CHAPTER SIX

1

THE JOURNEY FROM?

PLATFORM

?NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS

platform /?pl?tf??rm/ n.?站臺(tái)

2

Harry’s last month with the Dursleys wasn’t fun.

3

True, Dudley was now so scared of Harry he wouldn’t stay in the same room,

4

while Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon didn’t shut Harry in his cupboard, force him to do anything, or shout at him — in fact, they didn’t speak to him at all.

5

Half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any chair with Harry in it were empty.

6

Although this was an improvement in many ways, it did become a bit?

depressing

?

after a while

.

depressing /d?'pr?s??/ adj.?令人憂(yōu)愁的

after a while?不久

7

Harry kept to his room, with his new owl for company. He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic.

8

His school books were very interesting. He lay on his bed reading?

late into the night

, Hedwig swooping in and out of the open window as she pleased.

late into the night?直到深夜

9

It was lucky that Aunt Petunia didn’t come in to vacuum anymore, because Hedwig kept bringing back dead mice.

10

Every night before he went to sleep, Harry?

ticked off

?another day on the piece of paper he had pinned to the wall,?

counting down

?to September the first.

tick off?用幾號(hào)標(biāo)出

count down?倒計(jì)時(shí)

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On the last day of August he thought he’d better speak to his aunt and uncle about getting to King’s Cross station the next day,

12

so he went down to the living room where they were watching a?

quiz

?show on television.

quiz /kw?z/ n.?問(wèn)答比賽(游戲)

13

He cleared his throat to let them know he was there, and Dudley screamed and ran from the room.

14

“Er — Uncle Vernon?”

15

Uncle Vernon grunted to show he was listening.

16

“Er — I need to be at King’s Cross tomorrow to — to go to Hogwarts.”

17

Uncle Vernon grunted again.

18

“Would it be all right if you?

gave me a lift

?”

give sb a lift?讓某人搭車(chē)

19

Grunt.

20

Harry supposed that meant yes.

21

“Thank you.”

22

He was about to go back upstairs when Uncle Vernon actually spoke. “Funny way to get to a wizards’ school, the train. Magic?

carpets

?all got?

punctures

, have they?”

carpet /?kɑ?rp?t/ n.?地毯

puncture /?p??kt??r/ v.?刺破

23

Harry didn’t say anything.

24

“Where is this school, anyway?”

25

“I don’t know,” said Harry, realizing this for the first time. He pulled the ticket Hagrid had given him out of his pocket.

26

“I just take the train from platform nine and three-quarters at eleven o’clock,” he read.

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His aunt and uncle stared. “Platform what?”

28

“Nine and three-quarters.”

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“Don’t talk rubbish,” said Uncle Vernon. “There is no platform nine and three-quarters.”

30

“It’s on my ticket.”

31

“

Barking

,” said Uncle Vernon, “

howling

?mad, the lot of them. You’ll see. You just wait. All right, we’ll take you to King’s Cross. We’re going up to London tomorrow anyway, or I wouldn’t?

bother

.”

barking /'bɑ:ki?/ adj. (英，非正式)精神錯(cuò)亂的

howling /'ha?l??/ adj.?極大的

bother /?bɑ?e?r/ vi.?麻煩

32

“Why are you going to London?” Harry asked, trying to keep things friendly.

33

“Taking Dudley to the hospital,” growled Uncle Vernon. “Got to have that ruddy tail removed before he goes to Smeltings.”

34

Harry woke at five o’clock the next morning and was too excited and nervous to go back to sleep.

35

He got up and pulled on his jeans because he didn’t want to walk into the station in his wizard’s robes — he’d change on the train.

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He checked his Hogwarts list yet again to make sure he had everything he needed, saw that Hedwig was shut safely in her cage, and then?

paced

?the room, waiting for the Dursleys to get up.

pace /pe?s/ vt. & vi.?踱步于

37

Two hours later, Harry’s huge, heavy trunk had been loaded into the Dursleys’ car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley into sitting next to Harry, and they had set off.

