CHAPTER ELEVEN

1

QUIDDITCH

2

As they entered?

November

, the weather turned very cold.?

November /no'v?mb?/ n.?十一月

3

The mountains around the school became?

icy

?gray and the lake like?

chilled

?steel. Every morning the ground was covered in?

frost

.

icy /?a?si/ adj.?冰冷的

chilled /t??ld/ adj.?冷硬了的

frost /fr??st/ n.?霜凍

4

Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows?

defrosting

?broomsticks on the Quidditch pitch,?

bundled up

?in a long?

moleskin

?overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous?

beaverskin

?boots.

defrost /?di??fr??st/ vt.?除霜

bundle up?使穿暖

moleskin /'molsk?n/ n.?鼴鼠毛皮

beaver /'biv?/ n.?海貍

5

The Quidditch season had begun. On Saturday, Harry would be playing in his first match after weeks of training: Gryffindor?

versus

?Slytherin.

versus /?v??rs?s/ prep.?對抗

6

If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second?

place

?in the House Championship.

place /ples/ n.?排名

7

Hardly anyone had seen Harry play because Wood had decided that, as their secret weapon, Harry should be?

kept, well, secret

.

keep secret?保密

8

But the news that he was playing?

Seeker

?had?

leaked out

?somehow,

seeker /'sik?/ n.?找球手

leak /li?k/ v.?泄漏

9

and Harry didn’t know which was worse — people telling him he’d be brilliant or people telling him they’d be running around underneath him holding a?

mattress

.

mattress /?m?tr?s/ n.?空氣墊

10

It was really lucky that Harry now had Hermione as a friend.

11

He didn’t know how he’d have?

gotten through

?all his homework without her,?

what with

?all the last-minute Quidditch practice Wood was making them do.

get through?做完

what with?因為

12

She had also?

lent

?him Quidditch Through the Ages, which turned out to be a very interesting?

read

.

lent /lend/ vt. & vi.?把…借給（lend的過去式和過去分詞)

read /rid/ n.?讀物

13

Harry learned that there were seven hundred ways of?

committing

?a Quidditch?

foul

?and that all of them had happened during a World Cup?

match

?in 1473;

commit /k??m?t/ v.?犯（罪、錯）

foul /fa?l/ n.?犯規(guī)

match /m?t?/ n.?比賽

14

that Seekers were usually the smallest and fastest players, and that most serious Quidditch?

accidents

?seemed to happen to them;

accident /??ks?d?nt/ n.?事故

15

that although people?

rarely

?died playing Quidditch,?

referees

?had?

been known to

?vanish and turn up months later in the?

Sahara

?Desert.

rarely /?rerli/ adv.?很少地

referee /?ref??ri?/ n.?裁判員

be known to v.?為......所知

Sahara /s?'hɑ:r?/ n.?撒哈拉沙漠（位于非洲北部）

16

Hermione had become a bit more relaxed about breaking rules since Harry and Ron had saved her from the mountain troll, and she was much?

nicer

?for it.

nice /na?s/ adj.?友好的

17

The day before Harry’s first Quidditch match the three of them were out in the freezing courtyard during?

break

, and she had?

conjured

?them up a bright blue fire which could be?

carried around

?in a?

jam

?

jar

.

break /bre?k/ n.?休息

conjure /?k?nd??r/ vt.?用魔術(shù)變出

carry around?隨身攜帶

jam jar n.?果醬罐

18

They were standing with their backs to it, getting warm, when Snape?

crossed

?the yard.

cross /kr?s/ vt.?渡過

19

Harry noticed at once that Snape was?

limping

. Harry, Ron, and Hermione moved closer together to block the fire from view; they were sure it wouldn’t be allowed.

limp /l?mp/ vi.?一瘸一拐地走

20

Unfortunately, something about their?

guilty

?faces caught Snape’s eye. He limped?

over

. He hadn’t seen the fire, but he seemed to be looking for a reason to?

tell them off

?anyway.

guilty /?ɡ?lti/ adj.?感覺羞愧的

over /'ov?/ adv.?越過

tell sb off?責(zé)備

21

“What’s that you’ve got there, Potter?”

22

It was Quidditch Through the Ages. Harry showed him.

23

“Library books are not to be taken outside the school,” said Snape. “Give it to me. Five points from Gryffindor.”

