《哈利波特1》｜單詞注釋｜Chapter 12
CHAPTER TWELVE
1
THE MIRROR OF ERISED
2
Christmas was coming. One morning in?
mid-December
, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.
mid-December?十二月中旬
3
The lake?
froze
?solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around,?
bouncing off
?the back of his turban.
froze /froz/ v.?凍結(jié)（freeze的過(guò)去式形式）
bounce off?從......彈跳出來(lái)
4
The few owls that managed to?
battle
?their way through the?
stormy
?sky to deliver post had to be?
nursed
?back to?
health
?by Hagrid before they could fly off again.
battle /?b?tl/ v.?搏斗
stormy /?st??rmi/ adj.?暴風(fēng)雨的
nurse /n??rs/ vi.?照料
health /h?lθ/ n.?身體狀況
5
No one could wait for the holidays to start.?
6
While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the?
drafty
?corridors had become?
icy
?and a?
bitter
?wind?
rattled
?the windows in the classrooms.
drafty /'dr?fti/ adj.?有縫隙風(fēng)吹入的
icy /?a?si/ adj.?冰冷的
bitter /?b?t?r/ adj.?刺骨的
rattle /?r?tl/ vi.?發(fā)出卡嗒卡嗒聲
7
Worst of all were Professor Snape’s classes down in the?
dungeons
, where their breath rose in a?
mist
?before them and they kept as close as possible to their hot?
cauldrons
.
dungeons /'d?nd??n/ n.?地下城（dungeon復(fù)數(shù)）
mist /m?st/ n.?薄霧
cauldron /'k?ldr?n/ n.?大汽鍋
8
“I do feel so sorry,” said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, “for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they’re not wanted at home.”
9
He was looking over at Harry as he spoke. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled. Harry, who was?
measuring
?out powdered?
spine
?of?
lionfish
, ignored them.
measure /?me??r/ v.?測(cè)量
spine /spa?n/ n.?脊柱
lionfish /?la??n?f??/ n.?獅子魚(yú)
10
Malfoy had been even more unpleasant than usual since the Quidditch match.
11
Disgusted
?that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a?
wide-mouthed
?
tree frog
would be?
replacing
?Harry as Seeker next.
disgust /d?s?ɡ?st/ v.?使憎惡
wide-mouthed?大口的
tree frog?樹(shù)蛙
replace /r??ple?s/ vt.?代替
12
Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to?
stay
?on his?
bucking
?broomstick.
stay /ste/ vt. & vi.?維持
buck /b?k/ v.?猛烈顛簸
13
So Malfoy,?
jealous
?and angry, had gone back to?
taunting
?Harry about having no?
proper
?family.
jealous /?d?el?s/ adj.?妒忌的
taunt /t??nt/ v.?嘲弄(多指故意用語(yǔ)言招惹或激怒某人)
proper /?prɑp?/ adj.?像樣的
14
It was true that Harry wasn’t going back to Privet Drive for Christmas.
15
Professor McGonagall had come around?
the week before
, making a list of students who would be staying for the holidays, dand Harry had?
signed up
?at once.
the week before?前一周
sign up?報(bào)名
16
He didn’t feel sorry for himself at all; this would probably be the best Christmas he’d ever had.
17
Ron and his brothers were staying, too, because Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were going to Romania to visit Charlie.
18
When they left the dungeons at the end of Potions, they found a large?
fir tree
?blocking the corridor ahead.
fir tree n.?樅樹(shù)(冷杉)
19
Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud?
puffing
?sound told them that Hagrid was behind it.
puff /p?f/ v.?喘息
20
“Hi, Hagrid, want any help?” Ron asked, sticking his head through the branches.
21
“Nah, I’m all right, thanks, Ron.”
22
“Would you mind moving?
out of the way
?” came Malfoy’s cold?
drawl
?from behind them.
out of the way?不擋道
drawl /dr??l/ n.?拖長(zhǎng)腔調(diào)慢吞吞的說(shuō)話方式
23
“Are you trying to earn some extra money, Weasley?
24
Hoping to be?
gamekeeper
?yourself when you leave Hogwarts, I suppose — that?
hut
?of Hagrid’s must seem like a palace compared to what your family’s used to.”
gamekeeper /?ɡem?kip?/ n. (私人土地上防止偷獵的)獵場(chǎng)看守人
hut /h?t/ n.?小屋
25
Ron?
dived
?at Malfoy just as Snape came up the stairs.
dive /da?v/ v.?撲向
26
“WEASLEY!”
