“Well, Harry, you take the place of that?

bishop

, and Hermione, you go there instead of that castle.”

bishop /?b???p/ n.?主教

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“What about you?”

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“I’m going to be a knight,” said Ron.

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The chessmen seemed to have been listening,

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because at these words a knight, a bishop, and a castle turned their backs on the white pieces and walked off the board, leaving three empty squares that Harry, Ron, and Hermione took.

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“White always?

plays

?first in chess,” said Ron,?

peering

?across the board. “Yes . . . look . . .”

play /ple/ vt.?（比賽中）走（子）

peer /p?r/ vi.?凝視

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A white?

pawn

?had moved forward two squares.

pawn /p??n/ n. (國際象棋中的)兵

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Ron started to direct the black pieces. They moved silently wherever he sent them. Harry’s knees were trembling. What if they lost?

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“Harry — move?

diagonally

?four squares to the right.”

diagonally /da???ɡ?n?l?/ adv.?斜對地

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Their first real shock came when their other knight was taken. The white queen?

smashed

?him to the floor and dragged him off the board, where he lay quite still, facedown.

smash /sm??/ v.?（使）粉碎

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“Had to let that happen,” said Ron, looking shaken. “Leaves you free to take that bishop, Hermione, go on.”

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Every time one of their men was lost, the white pieces showed no?

mercy

. Soon there was a?

huddle

?of?

limp

?black players?

slumped

?along the wall.

mercy /?m??rsi/ n.?仁慈

huddle n.?（尤指雜亂地）擠在一起的人

limp /l?mp/ n.?跛行

slump /sl?mp/ vi.?沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

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Twice, Ron only just noticed in time that Harry and Hermione were in danger. He himself?

darted

?around the board, taking almost as many white pieces as they had lost black ones.

dart /dɑ?rt/ vi.?向前沖

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“We’re nearly there,” he muttered suddenly. “Let me think — let me think . . .”

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The white queen turned her?

blank

?face toward him.

blank /bl??k/ adj.?空白的

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“Yes . . .” said Ron softly, “it’s the only way . . . I’ve got to be taken.”

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“NO!” Harry and Hermione shouted.

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“That’s chess!” snapped Ron. “You’ve got to make some?

sacrifices

! I take one step forward and she’ll take me — that leaves you free to?

checkmate

?the king, Harry!”

sacrifice /?s?kr?fa?s/ n.?犧牲

checkmate /?t??k?met/ n. (國際象棋)將死

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“But —”

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“Do you want to stop Snape or not?”

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“Ron —”

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“Look, if you don’t hurry up, he’ll already have the Stone!”

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There was nothing else for it.

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“Ready?” Ron called, his face pale but?

determined

. “Here I go — now, don’t?

hang around

?once you’ve won.”

determined /d??t??rm?nd/ adj.?堅(jiān)定的

hang around?徘徊

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He stepped forward, and the white queen?

pounced

.

pounce /pa?ns/ vi.?猛撲

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She struck Ron hard around the head with her stone arm, and he crashed to the floor — Hermione screamed but stayed on her square — the white queen dragged Ron to one side.

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He looked as if he’d been?

knocked out

.

knock out?使入睡

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Shaking, Harry moved three spaces to the left.

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The white king took off his?

crown

?and threw it at Harry’s feet. They had won. The chessmen?

parted

?and bowed, leaving the door ahead clear.

crown /kra?n/ n.?王冠

part /pɑ?rt/ vt. & vi.?斷裂

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With one last desperate look back at Ron, Harry and Hermione charged through the door and up the next passageway.

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“What if he’s — ?”

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“He’ll be all right,” said Harry, trying to convince himself. “What do you reckon’s next?”

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“We’ve had Sprout’s, that was the Devil’s Snare; Flitwick must’ve put charms on the keys; McGonagall transfigured the chessmen to make them alive; that leaves Quirrell’s spell, and Snape’s . . .”

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They had reached another door.

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“All right?” Harry whispered.

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“Go on.”

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Harry pushed it open.

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A disgusting smell filled their nostrils, making both of them pull their robes up over their noses.

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Eyes watering, they saw, flat on the floor in front of them, a troll even larger than the one they had?

tackled

,?

out cold

with a bloody?

lump

?on its head.

tackle /?t?kl/ vt.?解決

out cold?失去知覺

lump /l?mp/ n.?腫塊

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“I’m glad we didn’t have to fight that one,” Harry whispered as they stepped carefully over one of its?

massive

?legs. “Come on, I can’t breathe.”

massive /?m?s?v/ adj.?巨大的

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He pulled open the next door, both of them hardly?

daring

?to look at what came next —?

daring /?der??/ n.?勇敢

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but there was nothing very frightening in here, just a table with seven differently shaped bottles standing on it in a line.

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“Snape’s,” said Harry. “What do we have to do?”

