CHAPTER THIRTEEN

1

NICOLAS FLAMEL

2

Dumbledore had?

convinced

?Harry not to go looking for the Mirror of Erised again, and for the rest of the Christmas holidays the Invisibility Cloak stayed folded at the bottom of his trunk.

convince /k?n?v?ns/ vt.?說(shuō)服（強(qiáng)調(diào)在理性上說(shuō)服）

3

Harry wished he could forget what he’d seen in the mirror as easily, but he couldn’t.

4

He started having nightmares. Over and over again he dreamed about his parents disappearing in a flash of green light, while a high voice?

cackled

?with laughter.

cackle /'k?kl/ vi.?咯咯地笑

5

“You see, Dumbledore was right, that mirror could drive you mad,” said Ron, when Harry told him about these dreams.

6

Hermione, who came back the day before term started, took a different?

view

?of things.

view /vju?/ n.?看法

7

She was?

torn

?between?

horror

?at the?

idea

?of Harry being out of bed,?

roaming

?the school three nights in a row (“If Filch had caught you!”),?

tear /t?r/ v.?深受……之苦的

horror /?h??r?r/ n.?震驚

idea /a?'di?/ n.?想法

roam /ro?m/ vt.?在…漫步

8

and?

disappointment

?that he hadn’t at least found out who Nicolas Flamel was.

disappointment /?d?s??p??ntm?nt/ n.?失望

9

They had almost given up hope of ever finding Flamel in a library book, even though Harry was still sure he’d read the name somewhere.

10

Once term had started, they were back to?

skimming

?through books for ten minutes during their breaks. Harry had?

even

?less time than the other two, because Quidditch practice had started again.

skim /sk?m/ vi.?瀏覽

even /'iv?n/ adv.?更加

11

Wood was working the team harder than ever. Even the?

endless

?rain that had?

replaced

?the snow couldn’t?

dampen

his spirits.

endless /?endl?s/ adj.?連續(xù)的

replace /r??ple?s/ v. (以......)接替

dampen /?d?mp?n/ vt.?抑制

12

The Weasleys complained that Wood was becoming a?

fanatic

, but Harry was on Wood’s side.

fanatic /f??n?t?k/ n.?狂熱分子

13

If they won their next match, against Hufflepuff, they would?

overtake

?Slytherin in the House Championship for the first time in seven years.

overtake /?o?v?r?te?k/ v.?超過(guò)

14

Quite?

apart from

?wanting to win, Harry found that he had fewer nightmares when he was?

tired out

?after training.

apart from?除了

tired out?非常疲倦

15

Then, during one particularly wet and?

muddy

?practice session, Wood gave the team a bit of bad news.

muddy /?m?di/ adj.?泥濘的

16

He’d just gotten very angry with the Weasleys, who kept?

dive-bombing

?each other and pretending to fall off their brooms.

dive-bomb /?da?v?bɑm/ v.?俯沖轟炸

17

“Will you stop?

messing around

!” he yelled. “That’s exactly the sort of thing that’ll lose us the match! Snape’s refereeing this time, and he’ll be looking for any?

excuse

?to knock points off Gryffindor!”

mess around?浪費(fèi)時(shí)間

excuse /?k?skjuz/ n.?借口

18

George Weasley really did fall off his broom at these words.

19

“Snape’s refereeing?” he?

spluttered

?through a?

mouthful

?of mud. “When’s he ever refereed a Quidditch match? He’s not going to be fair if we might?

overtake

?Slytherin.”

splutter /'spl?t?/ vi.?語(yǔ)無(wú)倫次地說(shuō)

mouthful /'ma?θ'f?l/ n.?滿口

overtake /?o?v?r?te?k/ vt.?超過(guò)

20

The rest of the team landed next to George to complain, too.

21

“It’s not my fault,” said Wood. “We’ve just got to make sure we play a?

clean

?game, so Snape hasn’t got an excuse to?

pick on

?us.”

clean /klin/ adj.?清白的

pick on?找茬

22

Which was all very well, thought Harry, but he had another reason for not wanting Snape near him while he was playing Quidditch. . . .