38

They reached King’s Cross at half past ten. Uncle Vernon dumped Harry’s trunk onto a?

trolley

?and?

wheeled

?it into the station for him.

wheel /wil/ vt.?推

trolley /?trɑ?li/ n. (兩輪或四輪的)手推車(chē)

39

Harry thought this was strangely kind until Uncle Vernon stopped?

dead

, facing the platforms with a nasty grin on his face.

dead /d?d/ adv. [英，非正式]?突然

40

“Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine — platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don’t seem to have?

built

?it?

yet

, do they?”

built /b?lt/ v.?建造（build的過(guò)去分詞）

yet /j?t/ adv.?到目前為止

41

He was quite right, of course. There was a big plastic number nine over one platform and a big plastic number ten over the one next to it, and in the middle, nothing at all.

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“Have a good term,” said Uncle Vernon with an even nastier smile. He left without another word. Harry turned and saw the Dursleys drive away. All three of them were laughing.

43

Harry’s mouth went rather dry. What?

on earth

?was he going to do? He was starting to attract a lot of funny looks, because of Hedwig. He’d have to ask someone.

on earth?究竟

44

He stopped a passing guard, but didn’t dare mention platform nine and three-quarters.

45

The guard had never heard of Hogwarts and when Harry couldn’t even tell him what part of the country it was in, he started to get annoyed, as though Harry was being stupid on purpose.

46

Getting?

desperate

, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o’clock, but the guard said there wasn’t one. In the end the guard?

strode

?away, muttering about time?

wasters

.

desperate /?desp?r?t/ adj.?不顧一切的

stride /stra?d/ vi.?大步行走

waster /'west?/ n.?不珍惜時(shí)間和金錢(qián)的人

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Harry was now trying hard not to panic.

48

According to the large clock over the?

arrivals board

, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it;

arrivals board?到達(dá)信息顯示屏

49

he was?

stranded

?in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.

strand /str?nd/ v.?使困在(某處)

50

Hagrid must have forgotten to tell him something you had to do, like tapping the third brick on the left to get into Diagon Alley.

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He wondered if he should get out his wand and start tapping the ticket?

inspector

’s?

stand

?between platforms nine and ten.

inspector /?n?spekt?r/ n.?檢查員

stand /st?nd/ n.?臺(tái)

52

At that moment a group of people passed just behind him and he caught a few words of what they were saying.

53

“—?

packed

?with Muggles, of course —”

pack /p?k/ vt.?塞滿(mǎn)

54

Harry swung round.?

55

The speaker was a?

plump

?woman who was talking to four boys, all with?

flaming

?red hair. Each of them was pushing a trunk like Harry’s in front of him — and they had an owl.

plump /pl?mp/ adj.?圓胖的

flaming /'flem??/ adj.?著火的

56

Heart?

hammering

, Harry pushed his trolley after them.?

hammer /?h?m?r/ v. (心臟)劇烈跳動(dòng)

57

They stopped and so did he, just near enough to hear what they were saying.

58

“Now, what’s the platform number?” said the boys’ mother.

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“Nine and three-quarters!”?

piped

?a small girl, also red-headed, who was holding her hand. “Mum, can’t I go . . .”

pipe /pa?p/ v.?高聲說(shuō)話(huà)

60

“You’re not old enough, Ginny, now be quiet. All right, Percy, you go first.”

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What looked like the oldest boy?

marched

?toward platforms nine and ten.

march /mɑ?rt?/ v.?行進(jìn)

62

Harry watched, careful not to blink in case he missed it — but just as the boy reached the?

dividing

?

barrier

?between the two platforms,

dividing /d?'va?d??/ adj.?分劃的

barrier /?b?ri?r/ n.?界線(xiàn)

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a large crowd of tourists came swarming in front of him and by the time the last?

rucksack

?had?

cleared away

, the boy had vanished.

rucksack /'r?ks?k/ n.?帆布背包

clear away?消失

64

“Fred, you next,” the plump woman said.

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“I’m not Fred, I’m George,” said the boy. “Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can’t you tell I’m George?”

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“Sorry, George, dear.”

67

“Only joking, I am Fred,” said the boy, and off he went.

68

His twin called after him to?

hurry up

, and he must have done, because a second later, he had gone — but how had he done it?

hurry up?趕快

69

Now the third brother was walking?

briskly

?toward the barrier — he was almost there — and then, quite suddenly, he wasn’t anywhere.

briskly /?br?skl?/ adv.?輕快地

70

There was nothing else for it.

71

“Excuse me,” Harry said to the plump woman.

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“Hello, dear,” she said. “First time at Hogwarts? Ron’s new, too.”