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They stepped over the?

threshold

, and immediately a fire sprang up behind them in the?

doorway

.

threshold /?θre?ho?ld/ n.?門檻

doorway /?d??rwe?/ n.?門口

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It wasn’t ordinary fire either; it was purple. At the same?

instant

, black flames shot up in the doorway leading?

onward

. They were?

trapped

.

instant /??nst?nt/ n.?片刻

onward /?ɑ?nw?rd/ adv.?向前地

trap /tr?p/ vt.?困住

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“Look!” Hermione seized a roll of paper lying next to the bottles. Harry looked over her shoulder to read it:

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Danger lies before you, while safety lies behind,

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Two of us will help you, whichever you would find,

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One among us seven will let you move ahead,

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Another will?

transport

?the drinker back instead,

transport /?tr?nsp??rt/ v.?運(yùn)送

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Two among our number hold only?

nettle

?wine,

nettle /?netl/ n.?蕁麻

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Three of us are killers, waiting hidden in line.

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Choose

, unless you wish to stay here?

forevermore

,

choose /t?uz/ vt.?選擇

forevermore /f?r??v??m?r/ adv.?永遠(yuǎn)地

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To help you in your choice, we give you these clues four:

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First, however?

slyly

?the poison tries to hide

slyly /?sla?l?/ adv.?狡猾地

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You will always find some on nettle wine’s left side;

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Second, different are those who stand at either end,

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But if you would move onward, neither is your friend;

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Third, as you see clearly, all are different size,

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Neither?

dwarf

?nor giant holds death in their insides;

dwarf /dw??rf/ n.?矮子

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Fourth, the second left and the second on the right

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Are twins once you taste them, though different at first sight.

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Hermione let out a great sigh and Harry, amazed, saw that she was smiling, the very last thing he felt like doing.

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“Brilliant,” said Hermione. “This isn’t magic — it’s logic — a?

puzzle

. A lot of the greatest wizards haven’t got an?

ounce

of logic, they’d be?

stuck in

?here forever.”

puzzle /?p?zl/ n.?測驗(yàn)智力（或知識）的游戲

ounce /a?ns/ n.?少量

stick in?陷入

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“But so will we, won’t we?”

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“Of course not,” said Hermione.?

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“Everything we need is here on this paper. Seven bottles: three are poison; two are wine; one will get us safely through the black fire, and one will get us back through the purple.”

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“But how do we know which to drink?”

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“Give me a minute.”

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Hermione read the paper several times. Then she walked up and down the line of bottles, muttering to herself and pointing at them. At last, she clapped her hands.

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“Got it,” she said. “The smallest bottle will get us through the black fire — toward the Stone.”

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Harry looked at the tiny bottle.

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“There’s only enough there for one of us,” he said. “That’s hardly one?

swallow

.”

swallow /?swɑ?lo?/ n.?一次吞咽的量

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They looked at each other.

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“Which one will get you back through the purple flames?”

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Hermione pointed at a rounded bottle at the right end of the line.

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“You drink that,” said Harry.

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“No, listen, get back and get Ron. Grab brooms from the flying-key room, they’ll get you out of the?

trapdoor

?and past Fluffy —

trapdoor /'tr?pd?r/ n.?活板門

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go straight to the owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, we need him.

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I might be able to hold Snape off for a while, but I’m no match for him, really.”

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“But Harry — what if You-Know-Who’s with him?”

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“Well — I was lucky once, wasn’t I?” said Harry, pointing at his scar. “I might get lucky again.”

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Hermione’s lip trembled, and she suddenly?

dashed

?at Harry and threw her arms around him.

dash /d??/ vi.?猛沖

383

“Hermione!”

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“Harry — you’re a great wizard, you know.”

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“I’m not as good as you,” said Harry, very embarrassed, as she?

let go of

?him.

let go of?放開

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“Me!” said Hermione. “Books! And?

cleverness

! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and — oh Harry — be careful!”

cleverness / ?kl?v?n?s/ n.?聰明

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“You drink first,” said Harry. “You are sure which is which, aren’t you?”

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“

Positive

,” said Hermione. She took a long drink from the round bottle at the end, and?

shuddered

.

positive /?pɑ?z?t?v/ adj.?肯定的

shudder /???d?r/ vi.?發(fā)抖

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“It’s not poison?” said Harry anxiously.

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“No — but it’s like ice.”

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“Quick, go, before it?

wears off

.”

wear off?逐漸消逝

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“Good luck — take care —”

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“GO!”

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Hermione turned and walked straight through the purple fire.

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Harry took a deep breath and picked up the smallest bottle. He turned to face the black flames.

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“Here I come,” he said, and he?

drained

?the little bottle in one gulp.

drain /dre?n/ vt.?喝光

397

It was indeed as though ice was?

flooding

?his body.

flood /fl?d/ vt.?淹沒

398

He put the bottle down and walked forward;

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he?

braced

?himself, saw the black flames?

licking

?his body, but couldn’t feel them — for a moment he could see nothing but dark fire — then he was on the other side, in the last chamber.

brace /bre?s/ v.?（使）作好準(zhǔn)備

lick /l?k/ v.?（火焰）燎著

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There was already someone there — but it wasn’t Snape. It wasn’t even Voldemort.

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