CHAPTER FOURTEEN

1

Cornelius Fudge

2

Harry, Ron and Hermione had always known that Hagrid had an?

unfortunate

?liking for large and?

monstrous

creatures.

unfortunate /?n'f??t?(?)n?t/ adj.?粗野的

monstrous /?m?nstr?s/ adj.?大得古怪的

3

During their first year at Hogwarts he had tried to raise a dragon in his little wooden house, and it would be a long time before they forgot the giant, three-headed dog he’d?

christened

?‘Fluffy’.

christen /'kr?s(?)n/ vt.?為……命名

4

And if, as a boy, Hagrid had heard that a monster was hidden somewhere in the castle, Harry was sure he’d have?

gone to any lengths

?for a glimpse of it.

go to any lengths?盡一切可能

5

He’d probably thought it was a shame that the monster had been?

cooped

?up so long, and thought it deserved the chance to stretch its many legs;

coop /ku?p/ vt.?把…關(guān)進(jìn)籠子里

6

Harry could just imagine the thirteen-year-old Hagrid trying to fit a?

lead

?and?

collar

?on it.

lead /li?d/ n. <英>（牽狗用的）皮帶

collar /?k?l?(r)/ n. (狗等的)項(xiàng)圈

7

But he was?

equally

?

certain

?that Hagrid would never have meant to kill anybody.

equally /?i?kw?li/ adv.?同樣

certain /?s??tn/ adj.?肯定

8

Harry half-wished he hadn’t found out how to work Riddle’s diary.

9

Again and again Ron and Hermione made him?

recount

?what he’d seen, until he was?

heartily

?sick of telling them and sick of the long,?

circular

?

conversations

?that followed.

recount /r??ka?nt/ vt.?詳細(xì)敘述某事

heartily /'hɑ?t?l?/ adv.?強(qiáng)烈地

circular /?s??kj?l?(r)/ adj.?循環(huán)的

conversation /k?nv?'se??(?)n/ n.?談話

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‘Riddle might have got the wrong person,’ said Hermione. ‘Maybe it was some other monster that was attacking people …’

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‘How many monsters d’you think this place can hold?’ Ron asked?

dully

.

dully /d?lli/ adv.?沒精打采地

12

‘We always knew Hagrid had been expelled,’ said Harry?

miserably

. ‘And the attacks must’ve stopped after Hagrid was?

kicked out

.?

Otherwise

, Riddle wouldn’t have got his award.’

miserably /'miz?r?bli/ adv.?痛苦地

kick out?開除

otherwise /??e?wa?z/ adv.?否則

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Ron tried a different?

tack

.

tack /t?k/ n.?策略

14

‘Riddle does sound like Percy – who asked him to?

grass

?on Hagrid, anyway?’

grass /grɑ?s/ v. <英，非正式>（向警方）告發(fā)

15

‘But the monster had killed someone, Ron,’ said Hermione.

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‘And Riddle was going to go back to some Muggle?

orphanage

?if they closed Hogwarts,’ said Harry. ‘I don’t blame him for wanting to stay here …’

orphanage /???f?n?d?/ n.?孤兒院

17

Ron bit his lip, then said?

tentatively

, ‘You met Hagrid down Knockturn Alley, didn’t you, Harry?’

tentatively /?tent?t?vli/ adv.?試驗(yàn)性地

18

‘He was buying a?

Flesh

-Eating Slug?

Repellent

,’ said Harry quickly.

flesh /fle?/ n.?肉

repellent /r??pel?nt/ n.?驅(qū)蟲劑

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The three of them fell silent. After a long pause, Hermione?

voiced

?the?

knottiest

?question of all in a hesitant voice: ‘Do you think we should go and ask Hagrid about it all?’

voice /v??s/ v.?吐露(感情或意見)

knotty /?n?ti/ adj.?棘手的

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‘That’d be a cheerful visit,’ said Ron. ‘Hello, Hagrid, tell us,have you been setting anything?

mad

?and?

hairy

?

loose

?in the castle lately?’

mad /m?d/ adj.?瘋狂的

hairy /'he?r?/ adj.?多毛的

loose /lu?s/ vt.?釋放

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In the end, they decided that they wouldn’t say anything to Hagrid unless there was another attack,

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and as more and more days went by with no whisper from the?

disembodied

?voice, they became hopeful that they would never need to talk to him about why he had been expelled.

disembodied /?d?s?m?b?did/ adj.?不具形體的

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It was now nearly four months since Justin and Nearly Headless Nick had been Petrified, and nearly everybody seemed to think that the attacker, whoever it was, had?

retired

?

for good

.

retire /r??ta??(r)/ v.?退出

for good?永久地

24

Peeves had finally?

got bored of

?his ‘Oh Potter, you rotter’ song,?

get bored of?厭倦了

25

Ernie Macmillan asked Harry quite politely to pass a bucket of?

leaping

?

toadstools

?in?