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She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and?

gangling

, with?

freckles

, big hands and feet, and a long nose.

gangling /?ɡ??ɡl??/ adj. (指人)瘦高而難看的

freckle /'fr?kl/ n.?雀斑

74

“Yes,” said Harry. “The thing is — the thing is, I don’t know how to —”

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“How to get onto the platform?” she said kindly, and Harry nodded.

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“Not to worry,” she said.

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“All you have to do is walk straight at the barrier between platforms nine and ten.

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Don’t stop and don’t be scared you’ll crash into it, that’s very important. Best do it at a bit of a run if you’re nervous. Go on, go now before Ron.”

79

“Er — okay,” said Harry.

80

He pushed his trolley around and stared at the barrier. It looked very solid.

81

He started to walk toward it. People?

jostled

?him on their way to platforms nine and ten.

jostle /?d?ɑ?sl/ vt.?推擠

82

Harry walked more quickly.

83

He was going to?

smash

?right into that?

ticket box

?and then he’d be in trouble — leaning forward on his trolley, he?

broke into

?a?

heavy

?run — the barrier was coming nearer and nearer —

smash /sm??/ n.?猛撞

ticket box?售票處

break into?突然做

heavy /'h?vi/ adj.?洶涌的

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he wouldn’t be able to stop — the trolley was out of control — he was a foot away — he closed his eyes ready for the?

crash

?—

crash /kr??/ vi.?碰撞

85

It didn’t come . . . he kept on running . . . he opened his eyes.

86

A?

scarlet

?

steam engine

?was waiting next to a platform packed with people.?

scarlet /?skɑ?rl?t/ n.?猩紅色

steam engine?蒸汽機(jī)

87

A sign overhead said Hogwarts?

Express

, eleven o’clock.

express /?k?spres/ n. [英]?快運(yùn)

88

Harry looked behind him and saw a?

wrought-iron

?archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it.

wrought-iron?熟鐵

89

He had done it.

90

Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every color?

wound

?

here and there

?between their legs.

wound /wund/ v.?蜿蜒(wind的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞形式)

here and there?到處

91

Owls hooted to each another in a?

disgruntled

?sort of way over the?

babble

?and the?

scraping

?of heavy trunks.

disgruntled /d?s?ɡr?ntld/ adj.?不滿(mǎn)的

babble /'b?bl/ n.?嘈雜的人聲

scraping /?skrep??/ n.?刮擦聲

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The first few carriages were already packed with students, some hanging out of the window to talk to their families, some fighting over seats.

93

Harry pushed his cart off down the platform in search of an empty seat.

94

He passed a?

round

-faced boy who was saying, “Gran, I’ve lost my toad again.”

round /ra?nd/ adj.?圓形的

95

“Oh, Neville,” he heard the old woman sigh.

96

A boy with?

dreadlocks

?was surrounded by a small crowd.

dreadlocks /'dr?dlɑks/ n.?拉斯塔法里式發(fā)綹

97

“Give us a look, Lee, go on.”

98

The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside?

poked

out a long, hairy leg.

poke /po?k/ vi.?伸出

99

Harry?

pressed

?on through the crowd until he found an empty?

compartment

?near the end of the train.

press /pres/ v.?擠

compartment /k?m?pɑ?rtm?nt/ n.(列車(chē)車(chē)廂的)隔間

100

He put Hedwig inside first and then started to shove and?

heave

?his trunk toward the train door.

heave /hi?v/ vt.?拉

101

He tried to lift it up the steps but could hardly raise one end and twice he dropped it painfully on his foot.

102

“Want a hand?” It was one of the red-haired twins he’d followed through the barrier.

103

“Yes, please,” Harry panted.

104

“Oy, Fred! C’mere and help!”

105

With the twins’ help, Harry’s trunk was at last tucked away in a corner of the compartment.

106

“Thanks,” said Harry, pushing his sweaty hair out of his eyes.

107

“What’s that?” said one of the twins suddenly, pointing at Harry’s lightning scar.

108

“

Blimey

,” said the other twin. “Are you — ?”

blimey /'bla?mi/ int.?啊呀!

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“He is,” said the first twin. “Aren’t you?” he added to Harry.

110

“What?” said Harry.

111

“Harry Potter,”?

chorused

?the twins.

chorus /?k??r?s/ vt.?異口同聲地說(shuō)

112

“Oh, him,” said Harry. “I mean, yes, I am.”