23

The rest of the team?

hung

?back to talk to each other as usual at the end of practice,

hang v.?逗留

24

but Harry headed straight back to the Gryffindor common room, where he found Ron and Hermione playing chess.

25

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

26

“Don’t talk to me for a moment,” said Ron when Harry sat down next to him, “I need to concen —” He caught sight of Harry’s face. “What’s the matter with you? You look terrible.”

27

Speaking quietly so that no one else would hear, Harry told the other two about Snape’s sudden,?

sinister

?

desire

?to be a Quidditch referee.

sinister /?s?n?st?r/ adj.?危險(xiǎn)的

desire /d??za??r/ n.?要求

28

“Don’t play,” said Hermione at once.

29

“Say you’re ill,” said Ron.

30

“Pretend to break your leg,” Hermione suggested.

31

“Really break your leg,” said Ron”.

32

“I can’t,” said Harry. “There isn’t a?

reserve

?Seeker. If I back out, Gryffindor can’t play at all.”

reserve /r??z??rv/ n.?替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員

33

At that moment Neville?

toppled

?into the common room.

topple /?tɑ?pl/ vi.?傾倒

34

How he had managed to climb through the portrait hole was anyone’s?

guess

, because his legs had been?

stuck

together with what they recognized at once as the Leg-Locker Curse.

guess /ɡ?s/ vt.?猜中

stick /st?k/ v.?粘

35

He must have had to?

bunny

?

hop

?all the way up to Gryffindor Tower.

bunny /'b?ni/ n.?兔子（指的是一種非常可愛(ài)的兔子）

hop /hɑ?p/ vi.?單足蹦跳

36

Everyone fell about laughing except Hermione, who?

leapt

?up and?

performed

?the?

countercurse

. Neville’s legs?

sprang

?apart and he got to his feet, trembling.

leap /li?p/ vi.?跳（形容“縱身一躍，驟然一跳”）

perform /p?r?f??rm/ vi.?起......的作用

counter /?ka?nt?r/ adv.?反方向地

spring /spr??/ v.?突然活動(dòng)

37

“What happened?” Hermione asked him, leading him over to sit with Harry and Ron.

38

“Malfoy,” said Neville shakily. “I met him outside the library. He said he’d been looking for someone to practice that on.”

39

“Go to Professor McGonagall!” Hermione urged Neville. “

Report

?him!”

report /r?'p?rt/ v.?舉報(bào)（罪案）

40

Neville shook his head.

41

“I don’t want more trouble,” he mumbled.

42

“You’ve got to stand up to him, Neville!” said Ron. “He’s used to?

walking all over

?people, but that’s no reason to?

lie down

?in front of him and make it easier.”

walk all over?對(duì)某人不怎么樣

lie down?屈服

43

“There’s no need to tell me I’m not brave enough to be in Gryffindor, Malfoy’s already done that,” Neville?

choked out

.

choke out?哽咽著說(shuō)

44

Harry?

felt

?in the pocket of his robes and pulled out a Chocolate Frog, the very last one from the box Hermione had given him for Christmas. He gave it to Neville, who looked as though he might cry.

feel /fil/ v.?摸索

45

“You’re worth twelve of Malfoy,” Harry said. “The Sorting Hat chose you for Gryffindor, didn’t it? And where’s Malfoy? In stinking Slytherin.”

46

Neville’s lips?

twitched

?in a?

weak

?smile as he unwrapped the frog.

twitch /tw?t?/ vt. & vi. (使)抽動(dòng)

weak /wik/ adj.?微弱的

47

“Thanks, Harry . . . I think I’ll go to bed. . . . D’you want the card, you collect them, don’t you?”

48

As Neville walked away, Harry looked at the Famous Wizard card.

49

“Dumbledore again,” he said, “He was the first one I ever —”

50

He gasped. He stared at the back of the card. Then he looked up at Ron and Hermione.

51

“I’ve found him!” he whispered.