27
Ron?
let go of
?the front of Malfoy’s robes.
let go of?松手放開(kāi)
28
“He was?
provoked
, Professor Snape,” said Hagrid, sticking his huge?
hairy
?face out from behind the tree. “Malfoy was?
insultin’
?his family.”
provoke /pr??vo?k/ v.?挑釁
hairy /'h?ri/ adj.?多毛的
insult /?n?s?lt/ vt.?侮辱
29
“
Be that as it may
, fighting is against Hogwarts rules, Hagrid,” said Snape?
silkily
. “Five points from Gryffindor, Weasley, and be?
grateful
?it isn’t more. Move?
along
, all of you.”
be that as it may?盡管如此
silkily /'silkili/ adv.（談吐等）溫和的
grateful /?ɡre?tfl/ adj.?感謝的
along /?'l??/ adv.?向前
30
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle pushed?
roughly
?past the tree,?
scattering
?
needles
?everywhere and?
smirking
.
roughly /?r?fli/ adv.?粗魯?shù)?/p>
scatter /?sk?t?r/ vt.?（使）散開(kāi)
needle /?ni?dl/ n.?針狀物
smirk /sm??rk/ v.?幸災(zāi)樂(lè)禍地笑
31
“I’ll?
get
?him,” said Ron,?
grinding
?his teeth at Malfoy’s back, “one of these days, I’ll get him —”
get /ɡet/ v.?殺死
grind /ɡra?nd/ v.?用力擠壓
32
“I hate them both,” said Harry, “Malfoy and Snape.”
33
“Come on, cheer up, it’s nearly Christmas,” said Hagrid. “Tell yeh what, come with me an’ see the Great Hall, looks a?
treat
.”
treat /trit/ n.?享受
34
So the three of them followed Hagrid and his tree off to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy with the Christmas decorations.
35
“Ah, Hagrid, the last tree — put it in the?
far
?corner, would you?”
far /fɑr/ adj.?另一邊的
36
The hall looked?
spectacular
.
spectacular /spek?t?kj?l?r/ adj.?壯觀的
37
Festoons
?of?
holly
?and?
mistletoe
?hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve?
towering
?Christmas trees stood around the room,?
festoon /f?'st?n/ n.?花彩(裝飾)
holly /'hɑli/ n.?冬青樹(shù)（等于holm oak）
mistletoe /'m?slto/ n.?槲寄生
towering /?ta??r??/ adj.?高聳的
38
some?
sparkling
?with tiny?
icicles
, some?
glittering
?with hundreds of candles.
sparkling /'spɑrkl??/ adj.?閃耀的
icicle /?a?s?kl/ n.?冰柱
glittering /'ɡl?t?r??/ adj.?閃閃發(fā)光的
39
“How many days you got left until yer holidays?” Hagrid asked.
40
“Just one,” said Hermione. “And that reminds me — Harry, Ron, we’ve got half an hour before lunch, we should be in the library.”
41
“Oh yeah, you’re right,” said Ron,?
tearing
?his eyes away from Professor Flitwick, who had golden?
bubblesblossoming
?out of his wand and was?
trailing
?them over the branches of the new tree.
tear /t?r/ v.?扯下
bubble /?b?bl/ n.?氣泡
blossom /?blɑ?s?m/ vi.?開(kāi)花
trail /tre?l/ vt. & vi. (使某物)被拖在后面
42
“The library?” said Hagrid, following them out of the hall. “Just before the holidays? Bit?
keen
, aren’t yeh?”
keen /ki?n/ adj.（興趣或感情）濃厚的
43
“Oh, we’re not working,” Harry told him?
brightly
. “Ever since you mentioned Nicolas Flamel we’ve been trying to find out who he is.”
brightly /?bra?tl?/ adv.?歡快地
44
“You what?” Hagrid looked shocked. “Listen here — I’ve told yeh —?
drop
?it. It’s nothin’ to you what that dog’s guardin’.”
drop /drɑ?p/ v.?停止
45
“We just want to know who Nicolas Flamel is, that’s all,” said Hermione.
