‘Harry Potter came back to school,’ he whispered miserably. ‘Dobby warned and warned Harry Potter. Ah sir, why didn’t you?

heed

?Dobby? Why didn’t Harry Potter go back home when he missed the train?’

heed /hi?d/ vt.?聽從(勸告或警告)

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Harry heaved himself up on his pillows and pushed Dobby’s?

sponge

?away.

sponge /sp?nd?/ n.?海綿

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‘What’re you doing here?’ he said. ‘And how did you know I missed the train?’

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Dobby’s lip trembled and Harry was?

seized

?by a sudden?

suspicion

.

seize /si?z/ vt. & vi. <正式>意識到

suspicion /s??sp??n/ n.?懷疑

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‘It was you!’ he said slowly. ‘You stopped the?

barrier

?letting us through!’

barrier /?b?ri?(r)/ n.?屏障

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‘

Indeed

?yes, sir,’ said Dobby, nodding his head?

vigorously

, ears?

flapping

.

indeed /?n?di?d/ adv.?的確

vigorously /?v? g?r?sl?/ adv.?活潑地

flap /fl?p/ v.?擺動

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‘Dobby hid and?

watched for

?Harry Potter and sealed the?

gateway

?and Dobby had to?

iron

?his hands afterwards –’ he showed Harry ten, long,?

bandaged

?fingers,

watch for v.?等待

gateway /'ge?twe?/ n.?（通往更廣闊地方的）通道

iron /?a??n/ vt. & vi.?熨

bandage /?b?nd?d?/ vt.?用繃帶包扎

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‘– but Dobby didn’t care, sir, for he thought Harry Potter was safe, and never did Dobby?

dream

?that Harry Potter would get to school another way!’

dream /dri?m/ vt.?料到

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He was?

rocking

?

backwards and forwards

,?

shaking

?his ugly head.

rock /r?k/ vt. & vi. (使)來回擺動

backwards and forwards?來回地

shake /?e?k/ vt.?搖動

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‘Dobby was so shocked when he heard Harry Potter was back at Hogwarts, he let his master’s dinner?

burn

! Such a?

flogging

?Dobby never had, sir …’

burn /b??n/ v.?燒糊

flog /fl?g/ vt.?鞭打

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Harry?

slumped

?back onto his?

pillows

.

slump /sl?mp/ vi.?沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

pillow /?p?l??/ n.?枕頭

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‘You nearly got Ron and me expelled,’ he said?

fiercely

. ‘You’d better?

clear off

?before my bones come back, Dobby, or I might?

strangle

?you.’

fiercely /'fi?sli/ adv.?狂怒地

clear off?走開

strangle /?str??ɡl/ vt.?掐死

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Dobby smiled?

weakly

.

weakly /'wi?kl?/ adv.?冷淡地

213

‘Dobby is used to death?

threats

, sir. Dobby gets them five times a day at home.’

threat /θret/ n.?威脅

214

He?

blew

?his nose on a corner of the?

filthy

?

pillowcase

?he wore,?

blow /bl??/?擤（鼻子）

filthy /'f?lθ?/ adj.?骯臟的

pillowcase /'p?l??ke?s/ n.?枕套

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looking so?

pathetic

?that Harry felt his anger?

ebb

?away?

in spite of himself

.

pathetic /p??θet?k/ adj.?可憐的

ebb /eb/ vi.?衰退

in spite of oneself?不由自主地

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‘Why d’you wear that thing, Dobby?’ he asked curiously.

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‘This, sir?’ said Dobby,?

plucking

?at the pillowcase.

pluck /pl?k/ vi.?扯

218

‘’Tis a mark of the house-elf’s?

enslavement

, sir. Dobby can only be freed if his masters present him with clothes, sir.

enslavement /?n'slevm?nt/ n.?被奴役的狀態(tài)

219

The family is careful not to pass Dobby even a sock, sir, for then he would be free to leave their house for ever.’

220

Dobby mopped his?

bulging

?eyes and said suddenly, ‘Harry Potter must go home! Dobby thought his Bludger would be enough to make –’

bulge /b?ld?/ vi.?鼓起

221

‘Your Bludger?’ said Harry, anger rising once more. ‘What d’you mean, your Bludger? You made that Bludger try and kill me?’