52

“I’ve found Flamel! I told you I’d read the name somewhere before, I read it on the train coming here — listen to this:

53

“Professor Dumbledore is particularly famous for his?

defeat

?of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945,?

defeat /d??fi?t/ n.?擊敗

54

for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood and his work on?

alchemy

?with his partner, Nicolas Flamel!”

alchemy /'?lk?mi/ n.?點(diǎn)金術(shù)

55

Hermione jumped to her feet. She hadn’t looked so excited since they’d gotten back the?

marks

?for their very first piece of homework.

mark /mɑ?rk/ n.?分?jǐn)?shù)

56

“Stay there!” she said, and she?

sprinted

?up the stairs to the girls’ dormitories.

sprint /spr?nt/ vi.?全速跑

57

Harry and Ron barely had time to exchange?

mystified

?looks before she was dashing back, an enormous old book in her arms.

mystify /'m?st?'fai/ vt.?使困惑

58

“I never thought to look in here!” she whispered excitedly. “I got this out of the library weeks ago for a bit of?

light reading

.”

light reading?消遣閱讀

59

“

Light

?” said Ron, but Hermione told him to be quiet until she’d?

looked something up

, and started?

flickingfrantically

?through the pages, muttering to herself.

light /la?t/ adj.?消遣性的

look sth up?在字典中查找

flick /fl?k/ v.?快速翻閱

frantically /?fr?nt?kl?/ adv.?瘋狂地

60

At last she found what she was looking for.

61

“I knew it! I knew it!”

62

“Are we allowed to speak yet?” said Ron?

grumpily

. Hermione ignored him.

grumpily /'gr?mpili/ adv.?脾氣粗暴地

63

“Nicolas Flamel,” she whispered?

dramatically

, “is the only known maker of the?

Philosopher’s

?Stone!”

dramatically /dr??m?t?kli/ adv.?戲劇性地

philosopher /f??lɑ?s?f?r/ n.?哲學(xué)家

64

This didn’t have quite the effect she’d expected.

65

“The what?” said Harry and Ron.

66

“Oh, honestly, don’t you two read? Look — read that, there.”

67

She pushed the book toward them, and Harry and Ron read:

68

The ancient study of?

alchemy

?is?

concerned

?with making the Philosopher’s Stone, a?

legendary

?

substance

?with astonishing powers.?

alchemy /'?lk?mi/ n.?點(diǎn)金術(shù)

concern /k?n?s??rn/ vt.?涉及

legendary /?led??nderi/ adj.?傳說(shuō)中的

substance /?s?bst?ns/ n.?物質(zhì)

69

The Stone will?

transform

?any metal into?

pure

?gold. It also produces the?

Elixir

?of Life, which will make the drinker?

immortal

.

transform /tr?ns?f??rm/ vt. & vi.?改變

pure /pj?r/ adj.?純的

elixir /??l?ks?r/ n.?長(zhǎng)生不老藥

immortal /??m??rtl/ adj.?長(zhǎng)生的

70

There have been many reports of the Philosopher’s Stone?

over

?the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr Nicolas Flamel, the?

noted

?alchemist and opera-

lover

.

over /'ov?/ prep.?在......期間

noted /'not?d/ adj.?著名的

lover /?l?v?r/ n.?愛(ài)好者

71

Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight).

72

“See?” said Hermione, when Harry and Ron had finished.

73

“The dog must be guarding Flamel’s Philosopher’s Stone!

74

I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they’re friends and he knew someone was after it, that’s why he wanted the Stone moved out of Gringotts!”

75

“A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying!” said Harry. “No wonder Snape’s after it! Anyone would want it.”

76

“And no wonder we couldn’t find Flamel in that Study of Recent Developments in Wizardry,” said Ron. “He’s not exactly recent if he’s six hundred and sixty-five, is he?”

77

Next morning in Defence Against the Dark Arts, while?

copying down

?different ways of?

treating

?

werewolf

?

bites

,?

copy down?抄下來(lái)

treat /trit/ vt.?處理

werewolf /'w?rw?lf/ n.?狼人

bite /ba?t/ n.?咬傷

78

Harry and Ron were still discussing what they’d do with a Philosopher’s Stone if they had one.