24

“He’s just?

made that rule up

,” Harry muttered angrily as Snape limped away. “Wonder what’s wrong with his leg?”

make up?編造

25

“Dunno, but I hope it’s really?

hurting

?him,” said Ron?

bitterly

.

hurt /h??rt/ vt.?使疼痛

bitterly /'b?t?li/ adv.?怨恨地

26

The Gryffindor common room was very noisy that evening.

27

Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat together next to a window.

28

Hermione was checking Harry and Ron’s Charms homework for them. She would never let them copy (“How will you learn?”), but by asking her to read it?

through

, they got the right answers?

anyway

.

through /θru/ adv.?從頭到尾

anyway /?eniwe?/ adv.?不管怎樣說

29

Harry felt?

restless

. He?

wanted Quidditch Through the Ages back

, to take his mind off his?

nerves

?about tomorrow.

restless /?restl?s/ adv.?坐立不安的

want back?想要回

nerve /n??rv/ n.?神經(jīng)緊張

30

Why should he be afraid of Snape? Getting up, he told Ron and Hermione he was going to ask Snape if he could have it.

31

Rather you than me

,’ they said together, but Harry had an idea that Snape wouldn’t refuse if there were other teachers listening.

rather you than me?換了我才不會去呢

32

He?

made his way

?down to the?

staffroom?

and knocked.?

make one's way?前進

staffroom?教師休息室

33

There was no answer. He knocked again. Nothing.

34

Perhaps Snape had left the book in there? It was worth a try. He pushed the door?

ajar

?and peered inside — and a horrible scene met his eyes.

ajar /?'d?ɑr/ adv.?微開地

35

Snape and Filch were inside, alone. Snape was holding his robes above his knees. One of his legs was bloody and?

mangled

. Filch was handing Snape?

bandages

.

mangle /?m??ɡl/ vt.?撕裂

bandage /?b?nd?d?/ n.?繃帶

36

“

Blasted

?thing,” Snape was saying. “How are you supposed to?

keep your eyes on

?all three heads?

at once

?”

blasted /'bl?st?d/ adj. (十分惱火時說)該死的

keep one's eyes on?看著

at once?同時

37

Harry tried to shut the door quietly, but —

38

“POTTER!”

39

Snape’s face was?

twisted

?with?

fury

?as he dropped his robes quickly to hide his leg. Harry?

gulped

.

twisted /?tw?st?d/ adj.?扭曲的

fury /?fj?ri/ n.?狂怒

gulp /ɡ?lp/ v.?喘大氣

40

“I just wondered if I could have my book back.”

41

“GET OUT! OUT!”

42

Harry left, before Snape could take any more points from Gryffindor. He?

sprinted

?back upstairs.

sprint /spr?nt/ vi.?全速跑

43

“Did you get it?” Ron asked as Harry joined them. “What’s the matter?”

44

In a low whisper, Harry told them what he’d seen.

45

“You know what this means?” he finished?

breathlessly

.

breathlessly /?br ? θl?sl?/ adv.?氣喘地

46

“He tried to get past that three-headed dog at Halloween! That’s where he was going when we saw him —?

he’s after

whatever it’s?

guarding

!?

be after?尋找

guard /ɡɑ?rd/ v.?看守

47

And I’d bet my broomstick he let that troll in, to make a?

diversion

!”

diversion /da??v??r?n/ n.?分散注意力

48

Hermione’s eyes were wide.

49

“No — he wouldn’t,” she said. “I know he’s not very nice, but he wouldn’t try and steal something Dumbledore was keeping safe.”

50

“Honestly, Hermione, you think all teachers are?

saints

?or something,” snapped Ron. “I’m with Harry. I?

wouldn’t put anything past Snape

. But what’s he after? What’s that dog guarding?”

saint /se?nt/ n.?圣人

not put sth past sb?不奇怪某人會做某事

51

Harry went to bed with his head?

buzzing

?with the same question.?

buzz /b?z/ v.?充滿想法

52

Neville was?

snoring

?loudly, but Harry couldn’t sleep.

snore /sn?r/ vi.?打呼嚕

53

He tried to empty his mind — he needed to sleep, he had to, he had his first Quidditch match in a few hours — but the expression on Snape’s face when Harry had seen his leg wasn’t easy to forget.

54

The next morning?

dawned

?very bright and cold. The?