113

The two boys?

gawked

?at him, and Harry felt himself going red. Then, to his relief, a voice came floating in through the train’s open door.

gawk /ɡ?k/ v.?呆呆地看著

114

“Fred? George? Are you there?”

115

“Coming, Mum.”

116

With a last look at Harry, the twins hopped off the train.

117

Harry sat down next to the window where, half hidden, he could watch the red-haired family on the platform and hear what they were saying. Their mother had just taken out her handkerchief.

118

“Ron, you’ve got something on your nose.”

119

The youngest boy tried to jerk out of the way, but she grabbed him and began?

rubbing

?the end of his nose.

rub /r?b/ vt.?擦

120

“Mum — geroff.” He?

wriggled

?free.

wriggle /'r?ɡl/ v.?逃脫

121

“Aaah, has?

ickle

?Ronnie got?

somefink

?on his nosie?” said one of the twins.

ickle?小(little，非正式)

somefink?意為something

122

“Shut up,” said Ron.

123

“Where’s Percy?” said their mother.

124

“He’s coming now.”

125

The oldest boy came?

striding

?into sight. He had already changed into his?

billowing

?black Hogwarts robes, and Harry noticed a shiny red-and-gold?

badge

?on his chest with the letter P on it.

stride /stra?d/ vi.?大步行走

billow /'b?lo/ vi.?翻騰

badge /b?d?/ n.?徽章

126

“Can’t stay long, Mother,” he said. “I’m up front, the?

prefects

?have got two compartments to themselves —”

prefect /'prif?kt/ n. (某些英國(guó)學(xué)校中負(fù)責(zé)維持紀(jì)律等的)學(xué)長(zhǎng)

127

“Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?” said one of the twins, with?

an air of

?great surprise. “You should have said something, we had no idea.”

an air of?一種......的感覺(jué)

128

“Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it,” said the other twin. “Once —”

129

“Or twice —”

130

“A minute —”

131

“All summer —”

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“Oh, shut up,” said Percy the Prefect.

133

“How come Percy gets new robes, anyway?” said one of the twins.

134

“Because he’s a prefect,” said their mother?

fondly

. “All right, dear, well, have a good term — send me an owl when you get there.”

fondly /'fɑndli/ adv.?憐愛(ài)地

135

She kissed Percy on the cheek and he left. Then she turned to the twins.

136

“Now, you two — this year, you?

behave yourselves

. If I get one more owl telling me you’ve — you’ve blown up a toilet or —”

behave yourselves?行為規(guī)矩些

137

“Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet.”

138

“Great idea though, thanks, Mum.”

139

“It’s not funny. And look after Ron.”

140

“Don’t worry, ickle Ronniekins is safe with us.”

141

“Shut up,” said Ron again.?

142

He was almost as tall as the twins already and his nose was still pink where his mother had rubbed it.

143

“Hey, Mum, guess what? Guess who we just met on the train?”

144

Harry leaned back quickly so they couldn’t see him looking.

145

“You know that black-haired boy who was near us in the station? Know who he is?”

146

“Who?”

147

“Harry Potter!”

148

Harry heard the little girl’s voice.

149

“Oh, Mum, can I go on the train and see him, Mum, oh please. . . .”

150

“You’ve already seen him, Ginny, and the poor boy isn’t something you?

goggle

?at in a zoo. Is he really, Fred? How do you know?”

goggle /?ɡɑ?ɡl/ v. (由于驚奇)瞪大眼睛看

151

“Asked him. Saw his scar. It’s really there — like lightning.”

152

“Poor dear —?

no wonder

?he was alone, I?

wondered

. He was?

ever

?so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform.”

no wonder?怪不得

wonder /'w?nd?/ vt. & vi.?對(duì)…感到疑惑

ever /'?v?/ adv.?一直

153

“Never mind that, do you think he remembers what You-Know-Who looks like?”

154

Their mother suddenly became very stern.

155

“I forbid you to ask him, Fred. No, don’t you dare. As though he needs reminding of that on his first day at school.”

