CHAPTER TWO

1

DOBBY’S WARNING

2

Harry managed not to shout out, but it was a?

close

?thing. The little creature on the bed had large, bat-like ears and?

bulging

?green eyes the size of tennis balls.

close /klo?z/ adj.?（通常指危險的情況幾乎發(fā)生）差一點兒

bulge /b?ld?/ vi.?鼓起

3

Harry knew?

instantly

?that this was what had been watching him out of the garden hedge that morning.

instantly /??nst?ntli/ adv.?立即

4

As they stared at each other, Harry heard Dudley’s voice from the hall.

5

“May I take your coats, Mr. and Mrs. Mason?”

6

The creature slipped off the bed and bowed so low that the end of its long, thin nose touched the?

carpet

.

carpet /?kɑ?rp?t/ n.?地毯

7

Harry noticed that it was wearing what looked like an old?

pillowcase

, with?

rips

?for arm- and leg-holes.

pillowcase /'p?lokes/ n.?枕套

rip /r?p/ v. (使)撕裂

8

“Er — hello,” said Harry nervously.

9

“Harry Potter!” said the creature in a?

high-pitched

?voice Harry was sure would?

carry

?down the stairs.

high-pitched /?ha??p?t?t/ adj.?聲音尖銳的

carry /'k?ri/ vt.傳播

10

“So long has Dobby wanted to meet you, sir . . . Such an honor it is. . . .”

11

“Th-thank you,” said Harry, edging along the wall and sinking into his desk chair, next to Hedwig, who was asleep in her large cage.

12

He wanted to ask, “What are you?” but thought it would sound too rude, so instead he said, “Who are you?”

13

“Dobby, sir. Just Dobby. Dobby the?

house

-

elf

,” said the creature.

house /ha?s/ adj.?家養(yǎng)的

elf /?lf/ n. (雙耳尖尖的)小精靈

14

“Oh — really?” said Harry. “Er — I don’t want to be rude or anything,

15

but — this isn’t a great time for me to have a house-elf in my bedroom.”

16

Aunt Petunia’s high,?

false

?laugh sounded from the living room. The elf?

hung

?his head.

false /f??ls/ adj.?不真誠的

hang /h??/ vt. & vi.?垂下

17

“Not that I’m not pleased to meet you,” said Harry quickly, “but, er, is there any particular reason you’re here?”

18

“Oh, yes, sir,” said Dobby?

earnestly

. “Dobby has come to tell you, sir . . . it is difficult, sir . . . Dobby wonders where to begin. . . .”

earnestly /??..n?stl?/ adv.?熱切地

19

“Sit down,” said Harry politely, pointing at the bed.

20

To his horror, the elf burst into tears — very noisy tears.

21

“S-sit down!” he wailed. “Never . . . never ever . . .”

22

Harry thought he heard the voices downstairs?

falter

.

falter /?f??lt?r/ v.?結(jié)巴地說

23

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, “I didn’t mean to?

offend

?you or anything —”

offend /??fend/ vt.?冒犯

24

“Offend Dobby!” choked the elf. “Dobby has never been asked to sit down by a wizard — like an?

equal

?—”

equal /?i?kw?l/ n.?同等的人

25

Harry, trying to say “Shh!” and look?

comforting

?

at the same time

,?

ushered

?Dobby back onto the bed where he sat?

hiccoughing

, looking like a large and very ugly doll.

comfort /?k?mf?rt/ vt.?安慰

at the same time?同時

usher /????r/ vt.?引領(lǐng)

hiccough /?h?k?p/ v.?打嗝

26

At last he managed to control himself, and sat with his great eyes fixed on Harry in an expression of?

wateryadoration

.

watery /'wɑt?ri/ adj.?含水的

adoration /??d??re??n/ n.?愛慕

27

“You can’t have met many decent wizards,” said Harry, trying to cheer him up.

28

Dobby shook his head. Then,?

without warning

, he leapt up and started banging his head furiously on the window, shouting, “Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!”

without warning?毫無征兆

29

“Don’t — what are you doing?” Harry hissed, springing up and pulling Dobby back onto the bed —

30

Hedwig had woken up with a particularly loud screech and was?

beating

?her wings?

wildly

?against the?

bars

?of her cage.

beat /bit/ vt. & vi.?接連地擊打

wildly /? wa?ldl?/ adv.?狂暴地

bar /bɑ?r/ n.?鐵欄桿

31

“Dobby had to punish himself, sir,” said the elf, who had gone slightly?

cross-eyed

. “Dobby almost spoke?

ill

?of his family, sir. . . .”

cross-eyed / ?kr?s?a?d/ adj.?斗雞眼的

ill /?l/ n.?壞話

32

“Your family?”

