Words and Expressions
too ignorant to be scared, too young to be awed
因為無知，所以并不畏懼；因為年輕，所以并無敬畏。
kissed your mother goodbye
bade her farewell (bid)
還可以說bid somebody good afternoon/good morning 表示to greet someone
by any means possible
≈ in every way possible (possible 后置)
國王兒子們的名字
掛了的：Secundus/Quintus/Quartus
后來掛了的：Sextus/Primus/Tertius/Septimus
PS: 老大，老二，一直到老七。
wheeze
The lord’s voice wheezed out of him, like the wind being squeezed from a pair of rotten bellows.
*“Ahh,” wheezed the eighty-first lord. “Bring me to the window.” *
wheeze v. to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest 喘息
跟后面的squeeze 相對應(yīng)。（這兩個詞長得也很像，癟癟的）
father/mother
who had fathered eight children—seven of them boys—on three wives;
father/mother 可以當(dāng)做動詞使用，但查詞典發(fā)現(xiàn)parent沒有動詞用法。（parenting的用法也值得關(guān)注）積累 on three wives的介詞用法。
admit of
*A question like “How big is Faerie?” does not admit of a simple answer. *
動詞詞組，if a situation admits of a particular explanation, that explanation can be accepted as possible
Summary
Tristran returned home after meeting Victoria, determined to leave the village to go the "east" and search the fallen star to win his love's heart. His father, Dunstan, gave him a snowdrop and walked him down to the village. Tristran was surprised to see that he got the guards' permission to go across the Wall without any difficulty.
Far away on the other side of the Wall, the 81st Lord of Stormhold was dying in his chamber. He summoned his three living sons and declared the rules of succession. He took off the topaz from his neck and threw it into the air, and at the same time, a star fell. Only the one who was able to find the stone would be the 82nd Lord of Stormhold.
My words
一身蠻勁兒的小伙子要離家出走，為心上人尋找掉落的星星。父親深知自己的兒子出身不凡，不問原因就把他送出了家鄉(xiāng)。等待Tristran的是無數(shù)未知，重新照耀大地的月亮和環(huán)境的漸漸回溫，似乎在暗示著少年Tristran一路會有如神助。
遙遠的地方，有個狠毒又有智謀的老國王臨死之前，立下遺囑，說找到他扔掉的寶石的兒子才能當(dāng)上新的Lord。兒子們都躍躍欲試，想要得到王國。
A star fell。三個單詞，一個句子，一個段落。在本部分的結(jié)尾，我們知道后面的故事里至少有三方“人物”，少年Tristran，想當(dāng)國王的兒子們，還有這顆神奇的星星。
安利audiobook, 音頻里老國王的聲音真是被模仿的很傳神。：）
