VOA慢速英语:欧·亨利《红酋长的赎金》

ransom – n. money that is paid in order to free someone who has been captured or kidnapped

carriage – n. a large vehicle with four wheels that is pulled by a horse and that carries people

paleface – n. a name supposedly used by North American Indians for a white person.

sling – n. a strap usually with a pocket in the middle that is used to throw something (such as a stone)

funning – v. joking or teasing someone