222

‘Not kill you, sir, never kill you!’ said Dobby,?

shocked

.

shock /??k/ vi.?感到震驚

223

‘Dobby wants to save Harry Potter’s life! Better sent home,?

grievously

?

injured

, than?

remain

?here, sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!’

grievously /'gri:v?sli/ adv.?極其痛苦地

injured /??nd??d/ adj.?受傷的

remain /r?'me?n/ vi.?留下

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‘Oh, is that all?’ said Harry angrily. ‘I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me why you wanted me sent home in?

pieces

?’

piece /pi?s/ n.?碎片

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‘Ah,?

if

?Harry Potter only knew!’ Dobby groaned, more tears dripping onto his ragged pillowcase.

if /?f/ conj.?要是......多好

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‘If he knew what he means to us, to the?

lowly

, the?

enslaved

, us?

dregs

?of the magical world!

lowly /'l??l?/ adj.?卑賤的

enslave /?n'sle?v/ vt.?①使成為奴隸

dregs /dregz/ n.?渣滓

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Dobby remembers how it was when He Who Must Not Be Named was at the?

height

?of his powers, sir! We house-elves were treated like?

vermin

, sir! Of course, Dobby is still treated like that, sir,’

height /ha?t/ n.?極佳狀況

vermin /'v??m?n/ n.?害蟲

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he admitted, drying his face on the pillowcase.

229

‘But mostly, sir, life has improved for my?

kind

?since you?

triumphed over

?He Who Must Not Be Named.

kind /ka?nd/ n.?同類的人

triumph over?擊敗

230

Harry Potter survived, and the Dark Lord’s power was broken, and it was a new?

dawn

, sir, and Harry Potter shone like a?

beacon

?of hope for those of us who thought the dark days would never end, sir …

dawn /d??n/ n.?開端

beacon /?bi?k?n/ n.?燈塔

231

And now, at Hogwarts, terrible things are to happen, are perhaps happening already,

232

and Dobby cannot let Harry Potter stay here now that history is to repeat itself, now that the Chamber of Secrets is open once more –’

233

Dobby froze,?

horror-struck

, then grabbed Harry’s?

water jug

?from his bedside table and?

cracked

?it over his own head,?

toppling

?out of sight.

horror-struck /'h?r?str?k/ adj.?驚恐的

water jug n.?水壺

crack /kr?k/ v.?猛擊

topple /?t?pl/ vi.?搖搖欲墜

234

A second later, he crawled back onto the bed,?

cross-eyed

, muttering, ‘Bad Dobby, very bad Dobby …’

cross-eyed /'kr?:s,aid/ adj.?斜視的

235

‘So there is a Chamber of Secrets?’ Harry whispered. ‘And – did you say it’s been opened before? Tell me, Dobby!’

236

He seized the elf’s?

bony

?wrist as Dobby’s hand inched towards the water jug. ‘But I’m not Muggle-born – how can I be in danger from the Chamber?’

bony /'b??n?/ adj.?骨瘦如柴的

237

‘Ah, sir, ask no more, ask no more of poor Dobby,’ stammered the elf, his eyes huge in the dark.

238

‘Dark?

deeds

?are planned in this place, but Harry Potter must not be here when they happen. Go home, Harry Potter. Go home. Harry Potter must not?

meddle

?in this, sir, ’tis too dangerous –’

deed /di?d/ n.?行動

meddle /?medl/ v.?干涉

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‘Who is it, Dobby?’ Harry said, keeping a?

firm

?hold on Dobby’s wrist to stop him hitting himself with the water jug again. ‘Who’s opened it? Who opened it last time?’

firm /f??m/ adj.?牢固的

240

‘Dobby can’t, sir, Dobby can’t, Dobby mustn’t tell!’ squealed the elf. ‘Go home, Harry Potter, go home!’

241

‘I’m not going anywhere!’ said Harry fiercely. ‘One of my best friends is Muggle-born, she’ll be first in line if the Chamber really has been opened –’

242

‘Harry Potter risks his own life for his friends!’ moaned Dobby, in a kind of?

miserable

?

ecstasy

. ‘So?

noble

! So?

valiant

! But he must save himself, he must, Harry Potter must not –’

miserable /?m?zr?bl/ adj.?痛苦的

ecstasy /?ekst?si/ n.?狂喜

noble /?n??bl/ adj.?高尚的

valiant /?v?li?nt/ adj.?勇敢的

243

Dobby suddenly froze, his bat ears quivering. Harry heard it, too. There were footsteps coming down the passageway outside.

