CHAPTER SIX

1

GILDEROY LOCKHART

2

The next day, however, Harry?

barely

?

grinned

?

once

.

barely /?be?li/ adv.?幾乎不

grin /ɡr?n/ v.?露齒而笑

once /w?ns/ adv.?一次

3

Things started to go?

downhill

?from breakfast in the Great Hall.

downhill /da?n'h?l/ adv.?每況愈下

4

The four long House tables were?

laden

?with?

tureens

?of?

porridge

, plates of?

kippers

, mountains of toast, and dishes of eggs and bacon, beneath the enchanted ceiling (today, a dull, cloudy gray).

laden /'le?d(?)n/ adj.?裝滿的

tureen /tj?'ri?n/ n.?焙盤

porridge /?p?r?d?/ n.?粥

kipper /?k?p?(r)/ n.?腌魚

5

Harry and Ron sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, who had her?

copy of

?

Voyages

?with Vampires?

propped open

?against a milk?

jug

.

copy of?一本(書)

voyage /?v???d?/ n.?航行

prop open?撐開

jug /d??ɡ/ n.?水壺

6

There was a slight?

stiffness

?in the way she said “Morning,” which told Harry that she was still?

disapproving

?of the way they had arrived.

stiffness /'stifnis/ n.?不自然

disapproving /?dis?'pru:vi?/ adj.?不滿的

7

Neville Longbottom, on the other hand,?

greeted

?them?

cheerfully

. Neville was a round-faced and?

accident-prone

?boy with the worst memory of anyone Harry had ever met.

greet /ɡri?t/ vt.?打招呼

cheerfully /'t?i?f?li/ adv.?歡樂地

accident-prone /'?ksid?nt,pr?un/ adj.(因性格特點)易惹事故的

8

“Post’s?

due

?

any minute

?– I think Gran’s sending on a few things I forgot.”

due /dju?/ adj.?應(yīng)有的

any minute?馬上

9

Harry had only just started his porridge when,?

10

sure enough, there was a rushing sound overhead and a hundred or so owls streamed in, circling the hall and dropping letters and packages into the?

chattering

?crowd.

chatter /'t??t?/ v.?喋喋不休

11

A big, lumpy parcel bounced off Neville’s head and, a second later, something large and gray fell into Hermione’s jug, spraying them all with milk and feathers.

12

“Errol!” said Ron, pulling the?

bedraggled

?owl out by the feet. Errol?

slumped

,?

unconscious

, onto the table, his legs in the air and a damp red envelope in his beak.

bedraggled /b??dr?ɡld/ adj.?被弄得濕淋淋的

slump /sl?mp/ vi.?沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

unconscious /?n?k?n??s/ adj.?（尤指因頭部受傷）昏迷的

13

“Oh, no —” Ron gasped.

14

“It’s all right, he’s still alive,” said Hermione,?

prodding

?Errol gently with the tip of her finger.

prod /pr?d/ vt. & vi.?戳

15

“It’s not that — it’s that.”

16

Ron was pointing at the red envelope. It looked quite ordinary to Harry, but Ron and Neville were both looking at it as though they expected it to explode.

17

“What’s the matter?” said Harry.

18

“She’s — she’s sent me a?

Howler

,” said Ron?

faintly

.

howl v.?（因疼痛、憤怒、開心等）大聲叫喊

faintly /'feintli/ adv.?虛弱地

19

“You’d better open it, Ron,” said Neville in a?

timid

?whisper. “It’ll be worse if you don’t. My gran sent me one once, and I ignored it and” — he?

gulped

?— “it was?

horrible

.”

timid /?t?m?d/ adj.?膽小的

gulp /ɡ?lp/ v.?（因害怕或驚訝而）倒吸氣

horrible /?h?r?bl/ adj.?可怕的

20

Harry looked from their?

petrified

?faces to the red envelope.

petrified /'petrifaid/ adj.?非常害怕

21

“What’s a Howler?” he said.

22

But Ron’s whole attention was fixed on the letter, which had begun to?

smoke

?at the corners.

smoke /sm??k/ v.?冒煙

23

“Open it,” Neville urged. “It’ll all be over in a few minutes —”

24

Ron stretched out a shaking hand,?

eased?

the envelope from Errol’s beak, and?

slit

?it open.

ease /i?z/ v. (使)小心緩緩地移動

slit /sl?t/ v.?撕開（某物）

25

Neville stuffed his fingers in his ears. A split second later, Harry knew why. He thought for a moment it had exploded; a roar of sound filled the huge hall, shaking dust from the ceiling.

26

“— STEALING THE CAR, I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF THEY’D EXPELLED YOU, YOU WAIT TILL I?

GET HOLD OF

?YOU,

get hold of?抓住

27

I DON’T SUPPOSE YOU STOPPED TO THINK WHAT YOUR FATHER AND I WENT THROUGH WHEN WE SAW IT WAS GONE —”

28

Mrs. Weasley’s yells, a hundred times louder than usual, made the plates and spoons?

rattle

?on the table, and echoed?

deafeningly

?off the stone walls.

rattle /?r?tl/ v.?（使）咯咯作響

deafening /?def?n??/ adj.?震耳欲聾的

29

People?

throughout

?the hall were?

swiveling

?around to see who had received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only his?

crimson

?

forehead

?could be seen.

throughout /θru??a?t/ prep.?遍及…場所

swivel /'sw?v(?)l/ v. (把身子或臉等)轉(zhuǎn)向另一方

crimson /?kr?mzn/ adj.?深紅色的

forehead /?f??hed/ n.?額頭

30

“— LETTER FROM DUMBLEDORE LAST NIGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WOULD?

DIE OF

?SHAME, WE DIDN’T?