Great Hall

?was full of the delicious smell of?

fried

?sausages and the cheerful?

chatter

?of everyone looking forward to a good Quidditch match.

dawn /d??n/ vi.?開始

Great Hall?大會堂

fry /fra?/ vt. & vi.?油炸

chatter /'t??t?/ n.?閑聊

55

“You’ve got to eat some breakfast.”

56

“I don’t want anything.”

57

“Just a bit of toast,”?

wheedled

?Hermione.

wheedle /?wi?dl/ vi.?用甜言蜜語哄騙

58

“I’m not hungry.”

59

Harry felt terrible. In an hour’s time he’d be walking onto the field.

60

“Harry, you need your?

strength

,” said Seamus Finnigan. “Seekers are always the ones who get?

clobbered

?by the other team.”

strength /stre?θ/ n.?力氣

clobber /'klɑb?/ vt.?擊倒

61

“Thanks, Seamus,” said Harry, watching Seamus?

pile

?

ketchup

?on his sausages.

pile /pa?l/ v.?堆放

ketchup /'k?t??p/ n.?番茄醬

62

By eleven o’clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch?

pitch

.

pitch /p?t?/ n.?球場

63

Many students had?

binoculars

.

binoculars /b??nɑ?kj?l?rz/ n.?雙筒望遠鏡

64

The seats might be raised high in the air, but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.

65

Ron and Hermione joined Neville, Seamus, and Dean the West Ham?

fan

?up in the top row.

fan /f?n/ n.?狂熱愛好者

66

As a surprise for Harry, they had painted a large banner on one of the sheets Scabbers had?

ruined

.

ruin /?ru??n/ vt.?破壞

67

It said?

Potter for President

, and Dean, who?

was good at

?drawing, had done a large Gryffindor lion underneath.

someone for President?戲稱此人會成為總統(tǒng)（歡呼語）

be good at?擅長做

68

Then Hermione had?

performed

?a?

tricky

?little?

charm

?so that the?

paint

?flashed different colors.

perform /p?r?f??rm/ v.?表現(xiàn)

tricky /?tr?ki/ adj.?微妙的

charm /t?ɑ?rm/ n.?咒語

paint /pe?nt/ n.?繪畫作品

69

Meanwhile, in the?

changing rooms

, Harry and the rest of the team were changing into their?

scarlet

?Quidditch robes (Slytherin would be playing in green).

changing rooms?更衣室

scarlet /?skɑ?rl?t/?鮮紅色的

70

Wood cleared his throat for silence.

71

“Okay, men,” he said.

72

“And women,” said Chaser Angelina Johnson.

73

“And women,” Wood agreed. “This is it.”

74

“The big one,” said Fred Weasley.

75

“The one we’ve all been waiting for,” said George.

76

“We know Oliver’s speech by heart,” Fred told Harry, “we were on the team last year.”

77

“Shut up, you two,” said Wood. “This is the best team Gryffindor’s had in years. We’re going to win. I know it.”

78

He?

glared

?at them all as if to say, “

Or else

.”

glare /ɡler/ vt. & vi.?怒目而視

or else?要不然

79

“Right. It’s time. Good luck, all of you.”

80

Harry followed Fred and George out of the changing room and, hoping his knees weren’t going to?

give way

, walked on to the pitch to loud cheers.

give way?失去控制

81

Madam Hooch was?

refereeing

. She stood in the middle of the pitch waiting for the two teams, her broom in her hand.

referee /?ref??ri?/ n.?裁判員

82

“Now, I want a nice fair game, all of you,” she said, once they were all gathered around her.

83

Harry noticed that she seemed to be speaking particularly to the Slytherin Captain, Marcus Flint, a fifth year. Harry thought Flint looked as if he had some troll blood in him.

84

Out of the corner of his eye he saw the?

fluttering

?banner high above, flashing Potter for President over the crowd. His heart?

skipped

. He felt braver.

flutter /?fl?t?r/ vi.?飄動

skip /sk?p/ vi.?跳

85

“Mount your brooms, please.”

86

Harry clambered onto his Nimbus Two Thousand.

87

Madam Hooch gave a loud?

blast

?on her silver whistle.

blast /bl?st/ n.?吹奏聲

88

Fifteen brooms rose up, high, high into the air. They were off.

89

“And the Quaffle is taken immediately by Angelina Johnson of Gryffindor — what an excellent Chaser that girl is, and rather attractive, too —”

90

“JORDAN!”

91

“Sorry, Professor.”

