✨ Magic Tree House 스피킹 연습 기록 13
Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn – Chapter 3
1️⃣ Summary
When Jack reached the ground, Annie was peering at the bridge leading to the castle. She said the knight must have gone to the bridge.
Jack looked him up in the book. The caption under the picture said that knights usually wore armor and helmets when they traveled long distances to castles.
Annie was looking at the real castle, hearing real drums and horns. Meanwhile, Jack was still reading the book.
Annie couldn’t wait, so she ran across the drawbridge and disappeared through the castle gate.
By the time Jack looked up, he realized she had already gone through the gate.
2️⃣ Sentence Practice
The bridge goes to the castle.
→ All roads go to Rome.
→ The river goes through the south.
→ The tunnel goes under the river.
A helmet alone could weigh up to forty pounds.
→ On the Moon, every object can weigh as little as one-sixth of its Earth weight.
→ Every object can change its weight on different planets because of gravity.
Jack had weighed 40 pounds when he was five years old.
→ I weighed 20 kilograms when I was 10 years old.
→ On the Moon, every object can weigh less than it does on Earth.
So, it’d be like riding a horse with a five-year-old on your head.
→ It’d be like walking on the Moon, without any resistance.
→ It’d be like living freely without any obstacles.
He turned more pages of the castle book.
→ He turned more pages of the book.
→ He turned two more pages of the book.
→ He read three more chapters of the book.
→ He went through three more chapters of the book.
A drawbridge crossed the moat.
→ A winding path crossed the mountain.
→ The Golden Gate Bridge crosses the San Francisco Bay.
Some people believe crocodiles were kept in the moat.
→ The elephants were kept in the castle.
→ Various snakes with poison were kept around the castle.
→ Some soldiers were kept to guard the people.
A piercing shriek split the air.
→ Rough waves split the ocean.
→ A thunderstroke split the sky.
It showed boys his age carrying trays of food.
→ It showed a girl, about twenty years old, carrying an umbrella of her own.
→ It showed some people in the Renaissance carrying portraits of themselves.
He held up the book to show Annie.
→ I held up the brownie to feed my baby.
→ I held up the umbrella to pass it to someone.
✅ 표현 설명 모음
✔ “weigh up to”는 자연스럽고 “weigh down to”는 어색함
✅ 자연스러운 표현:
📌 중요: 무게를 표현할 땐
“weigh as little as” 또는 **“weigh only”**를 사용합니다.
✔ “weigh as little as” / “weigh only” 예문
- On the Moon, every object can weigh as little as one-sixth of its Earth weight.
- A person who weighs 60 kg on Earth would weigh only 10 kg on the Moon.
- This object can weigh as little as 5 grams.
✔ “down to”가 자연스러운 경우
- The price dropped down to $10.
- Temperatures fell down to -10°C.
- He cleaned everything, down to the smallest corner.
✔ “up to”는 어떻게 쓸까?
❌ The price raised up to $100. → 부자연스러운 표현 : raise와 up은 표현이 겹칩니다.
✔ 자연스럽게 고치면:
- The price rose to $100.
- The price went up to $100.
- The price increased to $100.
📌 이유:
“raise”는 타동사 → They raised the price to $100.
“rise”는 자동사 → The price rose to $100.
✔ 자연스러운 “go up to” 예시
- The temperature went up to 40°C.
- The speed went up to 100 km/h.
- The noise level went up to 90 decibels.
✔ “be kept”의 의미와 사용법
“be kept”는 사람이나 사물이 특정 장소에 의도적으로 배치되거나 유지된 상태를 말합니다.
- Lions were kept in the palace courtyard.
- Dogs were kept outside to guard the house.
- Weapons were kept in the tower.
- Soldiers were kept on the wall to watch for intruders.
✔ “split the air”는 언제 쓰일까?
날카로운 소리나 큰 충격이 공기를 가르듯 울릴 때 사용
- A piercing shriek split the air.
- A thunderstroke split the sky.
☀️ 햇빛처럼 부드러운 건 이렇게 표현:
- Beautiful sunlight pierced through the air.
3️⃣ Short Story
When I was little, I once read a book about astronauts.
It showed some guys in white suits carrying their helmets.
They held up their helmets to show people, and then they went up the ladder.
The ladder crossed a deep hole and led to the rocket.
After a thunder-like sound shook the air, the rocket was launched into the sky.
I turned to the next page. The caption under the Moon picture said:
“Every object on the Moon can weigh as little as one-sixth of what it does on Earth.”
For example, a man who weighs 60 kg on Earth would weigh only 10 kg on the Moon because of the difference in gravity.
✏️ Today’s Reflection
Words I thought were easy turned out to be tricky when I tried to use them properly.
But I believe if I keep practicing, things will start to feel more natural.
Making sentences with weigh still isn’t familiar, but using it again and again will eventually make it feel like my mother tongue.