BRING YOU UP

?TO BEHAVE LIKE THIS, YOU AND HARRY COULD BOTH HAVE DIED —”

die of?死于

bring up?養(yǎng)育

31

Harry had been wondering when his name was going to?

crop up

. He tried very hard to look as though he couldn’t hear the voice that was making his?

eardrums

?

throb

.

crop up?突然出現(xiàn)

eardrum /'??dr?m/ n.?耳膜

throb /θr?b/ n.?陣痛

32

“— ABSOLUTELY?

DISGUSTED

?— YOUR FATHER’S FACING AN?

INQUIRY

?AT WORK, IT’S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT AND IF YOU PUT ANOTHER?

TOE

?OUT OF LINE WE’LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT BACK HOME.”

disgusted /d?s?g?st?d/ adj.?厭惡的

inquiry /?n?kwa??r?/ n.?調(diào)查

toe /t??/ n.?足尖

33

A ringing silence fell. The red envelope, which had dropped from Ron’s hand, burst into?

flames

?and curled into ashes. Harry and Ron sat stunned, as though a?

tidal wave

?had just passed over them.

flame /fle?m/ n.?火焰

tidal wave?海嘯

34

A few people laughed and, gradually, a?

babble

?of talk broke out again.

babble /'b?b(?)l/ n.?嘈雜的人聲

35

Hermione closed Voyages with Vampires and looked down at the top of Ron’s head.

36

“Well, I don’t know what you expected, Ron, but you —”

37

“Don’t tell me I deserved it,” snapped Ron.

38

Harry pushed his porridge away. His insides were?

burning with

?guilt.?

burn with?為......所煎熬

39

Mr. Weasley was facing an inquiry at work. After all Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had done for him over the summer . . .

40

But he had no time to?

dwell

?on this; Professor McGonagall was moving along the Gryffindor table,?

handing outtimetables

.

dwell /dwel/ v.?總是想著

hand out?分發(fā)

timetable /'ta?mte?b(?)l/ n.?（學(xué)校的）課程表

41

Harry took his and saw that they had double?

Herbology

?with the Hufflepuffs first.

herbology /h?:'b?l?d?i/?草藥學(xué)

42

Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the castle together, crossed the?

vegetable patch

, and?

made for

?the greenhouses, where the magical plants were?

kept

.

vegetable patch?菜園

make for?走向

keep /ki?p/ v.?養(yǎng)

43

At least the Howler had done one good thing: Hermione seemed to think they had now been punished enough and was being perfectly friendly again.

44

As they neared the greenhouses they saw the rest of the class standing outside, waiting for Professor Sprout.

45

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had only just joined them when she came?

striding

?into view across the lawn,?

accompanied

?by Gilderoy Lockhart.

stride /stra?d/ vi.?大步行走

accompany /??k?mp?ni/ vt.?陪同

46

Professor Sprout’s arms were full of?

bandages

, and with another?

twinge

?of guilt, Harry spotted the Whomping Willow in the distance, several of its branches now in?

slings

.

bandage /?b?nd?d?/ n.?繃帶

twinge /tw?nd?/ n.?陣痛

sling /sl??/ n.?吊腕帶

47

Professor Sprout was a?

squat

?little witch who wore a?

patched

?hat over her?

flyaway

?hair; there was usually a large amount of?

earth

?on her clothes and her fingernails would have made Aunt Petunia faint.

squat /skw?t/ adj.?矮胖的

patch /p?t?/ vi.?打補(bǔ)丁

flyaway /'fla??we?/ adj. (頭發(fā))飄拂的

earth /??θ/ n.?泥土

48

Gilderoy Lockhart, however, was?

immaculate

?in?

sweeping

?robes of?

turquoise

,?

immaculate /??m?kj?l?t/ adj.?整潔的

sweeping /'swi?p??/ adj.?弧線的

turquoise /'t?:kw?iz/ n.?青綠色

49

his golden hair?

shining

?under a perfectly?

positioned

?turquoise hat with gold?

trimming

.

shining /'?a?n??/ adj.?華麗的

position /p??z??n/ v.?安置

trimming /'tr?m??/ n.?鑲邊飾物

50

“Oh, hello there!” Lockhart called, beaming around at the?

assembled

?students.

assemble /??sembl/ vt.?集合

51

“Just been showing Professor Sprout the right way to doctor a Whomping Willow! But I don’t want you?

running away with

?the idea that I’m better at Herbology than she is!

running away with?輕易獲得

52

I just happen to have met several of these?

exotic

?plants on my travels . . .”

exotic /?ɡ?z?t?k/ adj.?奇異的

53

“Greenhouse three today,?

chaps

!” said Professor Sprout, who was looking?

distinctly

?

disgruntled

, not at all her usual cheerful?

self

.

chap /t??p/ n.?小伙子

distinctly /dis'ti?ktli/ adv.?無疑地

disgruntled /d?s?ɡr?ntld/ adj.?不高興的

self /self/ n.?（自己的）通常的行為方式

54

There was a murmur of interest. They had only ever worked in greenhouse one before — greenhouse three?

housed?

far more interesting and dangerous plants.

house v.?容納

55

Professor Sprout took a large key from her belt and unlocked the door.

56

Harry caught a?

whiff

?of damp earth and?

fertilizer

?

mingling

?with the heavy?

perfume

?of some giant, umbrella-sized flowers dangling from the ceiling.

whiff /w?f/ n.?一股氣味

fertilizer /?f??t?la?z?(r)/ n.?肥料

mingle /?m??ɡl/ vt. & vi.?混合

perfume /?p??fju?m/ n.?芳香

57

He was about to follow Ron and Hermione inside when Lockhart’s hand?

shot out

.

shoot out?伸出

58

“Harry! I’ve been wanting a?

word

?— you don’t mind if he’s a couple of minutes late, do you, Professor Sprout?”

word /w??d/ n.?簡短的交談

59

Judging by Professor Sprout’s scowl, she did mind, but Lockhart said, “

That’s the ticket

,” and closed the greenhouse door in her face.