Herbology

?one day, and in March several of the Mandrakes threw a loud and?

raucous

?party in greenhouse three.

leaping /'li:pi?/ adj.?跳躍的

toadstool /'t??dstu?l/ n.?毒菌

herbology /h?:'b?l?d?i/?草藥學(xué)

raucous /?r??k?s/ adj.?刺耳的

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This made Professor Sprout very happy.

27

‘The moment they start trying to move into each other’s?

pots

, we’ll know they’re fully mature,’ she told Harry. ‘Then we’ll be able to?

revive

?those poor people in the hospital wing.’

pot /p?t/ n.?花盆

revive /r??va?v/ vt.?使蘇醒

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The second-years were given something new to think about during their Easter holidays. The time had come to choose their subjects for the third year, a matter that Hermione, at least,?

took

?very seriously.

take /te?k/ v. (以某種方式)對(duì)待

29

‘It could affect our whole future,’ she told Harry and Ron, as they?

pored

?over lists of new subjects, marking them with?

ticks

.

pore /p??/ v.?仔細(xì)閱讀

tick /t?k/ n.?記號(hào)

30

‘I just want to give up Potions,’ said Harry.

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‘We can’t,’ said Ron?

gloomily

. ‘We keep all our old subjects, or I’d’ve?

ditched

?Defence Against the Dark Arts.’

gloomily /'glu:mili/ adv.?陰郁地

ditch /d?t?/ v. <非正式>拋棄

32

‘But that’s very important!’ said Hermione, shocked.

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‘Not the way Lockhart teaches it,’ said Ron. ‘I haven’t learned anything from him except not to set pixies loose.’

34

Neville Longbottom had been sent letters from all the witches and wizards in his family, all giving him different advice on what to choose.

35

Confused

?and worried, he sat reading the subject lists with his tongue poking out, asking people whether they thought?

Arithmancy

?sounded more difficult than Study of Ancient?

Runes

.

confuse /k?n?fju?z/ vt.?使困惑

arithmancy /?'riθm?nsi/ n.?數(shù)字算命法

rune /ru?n/ n.?古代北歐使用的文字

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Dean Thomas, who, like Harry, had grown up with Muggles, ended up closing his eyes and?

jabbing

?his wand at the list, then picking the subjects it landed on.

jab /d??b/ v. (用……)刺

37

Hermione took nobody’s advice but signed up for everything.

38

Harry smiled grimly to himself at the thought of what Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia would say if he tried to discuss his career in wizardry with them.

39

Not that he didn’t get any guidance: Percy Weasley was eager to share his experience.

40

‘

Depends

?where you want to go, Harry,’ he said.

depend /d?'pend/ vi.?取決于

41

‘It’s never too early to think about the future, so I’d?

recommend

?

Divination

.

recommend /?rek??mend/ vt.?推薦

divination /?d?v?'ne??(?)n/ n.?預(yù)言

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People say Muggle Studies is a soft option, but I personally think wizards should have a?

thorough

?understanding of the non-magical?

community

,

thorough /?θ?r?/ adj.?徹底的

community /k??mju?n?ti/ n.?社會(huì)

43

particularly if they’re thinking of working in close contact with them – look at my father, he has to deal with Muggle business all the time.

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My brother Charlie was always more of an?

outdoor

?type, so he went for Care of Magical Creatures.?

Play

?to your?

strengths

, Harry.’

outdoor /?a?td??(r)/ adj.?戶外的

play /ple?/ v. (以某方式)行事

strength /stre?θ/ n.?長(zhǎng)處

45

But the only thing Harry felt he was really good at was Quidditch.

46

In the end, he chose the same new subjects as Ron, feeling that if he was?

rubbish

?at them, at least he’d have someone friendly to help him.

rubbish /'r?b??/ adj. <英，非正式>很差勁的

47

Gryffindor’s next Quidditch match would be against Hufflepuff. Wood was insisting on team practices every night after dinner, so that Harry barely had time for anything but Quidditch and homework.