33

“The wizard family Dobby serves, sir. . . . Dobby is a house-elf — bound to serve one house and one family forever. . . .”

34

“Do they know you’re here?” asked Harry curiously.

35

Dobby?

shuddered

.

shudder /???d?r/ vi.?發(fā)抖

36

“Oh, no, sir, no . . . Dobby will have to punish himself most?

grievously

?for coming to see you, sir.

grievously /?ɡriv?sl?/ adv.?極其痛苦地

37

Dobby will have to shut his ears in the oven door for this. If they ever knew, sir —”

38

“But won’t they notice if you shut your ears in the oven door?”

39

“Dobby doubts it, sir. Dobby is always having to punish himself for something, sir.

40

They lets Dobby get on with it, sir. Sometimes they reminds me to do extra punishments. . . .”

41

“But why don’t you leave? Escape?”

42

“A house-elf must be?

set free

, sir. And the family will never set Dobby free . . . Dobby will serve the family until he dies, sir. . . .”

set free?釋放

43

Harry stared.

44

“And I thought I was?

hard-done-by

?staying here for another four weeks,” he said.

hard-done-by adj.?受到不公正對待的

45

“This makes the Dursleys sound almost human. Can’t anyone help you? Can’t I?”

46

Almost at once, Harry wished he hadn’t spoken. Dobby?

dissolved

?again into wails of?

gratitude

.

dissolve /d??zɑ?lv/ vi.?禁不住(笑起來或哭起來等)

gratitude /?ɡr?t?tu?d/ n.?感激

47

“Please,” Harry whispered frantically, “please be quiet. If the Dursleys hear anything, if they know you’re here —”

48

“Harry Potter asks if he can help Dobby . . . Dobby has heard of your?

greatness

, sir, but of your?

goodness

, Dobby never knew. . . .”

greatness /?ɡretn?s/ n.?著名

goodness /?ɡ?dn?s/ n.?善良

49

Harry, who was feeling?

distinctly

?hot in the face, said, “Whatever you’ve heard about my greatness is a load of rubbish. I’m not even top of my year at Hogwarts; that’s Hermione, she —”

distinctly /d??st???ktl?/ adv.?非常

50

But he stopped quickly, because thinking about Hermione was painful.

51

“Harry Potter is?

humble

?and?

modest

,” said Dobby?

reverently

, his orb-like eyes?

aglow

. “Harry Potter speaks not of his triumph over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named —”

humble /?h?mbl/ adj.?謙遜的

modest /?mɑ?d?st/ adj.?謙虛的

reverently /?r ?v?r?ntl?/ adv.?虔誠地

aglow /?'ɡlo/ adj. &adv.?發(fā)亮的(地)

52

“Voldemort?” said Harry.

53

Dobby clapped his hands over his bat ears and moaned, “Ah, speak not the name, sir! Speak not the name!”

54

“Sorry,” said Harry quickly. “I know lots of people don’t like it. My friend Ron —”

55

He stopped again. Thinking about Ron was painful, too.

56

Dobby leaned toward Harry, his eyes wide as?

headlights

.

headlight /'h?dla?t/ n. (汽車等)的前燈

57

“Dobby?

heard tell

,” he said?

hoarsely

, “that Harry Potter met the Dark Lord for a second time, just weeks ago . . . that Harry Potter escaped yet again.”

hoarsely /?horsl?/ adv.?嘶啞地

hear tell?聽說

58

Harry nodded and Dobby’s eyes suddenly shone with tears.

59

“Ah, sir,” he gasped,?

dabbing

?his face with a corner of the?

grubby

?pillowcase he was wearing.

dab /d?b/ vt.?快速擦拭

grubby /'ɡr?bi/ adj.?骯臟的

60

“Harry Potter is?

valiant

?and?

bold

! He has braved so many dangers already! But Dobby has come to protect Harry Potter, to warn him, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door later. . . .

valiant /?v?li?nt/ adj.?勇敢的(強調(diào)當機立斷、敢做敢為)

bold /bo?ld/ adj.?無畏的

61

Harry Potter must not go back to Hogwarts.”

