hawk house, mew (a building for trained hawks)
• 风车 - windmill, turbine (of all sorts, including handheld paper windmills)
• 护城河 - moat
• 通往 - leading to
• 弥漫 - to pervade, to fill the air, to saturate (the air with fog, smoke, etc.)
• 朦胧 - hazy

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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 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

• 研读 - to study attentively (a book), to delve into
• 城桥 - drawbridge
• 护城河 - moat
• 吊桥 - draw-bridge
• 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
• 侵入 - to make (military) incursions, to invade
• 鳄鱼 - crocodile
• 问号 - question mark, "?" (punctuation)
• 朦胧 - hazy
• 月色 - moonlight
• 微弱 - weak, faint, feeble
• 意象 - image, imagery
• 水墨画 - ink and wash painting
• 油画 - oil painting
• 抽象 - abstract
• 具象 - tangible image, concrete, representational (art)
• 写实 - realism, realistic portrayal, realistic, true to life
• 阴性 - feminine, yin (negative principle in nature)
• 浓雾 - thick fog
• 风车 - windmill, turbine (of all sorts, including handheld paper windmills)
• 风叶 - wind blade, fan blade
• 风扇 - electric fan
• 风磨坊 - windmill
• 磨 - to grind
• 工作坊 - workshop
• 研磨 - milling, to grind, to polish by grinding, to abrade; whetstone; pestle
• 谷物 - cereal, grain
• 小麦 - wheat
• 玉米 - corn, maize
• 风力 - wind force, wind power
• 发电 - to generate electricity
• 情景 - circumstances, situation
• 阵 - measure word for events or states of a relatively short duration (e.g. a gust, a burst)
• 一阵暴风雨 - a burst of stormy weather, a sudden storm
• 划破 - to cut open, to rip, to streak across (lightning, meteor, etc.), to pierce (scream, searchlight, etc.)
• 猪排 - pork ribs
• 痕迹 - mark, trace
• 伤口 - a cut, a wound
• 天际 - horizon, the sky
• 鹰房 - hawk house, mew (a building for trained hawks)
• 学术 - learning, science, academic
• 老鹰 - eagle, hawk
• 隼 - falcon (sometimes also "hawk", "bird of prey") (academic word)
• 内城 - inner ward of a castle, inner bailey, inner walls of a castle
• 皇帝 - emperor
• 伺候 - to serve, to wait upon
• 丫鬟 - servant girl, maid
• 皇宫 - imperial palace
• 佣人 - servant
• 皇上 - the emperor, Your majesty the emperor, His imperial majesty
• 猎捕 - to hunt, hunting

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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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