156

“All right,?

keep your hair on

.”

keep your hair on?別發(fā)脾氣(非正式)

157

A?

whistle

?sounded.

whistle /?w?sl/ n.?汽笛

158

“Hurry up!” their mother said, and the three boys?

clambered

?onto the train. They leaned out of the window for her to kiss them good-bye, and their younger sister began to cry.

clamber /?kl?mb?r/ vi.?攀登

159

“Don’t, Ginny, we’ll send you?

loads of

?owls.”

loads of?大量

160

“We’ll send you a Hogwarts?

toilet seat

.”

toilet seat?馬桶座圈

161

“George!”

162

“Only joking, Mum.”

163

The train began to move.

164

Harry saw the boys’ mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to?

keep up with

?the train until it?

gathered?

?

too much speed

, then she?

fell back

?and waved.

keep up with?趕得上

gather speed?加速

fell back?后退

165

Harry watched the girl and her mother disappear as the train?

rounded

?the corner.

round /ra?nd/ vt. & vi.?繞行

166

Houses flashed past the window. Harry felt a great?

leap

?of excitement. He didn’t know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was?

leaving behind

.

leap /li?p/ n.?激增

leave behind?留下

167

The door of the compartment slid open and the youngest redheaded boy came in.

168

“Anyone sitting there?” he asked, pointing at the seat opposite Harry. “Everywhere else is full.”

169

Harry shook his head and the boy sat down. He glanced at Harry and then looked quickly out of the window, pretending he hadn’t looked. Harry saw he still had a black mark on his nose.

170

“Hey, Ron.”

171

The twins were back.

172

“Listen, we’re going down the middle of the train — Lee Jordan’s got a giant?

tarantula

?down there.”

tarantula /t?'r?nt??l?/ n.?狼蛛

173

“Right,” mumbled Ron.

174

“Harry,” said the other twin, “did we introduce ourselves? Fred and George Weasley. And this is Ron, our brother. See you later, then.”

175

“Bye,” said Harry and Ron. The twins slid the compartment door shut behind them.

176

“Are you really Harry Potter?” Ron?

blurted

?out.

blurt /bl?t/ vt.?脫口而出

177

Harry nodded.

178

“Oh — well, I thought it might be one of Fred and George’s jokes,” said Ron. “And have you really got — you know . . .”

179

He pointed at Harry’s forehead.

180

Harry pulled back his?

fringe

?to show the lightning scar. Ron stared.

fringe n.?劉海

181

“So that’s where You-Know-Who — ?”

182

“Yes,” said Harry, “but I can’t remember it.”

183

“Nothing?” said Ron eagerly.

184

“Well — I remember a lot of green light, but nothing else.”

185

“Wow,” said Ron. He sat and stared at Harry for a few moments, then, as though he had suddenly realized what he was doing, he looked quickly out of the window again.

186

“Are all your family wizards?” asked Harry, who found Ron just as interesting as Ron found him.

187

“Er — yes, I think so,” said Ron. “I think Mum’s got a second cousin who’s an accountant, but we never talk about him.”

188

“So you must know loads of magic already.”

189

The Weasleys were clearly one of those old wizarding families the pale boy in Diagon Alley had talked about.

190

“I heard you went to live with Muggles,” said Ron. “What are they like?”

191

“Horrible — well, not all of them. My aunt and uncle and cousin are, though.?

Wish

?I’d had three wizard brothers.”

wish /w??/ v.?真希望

192

“Five,” said Ron. For some reason, he was looking?

gloomy

.

gloomy /?ɡlu?mi/ adj.?沮喪的

193

“I’m the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I’ve got a lot to?

live up to

.

live up to?不辜負(fù)

194

Bill and Charlie have already left — Bill was head boy and Charlie was?

captain

?of Quidditch.

captain /?k?pt?n/ n.?隊(duì)長(zhǎng)

195

Now Percy’s a prefect.

196

Fred and George?

mess

?around a lot, but they still get really good marks and everyone thinks they’re really funny.

mess v.?弄亂

197

Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it’s?

no big deal

, because they did it first.

no big deal?沒(méi)什么大不了

198

You never get anything new, either, with five brothers. I’ve got Bill’s old robes, Charlie’s old wand, and Percy’s old?

rat

.”

rat /r?t/ n.?鼠

199

Ron reached inside his jacket and pulled out a fat gray rat, which was asleep.