79

It wasn’t until Ron said he’d buy his own Quidditch team that Harry remembered about Snape and the coming match.

80

“I’m going to play,” he told Ron and Hermione. “If I don’t, all the Slytherins will think I’m just too scared to face Snape. I’ll show them . . . it’ll really wipe the smiles off their faces if we win.”

81

“Just?

as long as

?we’re not wiping you off the pitch,” said Hermione.

as long as?只要

82

As the match drew nearer, however, Harry became more and more nervous, whatever he told Ron and Hermione.?

83

The rest of the team wasn’t too calm, either.

84

The idea of overtaking Slytherin in the House?

Championship

?was?

wonderful

, no one had done it for nearly seven years, but would they be?

allowed

?to, with such a?

biased

?referee?

championship /?t??mpi?n??p/ n.?錦標(biāo)賽

wonderful /'w?nd?fl/ adj.?極好的

allow /??la?/ vt.?使可能

biased /?ba??st/ adj.?偏袒一方的

85

Harry didn’t know whether he was imagining it or not, but he seemed to keep running into Snape wherever he went.

86

At times, he even wondered whether Snape was following him, trying to catch him on his own.

87

Potions lessons were turning into a sort of?

weekly

?

torture

, Snape was so?

horrible

?to Harry.

weekly /?wi?kli/ adj.?每周的

torture /?t??rt??r/ vt.?折磨

horrible /?h??r?bl/ adj.?不友好的

88

Could Snape possibly know they’d found out about the Philosopher’s Stone? Harry didn’t see how he could – yet he sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds.

89

Harry knew, when they wished him good luck outside the changing rooms next afternoon, that Ron and Hermione were wondering whether they’d ever see him alive again.

90

This wasn’t what you’d call comforting.

91

Harry hardly heard a word of Wood’s?

pep talk

?as he pulled on his Quidditch robes and picked up his Nimbus Two Thousand.

pep talk?鼓舞士氣的講話

92

Ron and Hermione, meanwhile, had found a place in the stands next to Neville, who couldn’t understand why they looked so?

grim

?and worried, or why they had both brought their wands to the match.

grim /ɡr?m/ adj.?嚴(yán)肅的

93

Little did Harry know that Ron and Hermione had been?

secretly

?practicing the Leg-Locker Curse.

secretly /?sikr?tl?/ adv.?秘密地

94

They’d gotten the idea from Malfoy using it on Neville, and were ready to use it on Snape if he showed any sign of wanting to hurt Harry.

95

“Now, don’t forget, it’s Locomotor Mortis,” Hermione muttered as Ron slipped his wand up his sleeve.

96

“I know,” Ron?

snapped

. “Don’t?

nag

.”

snap /sn?p/ v.?怒氣沖沖地說(shuō)

nag /n?ɡ/ vi.?不斷地嘮叨

97

Back in the changing room, Wood had taken Harry aside.

98

“Don’t want to pressure you, Potter, but if we?

ever

?need an?

early

?

capture

?of the Snitch it’s now. Finish the game before Snape can?

favor

?Hufflepuff too much.”

ever /'?v?/ adv.?非常

early /??li/ adj.?提早的

capture /?k?pt??r/ n.?俘獲

favor /?fe?v?/ v.?偏袒

99

“The whole school’s out there!” said Fred Weasley, peering out of the door. “Even —?

blimey

?— Dumbledore’s come to watch!”

blimey /'bla?mi/ int.?啊呀!

100

Harry’s heart did a?

somersault

.

somersault /'s?m?s?lt/ n.?翻筋斗

101

“Dumbledore?” he said, dashing to the door to make sure.?

102

Fred was right. There was no mistaking that silver beard.

103

Harry could have?

laughed out

?loud with relief. He was safe. There was simply no way that Snape would dare to try to hurt him if Dumbledore was watching.

laugh out?笑出聲

104

Perhaps that was why Snape was looking so angry as the teams marched onto the pitch, something that Ron noticed, too.

