Where:Robinson Crusoe for Children I KEEP MYSELF BUSY
Navigation
Context:There were some charts and compasses, and three or four books on navigation.
Definition:the process or skill with which people work out their positition ,direction,and speed
when they are travelling as a member of the crew of a ship or aeroplane
Moving at such speeds ,navigation becomes critically important.
Bible
Context:Among my own things there were three very old Bibles
Definition:the sacred book which the Christian religion is based on
Bid ---bade
Context:He would run and fetch things to me as I bade him.
Definition:ask or invite someone to do something
The holy man blessed them and bade them rise from their knees.
Chop
Context:If I wanted a board, I had to chop down a tree.
Definition:cut something with energetic movements ,usually with a sharp tool such as an axe.
I don't like chopping wood.
Shovel
Context:But the shovel part was of wood and would not last long.
Definition:a tool like a spade ,with rounded blade attached to a long handle ,used for lifting and moving earth ,coal ,or snow
Mason
Context:At last I made me a kind of hod, like that which masons use.
Definition:a person who is skilled at making things or building things with stone
He carved marble faster than any mason .
Robinson said ink pen and paper were a great comfort for him .He said he wrote everthing happened to him with these .I find that we should do like this .Whatever life we lives ,we should leave a track of it ,and write it down is a good idea.
1 件のコメント:
Good! The usage of "bid" and "bade" that you quoted is not common in modern English. It's an older style.
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