62

There was a silence broken only by the?

chink

?of knives and forks from downstairs and the distant?

rumble

?of Uncle Vernon’s voice.

chink /t???k/ n.?叮當聲

rumble /?r?mbl/ n.?隆隆聲

63

“W-what?” Harry stammered.

64

“But I’ve got to go back — term starts on September first. It’s all that’s keeping me going. You don’t know what it’s like here. I don’t belong here. I belong in your world — at Hogwarts.”

65

“No, no, no,”?

squeaked

?Dobby, shaking his head so hard his ears flapped. “Harry Potter must stay where he is safe. He is too great, too good, to lose.

squeak /skwik/ v.?緊張（或激動）得尖聲說

66

If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in?

mortal

?danger.”

mortal /?m??rtl/ adj.?致命的

67

“Why?” said Harry in surprise.

68

“There is a?

plot

, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year,” whispered Dobby, suddenly trembling all over.

plot /plɑ?t/ n.?陰謀

69

“Dobby has known it for months, sir. Harry Potter must not put himself in?

peril

. He is too important, sir!”

peril /?per?l/ n.?巨大的危險

70

“What terrible things?” said Harry at once.?、“Who’s?

plotting

?them?”

plot /plɑ?t/ vt. & vi.?密謀

71

Dobby made a funny choking noise and then banged his head madly against the wall.

72

“All right!” cried Harry, grabbing the elf’s arm to stop him. “You can’t say. I understand. But why are you warning me?”

73

A sudden, unpleasant thought struck him. “Hang on — this hasn’t got anything to do with Vol- — sorry — with You-Know-Who, has it? You could just shake or nod,”

74

he added hastily as Dobby’s head?

tilted

?

worryingly

?close to the wall again.

tilt /t?lt/ vi.?傾斜

worryingly /'w?rii?li/ adv.?焦慮地

75

Slowly, Dobby shook his head.

76

“Not — not He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, sir —”

77

But Dobby’s eyes were wide and he seemed to be trying to give Harry a hint. Harry, however, was completely?

at sea

.

at sea?茫然

78

“He hasn’t got a brother, has he?”

79

Dobby shook his head, his eyes wider than ever.

80

“Well then, I can’t think who else would have a chance of making horrible things happen at Hogwarts,” said Harry.

81

“I mean, there’s Dumbledore,?

for one thing

?— you know who Dumbledore is, don’t you?”

for one thing?首先

82

Dobby bowed his head.

83

“Albus Dumbledore is the greatest headmaster Hogwarts has ever had. Dobby knows it, sir.

84

Dobby has heard Dumbledore’s powers?

rival

?those of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at the?

height

?of his strength. But, sir” —

rival /?ra?vl/ vt.?與…匹敵

height /ha?t/ n.?極佳狀況

85

Dobby’s voice dropped to an?

urgent

?whisper — “there are powers Dumbledore doesn’t . . . powers no decent wizard . . .”

urgent /???rd??nt/ adj.?急切的

86

And before Harry could stop him, Dobby bounded off the bed, seized Harry’s desk lamp, and started beating himself around the head with?

earsplitting

?

yelps

.

earsplitting /'?r,spl?t??/ adj.?震耳欲聾的

yelp /j?lp/ n. (因痛苦、氣憤、興奮等的)短而尖的叫聲

87

A sudden silence fell downstairs. Two seconds later Harry, heart?

thudding

?

madly

, heard Uncle Vernon coming into the hall, calling, “Dudley must have left his television on again, the little tyke!”

thud /θ?d/ vi.?砰然下落

madly /'m?dli/ adv.?瘋狂地

88

“Quick! In the?

wardrobe

!” hissed Harry, stuffing Dobby in, shutting the door, and?

flinging

?himself onto the bed just as the door handle turned.

wardrobe /?w??rdro?b/ n.?衣柜

fling /fl??/ vt.猛動（身體部位）

89

“What — the — devil — are — you — doing?” said Uncle Vernon through?

gritted

?teeth, his face horribly close to Harry’s.

grit /ɡr?t/ v.?咬緊牙關(guān)

90

“You’ve just ruined the?

punch line

?of my Japanese golfer joke. . . .One more sound and you’ll wish you’d never been born, boy!”

punch line n.?妙語

91

He?

stomped

?

flat-footed

?from the room.

stomp /stɑmp/ vt.?重踩

flat-footed /?fl?t?f?t?d/ adj.?斷然的

92

Shaking, Harry let Dobby out of the wardrobe.