105

“I’ve never seen Snape look so mean,” he told Hermione. “Look — they’re off.?

Ouch

!”

ouch /a?t?/ int. (痛苦或驚訝時(shí)的叫聲)哎喲

106

Someone had poked Ron in the back of the head. It was Malfoy.

107

“Oh, sorry, Weasley, didn’t see you there.”

108

Malfoy grinned?

broadly

?at Crabbe and Goyle.

broadly /'br?dli/ adv.?（笑容）開(kāi)懷地

109

“Wonder how long Potter’s going to stay on his broom this time? Anyone want a bet? What about you, Weasley?”

110

Ron didn’t answer; Snape had just?

awarded

?Hufflepuff a?

penalty

?because George Weasley had hit a Bludger at him.

award /??w??rd/ vt.?判定

penalty /?pen?lti/ n.?（足球、橄欖球及類(lèi)似運(yùn)動(dòng)中的）罰球

111

Hermione, who had all her fingers crossed in her lap, was?

squinting

?

fixedly

?at Harry, who was?

circling

?the game like a hawk, looking for the Snitch.

squint /skw?nt/ vi.?瞇眼看

fixedly /?f?ks?dl?/ adv.?固定地

circle /'s?kl/ vt. & vi.?盤(pán)旋

112

“You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?” said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all.

113

“It’s people they feel?

sorry

?for. See, there’s Potter, who’s got no parents, then there’s the Weasleys, who’ve got no money — you should be on the team, Longbottom, you’ve got no brains.”

sorry /'s?ri/ adj.?可憐的

114

Neville went bright red but turned in his seat to face Malfoy.

115

“I’m worth twelve of you, Malfoy,” he?

stammered

.

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

116

Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle?

howled

?with laughter, but Ron, still not daring to take his eyes from the game, said, “You?

tell

?him, Neville.”

howl /ha?l/ vi.?（因疼痛、憤怒、開(kāi)心等）大聲叫喊

tell /t?l/ v.?告誡

117

“Longbottom, if brains were gold you’d be poorer than Weasley, and that’s saying something.”

118

Ron’s nerves were already stretched to the?

breaking point

?with?

anxiety

?about Harry.

breaking point?強(qiáng)度極限

anxiety /???za??ti/ n.?焦慮

119

“I’m warning you, Malfoy — one more word —”

120

“Ron!” said Hermione suddenly, “Harry — !”

121

“What? Where?”

122

Harry had suddenly gone into a?

spectacular

?dive, which drew gasps and cheers from the crowd.

spectacular /spek?t?kj?l?r/ adj.?令人驚嘆的

123

Hermione stood up, her crossed fingers in her mouth, as Harry?

streaked

?toward the ground like a?

bullet

.

streak /stri?k/ v.?飛快地移動(dòng)

bullet /?b?l?t/ n.?子彈

124

“You’re in luck, Weasley, Potter’s obviously spotted some money on the ground!” said Malfoy.

125

Ron snapped. Before Malfoy knew what was happening, Ron was on top of him, wrestling him to the ground.?

126

Neville hesitated, then?

clambered

?over the back of his seat to help.

clamber /?kl?mb?r/ vi.?爬上

127

“Come on, Harry!” Hermione screamed, leaping onto her seat to watch as Harry sped straight at Snape —

128

she didn’t even notice Malfoy and Ron rolling around under her seat, or the?

scuffles

?and?

yelps

?coming from the?

whirl

of fists that was Neville, Crabbe, and Goyle.

scuffle /'sk?fl/ n.?扭打

yelp /j?lp/ n. (因痛苦、氣憤、興奮等的)短而尖的叫聲

whirl /w??rl/ n.?混亂

129

Up in the air, Snape turned on his broomstick just in time to see something?

scarlet

?shoot past him,?

missing

?him by inches —

scarlet /?skɑ?rl?t/ n.?鮮紅色

miss /m?s/ v.?未擊中

130

the next second, Harry had pulled out of the dive, his arm raised in?

triumph

, the Snitch?

clasped?

in his hand.

triumph /?tra??mf/ n.?勝利

clasp /kl?sp/ vt.?緊握

131

The stands?

erupted

; it had to be a record, no one could ever remember the Snitch being caught so quickly.

erupt /??r?pt/ vi.?爆發(fā)

132

“Ron! Ron! Where are you? The game’s over! Harry’s won! We’ve won! Gryffindor is in the lead!” shrieked Hermione, dancing up and down on her seat and hugging Parvati Patil in the row in front.