That’s the ticket?這正是我需要的

60

“Harry,” said Lockhart, his large white teeth gleaming in the sunlight as he shook his head. “Harry, Harry, Harry.”

61

Completely?

nonplussed

, Harry said nothing.

nonplussed /?n?n?pl?st/ adj.?不知所措的

62

“When I heard — well, of course, it was all my fault. Could have kicked myself.”

63

Harry had no idea what he was talking about.

64

He was about to say so when Lockhart went on, “Don’t know when I’ve been more shocked. Flying a car to Hogwarts! Well, of course, I knew at once why you’d done it.?

Stood out a mile

. Harry, Harry, Harry.”

stand out a mile?顯而易見

65

It was?

remarkable

?how he could show every one of those brilliant teeth even when he wasn’t talking.

remarkable /r??mɑ?k?bl/ adj.?奇異的

66

“Gave you a taste for?

publicity

, didn’t I?” said Lockhart. “Gave you the?

bug

. You got onto?

the front page

?of the paper with me and you couldn’t wait to do it again.”

publicity /p?b?l?s?ti/ n.?眾所周知

bug /b?ɡ/ n. <非正式>著迷

the front page n.?頭版

67

“Oh, no, Professor, see —”

68

“Harry, Harry, Harry,” said Lockhart, reaching out and grasping his shoulder.

69

“I understand. Natural to want a bit more once you’ve had that first taste — and I blame myself for giving you that, because it was?

bound

?to go to your head —

bound /ba?nd/ adj.?必然的

70

but see here, young man, you can’t?

start

?flying cars to try and get yourself noticed.

start /stɑ?t/ vt.?發(fā)動(機(jī)器)

71

Just calm down, all right? Plenty of time for all that when you’re older.

72

Yes, yes, I know what you’re thinking! ‘It’s all right for him, he’s an?

internationally

?famous wizard already!’

internationally /?int?'n???n?li/ adv.?國際上地

73

But when I was twelve, I was just as much of a nobody as you are now. In fact, I’d say I was even more of a nobody!

74

I mean, a few people have heard of you, haven’t they? All that business with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!”

75

He glanced at the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead.

76

“I know, I know — it’s not quite as good as winning Witch Weekly’s Most-Charming-Smile Award five times in a row, as I have — but it’s a start, Harry, it’s a start.”

77

He gave Harry a?

hearty

?wink and strode off. Harry stood stunned for a few seconds, then, remembering he was supposed to be in the greenhouse, he opened the door and slid inside.

hearty /'hɑ?t?/ adj. <英>假裝熱情友好的

78

Professor Sprout was standing behind a?

trestle

?bench in the center of the greenhouse. About twenty pairs of different-colored?

earmuffs

?were lying on the bench.

trestle /'tres(?)l/ n.?擱凳

earmuff /'i?m?f/ n.?御寒耳罩

79

When Harry had taken his place between Ron and Hermione, she said, “We’ll be?

repotting

?

Mandrakes

?today. Now, who can tell me the?

properties

?of the Mandrake?”

repot /ri:'p?t/ vt.?移植

mandrake /'m?ndre?k/ n. [植]曼德拉草（可作鎮(zhèn)靜藥用）

property /?pr?p?ti/ n.?特性

80

To nobody’s surprise, Hermione’s hand was first into the air.

81

“Mandrake, or?

Mandragora

, is a powerful?

restorative

,” said Hermione, sounding as usual as though she had swallowed the?

textbook

.?

mandragora /m?n'dr?ɡ?r?/ n.?曼陀羅草

restorative /r??st??r?t?v/ n.?恢復(fù)藥

textbook /?tekstb?k/ n.?教科書

82

“It is used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed to their original state.”

83

“Excellent. Ten points to Gryffindor,” said Professor Sprout. “The?

Mandrake

?

forms

?an?

essential

?part of most?

antidotes

. It is also, however, dangerous. Who can tell me why?”

mandrake /'m?ndre?k/ n. [植]曼德拉草（可作鎮(zhèn)靜藥用）

form /f??m/ v.?是......的組成部份

essential /??sen?l/ adj.?極其重要的

antidote /??ntid??t/ n.?解毒劑

84

Hermione’s hand?

narrowly

?missed Harry’s glasses as it shot up again.

narrowly /?n?r??l?/ adv.?以毫厘之差

85

“The cry of the Mandrake is?

fatal

?to anyone who hears it,” she said?

promptly

.

fatal /?fe?tl/ adj.?致命的

promptly /?pr?mptli/ adv.?立即

86

“Precisely. Take another ten points,” said Professor Sprout. “Now, the Mandrakes we have here are still very young.”

87

She pointed to a row of deep trays as she spoke, and everyone?

shuffled

?forward for a better look. A hundred or so?

tufty

?little plants,?

purplish

?green in color, were growing there in rows.

shuffle /???fl/ vi.?把腳動來動去

tufty /'t?fti/ adj.?簇生的

purplish /'p??pl??/ adj.?略帶紫色的

88

They looked quite?

unremarkable

?to Harry, who didn’t have the slightest idea what Hermione meant by the “cry” of the Mandrake.

unremarkable /?nr?'mɑ?k?b(?)l/ adj.?尋常的

89

“Everyone take a pair of earmuffs,” said Professor Sprout.