200

“His name’s Scabbers and he’s useless, he?

hardly ever

?wakes up. Percy got an owl from my dad for being made a prefect, but they couldn’t?

aff

?— I mean, I got Scabbers instead.”

hardly ever?幾乎從來(lái)不

afford /??f??rd/ vt.?買(mǎi)得起

201

Ron’s ears went pink. He seemed to think he’d said too much, because he went back to staring out of the window.

202

Harry didn’t think there was anything wrong with not being able to afford an owl.

203

After all, he’d never had any money in his life until a month ago, and he told Ron so, all about having to wear Dudley’s old clothes and never getting?

proper

?birthday presents.

proper /?prɑp?/ adj.?像樣的

204

This seemed to cheer Ron up.

205

“. . . and until Hagrid told me, I didn’t know anything about being a wizard or about my parents or Voldemort —”

206

Ron gasped.

207

“What?” said Harry.

208

“You said You-Know-Who’s name!” said Ron, sounding both shocked and?

impressed

. “I’d have thought you, of all people —”

impressed /?m?prest/ adj. (對(duì)...)欽佩

209

“I’m not trying to be brave or anything, saying the name,” said Harry, “I just never knew you shouldn’t. See what I mean? I’ve got loads to learn. . . .?

I bet

,”

I bet?我確信

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he added, voicing for the first time something that had been worrying him a lot lately, “I bet I’m the worst in the class.”

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“You won’t be. There’s loads of people who come from Muggle families and they learn quick enough.”

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While they had been talking, the train had carried them out of London. Now they were speeding past fields full of cows and sheep. They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes?

flick

?past.

flick /fl?k/ v. (使)突然快速移動(dòng)

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Around half past twelve there was a great?

clattering

?outside in the?

corridor

?and a smiling,?

dimpled

?woman slid back their door and said, “Anything off the?

cart

, dears?”

clatter /'kl?t?/ n.?嘈雜的談笑聲

corridor /?k??r?d??r/ n.?走廊

dimpled /?d?mp l..d/ adj. (臉上)帶酒窩的

cart /kɑ?rt/ n.?手推車(chē)

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Harry, who hadn’t had any breakfast, leapt to his feet, but Ron’s ears went pink again and he muttered that he’d brought sandwiches. Harry went out into the corridor.

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He had never had any money for sweets with the Dursleys,

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and now that he had pockets rattling with gold and silver he was ready to buy as many?

Mars Bars

?as he could carry — but the woman didn’t have Mars Bars.

Mars Bars?火星棒

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What she did have were Bertie Bott’s Every?

Flavor

?Beans, Drooble’s Best Blowing?

Gum

,?

flavor /?fle?v?r/ n.?味道

gum /ɡ?m/ n.?口香糖

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Chocolate Frogs,?

Pumpkin

?

Pasties

, Cauldron Cakes,?

Licorice

?

Wands

, and a number of other strange things Harry had never seen in his life.

pumpkin /?p?mpk?n/ n.?南瓜

pastie /'p?st?/ n.?餡餅

licorice /'l?k?r?s/ n.?甘草糖

wand /wɑnd/ n.?棒

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Not wanting to miss anything, he got some of everything and paid the woman eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts.

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Ron stared as Harry brought it all back in to the compartment and?

tipped

?it onto an empty seat.

tip /t?p/ vt.?將(所盛之物)倒出

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“Hungry, are you?”

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“Starving,” said Harry, taking a large bite out of a pumpkin pasty.

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Ron had taken out a lumpy package and unwrapped it. There were four sandwiches inside. He pulled one of them apart and said, “She always forgets I don’t like?

corned

?beef.”

corned /k?rnd/ adj.?腌制的

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“

Swap

?you for one of these,” said Harry, holding up a pasty. “Go on —”

swap /swɑ?p/ vt. & vi.?交換

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“You don’t want this, it’s all dry,” said Ron. “She hasn’t got much time,” he added quickly, “you know, with five of us.”

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“Go on, have a pasty,” said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with.

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It was a nice feeling, sitting there with Ron, eating their way through all Harry’s pasties and cakes(the sandwiches lay forgotten).

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“What are these?” Harry asked Ron, holding up a pack of Chocolate Frogs. “They’re not really frogs, are they?” He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him.

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“No,” said Ron. “But see what the card is. I’m missing Agrippa.”

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“What?”

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“Oh, of course, you wouldn’t know — Chocolate Frogs have cards inside them, you know, to collect — famous witches and wizards. I’ve got about five hundred, but I haven’t got Agrippa or Ptolemy.”

