下次: next time...
一代: generation...
铺: plank bed, place to sleep...
虾: shrimp, prawn...
不光: not the only one, not only...
简体字: simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character...
变幻莫测: to change unpredictably, unpredictable, erratic, treacherous...
岸上: ashore, on the riverbank...
金属: metal...
由此看来: by this token...