90

There was a?

scramble

?as everyone tried to seize a pair that wasn’t pink and?

fluffy

.

scramble /?skr?mbl/ v.?爭奪

fluffy /?fl?fi/ adj.?毛茸茸的

91

“When I tell you to put them on, make sure your ears are completely covered,” said Professor Sprout. “When it is safe to?

remove

?them, I will give you the?

thumbs-up

. Right — earmuffs on.”

remove /r??mu?v/ vt.?移開

thumbs-up /'θ?mz?p/ n. (表示贊成或滿意)翹拇指

92

Harry snapped the earmuffs over his ears. They?

shut out

?sound completely.?

shut out v.?遮住

93

Professor Sprout put the pink, fluffy pair over her own ears, rolled up the sleeves of her robes, grasped one of the?

tufty

?plants?

firmly

, and pulled hard.

tufty /'t?fti/ adj.?簇生的

firmly /'f?:mli/ adv.?強(qiáng)而有力地

94

Harry let out a?

gasp

?of surprise that no one could hear.

gasp /ɡɑ?sp/ n.?倒抽氣

95

Instead of roots, a small, muddy, and extremely ugly baby?

popped

?out of the earth.

pop /p?p/ v.?突然出現(xiàn)

96

The leaves were growing right out of his head. He had pale green,?

mottled

?skin, and was clearly?

bawling

?

at the top of his lungs

.

mottled /?m?tld/ adj.?斑駁的

bawl /b??l/ vi.?大叫

at the top of lungs?扯破喉嚨地

97

Professor Sprout took a large plant pot from under the table and?

plunged

?the Mandrake into it, burying him in dark, damp?

compost

?until only the?

tufted

?leaves were visible.

plunge /pl?nd?/ vt.?使插入

compost /'k?mp?st/ n.?混合肥料

tufted /'t?ft?d/ adj.?成簇狀的

98

Professor Sprout?

dusted

?off her hands, gave them all the thumbs-up, and removed her own earmuffs.

dust /d?st/ v.?擦去……的灰塵

99

“As our Mandrakes are only?

seedlings

, their cries won’t kill yet,” she said calmly as though she’d just done nothing more exciting than water a?

begonia

.

seedling /'si?dl??/ n.?剛出芽的幼苗

begonia /bi?ɡ?unj?/ n.?秋海棠

100

“However, they will knock you out for several hours, and as I’m sure none of you want to miss your first day back, make sure your earmuffs are securely?

in place

?while you work.

in place?在恰當(dāng)?shù)奈恢?/p>

101

I will?

attract

?your attention when it is time to?

pack up

.

attract /??tr?kt/ vt.?引起…的注意

pack up?整理

102

“Four to a tray — there is a large supply of?

pots

?here — compost in the sacks over there — and be careful of the?

Venomous

?

Tentacula

, it’s?

teething

.”

pot /p?t/ n.?花盆

tentacula /ten't?kjul?/ n.?觸須

venomous /?ven?m?s/ adj.?有毒的

teething /'ti?e??/ n.?出牙期

103

She gave a sharp slap to a?

spiky

, dark red plant as she spoke, making it draw in the long?

feelers

?that had been?

inching

?

sneakily

?over her shoulder.

spiky /'spa?k?/ adj.?尖刻的

feeler /'fi?l?/ n.?觸角

inch /?nt?/ vi.?（使）緩慢移動

sneakily /?sni:k?l?/ adv.?偷偷摸摸地

104

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were joined at their tray by a curly-haired Hufflepuff boy Harry knew?

by sight

?but had never spoken to.

by sight?憑外貌

105

“Justin Finch-Fletchley,” he said?

brightly

, shaking Harry by the hand.

brightly /'braitli/ adv.?笑容滿面地

106

“Know who you are, of course, the famous Harry Potter. . . . And you’re Hermione Granger — always top in everything” (Hermione beamed as she had her hand shaken too)?

107

“— and Ron Weasley. Wasn’t that your flying car?”

108

Ron didn’t smile. The Howler was obviously still on his mind.

109

“That Lockhart’s something, isn’t he?” said Justin happily as they began filling their?

plant pots

?with dragon?

dung

compost.

plant pot?花盆

dung /d??/ n.?動物的糞便

110

“

Awfully

?brave?

chap

. Have you read his books??

awfully /'??f?l?/ adv.?十分

chap /t??p/ n.?小伙子

111

I’d have died of fear if I’d been?

cornered

?in a?

telephone booth

?by a werewolf, but he stayed cool and —?

zap

?— just?

fantastic

.

corner /'k??n?/ vt.?使陷入絕境

telephone booth?電話亭

zap /z?p/ n.?意志

fantastic /f?n't?st?k/ adj.?了不起的

112

“My name?

was down for

?

Eton

, you know. I can’t tell you how glad I am I came here instead.

be down for?被列入名單

Eton /'i:t?n/ n.?伊頓(泰晤士河邊的一個市鎮(zhèn)，伊頓公學(xué)所在地)

113

Of course, Mother was slightly disappointed, but since I made her read Lockhart’s books I think she’s begun to see how useful it’ll be to have a?

fully

?

trained

?wizard in the family. . . .”

fully /'f?l?/ adv.?充分地

train /tre?n/ v.?訓(xùn)練

114

After that they didn’t have much chance to talk. Their earmuffs were back on and they needed to concentrate on the Mandrakes.

115

Professor Sprout had made it look extremely easy, but it wasn’t.?

116

The Mandrakes didn’t like coming out of the earth, but didn’t seem to want to go back into it either.