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Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card.

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It showed a man’s face. He wore half-moon glasses, had a long, crooked nose, and?

flowing

?silver hair,?

beard

, and?

mustache

. Underneath the picture was the name Albus Dumbledore.

flowing /'fl?ui?/ adj.?平滑的

beard /b?rd/ n.?胡須

mustache /'m?st??/ n.?胡子(唇上的胡須)

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“So this is Dumbledore!” said Harry.

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“Don’t tell me you’d never heard of Dumbledore!” said Ron. “Can I have a frog? I might get Agrippa — thanks —”

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Harry turned over his card and read:

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ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

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CURRENTLY

?HEADMASTER OF HOGWARTS

currently /?k??r?ntli/ adv.?當(dāng)前

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Considered

?by many the greatest wizard of?

modern times

, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood,

considered /k?n's?d?d/ adj.?受尊重的

modern times?近代

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and his work on?

alchemy

?with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys?

chamber

?music and?

tenpin bowling

.

alchemy /'?lk?mi/ n.?點(diǎn)金術(shù)

chamber /?t?e?mb?r/ adj.?室內(nèi)的

tenpin bowling?十柱滾木球戲

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Harry turned the card back over and saw, to his astonishment, that Dumbledore’s face had disappeared.

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“He’s gone!”

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“Well, you can’t expect him to hang around all day,” said Ron. “He’ll be back. No, I’ve got Morgana again and I’ve got about six of her . . . do you want it? You can start collecting.”

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Ron’s eyes?

strayed

?to the pile of Chocolate Frogs waiting to be unwrapped.

stray /stre?/ vi.?走神

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“

Help yourself

,” said Harry. “But in, you know, the Muggle world, people just stay put in photos.”

help yourself?請(qǐng)自便

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“Do they? What, they don’t move at all?” Ron sounded amazed. “

Weird

!”

weird /w?rd/ adj.?奇怪的

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Harry stared as Dumbledore?

sidled

?back into the picture on his card and gave him a small smile.

sidle /'sa?dl/ vi.?側(cè)身而行

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Ron was more interested in eating the frogs than looking at the Famous Witches and Wizards cards, but Harry couldn’t keep his eyes off them.

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Soon he had not only Dumbledore and Morgana, but Hengist of Woodcroft, Alberic Grunnion, Circe, Paracelsus, and Merlin.

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He finally?

tore

?his eyes away from the druidess Cliodna, who was scratching her nose, to open a bag of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans.

tear /t?r/ v.?扯下

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“You want to be careful with those,” Ron warned Harry.

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“When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor — you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and?

peppermint

?and?

marmalade

, but then you can get?

spinach

?and liver and?

tripe

.

peppermint /'p?p?m?nt/ n.?薄荷

marmalade /'mɑrm?led/ n.?果醬

spinach /'sp?n?t?/ n.?菠菜

tripe /tra?p/ n.?內(nèi)臟

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George reckons he had a?

booger

-flavored one once.”

booger /?b?ɡ?/ n.?〈方〉干燥的鼻粘液

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Ron picked up a green bean, looked at it carefully, and bit into a?

corner

.

corner /'k?rn?/ n.?嘴角

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“Bleaaargh — see??

Sprouts

.”

sprout /spra?t/ n.?芽

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They had a?

good

?time eating the Every Flavor Beans.

good /ɡ?d/ adj.?愉快的

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Harry got toast,?

coconut

, baked bean, strawberry,?

curry

, grass, coffee,?

sardine

, and was even brave enough to?

nibble

?the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn’t touch, which turned out to be pepper.

coconut /?ko?k?n?t/ n.?椰子

curry /?k?ri/ n.?咖喱食品

sardine /?sɑr'din/ n.?沙丁魚(yú)

nibble /?n?bl/ vt. & vi.?一點(diǎn)一點(diǎn)地咬(吃)

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The countryside now flying past the window was becoming?

wilder

. The neat fields had gone. Now there were?

woods

, twisting rivers, and dark green hills.

wilder /?w?ld?/ adj.?更荒涼的

woods /w?dz/ n.?森林

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There was a knock on the door of their compartment and the round-faced boy Harry had passed on platform nine and three-quarters came in. He looked?

tearful

.

tearful /'t?rfl/ adj.?含淚的

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“Sorry,” he said, “but have you seen a toad at all?”