48

However, the?

training sessions

?were getting better, or at least?

drier

, and the evening before Saturday’s match,

training session?訓(xùn)練項(xiàng)目

dry /dra?/ adj.?少雨的

49

he went up to his dormitory to drop off his broomstick, feeling Gryffindor’s chances for the Quidditch Cup had never been better.

50

But his cheerful mood didn’t last long. At the top of the stairs to the dormitory, he met Neville Longbottom, who was looking?

frantic

.

frantic /?fr?nt?k/ adj.?緊張忙亂的

51

‘Harry – I don’t know who did it. I just found –’

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Watching Harry fearfully, Neville pushed open the door.

53

The contents of Harry’s trunk had been thrown everywhere. His?

cloak

?lay?

ripped

?on the floor.

cloak /kl??k/ n.?斗篷

rip /r?p/ v.?猛地扯開

54

The?

bedclothes

?had been pulled off his four-poster and the drawer had been pulled out of his bedside cabinet, the contents?

strewn

?over the?

mattress

.

bedclothes /'bedkl??ez/ n.?被褥

strew /stru?/ v.?散播

mattress /?m?tr?s/ n.?床墊

55

Harry walked over to the bed, open-mouthed,?

treading

?on a few?

loose

?pages of Travels with Trolls.

tread /tred/ vi.?踏

loose /lu?s/ adj.?零散的

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As he and Neville pulled the blankets back onto his bed, Ron, Dean and Seamus came in.

57

Dean swore loudly. ‘What happened, Harry?’

58

‘No idea,’ said Harry. But Ron was examining Harry’s robes. All the pockets were?

hanging out

.

hang out?掛出

59

‘Someone’s been looking for something,’ said Ron. ‘Is there anything?

missing

?’

missing /?m?s??/ adj.?失掉的

60

Harry started to pick up all his things and throw them into his trunk. It was only as he threw the last of the Lockhart books back into it that he realised what wasn’t there.

61

‘Riddle’s diary’s gone,’ he said in an?

undertone

?to Ron.

undertone /'?nd?t??n/ n.?低音

62

‘What?’

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Harry jerked his head towards the dormitory door and Ron followed him out.

64

They hurried back down to the Gryffindor common room, which was half-empty, and joined Hermione, who was sitting alone, reading a book called Ancient Runes Made Easy.

65

Hermione looked?

aghast

?at the news.

aghast /??ɡɑ?st/ adj.?吃驚的

66

‘But – only a Gryffindor could have stolen – nobody else knows our password …’

67

‘Exactly,’ said Harry.

68

They woke next day to?

brilliant

?sunshine and a light,?

refreshing

?breeze.

brilliant /?br?li?nt/ adj.?明亮的

refreshing /r?'fre???/ adj.?新鮮的

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‘Perfect Quidditch conditions!’ said Wood?

enthusiastically

?at the Gryffindor table, loading the team’s plates with?

scrambled

?eggs. ‘Harry,?

buck up

?there, you need a decent breakfast.’

enthusiastically /?n?θju?zi??st?kli/ adv.?滿腔熱情地

scramble /?skr?mbl/ vt. (用黃油)炒蛋

buck up?打起精神

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Harry had been staring down the packed Gryffindor table, wondering if the new owner of Riddle’s diary was right in front of his eyes.

71

Hermione had been urging him to report the?

robbery

, but Harry didn’t like the idea.

robbery /?r?b?ri/ n.?盜竊

72

He’d have to tell a teacher all about the diary and how many people knew why Hagrid had been expelled fifty years ago? He didn’t want to be the one who?

brought it all up

?again.

bring up?提出

73

As he left the Great Hall with Ron and Hermione to go and collect his Quidditch things, another, very serious worry was added to Harry’s growing list.

74

He had just set foot on the marble staircase when he heard it yet again: ‘Kill this time … let me rip … tear …’

75

He shouted aloud and Ron and Hermione both jumped away from him in?

alarm

.

alarm /??lɑ?m/ n.?驚恐

76

‘The voice!’ said Harry, looking over his shoulder. ‘I just heard it again – didn’t you?’

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Ron shook his head, wide-eyed. Hermione, however, clapped a hand to her forehead.

78

‘Harry – I think I’ve just understood something! I’ve got to go to the library!’

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And she sprinted away, up the stairs.

80

‘What does she understand?’ said Harry?

distractedly

, still looking around, trying to tell where the voice had come from.

distracted /d??str?kt?d/ adj.?心煩意亂的

81

‘Loads more than I do,’ said Ron, shaking his head.

