without（介词） fear（v/n） under（介） unavoidable（adj）
so that（连词） success（n) reach(v/n) wisely(adv).
as long as(连） between（介）
Part 1
Cindy glanced nervously(紧张地) at the clock on the kitchen wall. Five minutes before midnight.
"They should be home any time now." she thought [as she put the finishing touches on the chocolate cake she was frosting]. it was the first time in her 12 years she had tried to make a cake from scratch, and to be honest, it wasn't wxactly an aesthetic triumph(审美上的成功). The cake was... well, lumpy(块状的）. And the frosting was bitter, as if she had run out of sugar or something, which, of course, she had.
run out of： 用光；用完
同义词：use up
from scratch 从头开始；白手起家
start from the scratch 从零做起。
Part 2
And then there was the way the kitchen looked. Imagine a huge blender(搅拌器) filled with all the fixings(配料） for chocolate cake - including the requisite bowls， pans and utensils(器皿）， Now imagine that the blender is turned on. High speed. With the lid off. Do you get the idea?
requisite bowls: 必要的碗
Be anxious for 渴望，迫切希望
- She is anxious for the result of the test.
Position ... in 把...放置在
But Cindy wasn't thinking about the mess. She had created something, a veritable phoenix of flour and sugar 【rising out of the kitchen clutter】. She was anxious for her parents to return home from their date so she could present her anniversary gift to them. She turned off the kitchen lights and watied excitedly in the darkness. When at last she saw the flash of the car headlights, she positioned herself in the kitchen doorway. By the time she heard the key sliding into the front door, she was THIS CLOSE to exploding.
veritable: adj. 真正的，名副其实的 clutter: 杂乱
phoenix：/ ˈfiːnɪks / 凤凰 anxious：焦急的 excitedly：兴奋地
By the time：这时候
Part 3
Her parents tried to slip in quietly，but Cindy would have none of that. She flipped on the lights dramatically and trumpeted: "Ta-dadada!" She gestured grandly toward the kitchen table, where a slightly off-balance two-layer chocolate cake awaited their inspection.
But her mother's eyes never made it all the way to the table.
"Just look at this mess!" she moaned: "How many times have I talked to you about cleaning up after yourself?"
"But Mom, I was only....".
"I should make you clean this up right now, but I'm too tired to stay up with you to make sure you get it done right," her mother said: "So you'll do it first thing in the morning."
off-balance： 不平衡 moaned：抱怨
slip in 悄悄溜入
- You can slip in after this piece of music is played.
- Someone stole into his room in the still of night.
- No one saw her slip into the lab.
would have none of it 不接受；不允许
made it all the way to 到达某一目的
stay up 熬夜
stay up late 熬夜熬到很晚。
- I am going to stay up late to finish my paper.
first thing in the moring 早上第一件事
时态
- It was first time in her 12 years she had tried to make a cake from scrathc....
will be .... have met...，一般将来时，后面用现在完成时。
is .... has seen......，一般现在时，后面用现在完成时。
was ... had done....，已经发生了用过去时，从句用过去完成时。