92

The Weasley twins’ friend, Lee Jordan, was doing the?

commentary

?for the match, closely?

watched

?by Professor McGonagall.

commentary /?kɑ?m?nteri/ n.?實況報道

watch /wɑt?，w?t?/ vi.?注視

93

“And she’s really?

belting

?along up there, a neat?

pass

?to Alicia Spinnet, a good?

find

?of Oliver Wood’s, last year only a?

reserve

?— back to Johnson and —

belt /belt/ v.?飛馳

pass /p?s/ n.?傳球

find /fa?nd/ n.?被發(fā)現(xiàn)的人

reserve /r??z??rv/ n.?替補隊員

94

no, the Slytherins have taken the Quaffle, Slytherin Captain Marcus Flint?

gains

?the Quaffle and off he goes — Flint flying like an eagle up there — he’s going to sc–

gain /ɡe?n/ v.?獲得

95

no, stopped by an excellent move by Gryffindor Keeper Wood and the Gryffindors take the Quaffle — that’s Chaser Katie Bell of Gryffindor there, nice dive around Flint, off up the field and — OUCH —

96

that must have hurt, hit in the back of the head by a Bludger — Quaffle taken by the Slytherins — that’s Adrian Pucey speeding off toward the?

goalposts

, but he’s?

blocked

?by a second Bludger —

goalpost /'ɡolpost/ n. (足球、曲棍球的)球門柱

block /blɑ?k/ v.?阻撓

97

sent his way by Fred or George Weasley, can’t tell which — nice play by the Gryffindor Beater, anyway,

98

and Johnson back in?

possession

?of the Quaffle, a?

clear

?field ahead and off she goes — she’s really flying — dodges a speeding Bludger — the goalposts are ahead — come on, now, Angelina —

possession /p??ze?n/ n.?擁有

clear /kl?r/ adj.?無阻礙的

99

Keeper Bletchley dives — misses — GRYFFINDOR SCORE!”

100

Gryffindor cheers filled the cold air, with howls and moans from the Slytherins.

101

“

Budge up

?there,?

move along

.”

budge up?挪一挪

move along?往里走

102

“Hagrid!”

103

Ron and Hermione squeezed together to give Hagrid enough space to join them.

104

“Bin watchin’ from me?

hut

,” said Hagrid, patting a large pair of binoculars around his neck, “But it isn’t the same as bein’ in the crowd. No sign of the Snitch yet, eh?”

hut /h?t/ n.?小屋

105

“Nope,” said Ron. “Harry hasn’t had much to do yet.”

106

“

Kept outta trouble

, though, that’s somethin’,” said Hagrid, raising his binoculars and peering?

skyward

?at the?

speck

that was Harry.

keep out of trouble?不招惹麻煩

skyward /'ska?w?dz/ adv.?朝天空

speck /spek/ n.?小顆粒

107

Way up above them, Harry was?

gliding

?over the game,?

squinting

?about for some sign of the Snitch. This was part of his and Wood’s game plan.

glide /ɡla?d/ n.?滑翔

squint /skw?nt/ vi.?瞇眼看

108

“Keep out of the way until you catch sight of the Snitch,” Wood had said. “We don’t want you attacked before you have to be.”

109

When Angelina had scored, Harry had done a couple of?

loop-the-loops

?to?

let off

?his feelings.

loop-the-loop n.?（飛機）翻筋斗（一種環(huán)行特技）

let off?釋放

110

Now he was back to staring around for the Snitch.

111

Once he caught sight of a?

flash

?of gold, but it was just a reflection from one of the Weasleys’?

wristwatches

,

flash /fl??/ v.?閃光

wristwatch /'r?stw?t?/ n.?手表

112

and once a Bludger decided to come?

pelting

?his way, more like a?

cannonball

?than anything, but Harry dodged it and Fred Weasley came chasing after it.

pelt /pelt/ v.?飛跑

cannonball /'k?n?nb?l/ n.?炮彈

113

“All right there, Harry?” he had time to yell, as he beat the?

Bludger

?furiously toward Marcus Flint.

bludger /'bl?d??/?游走球

114

“Slytherin in possession,” Lee Jordan was saying, “Chaser Pucey ducks two Bludgers, two Weasleys, and Chaser Bell, and speeds toward the — wait a moment — was that the Snitch?”