82

‘But why’s she got to go to the library?’

83

‘Because that’s what Hermione does,’ said Ron, shrugging. ‘When in doubt, go to the library.’

84

Harry stood, irresolute, trying to catch the voice again, but people were now emerging from the Great Hall behind him, talking loudly, exiting through the front doors on their way to the Quidditch pitch.

85

‘You’d better get moving,’ said Ron. ‘It’s nearly eleven – the match.’

86

Harry raced up to Gryffindor Tower, collected his Nimbus Two Thousand and joined the large crowd swarming across the grounds, but his mind was still in the castle, along with the bodiless voice,

87

and as he pulled on his scarlet robes in the changing room, his only comfort was that everyone was now outside to watch the game.

88

The teams walked onto the pitch to?

tumultuous

?

applause

. Oliver Wood took off for a?

warm-up

?flight around the goalposts, Madam Hooch?

released

?the balls.

tumultuous /tj?'m?ltj??s/ adj.?歡騰的

applause /??pl??z/ n.?熱烈鼓掌

warm-up /'w?:m?p/ n.?熱身

release /r??li?s/ vt.?釋放

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The Hufflepuffs, who played in canary yellow, were standing in a?

huddle

, having a last-minute discussion of?

tactics

.

huddle?隊(duì)員靠攏(磋商戰(zhàn)術(shù))

tactics /'t?kt?ks/ n.?戰(zhàn)術(shù)

90

Harry was just mounting his broom when Professor McGonagall came half-marching, half-running across the pitch, carrying an enormous purple?

megaphone

.

megaphone /'meg?f??n/ n.?擴(kuò)音器

91

Harry’s heart dropped like a stone.

92

‘This match has been cancelled,’ Professor McGonagall called through the megaphone,?

addressing

?the packed stadium.

address /??dres/ v. <正式>向……講話

93

There were?

boos

?and shouts. Oliver Wood, looking?

devastated

, landed and ran towards Professor McGonagall without getting off his broomstick.

boo /bu?/ vi.?發(fā)出噓聲

devastate /?dev?ste?t/ vt.?使極度震驚

94

‘But Professor!’ he shouted. ‘We’ve got to play … the Cup … Gryffindor …’

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Professor McGonagall ignored him and continued to shout through her megaphone:

96

‘All students are to make their way back to the house common rooms, where their Heads of Houses will give them?

further

?information. As quickly as you can, please!’

further /?f??e?(r)/ adj.?更多的

97

Then she lowered the megaphone and?

beckoned

?Harry over to her.

beckon /?bek?n/ vt. & vi. (用頭或手的動(dòng)作)示意

98

‘Potter, I think you’d better come with me …’

99

Wondering how she could possibly suspect him this time, Harry saw Ron?

detach

?himself from the?

complaining

crowd; he came running up to them as they set off towards the castle.

detach /d??t?t?/ v.?脫離

complaining /k?m'ple?n??/ adj.?抱怨的

100

To Harry’s surprise, Professor McGonagall didn’t?

object

.

object /??bd??kt/ v.?反對(duì)

101

‘Yes, perhaps you’d better come too, Weasley.’

102

Some of the students swarming around them were grumbling about the match being cancelled, others looked worried.

103

Harry and Ron followed Professor McGonagall back into the school and up the marble staircase. But they weren’t taken to anybody’s office this time.

104

‘This will be a bit of a shock,’ said Professor McGonagall in a surprisingly gentle voice as they approached the hospital wing.?

105

‘There has been another attack … another double attack.’

106

Harry’s insides did a horrible?

somersault

. Professor McGonagall pushed the door open and he and Ron entered.

somersault /'s?m?s?lt/ n.?翻筋斗

107

Madam Pomfrey was bending over a sixth-year girl with long curly hair.?

108

Harry recognised her as the Ravenclaw they’d?

accidentally

?asked for directions to the Slytherin common room.

accidentally /??ks??dent?li/ adv.?偶然地

109

And on the bed next to her was –

110

‘Hermione!’ Ron groaned.

111

Hermione lay?

utterly

?still, her eyes open and?

glassy

.

utterly /??t?li/ adv.?完全地

glassy /'glɑ?s?/ adj.?呆滯的

112

‘They were found near the library,’ said Professor McGonagall. ‘I don’t suppose either of you can explain this? It was on the floor next to them …’

113

She was holding up a small, circular mirror.