93

“See what it’s like here?” he said. “See why I’ve got to go back to Hogwarts?

94

It’s the only place I’ve got — well, I think I’ve got friends.”

95

“Friends who don’t even write to Harry Potter?” said Dobby?

slyly

.

slyly /?sla?l?/ adv.?詭詐地

96

“I expect they’ve just been — hang on,” said Harry, frowning. “How do you know my friends haven’t been writing to me?”

97

Dobby shuffled his feet.

98

“Harry Potter mustn’t be angry with Dobby. Dobby did it for the best —”

99

“Have you been stopping my letters?”

100

“Dobby has them here, sir,” said the elf. Stepping?

nimbly

?out of Harry’s?

reach

, he pulled?

a thick wad of

?envelopes from the inside of the pillowcase he was wearing.

nimbly /'nimbli/ adv.?敏捷地

reach /rit?/ n.?伸手可及的距離

a wad of?一疊

101

Harry could make out Hermione’s neat writing, Ron’s untidy scrawl, and even a scribble that looked as though it was from the Hogwarts gamekeeper, Hagrid.

102

Dobby blinked anxiously up at Harry.

103

“Harry Potter mustn’t be angry. . . . Dobby hoped . . . if Harry Potter thought his friends had forgotten him . . . Harry Potter might not want to go back to school, sir. . . .”

104

Harry wasn’t listening. He made a grab for the letters, but Dobby jumped out of reach.

105

“Harry Potter will have them, sir, if he gives Dobby his word that he will not return to Hogwarts. Ah, sir, this is a danger you must not face! Say you won’t go back, sir!”

106

“No,” said Harry angrily. “Give me my friends’ letters!”

107

“Then Harry Potter leaves Dobby no choice,” said the elf sadly.

108

Before Harry could move, Dobby had darted to the bedroom door, pulled it open, and sprinted down the stairs.

109

Mouth dry, stomach?

lurching

, Harry sprang after him, trying not to make a sound. He jumped the last six steps, landing?

catlike

?on the hall carpet, looking around for Dobby.

lurch /l??rt?/ v.?胃猛地翻騰

catlike /?k?t?la?k/ adj.?躡手躡腳的

110

From the dining room he heard Uncle Vernon saying, “. . . tell Petunia that very funny story about those American?

plumbers

, Mr. Mason. She’s been dying to hear . . .”

plumber /?pl?m?r/ n.?水管工

111

Harry ran up the hall into the kitchen and felt his stomach disappear.

112

Aunt Petunia’s?

masterpiece

?of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared?

violets

, was floating up near the ceiling. On top of a cupboard in the corner?

crouched

?Dobby.

masterpiece /?m?st?rpi?s/ n.?杰作

violet /?va??l?t/ n.?紫羅蘭

crouch /kra?t?/ vi.?蹲伏

113

“No,”?

croaked

?Harry. “Please . . . they’ll kill me. . . .”

croak /kro?k/ v.?用低沉而沙啞的聲音說話

114

“Harry Potter must say he’s not going back to school —”

115

“Dobby . . . please . . .”

116

“Say it, sir —”

117

“I can’t —”

118

Dobby gave him a?

tragic

?look.

tragic /?tr?d??k/ adj.?不幸的

119

“Then Dobby must do it, sir, for Harry Potter’s own good.”