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When they shook their heads, he wailed, “I’ve lost him! He?

keeps getting

?away from me!”

keep doing sth?一直做某事

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“He’ll?

turn up

,” said Harry.

turn up?出現(xiàn)

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“Yes,” said the boy?

miserably

. “Well, if you see him . . .”

miserably /?m?z?r?bl?/ adv.?痛苦地

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He left.

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“Don’t know why he’s so bothered,” said Ron. “If I’d brought a toad I’d lose it as quick as I could. Mind you, I brought Scabbers, so I can’t talk.”

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The rat was still?

snoozing

?on Ron’s lap.

snooze /snu?z/ vi.?打盹

267

“He might have died and you wouldn’t know the difference,” said Ron in?

disgust

. “I tried to turn him yellow yesterday to make him more interesting, but the spell didn’t work. I’ll show you, look . . .”

disgust /d?s?ɡ?st/ n.?厭惡

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He?

rummaged

?around in his trunk and pulled out a very?

battered

-looking wand. It was?

chipped

?in places and something white was?

glinting

?at the end.

rummage /'r?m?d?/ vt.?翻找出

battered /'b?t?d/ adj.?磨損的

chipped /t??pt/ adj.?受切損的

glint /ɡl?nt/ vi.?閃爍

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“Unicorn hair’s nearly poking out. Anyway —”

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He had just raised his wand when the compartment door slid open again.?

271

The toadless boy was back, but this time he had a girl with him. She was already wearing her new Hogwarts robes.

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“Has anyone seen a toad? Neville’s lost one,” she said. She had a?

bossy

?sort of voice, lots of?

bushy

?brown hair, and rather large?

front teeth

.

bossy /'b?si/ adj.?愛(ài)指揮他人的

bushy /?b??i/ adj.?濃密的

front teeth?門(mén)牙

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“We’ve already told him we haven’t seen it,” said Ron, but the girl wasn’t listening, she was looking at the wand in his hand.

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“Oh, are you doing magic? Let’s see it, then.”

275

She sat down. Ron looked?

taken aback

.

taken aback?驚訝

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“Er — all right.” He cleared his throat.

277

“Sunshine,?

daisies

, butter?

mellow

,

daisy n.?雛菊(花)

mellow /'m?lo/ adj. (水果)成熟香甜的

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Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.”

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He waved his wand, but nothing happened. Scabbers stayed gray and fast asleep.

280

“Are you sure that’s a real spell?” said the girl.

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“Well, it’s not very good, is it? I’ve tried a few simple spells just for practice and it’s all worked for me.

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Nobody in my family’s magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it’s the very best school of witchcraft there is, I’ve heard —

283

I’ve learned all our course books?

by heart

, of course, I just hope it will be enough — I’m Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?”

by heart?記牢

284

She said all this very fast.

285

Harry looked at Ron, and was relieved to see by his?

stunned

?face that he hadn’t learned all the course books by heart either.

stunned /st?nd/ adj.?受驚的

286

“I’m Ron Weasley,” Ron muttered.

287

“Harry Potter,” said Harry.

288

“Are you really?” said Hermione.

289

“I know all about you, of course — I got a few extra books for background reading,

290

and you’re in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century.”

291

“Am I?” said Harry, feeling?

dazed

.

dazed /dezd/ adj.?茫然的

292

“Goodness, didn’t you know, I’d have found out everything I could if it was me,” said Hermione.

293

“Do either of you know what House you’ll be in? I’ve been asking around, and I hope I’m in Gryffindor, it sounds by far the best;

294

I hear Dumbledore himself was one, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn’t be too bad. . . .

295

Anyway, we’d better go and look for Neville’s toad. You two had better change, you know, I expect we’ll be there soon.”

296

And she left, taking the toadless boy with her.

297

“Whatever House I’m in, I hope she’s not in it,” said Ron. He threw his wand back into his trunk. “Stupid spell — George gave it to me, bet he knew it was a?

dud

.”

dud /d?d/ n. [軍]啞彈

298

“What House are your brothers in?” asked Harry.

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“Gryffindor,” said Ron.?

Gloom

?seemed to be?

settling

?on him again.

gloom /ɡlu?m/ n.?沮喪

settle /?setl/ v. (某種表情在臉上)固定下來(lái)

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