114

Harry and Ron shook their heads, both staring at Hermione.

115

‘I will?

escort

?you back to Gryffindor Tower,’ said Professor McGonagall heavily. ‘I need to address the students?

in any case

.’

escort /?esk??t/ vt.?護(hù)送

in any case?不管怎樣

116

‘All students will return to their house common rooms by six o’clock in the evening.

117

No student?

is to

?leave the dormitories after that time. You will be escorted to each lesson by a teacher.

is to?將要做

118

No student is to use the bathroom unaccompanied by a teacher.?

119

All further Quidditch training and matches are to be?

postponed

. There will be no more evening activities.’

postpone /p??sp??n/ v.?推遲

120

The Gryffindors packed inside the common room listened to Professor McGonagall in silence.

121

She rolled up the parchment from which she had been reading and said in a?

somewhat

?

choked

?voice,

somewhat /?s?mw?t/ adv.?有點(diǎn)

choke /t???k/ v.?哽噎

122

‘I need hardly add that I have rarely been so?

distressed

. It is likely that the school will be closed unless the?

culprit

behind these attacks is caught.

distress /d??stres/ vt.?使痛苦

culprit /?k?lpr?t/ n.?罪犯

123

I would urge anyone who thinks they might know anything about them to come forward.’

124

She climbed somewhat?

awkwardly

?out of the portrait hole, and the Gryffindors began talking immediately.

awkwardly /'?:kw?:dli/ adv.?不舒服地

125

‘That’s two Gryffindors down, not counting a Gryffindor ghost, one Ravenclaw and one Hufflepuff,’ said the Weasley twins’ friend Lee Jordan, counting on his fingers.

126

‘Haven’t any of the teachers noticed that the Slytherins are all safe? Isn’t it obvious all this stuff’s coming from Slytherin?

127

The heir of Slytherin, the monster of Slytherin – why don’t they just?

chuck

?all the Slytherins out?’

chuck /t??k/ vt.?拋擲

128

he roared, to nods and?

scattered

?applause.

scatter /?sk?t?(r)/ vt.?使散播

129

Percy Weasley was sitting in a chair behind Lee, but for once he didn’t seem keen to make his views heard. He was looking pale and stunned.

130

‘Percy’s in shock,’ George told Harry quietly. ‘That Ravenclaw girl – Penelope Clearwater – she’s a Prefect. I don’t think he thought the monster would dare attack a Prefect.’

131

But Harry was only half-listening. He didn’t seem to be able to get rid of the picture of Hermione, lying on the hospital bed as though carved out of stone.

132

And if the culprit wasn’t caught soon, he was looking at a lifetime back with the Dursleys.

133

Tom Riddle had turned Hagrid in because he was faced with the?

prospect

?of a Muggle orphanage if the school closed. Harry now knew exactly how he had felt.

prospect /?pr?spekt/ n.?前景

134

‘What’re we going to do?’ said Ron quietly in Harry’s ear. ‘D’you think they suspect Hagrid?’

135

‘We’ve got to go and talk to him,’ said Harry,?

making up his mind

.?

make up one's mind?下定決心

136

‘I can’t believe it’s him this time, but if he set the monster loose last time he’ll know how to get inside the Chamber of Secrets, and that’s a start.’

137

‘But McGonagall said we’ve got to stay in our tower unless we’re in class –’

138

‘I think,’ said Harry, more quietly still, ‘it’s time to get my dad’s old Cloak out again.’

139

Harry had?

inherited

?just one thing from his father: a long and silvery Invisibility Cloak. It was their only chance of sneaking out of the school to visit Hagrid without anyone knowing about it.

inherit /?n?her?t/ v.?繼承（遺產(chǎn)）

140

They went to bed at the usual time, waited until Neville, Dean and Seamus had stopped discussing the Chamber of Secrets and finally fallen asleep,

141

then got up, dressed again, and threw the Cloak over themselves.

142

The journey through the dark and deserted castle corridors wasn’t?

enjoyable

. Harry, who had wandered the castle at night several times before, had never seen it so crowded after?

sunset

.

enjoyable /?n?d????bl/ adj.?愉快的

sunset /?s?nset/ n.?日落(時(shí))

143

Teachers, Prefects and ghosts were marching the corridors in pairs, staring around for any unusual activity.

