A Wrinkle In Time Part 1
今天接着昨天的学习，那么Margaret在屋里看屋外是什么情况呢？
Behind the trees clouds scudded frantically across the sky.
翻滚的云层快速掠过天空。
1.scud vi.疾行，顺风行驶n.飞毛腿，疾行，飘飞的云
英：if clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly飘过，掠过
2.frantically adv.疯狂似地，狂暴地
英：in an uncontrolled manner
例如：They searched frantically for their child.
顺便同时讲一个同根词，frantic adj.形容词 狂乱的，疯狂的
英：1. extremely worried and frightened about a situation, so that you cannot control your feelings (因极端焦急和恐惧而） 发疯似的，情绪失控的
例如：There was still no news of Jill, and her parents were getting frantic.仍然没有吉尔的消息，她的父母急得要疯了。
英：2. extremely hurried and using a lot of energy, but not very organized紧张忙乱的
例如：I spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.我花了三天时间，手忙脚乱地做准备。
Frantic effort/attempt拼命努力
例如：Despite our frantic efforts, we were unable to save the boy’s life.尽管我们拼命努力，还是无法挽回小男孩的生命
Frantic pace/rush/haste四处狂奔
例如：There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.人们四处狂奔，想要逃出大楼。
Every few moments the moon ripped through them, creating wraith-like shadows that raced along the ground.
每隔一会，月亮就会从云层穿过，照在大地上就像幽灵的影子。
1.every few每隔几（步，天等）如：every few moments, every few weeks, every few hours等
2.rip vt.撕，锯vi.裂开，被撕裂n.裂口，裂缝
英：1. to tear sth or be torn quickly and violently.
撕，扯，被撕裂，被扯开
例如：Her clothes had all been ripped.她的衣服都被撕裂了。
英：2. to remove sth quickly and violently, using your hands猛力扯去
rip sth out/off/away/down
Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper from her notebook.吉利从她的笔记本上撕下一页纸。
英：3. rip sth/sb to shreds
a. to destroy sth or damage it badly by tearing it in many pieces把某物撕得粉碎
b. to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviors etc.
严厉批评某人，抨击某人的观点（言论，行为等）
英：4. to copy music from a CD to an mp3 player or computer.抓取（音轨）
短语动词：
1. rip sth apart: to tear or pull sth into pieces
He was ripped apart by savage beasts in the forest.他被森林里的猛兽撕得粉碎。
2. rip sb./sth. Off
a. to charge someone too much money for something.敲……竹杠
The agency really ripped us off.代理商狠狠敲了我们一笔。
b. to steal sth.盗取，偷窃
Somebody had come in and ripped off the TV and stereo.有人进来偷走了电视机和音响。
c. to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in their own work as if
they were your own ideas.剽窃
rip through something: to move through a place quickly and with violent force迅猛地冲过
3. wraith [reiθ] n.幽灵，鬼魂，幻影
By Nancy Wu