Part I Words

1. pelt ? ? ?v. ? ??

(of rain) to fall very heavily 傾瀉，下得很大

e.g. After a day of pelting rain, the lights of the inn were the most welcoming sight she has seen.

如果用作動詞，可以說the rain pelted down last night.

2. solicitous ? ? ?a.

If someone is solicitous, they are entirely set in motion caring for you. Your neighbors are solicitous if they try to help your family out all the time. Use this word too if you're eager to do something. A good student will be solicitous to appear interested in what the teacher says — even when it's not that interesting.

e.g. She asked,solicitously, "warm, hot, or boil-a-lobster?"

3. rumination ? ? ?n.

If someone asks you to make a difficult decision — like what to have for dinner — it might lead to?rumination, or a long period of deep thought.

e.g His ruminations were interrupted by an enormous clattering...

4. detached ? ? ?a.

showing lack of emotional involvement 不帶感情的，冷漠的

e.g. She told them. her voice oddly calm and detached...

Part II Sentences

1. The unicorn's unshod hooves were not meant for rocky road, nor was its back meant to carry riders...

我覺得可以學習一下這里not meant for\ not meant to do的用法，比如可以說，The wall over there is not meant for your posters.即那面墻可不是讓你用來貼海報的。

2. The door to the inn was opened, flooding the grey world with warm yellow light.

大雨傾盆，四周一片黑暗，而忽然遠處出現了一個小屋，敞著門，門里暖融融的光傾瀉而出。

這里第二個小分句里的flood真可謂是點睛之筆。

3. ...and enough hot water for a tub that'll melt the chill from your bones.

這里melt the chill from your bones用得太棒了，記下來感覺冬天就可以用了。

Part III

The star and the unicorn traveled for a long time, so the unicorn was worn out and famished. In the pelting rain, the star found the inn built by the witch-queen and went in cheerfully. The witch-quenn arranged a hot tub for the star solicitously, which made the star feel like heaven.?

Meanwhile, Primus and Tristran arrived. Primus entered the inn, when Tristran attended to the horses in the stable. The witch-queen attempted to poison Tristran, but with the help of the unicorn, he did not fall into the trap. Tristran went into the inn to tell Primus the news, but before Primus fought back, the witch-queen killed him with her knife. Suddenly, the unicorn entered the inn and sent the "husband" and "daughter" in the inn to their ends. After this, it used its horn to injure the witch-queen severely at the cost of its own life. Before the witch-queen got them, Tristran used the remaining candle and managed to escape with the star.?

Part IV

今天這一章里有特別溫馨的場景描寫，也有讓人忍俊不禁之處，但在小屋里血腥的一場打斗把一切都毀了——Primus被女巫殺了，unicorn也為了救星星女死了，雖然Tristran和星星女終于逃了出來，但失去朋友的傷痛不是可以拋之腦后的。接下來的故事應該和復仇有關，期待明天的閱讀。