117

They?

squirmed

, kicked,?

flailed

?their sharp little fists, and?

gnashed

?their teeth; Harry spent ten whole minutes trying to squash a particularly fat one into a pot.

squirm /skw??m/ vi.?扭動

flail /fle?l/ vt.&vi.?（尤指手臂和雙腿）亂動

gnash /n??/ vt.?咬牙切齒

118

By the end of the class, Harry, like everyone else, was sweaty, aching and covered in earth. They?

traipsed

?back to the castle for a quick wash and then the Gryffindors hurried off to Transfiguration.

traipse /tre?ps/ vi.?疲憊地走

119

Professor McGonagall’s classes were always hard work, but today was especially difficult. Everything Harry had learned last year seemed to have leaked out of his head during the summer.

120

He was supposed to be turning a?

beetle

?into a button, but all he managed to do was give his beetle a lot of?

exercise

as it?

scuttled

?over the desktop avoiding his wand.

beetle /?bi?tl/ n.?甲蟲

exercise /'eks?sa?z/ n.?運動

scuttle /'sk?t(?)l/ vi.?急促地跑

121

Ron was having far worse problems. He had?

patched

?up his wand with some?

borrowed

?

Spellotape

, but it seemed to be damaged beyond repair.

patch /p?t?/ vt.?修補(bǔ)

borrowed /'bɑro/ adj.?借來的

Spellotape?魔術(shù)膠帶

122

It kept?

crackling

?and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it?

engulfed

?him in thick gray smoke which smelled of?

rotten

?eggs.

crackle /'kr?k(?)l/ v.?發(fā)噼啪聲

engulf /?n?ɡ?lf/ v.?淹沒

rotten /?r?tn/ adj.?腐爛的

123

Unable to see what he was doing, Ron accidentally squashed his beetle with his elbow and had to ask for a new one. Professor McGonagall wasn’t pleased.

124

Harry was relieved to hear the lunch bell. His brain felt like a?

wrung

?

sponge

. Everyone?

filed

?out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was?

whacking

?his wand furiously on the desk.

wring /r??/ v.?擰出(衣服等中的水)

sponge /sp?nd?/ n.?海綿

file /fa?l/ vi.?排成縱隊前進(jìn)

whack /w?k/ vt.?重?fù)?/p>

125

“Stupid —?

useless

?— thing —”

useless /?ju?sl?s/ adj.?無用的

126

“Write home for another one,” Harry suggested as the wand?

let off

?a?

volley

?of?

bangs

?like a?

firecracker

.

let off?放（炮、煙火等）

volley /?v?li/ n.?齊射出的子彈

bang /b??/ n.?巨響

firecracker /'fa??kr?k?/ n.?鞭炮

127

“Oh, yeah, and get another Howler back,” said Ron, stuffing the now?

hissing

?wand into his bag. “‘It’s your own fault your wand got snapped —’”

hissing /'h?s??/ n.?發(fā)嘶嘶聲

128

They went down to lunch, where Ron’s mood was not improved by Hermione’s showing them the?

handful

?of perfect?

coat buttons

?she had?

produced

?in Transfiguration.

handful /?h?ndf?l/ adj.?一把

coat button?衫扣

produce /pr??dju?s/ v.?造出

129

“What’ve we got this afternoon?” said Harry,?

hastily

?changing the subject.

hastily /'heistili/ adv.?匆忙地

130

“

Defense Against

?the Dark Arts,” said Hermione at once.

Defense Against?防御

131

“Why,” demanded Ron, seizing her timetable, “have you?

outlined

?all Lockhart’s lessons in little?

hearts

?”

outline /?a?tla?n/ v.?勾勒

heart /hɑ?t/ n.?心形

132

Hermione snatched the timetable back, flushing?

furiously

.

furiously /'fju?ri?sli/ adv.?猛烈地

133

They finished lunch and went outside into the?

overcast

?

courtyard

. Hermione sat down on a stone step and?

buried her nose in Voyages with Vampires again

.

overcast /???v??kɑ?st/ adj.?陰暗的

courtyard /?k??tjɑ?d/ n.?院子

bury one's nose in a book?埋頭讀書

134

Harry and Ron stood talking about Quidditch for several minutes before Harry became aware that he was being?

closely

?watched.

closely /'kl?usli/ adv.?暗中地

135

Looking up, he saw the very small,?

mousy

-haired boy he’d seen trying on the Sorting Hat last night staring at Harry as though?

transfixed

.

mousy /'ma?s?/ adj.?灰褐色的

transfix /tr?ns'f?ks/ vt.?使驚呆

136

He was clutching what looked like an ordinary Muggle camera, and the moment Harry looked at him, he went bright red.

137

“All right, Harry? I’m — I’m Colin Creevey,” he said breathlessly, taking a?

tentative

?step forward.

tentative /?tent?t?v/ adj.?試探性的

138

“I’m in Gryffindor, too. D’you think — would it be all right if — can I have a picture?” he said, raising the camera?

hopefully

.

hopefully /'h??pf?l?/ adv.?懷有希望地

139

“A picture?” Harry repeated blankly.

140

“So I can prove I’ve met you,” said Colin Creevey eagerly,?

edging

?further forward.

edge /ed?/ vi.?緩緩移動

141

“I know all about you. Everyone’s told me. About how you survived when You-Know-Who tried to kill you and how he disappeared and everything and how you’ve still got a lightning scar on your forehead”

142

(his eyes?

raked

?Harry’s?

hairline

) “and a boy in my dormitory said if I?

develop

?the film in the right potion, the pictures’ll move.”

rake /re?k/ v.?掃視

hairline /'he?la?n/ n.?發(fā)際線

develop /d?'vel?p/ v.?使底片顯影

143

Colin?

drew

?a great?

shuddering

?breath of excitement and said,

draw /dr??/ v.?吸(氣)

shuddering /'?ud?ri?/ adj.?發(fā)抖的

144

“It’s brilliant here, isn’t it? I never knew all the odd stuff I could do was magic till I got the letter from Hogwarts.

