平台: platform, terrace, flat-roofed building...
无动于衷: aloof, indifferent, unconcerned...
镶嵌: to inlay, to embed, to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring), tiling, tesselation...
逃亡: to flee, flight (from danger), fugitive...
问: to ask, to inquire...
厨师: cook, chef...
难免: hard to avoid, difficult to escape from, will inevitably...
摧残: to ravage, to ruin...
许: to allow, to permit, to promise, to praise, somewhat, perhaps...
饲料: feed, fodder...