144

Their Invisibility Cloak didn’t stop them making any noise, and there was a particularly tense moment when Ron?

stubbed

?his toe only?

yards

?from the spot where Snape was standing guard.

stub one's toe?踢到腳趾

yard /jɑ?d/ n.?碼(等于3英尺或36英寸或0.9144米)

145

Thankfully

, Snape?

sneezed

?at almost exactly the moment Ron?

swore

.

thankfully /?θ??kf?l?/ adv. (用以表示高興或?qū)捨?幸虧

sneeze /sni?z/ vi.?打噴嚏

swear /swe?(r)/ v.?咒罵

146

It was with relief that they reached the oak front doors and?

eased

?them open.

ease /i?z/ vt.?使安心

147

It was a clear, starry night. They hurried towards the lighted windows of Hagrid’s house, and pulled off the Cloak only when they were right outside his front door.

148

Seconds after they had knocked, Hagrid?

flung it open

. They found themselves face to face, with him aiming a?

crossbow

?at them, Fang the?

boarhound

?barking loudly behind him.

fling it open?猛地打開

crossbow /'kr?sb??/ n.?弩

boarhound /'b??ha?nd/ n.?用以獵野豬的大獵狗

149

‘Oh,’ he said, lowering the weapon and staring at them. ‘What’re you two doin’ here?’

150

‘What’s that for?’ said Harry, pointing at the?

crossbow

?as they stepped inside.

crossbow /'kr?sb??/ n.?弩

151

‘Nothin’ … nothin’,’ Hagrid muttered. ‘I’ve bin?

expectin’

?… doesn’ matter … Sit down … I’ll make tea …’

expect /?k?spekt/ vt.?認(rèn)為(某人)會(huì)來

152

He hardly seemed to know what he was doing. He nearly?

extinguished

?the fire, spilling water from the kettle on it, and then smashed the teapot with a nervous jerk of his massive hand.

extinguish /?k?st??ɡw??/ vt.?使熄滅

153

‘Are you OK, Hagrid?’ said Harry. ‘Did you hear about Hermione?’

154

‘Oh, I heard, all righ’,’ said Hagrid, a slight?

break

?in his voice.

break /bre?k/ n.?（因情感作用）嗓音突變

155

He kept glancing nervously at the windows.

156

He poured them both large mugs of boiling water (he had forgotten to add?

tea bags

) and was just putting a?

slab

?of fruitcake on a plate, when there was a loud knock on the door.

tea bag n.?袋泡茶

slab /sl?b/ n.?厚片

157

Hagrid dropped the fruitcake. Harry and Ron exchanged?

panic-stricken

?looks, then threw the Invisibility Cloak back over themselves and?

retreated

?into a corner.

panic-stricken /'p?nik,strik?n/ adj.?受恐慌的

retreat /r??tri?t/ vi.?撤退

158

Hagrid checked that they were hidden, seized his crossbow and flung open his door once more.

159

‘Good evening, Hagrid.’

160

It was Dumbledore. He entered, looking?

deadly

?serious, and was followed by a second, very odd-looking man.

deadly /?dedli/ adv.?非常

161

The stranger was a short,?

portly

?man with?

rumpled

?grey hair and an anxious expression.

portly /'p??tl?/ adj.?肥胖的

rumpled /'r?mpld/ adj.?弄皺的

162

He was wearing a strange mixture of clothes: a?

pin-striped

?suit, a scarlet tie, a long black cloak and pointed purple boots. Under his arm he carried a?

lime-green

?

bowler

.

pin-striped?有條紋的

lime-green?石灰綠

bowler /'b??l?/ n.?圓頂禮帽

163

‘That’s Dad’s boss!’ Ron breathed. ‘Cornelius Fudge, the?

Minister

?of Magic!’

minister /?m?n?st?(r)/ n.?部長(zhǎng)

164

Harry elbowed Ron hard to make him shut up.

165

Hagrid had gone pale and sweaty. He dropped into one of his chairs and looked from Dumbledore to Cornelius Fudge.