145

My dad’s a milkman, he couldn’t believe it either. So I’m taking loads of pictures to send home to him. And it’d be really good if I had one of you”

146

— he looked?

imploringly

?at Harry — “maybe your friend could take it and I could stand next to you? And then, could you sign it?”

imploringly /im'pl?:ri?li/ adv.?懇求地

147

“Signed photos? You’re giving out signed photos, Potter?”

148

Loud and?

scathing

, Draco Malfoy’s voice echoed around the courtyard. He had stopped right behind Colin,?

flanked

, as he always was at Hogwarts, by his large and?

thuggish

?

cronies

, Crabbe and Goyle.

scathing /'ske?e??/ adj.?尖刻的

flank /fl??k/ vt.?位于...的側(cè)面

thuggish /'θ?g??/ adj.?野蠻的

crony /'kr??n?/ n.?密友

149

“Everyone?

queue

?up!” Malfoy roared to the crowd. “Harry Potter’s?

giving out

?signed photos!”

queue /kju?/ vi.?排隊等候

give out?分發(fā)

150

“No, I’m not,” said Harry angrily, his fists?

clenching

. “Shut up, Malfoy.”

clench /klent?/ vt.?緊握

151

“You’re just?

jealous

,”?

piped up

?Colin, whose entire body was about as?

thick

?as Crabbe’s neck.

jealous /?d?el?s/ adj.?妒忌的

pipe up?開始(大聲)說話

thick /θ?k/ adj.?粗的

152

“Jealous?” said Malfoy, who didn’t need to shout anymore: Half the courtyard was listening in.

153

“Of what? I don’t want a?

foul

?scar right across my head, thanks. I don’t think getting your head?

cut open

?makes you that?

special

, myself.”

foul /fa?l/ adj.?骯臟的

cut open?切開

special /'spe?(?)l/ adj.?特別的

154

Crabbe and Goyle were?

sniggering

?stupidly.

snigger /'sn?g?/ vi.?竊笑

155

“Eat slugs, Malfoy,” said Ron angrily. Crabbe stopped laughing and started?

rubbing

?his?

conker

-like knuckles in a?

menacing

?way.

rub /r?b/ vt.?摩擦

conker /'k??k?/ n.?七葉樹果實

menacing /?men?s??/ adj.?威脅的

156

“Be careful, Weasley,” sneered Malfoy. “You don’t want to start any trouble or your mummy’ll have to come and take you away from school.”

157

He put on a?

shrill

,?

piercing

?voice. “‘If you put another toe out of line’ —”

shrill /?r?l/ adj. (聲音)尖銳的

piercing /?p??s??/ adj.?刺耳的

158

A knot of

?Slytherin fifth years?

nearby

?laughed loudly at this.

a knot of?一小群......

nearby /?n???ba?/ adv.?在附近

159

“Weasley would like a signed photo, Potter,”?

smirked

?Malfoy. “It’d be worth more than his family’s whole house —”

smirk /sm??k/ v.?得意的笑

160

Ron whipped out his Spellotaped wand, but Hermione shut Voyages with Vampires with a snap and whispered, “Look out!”

161

“What’s all this, what’s all this?” Gilderoy Lockhart was striding toward them, his turquoise robes?

swirling

?behind him. “Who’s giving out signed photos?”

swirl /sw??l/ v. (使)打旋

162

Harry started to speak but he was cut short as Lockhart?

flung

?an arm around his shoulders and?

thundered

?

jovially

, “Shouldn’t have asked! We meet again, Harry!”

fling /fl??/ vt.?猛扔

thunder /?θ?nd?(r)/ v.?大聲喊出

jovially /'d??uvi?li/ adv.?愉快地

163

Pinned

?to Lockhart’s side and?

burning with

?

humiliation

, Harry saw Malfoy slide smirking back into the crowd.

pin /p?n/ v.?按住

burn with?為......所煎熬

humiliation /hju:?m?li:?e???n/ n.?尷尬的場合

164

“Come on then, Mr. Creevey,” said Lockhart, beaming at Colin. “A double?

portrait

, can’t say fairer than that, and we’ll both sign it for you.”

portrait /?p??tre?t/ n.?照片

165

Colin?

fumbled

?for his camera and took the picture as the bell rang behind them,?

signaling

?the start of afternoon classes.

fumble /?f?mbl/ vi.?笨手笨腳地做

signal /?s?ɡn?l/ v.?表示

166

“Off you go, move along there,” Lockhart called to the crowd, and he set off back to the castle with Harry, who was wishing he knew a good Vanishing Spell, still?

clasped

?to his side.

clasp /klɑ?sp/ vt.?扣緊

167

“

A word to the wise

, Harry,” said Lockhart?

paternally

?as they entered the building through a side door.

a word to the wise?我知道你能聽進(jìn)去，所以才跟你說。

paternally /p?'t?:n?li/ adv.?父親一般地

168

“I?

covered up

?for you back there with young Creevey — if he was photographing me, too, your schoolmates won’t think you’re?

setting

?yourself up so much. . . .”

cover up?掩蓋

set /set/ v.?使處于特定位置

169

Deaf

?to Harry’s?

stammers

, Lockhart?

swept

?him down a corridor lined with staring students and up a staircase.

deaf /def/ adj.?不愿聽的

stammer /?st?m?(r)/ vi.?結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說

sweep /swi?p/ v.?（快速地）帶走

170

“Let me just say that handing out signed pictures at this stage of your career isn’t?

sensible

?— looks a?

tad

?

bigheaded

, Harry, to be frank.

sensible /?sens?bl/ adj.?明智的

tad /t?d/ n.?小孩子

bigheaded /'biɡ'hedid/?自負(fù)的

171

There may well come a time when, like me, you’ll need to keep a?

stack

?

handy

?wherever you go, but”

stack /st?k/ n.?堆

handy /?h?ndi/ adj.?手邊的

172

— he gave a little chortle — “I don’t think you’re?

quite

?there yet.”

quite /kwa?t/ adv.?完全地

173

They had reached Lockhart’s classroom and he let Harry go at last.