115

A?

murmur

?ran through the crowd as Adrian Pucey?

dropped

?the Quaffle, too busy looking over his shoulder at the flash of gold that had passed his left ear.

murmur /?m??rm?r/ n.?低語聲

drop /drɑ?p/ v.?丟

116

Harry saw it. In?

a great rush of

?excitement he dived?

downward

?after the?

streak

?of gold. Slytherin Seeker Terence Higgs had seen it, too.

a rush of?一陣

downward /?da?nw?rd/ adv.?向下

streak /stri?k/ n.?線條

117

Neck and neck they?

hurtled

?toward the Snitch — all the Chasers seemed to have forgotten what they were supposed to be doing as they hung in midair to watch.

hurtle /?h??rtl/ vi.?猛沖

118

Harry was faster than Higgs — he could see the little round ball, wings fluttering,?

darting

?up ahead — he put on an extra?

spurt

?of speed — WHAM!

dart /dɑ?rt/ vi.?飛奔

spurt /sp??rt/ n.?沖刺

119

A?

roar

?of?

rage

?

echoed

?from the Gryffindors below —?

roar /r??r/ n.?咆哮

rage /re?d?/ n.?憤怒

echo /?eko?/ v.?回響

120

Marcus Flint had blocked Harry?

on purpose

, and Harry’s broom?

spun

?off?

course

, Harry holding on?

for dear life

.

on purpose?故意地

spin /sp?n/ vi. (使)急轉(zhuǎn)身

course /k??rs/ n.?航向

for dear life?拼命地

121

“Foul!” screamed the Gryffindors.

122

Madam Hooch spoke angrily to Flint and then ordered a?

free shot

?at the goalposts for Gryffindor. But in all the?

confusion

, of course, the Golden Snitch had disappeared from sight again.

free shot?無人防守射門

confusion /k?n?fju??n/ n.?混亂

123

Down in the stands, Dean Thomas was yelling, “

Send him off

,?

ref

! Red card!”

send sb off?罰下場

ref /r?f/ abbr.?裁判（等于referee）

124

This isn’t football, Dean,’ Ron reminded him. ‘You can’t send people off in Quidditch – and what’s a red card?’

125

But Hagrid was on Dean’s side. “They oughta change the rules. Flint coulda knocked Harry outta the air.”

126

Lee Jordan was finding it difficult not to?

take sides

.

take sides?偏袒

127

“So — after that obvious and?

disgusting

?bit of?

cheating

?—”

disgusting /d?s?ɡ?st??/ adj.?令人作嘔的

cheating /'t?i?t??/ n.?作弊

128

“Jordan!”?

growled

?Professor McGonagall.

growl /ɡra?l/ v.?（人）低聲咆哮著說

129

“I mean, after that open and?

revolting

?

foul

?—”

revolting /r?'volt??/ adj.?令人惡心的

foul /fa?l/ n.?犯規(guī)

130

“Jordan, I’m warning you —”

131

“All right, all right. Flint nearly kills the Gryffindor Seeker, which could happen to anyone, I’m sure,

132

so a?

penalty

?to Gryffindor, taken by Spinnet, who puts it away, no trouble, and we continue play, Gryffindor still in possession.”

penalty /?pen?lti/ n.?（足球、橄欖球及類似運動中的）罰球

133

It was as Harry dodged another Bludger, which went?

spinning

?dangerously past his head, that it happened.

spin /sp?n/ v. (使)快速旋轉(zhuǎn)

134

His broom gave a sudden,?

frightening

?

lurch

. For a?

split second

, he thought he was going to fall. He gripped the broom tightly with both his hands and knees. He’d never felt anything like that.

frightening /?fra?tn??/ adj.?嚇人的

lurch /l??rt?/ n.?突然傾斜

split second?一剎那

135

It happened again. It was as though the broom was trying to?

buck him off

. But Nimbus Two Thousands did not suddenly decide to buck their?

riders

?off.

buck off?將......摔下(非正式)

rider /?ra?d?r/ n.?騎手

136

Harry tried to turn back toward the Gryffindor goalposts — he?

had half a mind to

?ask Wood to call?

time-out

?— and then he realized that his broom was completely out of his control.

have half a mind to?有點想

time-out /?ta?m?a?t/ n.?暫停

137

He couldn’t turn it. He couldn’t?

direct

?it at all.

direct /d?'rekt/ v.?命令

138

It was?

zigzagging

?through the air, and every now and then making?

violent

?