166

‘Bad business, Hagrid,’ said Fudge, in rather?

clipped

?tones. ‘Very bad business. Had to come. Four attacks on Muggle-borns. Things’ve gone far enough. Ministry’s got to act.’

clipped /kl?pt/ adj.?發(fā)音清楚的

167

‘I never,’ said Hagrid, looking?

imploringly

?at Dumbledore, ‘you know I never, Professor Dumbledore, sir …’

imploringly /im'pl?:ri?li/ adv.?懇求地

168

‘I want it understood, Cornelius, that Hagrid has my full?

confidence

,’ said Dumbledore, frowning at Fudge.

confidence /?k?nf?d?ns/ n.?信任

169

‘Look, Albus,’ said Fudge, uncomfortably. ‘Hagrid’s?

record’s

?

against

?him. Ministry’s got to do something – the school?

governors

?have been in touch.’

record /?rek??d/ n.?前科

against /?'genst/ prep.?對(duì)……造成傷害（威脅，不利）

governor /?ɡ?v?n?(r)/ n.?董事

170

‘Yet again, Cornelius, I tell you that taking Hagrid away will not help in the slightest,’ said Dumbledore.?

171

His blue eyes were full of a?

fire?

Harry had never seen before.

fire /?fa??(r)/ n.?怒火

172

‘Look at it from my?

point of view

,’ said Fudge,?

fidgeting

?with his?

bowler

.

point of view n.?觀點(diǎn)

fidget /'f?d??t/ v.?玩弄

bowler /'b??l?/ n.?圓頂禮帽

173

‘I’m under a lot of?

pressure

. Got to be seen to be doing something. If it turns out it wasn’t Hagrid, he’ll be back and no more said. But I’ve got to take him. Got to. Wouldn’t be doing my duty –’

pressure /?pre??(r)/ n.?壓力

174

‘Take me?’ said Hagrid, who was trembling. ‘Take me where?’

175

‘For a short stretch only,’ said Fudge, not meeting Hagrid’s eyes. ‘Not a punishment, Hagrid, more a?

precaution

. If someone else is caught, you’ll be let out with a full apology …’

precaution /pr??k???n/ n.?預(yù)防措施

176

‘Not Azkaban?’?

croaked

?Hagrid.

croak /kr??k/ vt.?用嘶啞的聲音說

177

Before Fudge could answer, there was another loud?

rap

?on the door.

rap /r?p/ vi.?敲擊

178

Dumbledore answered it. It was Harry’s?

turn

?for an elbow in the?

ribs

: he’d let out an audible gasp.

turn /t??n/ n.?輪到的機(jī)會(huì)

rib /r?b/ n.?肋

179

Mr Lucius Malfoy strode into Hagrid’s hut,?

swathed

?in a long black?

travelling

?cloak, smiling a cold and satisfied smile. Fang started to growl.

swathe /swe?e/ vt.?裹

travelling /'tr?v?li?/ adj.?旅行的

180

‘Already here, Fudge,’ he said?

approvingly

. ‘Good, good …’

approvingly /?p?ru:v???l?/ adv.?滿意地

181

‘What’re you doin’ here?’ said Hagrid?

furiously

. ‘Get outta my house!’

furiously /'fju?ri?sli/ adv.?狂怒地

182

‘My dear man, please believe me, I have no pleasure at all in being inside your – er – d’you call this a house?’ said Lucius Malfoy, sneering as he looked around the small cabin.

183

‘I simply called at the school and was told that the Headmaster was here.’

184

‘And what?

exactly

?did you want with me, Lucius?’ said Dumbledore. He spoke politely, but the fire was still?

blazing

?in his blue eyes.

exactly /?g'z?k(t)l?/ adv. (要求得到更多信息)究竟

blaze /ble?z/ vi.?猛烈地燃燒

185

‘

Dreadful

?thing, Dumbledore,’ said Mr Malfoy lazily, taking out a long roll of parchment,

dreadful /?dredfl/ adj.?糟透的

186

‘but the?

governors

?feel it’s time for you to?

step aside

. This is an Order of?

Suspension

?– you’ll find all twelve signatures on it. I’m afraid we feel you’re?

losing your touch

.

governor /?ɡ?v?n?(r)/ n.?董事

step aside?下臺(tái)

suspension /s??spen?n/ n.?暫令停職

lose one’s touch?不再擅長(zhǎng)做某事

187

How many attacks have there been now? Two more this afternoon, wasn’t it? At this?

rate

, there’ll be no Muggle-borns left at Hogwarts, and we all know what an awful?

loss

?that would be to the school.’

rate /re?t/ n.?進(jìn)度

loss /l?s/ n.?損失

188

‘Oh, now, see here, Lucius,’ said Fudge, looking?

alarmed

, ‘Dumbledore?

suspended

?… no, no …?

last

?thing we want just now …’

alarmed /??lɑ?md/ adj.?受驚的

suspend /s??spend/ v.?使暫時(shí)停職（或停學(xué)等）

last /lɑ?st/ adj.?最不可能的

189

‘The?