120

The pudding fell to the floor with a heart-stopping crash. Cream splattered the windows and walls as the dish?

shattered

. With a crack like a?

whip

, Dobby vanished.

shatter /???t?r/ vi.?粉碎

whip /w?p/ n.?抽打

121

There were screams from the dining room and Uncle Vernon burst into the kitchen to find Harry,?

rigid

?with shock, covered from head to foot in Aunt Petunia’s pudding.

rigid /?r?d??d/ adj.?僵硬的

122

At first, it looked as though Uncle Vernon would manage to?

gloss

?the whole thing over. (“Just our nephew — very disturbed — meeting strangers upsets him, so we kept him upstairs. . . .”)

gloss /ɡl?s/ vt.?掩蓋

123

He?

shooed

?the shocked Masons back into the dining room, promised Harry he would?

flay

?him to within an inch of his life when the Masons had left, and handed him a?

mop

.

shoo /?u/ vt.?發(fā)出噓聲將…趕走

flay /fle?/ vt.?嚴厲批評

mop /mɑ?p/ n.?拖把

124

Aunt Petunia dug some ice cream out of the?

freezer

?and Harry, still shaking, started?

scrubbing

?the kitchen clean.

freezer /'friz?/ n. (冰箱的)冷藏室

scrub /skr?b/ vt.?用力擦洗

125

Uncle Vernon might still have been able to make his deal — if it hadn’t been for the owl.

126

Aunt Petunia was just handing around a box of after-dinner?

mints

?when a huge barn owl swooped through the dining room window, dropped a letter on Mrs. Mason’s head, and swooped out again.

mints /mint/ n.?薄荷糖

127

Mrs. Mason screamed like a?

banshee

?and ran from the house shouting about?

lunatics

.

banshee /?b?n?i/ n.?女鬼

lunatic /?lu?n?t?k/ n.?瘋子

128

Mr. Mason stayed just long enough to tell the Dursleys that his wife was?

mortally

?afraid of birds of all shapes and sizes, and to ask whether this was their idea of a joke.

mortally /?m ?rt l..?/ adv.?致命地

129

Harry stood in the kitchen, clutching the mop for support, as Uncle Vernon advanced on him, a?

demonic

?

glint

?in his tiny eyes.

demonic /d?'mɑn?k/ adj.?惡魔的

glint /ɡl?nt/ n.?閃光

130

“Read it!” he hissed evilly,?

brandishing

?the letter the owl had delivered. “Go on — read it!”

brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞

131

Harry took it. It did not contain birthday greetings.

132

Dear Mr. Potter,

133

We have received?

intelligence

?that a?

Hover

?Charm was used at your place of?

residence

?this evening at twelve minutes past nine.

intelligence /?n?tel?d??ns/ n.?情報

hover /?h?v?r/ vi. (鳥等)盤旋

residence /?rez?d?ns/ n.?住處

134

As you know, underage wizards are not permitted to perform spells outside school, and?

further

?spellwork?

on your part

?may lead to?

expulsion

?from?

said

?school

further /?f??re?r/ adv.?進一步地

on one's part?就某人而言

expulsion /?k?sp?l?n/ n.?開除

said /s?d/ adj.?該……

135

(

Decree

?for the?

Reasonable

?

Restriction

?of?

Underage

?Sorcery, 1875, Paragraph C).

decree /d??kri?/ n.?法令

reasonable /?ri?zn?bl/ adj.?合乎情理的

restriction /r??str?k?n/ n.?約束

underage /'?nd?red?/ adj.?未成年的

136

We would also ask you to remember that any magical activity that risks notice by members of the non-magical community (Muggles) is a serious?

offense

offense /??fens/ n.?犯罪

137

under section 13 of the International?

Confederation

?of Warlocks’?

Statute

?of?

Secrecy

.

confederation /k?n?fed??re??n/ n.?聯(lián)盟

statute /?st?t?u?t/ n.?法令

secrecy /'sikr?si/ n.?保密

138

Enjoy your holidays!

139

Yours sincerely, Mafalda Hopkirk?

IMPROPER

?USE OF MAGIC OFFICE?

Ministry

?of Magic

improper /?m?prɑ?p?r/ adj.?不正確的

ministry /?m?n?stri/ n.?（政府的）部門

140

Harry looked up from the letter and?

gulped

.

gulp /ɡ?lp/ v.?（因害怕或驚訝而）倒吸氣

141

“You didn’t tell us you weren’t allowed to use magic outside school,” said Uncle Vernon, a mad gleam?

dancing

?in his eyes. “Forgot to mention it. . . .?