swishing

?movements that almost?

unseated

?him.

zigzag /?z?ɡz?ɡ/ vi.?作之字形行進

violent /?va??l?nt/ adj.?劇烈的

swishing n.?颶颶聲

unseat /??n'sit/ vt. (馬)把(騎手)摔下來

139

Lee was still?

commentating

.

commentate /'kɑm?ntet/ vt. & vi.?評述

140

“Slytherin in?

possession

?— Flint with the Quaffle — passes Spinnet — passes Bell — hit hard in the face by a Bludger, hope it broke his nose — only joking, Professor — Slytherins score — oh no . . .”

possession /p??ze?n/ n.?占有

141

The Slytherins were cheering. No one seemed to have noticed that Harry’s broom was behaving strangely. It was carrying him slowly higher, away from the game,?

jerking

?and?

twitching

?as it went.

jerk /d???rk/ vi.?顛簸地行進

twitch /tw?t?/ vt. & vi.(使)顫動

142

“

Dunno

?what Harry thinks he’s doing,” Hagrid mumbled. He stared through his?

binoculars

. “If I didn’ know better, I’d say he’d lost control of his broom . . . but he can’t have. . . .”

dunno /d?'no/ vt. [口]我不知道

binoculars /b??nɑ?kj?l?rz/ n.?雙筒望遠鏡

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Suddenly, people were pointing up at Harry all over the stands. His broom had started to roll?

over and over

, with him only just managing to hold on. Then the whole crowd gasped.

over and over?反復(fù)

144

Harry’s broom had given a?

wild

?jerk and Harry swung off it. He was now?

dangling

?from it, holding on with only one hand.

wild /wa?ld/ adj.?瘋狂的

dangle /?d??ɡl/ vi.?搖晃地懸掛著

145

“Did something happen to it when Flint?

blocked

?him?” Seamus whispered.

block /blɑ?k/ v.?阻截

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“Can’t have,” Hagrid said, his voice shaking. “Can’t nothing?

interfere

?with a broomstick except powerful Dark magic — no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand.”

interfere /??nt?r?f?r/ vi.?干預(yù)

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At these words, Hermione seized Hagrid’s binoculars, but instead of looking up at Harry, she started looking?

frantically

?at the crowd.

frantically /?fr?nt?kl?/ adv.?緊張忙亂地

148

“What are you doing?” moaned Ron,?

gray-faced

.

gray-faced /'ɡreifeist/ adj.?面露倦容的

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“I knew it,” Hermione gasped, “Snape — look.”

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Ron grabbed the binoculars. Snape was in the middle of the stands opposite them. He had his eyes fixed on Harry and was muttering?

nonstop

?

under his breath

.

nonstop /nɑn'stɑp/ adv.?不停地

under one's breath?低聲說話

151

“He’s doing something —?

jinxing

?the broom,” said Hermione.

jinx /d???ks/ vt.?給......帶來厄運

152

“What should we do?”

153

“Leave it to me.”

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Before Ron could say another word, Hermione had disappeared. Ron turned the binoculars back on Harry. His broom was?

vibrating

?so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer.

vibrate /?va?bre?t/ vi.?顫動

155

The whole crowd was?

on its feet

, watching,?

terrified

, as the Weasleys flew up to try and pull Harry safely onto one of their brooms,

on one's feet?站立著

terrified /'t?r?fa?d/ adj.?極度驚慌的

156

but it was no good — every time they got near him, the broom would jump higher still.

157

They dropped lower and circled beneath him, obviously hoping to catch him if he fell.

158

Marcus Flint seized the Quaffle and scored five times without anyone noticing.

159

“Come on, Hermione,” Ron muttered?

desperately

.

desperately /?d ?sp?r?tl?/ adv.?絕望地

160

Hermione had fought her way across to the stand where Snape stood, and was now?

racing

?along the row behind him;

race /re?s/ vi.?全速前進

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she didn’t even stop to say sorry as she knocked Professor Quirrell?

headfirst

?into the row in front.

headfirst /?h?d?f?st/ adv.?頭向前地

162

Reaching Snape, she?

crouched

?down, pulled out her wand, and whispered a few,?

well-chosen

?words. Bright blue flames shot from her wand onto the?

hem

?of Snape’s robes.

crouch /kra?t?/ vi.?蹲下

well-chosen /'wel't??uz?n/ adj.?精心挑選的

hem /h?m/ n.?邊緣

163

It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire.