appointment

?– or suspension – of the Headmaster is a matter for the?

governors

, Fudge,’ said Mr Malfoy smoothly. ‘And as Dumbledore has?

failed to

?stop these attacks …’

appointment /??p??ntm?nt/ n.?任命

governor /?ɡ?v?n?(r)/ n.?董事

fail to?未能

190

‘Now look, Lucius, if Dumbledore can’t stop them –’ said Fudge, whose?

upper

?lip was sweating now, ‘I mean to say, who can?’

upper /??p?(r)/ adj.?上面的

191

‘That?

remains

?to be seen,’ said Mr Malfoy, with a nasty smile. ‘But as all twelve of us have voted …’

remain /r?'me?n/ v.?仍需去做(或處理)

192

Hagrid leapt to his feet, his?

shaggy

?black head?

grazing

?the ceiling.

shaggy /'??g?/ adj.?毛發(fā)粗濃雜亂的

graze /ɡre?z/ v.?擦過

193

‘An’ how many did yeh have ter threaten an’?

blackmail

?before they agreed, Malfoy, eh?’ he roared.

blackmail /?bl?kme?l/ n.?敲詐

194

‘

Dear

, dear, you know, that temper of yours will?

lead you into

?trouble one of these days, Hagrid,’ said Mr Malfoy. ‘I would advise you not to shout at the Azkaban guards like that. They won’t like it at all.’

dear /d??/ int.?哎呀

lead into?引起

195

‘Yeh can’ take Dumbledore!’ yelled Hagrid, making Fang the boarhound?

cower

?and?

whimper

?in his basket. ‘Take him away, an’ the Muggle-borns won’?

stand a chance

! There’ll be killin’s next!’

cower /?ka??(r)/ vi.?抖縮

whimper /?w?mp?(r)/ v.?烏咽

stand a chance?有希望

196

‘Calm yourself, Hagrid,’ said Dumbledore sharply. He looked at Lucius Malfoy.

197

‘If the governors want my removal, Lucius, I shall of course step aside.’

198

‘But –’ stuttered Fudge.

199

‘No!’ growled Hagrid.

200

Dumbledore had not taken his bright blue eyes off Lucius Malfoy’s cold grey ones.

201

‘However,’ said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly, so that none of them could miss a word,

202

‘you will find that I will only?

truly

?have left this school when none here are?

loyal

?to me. You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.’

truly /?tru?li/ adv.?真正地

loyal /?l???l/ adj.?忠誠(chéng)的

203

For a second, Harry was almost sure Dumbledore’s eyes flickered towards the corner where he and Ron stood hidden.

204

‘

Admirable

?

sentiments

,’ said Malfoy, bowing.?

admirable /??dm?r?bl/ adj.?令人稱贊的

sentiment /?sent?m?nt/ n. (對(duì)憐憫、懷舊等的)柔情

205

‘We shall all miss your – er – highly?

individual

?way of running things, Albus, and only hope that your?

successor

?will manage to?

prevent

?any – ah – “killin’s”.’

individual /??nd??v?d?u?l/ adj.?獨(dú)特的

successor /s?k'ses?/ n.?繼任者

prevent /pr??vent/ vt.?阻止

206

He strode to the cabin door, opened it and?

bowed Dumbledore out

.

bow sb out?恭敬地送出某人

207

Fudge,?

fiddling

?with his bowler, waited for Hagrid to go ahead of him, but Hagrid?

stood his ground

, took a deep breath and said carefully,

fiddle /'f?d(?)l/ v.?（尤指厭煩或緊張地）不停擺弄

stand one's ground?不讓步

208

‘If anyone wanted ter find out some stuff, all they’d have ter do would be ter follow the spiders. That’d lead ’em right! That’s all I’m sayin’.’

209

Fudge stared at him in amazement.

210

‘All right, I’m comin’,’ said Hagrid, pulling on his?

moleskin

?overcoat.

moleskin /'m??lsk?n/ n.?鼴鼠毛皮

211

But as he was about to follow Fudge through the door, he stopped again and said loudly, ‘An’ someone’ll need ter feed Fang while I’m away.’

212

The door banged shut and Ron pulled the Invisibility Cloak off.

213

‘We’re in trouble now,’ he said hoarsely. ‘No Dumbledore. They might as well close the school tonight. There’ll be an attack a day with him gone.’

214

Fang started howling, scratching at the closed door.

215