133

Harry jumped off his broom, a foot from the ground. He couldn’t believe it. He’d done it — the game was over; it had?

barely

?

lasted

?five minutes.

barely /?berli/ adv.?僅僅

last /l?st/ v.?持續(xù)

134

As Gryffindors came?

spilling

?onto the pitch, he saw Snape land nearby, white-faced and tight-lipped — then Harry felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up into Dumbledore’s smiling face.

spill /sp?l/ v.?蜂擁而出

135

“Well done,” said Dumbledore quietly, so that only Harry could hear. “Nice to see you haven’t been?

brooding

?about that mirror . . . been keeping busy . . . excellent . . .”

brood /bru?d/ vt.?沉思

136

Snape?

spat

?

bitterly

?on the ground.

spat /sp?t/ v.?吐口水（spit的過(guò)去式）

bitterly /'b?t?li/ adv.?怨恨地

137

Harry left the changing room alone some time later, to take his Nimbus Two Thousand back to the?

broomshed

.

shed /?ed/ n.?棚

138

He couldn’t ever remember feeling happier. He’d really done something to be proud of now — no one could say he was just a famous name any more. The evening air had never smelled so sweet.

139

He walked over the?

damp

?grass,?

reliving

?the last hour in his head, which was a happy?

blur

:

damp /d?mp/ adj.?潮濕的

relive /?ri'l?v/ vt.?再體驗(yàn)

blur /bl??r/ n.?模糊的記憶

140

Gryffindors running to lift him onto their shoulders; Ron and Hermione in the distance, jumping up and down, Ron cheering through a heavy?

nosebleed

.

nosebleed /'nozblid/ n.?鼻出血

141

Harry had reached the shed. He leaned against the wooden door and looked up at Hogwarts, with its windows glowing red in the?

setting sun

.

setting sun?落日

142

Gryffindor in the lead. He’d done it, he’d shown Snape. . . .And speaking of Snape . . .

143

A?

hooded

?figure came?

swiftly

?down the front steps of the castle. Clearly not wanting to be seen, it walked as fast as possible toward the forbidden forest.

hooded /'h?d?d/ adj.?有罩蓋的

swiftly /?s w?ftl?/ adv.?很快地

144

Harry’s victory faded from his mind as he watched. He recognized the figure’s?

prowling

?

walk

. Snape, sneaking into the forest while everyone else was at dinner — what was going on?

prowl /pra?l/ v.?潛行

walk /w?k/ n.?步態(tài)

145

Harry jumped back on his Nimbus Two Thousand and took off.?

Gliding

?silently over the castle he saw Snape enter the forest at a run. He followed.

glide /ɡla?d/ v.?滑翔

146

The trees were so thick he couldn’t see where Snape had gone. He flew in circles, lower and lower,?

brushing

?the top branches of trees until he heard voices.

brush /br??/ vi.?掠過(guò)

147

He glided toward them and landed?

noiselessly

?in a towering?

beech

?tree.

noiselessly /'n?izlisli/ adv.?靜靜地

beech /bit?/ n.?山毛櫸

148

He climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves.

149

Below, in a?

shadowy

?

clearing

, stood Snape, but he wasn’t alone. Quirrell was there, too. Harry couldn’t make out the look on his face, but he was?

stuttering

?worse than ever.

shadowy /'??doi/ adj.?多陰影的

clearing /?kl?r??/ n.?空地

stutter /?st?t?r/ vt. & vi.?結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō)(特別是因說(shuō)話障礙導(dǎo)致的)

150

Harry?

strained

?to catch what they were saying.

strain /stre?n/ vi.?盡力

151

“. . . d-don’t know why you wanted t-t-to meet here of all p-places, Severus . . .”