164

A sudden?

yelp

?told her she had done her job.?

Scooping

?the fire off him into a little jar in her pocket, she?

scrambled

back along the row — Snape would never know what had happened.

yelp /j?lp/ n. (因痛苦、氣憤、興奮等的)短而尖的叫聲

scoop /skup/ v.?抱起

scramble /?skr?mbl/ v.?匆忙地移動

165

It was enough. Up in the air, Harry was suddenly able to clamber back on to his broom.

166

“Neville, you can look!” Ron said. Neville had been?

sobbing

?into Hagrid’s jacket for the last five minutes.

sob /sɑ?b/ vt. & vi.?哭泣

167

Harry was speeding toward the ground when the crowd saw him?

clap

?his hand to his mouth as though he was about to be sick —?

clap /kl?p/ v.?快速（或用力）放置

168

he hit the field?

on all fours

?— coughed — and something gold fell into his hand.

on all fours?四腳著地

169

“I’ve got the Snitch!” he shouted, waving it above his head, and the game ended in complete confusion.

170

“He didn’t catch it, he nearly swallowed it,” Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference — Harry hadn’t broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results —

171

Gryffindor had won by one hundred and seventy points?

to

?sixty.

to /t?,tu,tu?/ prep.?比

172

Harry heard none of this, though. He was being made a cup of?

strong tea

?back in Hagrid’s hut, with Ron and Hermione.

strong tea?濃茶

173

“It was Snape,” Ron was explaining, “Hermione and I saw him. He was?

cursing

?your broomstick, muttering, he wouldn’t take his eyes off you.”

curse /k??rs/ v.?念咒語詛咒

174

“Rubbish,” said Hagrid, who hadn’t heard a word of what had gone on next to him in the stands. “Why would Snape do somethin’ like that?”

175

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at one another, wondering what to tell him.?

176

Harry decided on the truth.

177

“I found out something about him,” he told Hagrid. “He tried to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween. It bit him. We think he was trying to steal whatever it’s guarding.”

178

Hagrid?

dropped

?the?

teapot

.

drop /drɑ?p/ vt.?使降低

teapot /'ti'pɑt/ n.?茶壺

179

“How do you know about Fluffy?” he said.

180

“Fluffy?”

181

“Yeah — he’s mine —?

bought

?him off a?

Greek

?

chappie

?I met in the pub las’ year — I?

lent

?him to Dumbledore to guard the —”

bought /b?t/ buy的過去式和過去分詞

Greek /ɡri?k/ n.?希臘人

chappie /'t??pi/ n.?家伙(尤指密友)

lend /lend/ vt. & vi.?把…借給

182

“Yes?” said Harry eagerly.

183

“Now, don’t ask me anymore,” said Hagrid?

gruffly

. “That’s top secret, that is.”

gruffly /'gr?fli/ adv.?粗暴地

184

“But Snape’s trying to steal it.”

185

“Rubbish,” said Hagrid again. “Snape’s a Hogwarts teacher, he’d do nothin’ of the sort.”

186

“So why did he just try and kill Harry?” cried Hermione.

187

The afternoon’s events?

certainly

?seemed to have changed her mind about Snape.

certainly /?s??rtnli/ adv.?無疑地

188

“I know a?

jinx

?when I see one, Hagrid, I’ve read all about them! You’ve got to?

keep eye contact

, and Snape wasn’t blinking at all, I saw him!”

jinx /d???ks/ n. [非正]厄運

keep eye contact?保持眼神交流

189

“I’m tellin’ yeh, yer wrong!” said Hagrid?

hotly

.

hotly /'hɑtli/ adv.?激烈地；熱心地；暑熱地

190

“I don’ know why Harry’s broom acted like that, but Snape wouldn’ try an’ kill a student! Now, listen to me, all three of yeh — yer meddlin’ in things that don’?

concern

?yeh. It’s dangerous.

concern /k?n?s??rn/ vt.?涉及

191

You forget that dog, an’ you forget what it’s guardin’, that’s between Professor Dumbledore an’ Nicolas Flamel —”

192

“Aha!” said Harry, “so there’s someone called Nicolas Flamel?

involved

, is there?”

involve /?n?vɑ?lv/ vt.?牽涉

193

Hagrid looked?

furious

?with himself.

furious /?fj?ri?s/ adj.?暴怒的

194