174

Harry?

yanked

?his robes straight and headed for a seat at the very back of the class,?

yank /j??k/ vi.?猛地一拉

175

where he busied himself with piling all seven of Lockhart’s books in front of him, so that he could avoid looking at the real thing.

176

The rest of the class came?

clattering

?in, and Ron and Hermione sat down on either side of Harry.

clatter /'kl?t?/ vi.?喧鬧地談笑

177

“You could’ve fried an egg on your face,” said Ron. “You’d better hope Creevey doesn’t meet Ginny, or they’ll be starting a Harry Potter fan club.”

178

“Shut up,” snapped Harry. The last thing he needed was for Lockhart to hear the phrase “Harry Potter fan club.”

179

When the whole class was seated, Lockhart cleared his throat loudly and silence fell.

180

He reached forward, picked up Neville Longbottom’s copy of Travels with Trolls, and held it up to show his own, winking portrait on the front.

181

“Me,” he said, pointing at it and winking as well.

182

“Gilderoy Lockhart,?

Order

?of Merlin, Third Class,?

Honorary

?Member of the Dark Force Defense?

League

, and five-time winner of Witch Weekly’s Most-Charming-Smile Award —

order /???d?(r)/ n.?勛章

honorary /'?n(?)(r?)r?/ adj.?榮譽(yù)的

league /li?ɡ/ n.?聯(lián)盟

183

but I don’t talk about that. I didn’t get rid of the Bandon?

Banshee

?by smiling at her!”

banshee /b?n'?i?/ n.?女鬼

184

He waited for them to laugh; a few people smiled?

weakly

.

weakly /'wi?kl?/ adv.?無力地

185

“I see you’ve all bought a complete set of my books — well done. I thought we’d start today with a little?

quiz

. Nothing to worry about — just to check how well you’ve read them, how much you’ve?

taken in

?—”

quiz /kw?z/ n.?問答比賽(游戲)

take in?吸收

186

When he had handed out the test papers he returned to the front of the class and said, “You have thirty minutes — start — now!”

187

Harry looked down at his paper and read:

188

1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s favorite color?

189

2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s secret?

ambition

?

ambition /?m?b??n/ n.?抱負(fù)

190

3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart’s greatest?

achievement

?

to date

?

achievement /??t?i?vm?nt/ n.?成就

to date?到現(xiàn)在為止

191

On and on

?it went, over three sides of paper, right down to:

on and on?繼續(xù)不停地

192

54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart’s birthday, and what would his?

ideal

?gift be?

ideal /a??di??l/ adj.?理想的

193

Half an hour later, Lockhart collected the papers and?

rifled

?through them in front of the class.

rifle /?ra?fl/ v.?匆忙翻找

194

“Tut, tut — hardly any of you remembered that my favorite color is?

lilac

. I say so in Year with the Yeti.

lilac /'la?l?k/ n.?淡紫色

195

And a few of you need to read Wanderings with?

Werewolves

?more carefully — I clearly?

state

?in chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be?

harmony

?between all magic and non-magic peoples —

werewolf /'we?w?lf/ n.?狼人

state /ste?t/ vt.?聲明

harmony /?hɑ?m?ni/ n.?和睦

196

though I wouldn’t say no to a large bottle of?

Ogden’s

?Old?

Firewhisky

!”

Ogden /'?:gd?n/ n.?奧格登（美國城市）

firewhisky?火焰威士忌

197

He gave them another?

roguish

?wink.?

roguish /'r??g??/ adj.?淘氣的

198

Ron was now staring at Lockhart with an expression of?

disbelief

?on his face; Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas, who were sitting in front, were shaking with silent laughter.

disbelief /d?sb?'li?f/ n.?不相信

199

Hermione, on the other hand, was listening to Lockhart with?

rapt

?attention and?

gave a start

?when he mentioned her name.

rapt /r?pt/ adj.?全神貫注的

give a start v.?嚇一跳

200

“. . . but Miss Hermione Granger knew my secret ambition is to?

rid

?the world of evil and?

market

?my own?

range

?of?

hair-care

?potions — good girl! In fact” — he flipped her paper over —

rid /r?d/ vt.?使......去掉

market /?mɑ?k?t/ v.?出售

range /re?nd?/ n.?系列商品

hair-care?護(hù)發(fā)

201

“

full marks

! Where is Miss Hermione Granger?”

full marks?（考試等中的）滿分

202

Hermione raised a trembling hand.

203

“Excellent!” beamed Lockhart. “Quite excellent! Take ten points for Gryffindor! And so —?

to business

?—”

get to business?言歸正傳

204

He bent down behind his desk and lifted a large,?

covered

?cage onto it.

covered /?k?v?d/ adj.?有遮蓋物的

205

“Now — be warned! It is my job to?

arm

?you against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind! You may find yourselves facing your worst fears in this room.

arm /ɑ?m/ v.?備戰(zhàn)

206

Know only that no harm can?

befall

?you?

whilst

?I am here. All I ask is that you remain calm.”

befall /b?'f??l/ v.?（不幸或不好的事）降臨到……頭上

whilst /wa?lst/ conj.?同時

207

In spite of himself

, Harry leaned around his pile of books for a better look at the cage.?