244

‘Dobby must go!’ breathed the elf,?

terrified

; there was a loud crack, and Harry’s fist was suddenly clenched on thin air.

terrified /'ter?fa?d/ adj.?很害怕的

245

He slumped back into bed, his eyes on the dark doorway to the hospital wing as the footsteps drew nearer.

246

Next moment, Dumbledore was backing into the?

dormitory

, wearing a long?

woolly

?dressing?

gown

?and a?

nightcap

.?

dormitory /?d??m?tri/ n.?集體宿舍

woolly /?w?li/ adj.?羊毛制的

gown /ɡa?n/ n.?長袍

nightcap /'na?tk?p/ n.?睡帽

247

He was carrying one end of what looked like a statue.

248

Professor McGonagall appeared a second later, carrying its feet. Together, they heaved it onto a bed.

249

‘Get Madam Pomfrey,’ whispered Dumbledore, and Professor McGonagall hurried past the end of Harry’s bed out of sight.

250

Harry lay quite still, pretending to be asleep.?

251

He heard urgent voices, and then Professor McGonagall swept back into view, closely followed by Madam Pomfrey, who was pulling a?

cardigan

?on over her?

nightdress

.

cardigan /'kɑ?d?g(?)n/ n.?羊毛衫

nightdress /'na?tdres/ n. (婦女或孩子穿的)睡衣

252

He heard a sharp?

intake of breath

.

intake of breath?倒抽一口氣

253

‘What happened?’ Madam Pomfrey whispered to Dumbledore, bending over the statue on the bed.

254

‘Another attack,’ said Dumbledore. ‘Minerva found him on the stairs.’

255

‘There was a bunch of?

grapes

?next to him,’ said Professor McGonagall. ‘We think he was trying to sneak up here to visit Potter.’

grape /ɡre?p/ n.?葡萄

256

Harry’s stomach gave a horrible?

lurch

. Slowly and carefully, he raised himself a few inches so he could look at the statue on the bed. A?

ray

?of moonlight lay across its?

staring

?face.

lurch /l??t?/ v. (心臟或胃)突然跳動

ray /re?/ n.?光束

staring /'ste?r??/ adj.?凝視的

257

It was Colin Creevey. His eyes were wide and his hands were?

stuck

?up in front of him, holding his camera.

stick /st?k/ vt.?伸出

258

‘Petrified?’ whispered Madam Pomfrey.

259

‘Yes,’ said Professor McGonagall. ‘But I?

shudder

?to think … If Albus hadn’t been on the way downstairs for hot chocolate, who knows what might have …’

shudder /???d?(r)/ vi.?戰(zhàn)栗

260

The three of them stared down at Colin. Then Dumbledore leaned forward and?

prised

?the camera out of Colin’s?

rigid

grip.

prise /pra?z/ v.?費勁地（從某人）得到（prise sth. out of/from）

rigid /?r?d??d/ adj.?僵硬的

261

‘You don’t think he managed to get a picture of his attacker?’ said Professor McGonagall eagerly.

262

Dumbledore didn’t answer. He?

prised

?open the back of the camera.

prise /pra?z/ vt.?（英）撬動

263

‘Good?

gracious

!’ said Madam Pomfrey.

gracious /?ɡre???s/ int.?天哪

264

A jet of steam had hissed out of the camera. Harry, three?

beds

?

away

, caught the?

acrid

?smell of?

burnt

?plastic.

bed /bed/ n.?床位

away /?'we?/ adv.?距離……有多遠

acrid /??kr?d/ adj.?刺激的

burnt /b??nt/ adj.?燒壞的

265

‘

Melted

,’ said Madam Pomfrey?

wonderingly

, ‘all melted …’

melt /melt/ vi.?熔化

wonderingly /'w?nd?ri?li/ adv.?驚訝地

266

‘What does this mean, Albus?’ Professor McGonagall asked urgently.

267

‘It means,’ said Dumbledore, ‘that the Chamber of Secrets is indeed open again.’

268

Madam Pomfrey clapped a hand to her mouth. Professor McGonagall stared at Dumbledore.

269

‘But Albus … surely … who?’

270

‘The question is not who,’ said Dumbledore, his eyes on Colin. ‘The question is, how …’

271

And from what Harry could see of Professor McGonagall’s?

shadowy

?face, she didn’t understand this any better than he did.

shadowy /'??d???/ adj.?陰影中的

272