The story goes to a turning point, which raises your curiosity of knowing what could happen next.
Ed being disappeared, everyone worries about him and wants to save him. Mr. Beaver, however, warned them that the witch wouldn't hurt Ed unless she got the four of them caught.
A good reminder, helpd them think of moving to hide to another place.
The interesting part of these chapters is Aslan, the king of the wood. I really want to know what will happen next. I bet he'll hear them out and beat the witch. It sounds like a cliche, but the story always develops in this way.
Expressions:
You’re right, Mrs. Beaver,” said her husband, “we must all get away from here. There’s not a moment to lose.
a moment to lose
This is an expression that could be used to describe a situation in which you have to hurry up. Every second counts.
“Because, if he was,” continued Mr. Beaver, “then she’ll simply sledge down in that direction and get between us and the Stone Table and catch us on our way down. In fact we shall be cut off from Aslan.”
cut off 隔绝的
Without a car we still felt very cut off.
be cut off from means having nothing connected with others.
For instance, had we started talking of Aslan before he left? If not, then we may do very well, for she won’t know that Aslan has come to Narnia, or that we are meeting him, and will be quite off her guard as far as that is concerned.
off one's guard 不提防，不警惕，疏忽
“All the same,” said Peter in a rather choking sort of voice, “we’ll still have to go and look for him.
choking 令人窒息的，透不过气的
in a rather choking sort of voice could be used to describe a voice that is really low and desperate.
We could also imitate like in a rather exciting voice or in a rather anxious voice
I didn’t like to mention it before (he being your brother and all) but the moment I set eyes on that brother of yours I said to myself ‘Treacherous.’ He had the look of one who has been with the Witch and eaten her food.
set eyes on
We can learn that this phrase could be used as pay attention to or notice or simply look at
had the look of
常常说长着一张...的脸 had the look of one who has always been cheating.
“Then mark my words,” said Mr. Beaver, “he has already met the White Witch and joined her side, and been told where she lives.
mark my words
[口语]记住我的话
“Can’t he?” said Mr. Beaver, looking very hard at the three children, and everything they wanted to say died on their lips, for each felt suddenly quite certain inside that this was exactly what Edmund had done.
this is a vivid expression that tells us they could not bear to say one more word
the hesitation or struggle of defending
“Do?” said Mr. Beaver, who was already putting on his snow-boots, “do? We must be off at once. We haven’t a moment to spare!”
If you spare time or another resource for a particular purpose, you make it available for that purpose
There's not a moment to lose.
We don't have time to waste.
“But, Mr. Beaver,” said Lucy, “can’t we—I mean we must do something to save him. It’s too dreadful and it’s all on my account.”
on my account = because of me
Lucy proved a good leader.