Slipped your mind

, I daresay. . . .”

dance /d?ns/ v.?（某人眼睛）因快樂（或激動）而閃爍

slip one's mind?忘掉

142

He was?

bearing down on

?Harry like a great?

bulldog

, all his teeth?

bared

. “Well, I’ve got?

news

?for you, boy. . . . I’m locking you up. . . .

bear down on?沖向

bulldog /'b?l'd?g/ n.?惡犬

bare /ber/ vt.?使露出

news /nuz/ n.?消息

143

You’re never going back to that school . . . never . . . and if you try and magic yourself out — they’ll?

expel

?you!”

expel /?k?spel/ vt.?開除

144

And laughing like a maniac, he dragged Harry back upstairs.

145

Uncle Vernon was as bad as his word.

146

The following morning, he paid a man to fit bars on Harry’s window. He himself fitted a?

cat-flap

?in the bedroom door, so that small amounts of food could be pushed inside three times a day.

cat-flap?（開在門上供貓進出的）貓洞

147

They let Harry out to use the bathroom morning and evening. Otherwise, he was locked in his room?

around the clock

.

around the clock?日以繼夜的

148

Three days later, the Dursleys were showing no sign of?

relenting

, and Harry couldn’t see any way out of his situation.

relent /r??lent/ vi.?變溫和

149

He lay on his bed watching the sun sinking behind the bars on the window and wondered miserably what was going to happen to him.

150

What was the good of magicking himself out of his room if Hogwarts would expel him for doing it? Yet life at Privet Drive had reached an?

all-time low

.

all-time low?最低紀錄

151

Now that the Dursleys knew they weren’t going to wake up as?

fruit bats

, he had lost his only weapon.

fruit bat?大蝙蝠

152

Dobby might have saved Harry from horrible happenings at Hogwarts, but the way things were going, he’d probably starve to death anyway.

153

The cat-flap rattled and Aunt Petunia’s hand appeared, pushing a bowl of?

tinned

?soup into the room. Harry, whose insides were aching with hunger, jumped off his bed and seized it.

tinned /t?nd/ adj. <英>罐裝的

154

The soup was stone-cold, but he drank half of it in one gulp. Then he crossed the room to Hedwig’s cage and?

tipped

the?

soggy

?vegetables at the bottom of the bowl into her empty food tray.

tip /t?p/ vt.?將(所盛之物)倒出

soggy /?sɑ?ɡi/ adj.?浸水的

155

She?

ruffled

?her feathers and gave him a look of deep?

disgust

.

ruffle /?r?fl/ vt.?（鳥發(fā)怒或炫耀）豎起羽毛

disgust /d?s?ɡ?st/ n.?反感

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“It’s no good turning your beak up at it — that’s all we’ve got,” said Harry?

grimly

.

grimly /?ɡr?ml?/ adv.?冷酷地

157

He put the empty bowl back on the floor next to the cat-flap and lay back down on the bed, somehow even hungrier than he had been before the soup.

158

Supposing he was still alive in another four weeks, what would happen if he didn’t turn up at Hogwarts?

159

Would someone be sent to see why he hadn’t come back? Would they be able to make the Dursleys let him go?

160

The room was growing dark. Exhausted, stomach?

rumbling

, mind?

spinning

?over the same unanswerable questions, Harry fell into an uneasy sleep.

rumble /?r?mbl/ v.?（肚子因饑餓而）咕嚕作響

spin /sp?n/ v.?（頭感到）眩暈

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He dreamed that he was on show in a zoo, with a card reading UNDERAGE WIZARD attached to his cage.

162

People?

goggled

?through the bars at him as he lay, starving and weak, on a bed of straw.?

goggle /?ɡɑ?ɡl/ v.?（由于驚奇）瞪大眼睛看

163

He saw Dobby’s face in the crowd and shouted out, asking for help, but Dobby called, “Harry Potter is safe there, sir!” and vanished.?

164

Then the Dursleys appeared and Dudley?

rattled

?the bars of the cage, laughing at him.

rattle /?r?tl/ vt.?使發(fā)出咯咯聲

165

“Stop it,” Harry muttered as the rattling pounded in his sore head. “Leave me alone . . .?

cut it out

?. . . I’m trying to sleep. . . .”

cut it out?閉嘴

166

He opened his eyes. Moonlight was shining through the bars on the window.?

167

And someone was goggling through the bars at him: a?

freckle

-faced, red-haired, long-nosed someone.

freckle /'fr?kl/ n.?雀斑

168

Ron Weasley was outside Harry’s window.

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