152

“Oh, I thought we’d keep this private,” said Snape, his voice?

icy

. “Students aren’t supposed to know about the Philosopher’s Stone, after all.”

icy /?a?si/ adj.?冷淡的

153

Harry leaned forward. Quirrell was?

mumbling

?something. Snape interrupted him.

mumble /?m?mbl/ vt.?含糊地說(shuō)

154

“Have you found out how to get past that?

beast

?of Hagrid’s yet?”

beast /bi?st/ n.?野獸

155

“B-b-but Severus, I —”

156

“You don’t want me as your enemy, Quirrell,” said Snape, taking a step toward him.

157

“I-I don’t know what you —”

158

“You know perfectly well what I mean.”

159

An owl hooted loudly, and Harry nearly fell out of the tree. He?

steadied

?himself in time to hear Snape say, “— your little bit of?

hocus-pocus

. I’m waiting.”

steady /?stedi/ vt.?使穩(wěn)定

hocus-pocus /?hok?s?pok?s/ n.?哄騙

160

“B-but I d-d-don’t —”

161

“Very well,” Snape?

cut in

. “We’ll have another little chat soon, when you’ve had time to?

think things over

?and decided where your?

loyalties

?lie.”

cut in?插嘴

think over?仔細(xì)考慮

loyalty /?l???lti/ n.?忠誠(chéng)

162

He threw his cloak over his head and?

strode

?out of the clearing.?

strode /strod/ v.?大步走（stride的過(guò)去式）

163

It was almost dark now, but Harry could see Quirrell, standing?

quite

?

still

?as though he was?

petrified

.

quite /kwa?t/ adv.?完全地

still /st?l/ adj.?不動(dòng)的

petrified /'petrifaid/?石化

164

“Harry, where have you been?” Hermione?

squeaked

.

squeak /skwik/ v.?緊張（或激動(dòng)）得尖聲說(shuō)

165

“We won! You won! We won!” shouted Ron,?

thumping

?Harry on the back.

thump /θ?mp/ v. (尤指用拳)捶擊

166

“And I gave Malfoy a?

black eye

, and Neville tried to take on Crabbe and Goyle?

single-handed

! He’s still?

out cold

?but Madam Pomfrey says he’ll be all right — talk about showing Slytherin!

black eye?被打得發(fā)青的眼圈

single-handed /?s??ɡ?l?h?nd?d/ adj.?單獨(dú)一人的

out cold?失去知覺(jué)

167

Everyone’s waiting for you in the common room, we’re having a party, Fred and George?

stole

?some cakes and stuff from the kitchens.”

stole /stol/ vi.?竊?。╯teal過(guò)去式)

168

“Never mind that now,” said Harry breathlessly. “Let’s find an empty room, you wait ’til you hear this. . . .”

169

He made sure Peeves wasn’t inside before shutting the door behind them, then he told them what he’d seen and heard.

170

“So we were right, it is the Philosopher’s Stone, and Snape’s trying to force Quirrell to help him get it. He asked if he knew how to get past Fluffy – and he said something about Quirrell’s “hocus-pocus” –

171

I reckon there are other things guarding the stone apart from Fluffy, loads of?

enchantments

, probably, and Quirrell would have done some anti-Dark Arts spell which Snape needs to break through —”

enchantment / ?n?t??ntm?nt/ n.?魔法

172

“So you mean the Stone’s only safe as long as Quirrell?

stands up to

?Snape?” said Hermione in?

alarm

.

stand up to?抵擋

alarm /??lɑ?rm/ n.?驚恐(強(qiáng)調(diào)突然意識(shí)到有危險(xiǎn)而產(chǎn)生的恐懼)

173

“It’ll be gone by next Tuesday,” said Ron.

174

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