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 Daddy:         Bobby! Come here, look what I got you!

 Bobby:         What is that?

 Daddy:        A chess board! Daddy is going to teach you
                how to play!

 Bobby:         Cool!

 Daddy:         Ok, each  player gets 16 pieces. You can
                be  the  white ones and I’ll play with the
                black  pieces. Now in the front, you set up
               the pawns¹. Those are the least valuable
                pieces and can only move one space for-
               ward². When you are about to capture an-
                other piece, it can move one space diago-
                nally.

 Bobby:         What about all these other pieces?
 Daddy:         See this one that looks like a tower? It’s
                called the rook. The one with the tall hat
                is called the bishop³. See this little horsey?
               This is called the knight⁴, it’s a very important
                piece so it’s best to not let your opponent
                capture it.

 Bobby:        And  these  two? They are  husband  and
               wife?

 Daddy:        That’s right! That’s the queen and that’s the
                king.  If the other player captures your king,
                he  will  say  ”Check  Mate”  and  the  game  is
                over! Doesn’t this sound fun?

 Bobby:         Nah! This is boring! I’m gonna go play Killer⁵
                Zombies on my PlayStation!
 

1 pawns   

n.（国际象棋中的）兵( pawn的名词复数 )；卒；被人利用的人；小卒v.典当，抵押( pawn的第三人称单数 )；以（某事物）担保

参考例句：

• The hostages are being used as political pawns. 人质正被用作政治卒子。
• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

3 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

5 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。