In spite of oneself?不由自主地

208

Lockhart placed a hand on the cover. Dean and Seamus had stopped laughing now. Neville was?

cowering

?in his front row seat.

cower /?ka??(r)/ vi.?退縮

209

“I must ask you not to scream,” said Lockhart in a low voice. “It might?

provoke

?them.”

provoke /pr??v??k/ vt.?惹怒

210

As the whole class held its breath, Lockhart whipped off the cover.

211

“Yes,” he said dramatically. “

Freshly

?caught?

Cornish

?

pixies

.”

freshly /'fre?l?/ adv.?新近

Cornish /?k?:ni?/ adj.?康沃爾郡的

pixie /'p?ks?/ n.?小精靈

212

Seamus Finnigan couldn’t control himself. He let out a?

snort

?of laughter which even Lockhart couldn’t?

mistake

?for a scream of?

terror

.

snort /sn??t/ n. (尤指表示氣憤或被逗樂的)噴鼻息

mistake /m?'ste?k/ vt. & vi.?誤解

terror /?ter?(r)/ n.?恐怖

213

“Yes?” He smiled at Seamus.

214

“Well, they’re not — they’re not very — dangerous, are they?” Seamus choked.

215

“Don’t be so sure!” said Lockhart,?

waggling

?a finger annoyingly at Seamus. “

Devilish

?

tricky

?little?

blighters

?they can be!”

waggle /'w?g(?)l/ vi.?不停地來回?fù)u動

devilish /'dev(?)l??/ adj.?如惡魔般的

tricky /?tr?ki/ adj.?狡猾的

blighter /'bla?t?/ n.?討厭的家伙

216

The pixies were?

electric blue

?and about eight inches high, with pointed faces and voices so shrill it was like listening to a lot of?

budgies

?arguing.

electric blue?鋼青色

budgie /'b?d??/ n.?相思鸚鵡

217

The moment the cover had been removed, they had started?

jabbering

?and rocketing around,?

rattling

?the bars and pulling?

bizarre

?faces at the people nearest them.

jabber /?d??b?(r)/ vi.?吱吱喳喳地叫

rattle /?r?tl/ vt.?使發(fā)出咯咯聲

bizarre /b??zɑ?(r)/ adj.?奇怪的

218

“Right, then,” Lockhart said loudly. “Let’s see what you make of them!” And he opened the cage.

219

It was?

pandemonium

. The pixies shot in every direction like rockets.

pandemonium /?p?nd??m??ni?m/ n.?大混亂的場面

220

Two of them seized Neville by the ears and lifted him into the air.

221

Several shot straight through the window,?

showering

?the back row with broken glass.?

shower /'?a??/ vi.?似陣雨般降落

222

The rest?

proceeded

?to wreck the classroom more?

effectively

?than a?

rampaging

?

rhino

.

proceed /pr??si?d/ vi.?前進(jìn)

effectively /??fekt?vli/ adv.?有效地

rampage /?r?mpe?d?/ n.?暴怒

rhino /'ra?n??/ n.?犀牛（等于rhinoceros）

223

They grabbed ink bottles and?

sprayed

?the class with them,?

shredded

?books and papers, tore pictures from the walls,?

upended

?the waste bin,?

spray /spre?/ vt.?噴射

shred /?red/ vt.?切成條狀

upend /?p'end/ v.?倒放

224

grabbed bags and books and threw them out of the?

smashed

?window; within minutes, half the class was?

sheltering

under desks and Neville was?

swinging

?from the?

candelabra

?in the ceiling.

smashed /sm??t/ adj.?破碎的

shelter /??elt?(r)/ vi.?躲避

swing /sw??/ vi.?懸掛

candelabra /?k?ndi?lɑ:br?/ n.?枝狀大燭臺

225

“Come on now —?

round them up

, round them up, they’re only pixies,” Lockhart shouted.

round up?圍捕

226

He rolled up his sleeves,?

brandished

?his wand, and?

bellowed

, “Peskipiksi Pesternomi!”

brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞

bellow /?bel??/ vi.?大聲喊叫

227

It had absolutely no effect; one of the pixies seized Lockhart’s wand and threw it out of the window, too.

228

Lockhart gulped and dived under his own desk,?

narrowly

?avoiding being squashed by Neville, who fell a second later as the?

chandelier

?

gave way

.

narrowly /?n?r??l?/ adv.?以毫厘之差

chandelier /???nd??l??(r)/ n.?枝形吊燈

give way?倒塌

229

The bell rang and there was a mad rush toward the exit.

230

In the?

relative

?calm that followed, Lockhart straightened up, caught sight of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, who were almost at the door, and said,?

relative /?rel?t?v/ adj.?相對的

231

“Well, I’ll ask you three to just?

nip

?the rest of them back into their cage.”

nip /n?p/ vt.?捏

232

He swept past them and shut the door quickly behind him.

233

“Can you believe him?” roared Ron as one of the remaining pixies bit him painfully on the ear.

234

“He just wants to give us some?

hands-on

?experience,” said Hermione,?

immobilizing

?two pixies at once with a clever Freezing Charm and stuffing them back into their cage.

hands-on /'h?ndz'?n/ adj.?親自動手的

immobilize /?'m??b?la?z/ vt.?使不動

235

“Hands on?” said Harry, who was trying to grab a pixie dancing?

out of reach

?with its tongue out. “Hermione, he didn’t have a?

clue

?what he was doing —”

out of reach?夠不著

clue /klu?/ n.?想法

236

“Rubbish,” said Hermione. “You’ve read his books — look at all those amazing things he’s done —”

237

“He says he’s done,” Ron muttered.

238