46
“Unless you’d like to tell us and?
save
?us the trouble?” Harry added.
save /se?v/ v.?減少
47
“We must’ve been through hundreds of books already and we can’t find him anywhere — just give us a?
hint
?— I know I’ve read his name somewhere.”
hint /h?nt/ n.?暗示
48
“I’m sayin’ nothin’,” said Hagrid?
flatly
.
flatly /?fl?t?/ adv.?直截了當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
49
“Just have to find out for ourselves, then,” said Ron, and they left Hagrid looking?
disgruntled
?and hurried off to the library.
disgruntled /d?s?ɡr?ntld/ adj.?不高興的
50
They had indeed been searching books for Flamel’s name ever since Hagrid had?
let it slip
, because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to steal?
let it slip?透露消息
51
The trouble was, it was very hard to know where to begin, not knowing what Flamel might have done to get himself into a book.
52
He wasn’t in Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century, or?
Notable
?Magical Names of Our Time;?
notable /?no?t?bl/ adj.?著名的
53
he was?
missing
, too, from Important Modern Magical Discoveries, and A?
Study
?of Recent Developments in Wizardry.
missing /?m?s??/ adj.?找不到的
study /'st?di/ n.?研究
54
And then, of course, there was the?
sheer
?
size
?of the library;?
tens of thousands
?of books; thousands of shelves; hundreds of?
narrow
?rows.
sheer /??r/ adj.?數(shù)量大的
size /sa?z/ n.?規(guī)模
tens of thousands?成千上萬(wàn)
narrow /?n?ro?/ adj.?狹窄的
55
Hermione took out a list of subjects and?
titles
?she had decided to search while Ron?
strode
?off down a row of books and started pulling them off the shelves?
at random
.
title /?ta?tl/ n.?（書(shū)籍、詩(shī)歌、圖畫(huà)、樂(lè)曲等的）名稱
strode /strod/ v.?大步走（stride的過(guò)去式）
at random?隨便地
56
Harry wandered over to the?
Restricted
?
Section
. He had been wondering for a while if Flamel wasn’t somewhere in there.
restricted /r?'str?kt?d/ adj.?不對(duì)公眾開(kāi)放的
section /?sek?n/ n.?地區(qū)
57
Unfortunately, you needed a specially?
signed
?note from one of the teachers to look in any of the restricted books, and he knew he’d never get one.
signed /sa?nd/ adj.?已簽字地
58
These were the books containing powerful Dark Magic never taught at Hogwarts, and only read by older students studying?
advanced
?Defense Against the Dark Arts.
advanced /?d?v?nst/ adj.?高等的
59
“What are you looking for, boy?”
60
“Nothing,” said Harry.
61
Madam Pince the?
librarian
?
brandished
?a feather?
duster
?at him.
librarian /la??breri?n/ n.?圖書(shū)館館長(zhǎng);?圖書(shū)館管理員
brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞
duster /'d?st?/ n.?撣子
62
“You’d better get out, then. Go on — out!”
63
Wishing
?he’d been a bit quicker at thinking up some story, Harry left the library.
wish /w??/ v.?真希望
64
He, Ron, and Hermione had already agreed they’d better not ask Madam Pince where they could find Flamel.
65
They were sure she’d be able to tell them, but they couldn’t?
risk
?Snape hearing what they were?
up to
.
risk /r?sk/ v.?冒......的危險(xiǎn)
up to?在做......
66
Harry waited outside in the corridor to see if the other two had found anything, but he wasn’t very hopeful.
67
They had been looking for two weeks, after all, but as they only had?
odd
?moments between lessons it wasn’t surprising they’d found nothing.
odd /ɑ?d/ adj.?少量的
68
What they really needed was a nice long search without Madam Pince breathing down their necks.
69
Five minutes later, Ron and Hermione joined him, shaking their heads. They went off to lunch.
70
“You will keep looking while I’m away, won’t you?” said Hermione.?
71
“And send me an owl if you find anything.”
72
“And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is,” said Ron. “It’d be safe to ask them.”
73
“Very safe, as they’re both?
dentists
,” said Hermione.
dentist /?dent?st/ n.?牙科醫(yī)生
74
Once the holidays had started, Ron and Harry were having too good a time to think much about Flamel.
75
They had the?
dormitory
?to themselves and the common room was far emptier than usual, so they were able to get the good armchairs?
by
?the fire.
dormitory /?d??rm?t??ri/ n.?集體宿舍
by /ba?/ prep. (表示位置)在…近旁
76
They sat by the hour eating anything they could?
spear
?on a?
toasting fork
?– bread,?
crumpets
,?
marshmallows
?–?
spear /sp?r/ v.?叉
toasting fork n.?長(zhǎng)柄烤面包叉
crumpet /'kr?mp?t/ n.?煎餅
marshmallow /'mɑr?m?lo/ n.?棉花軟糖
77
and?
plotting
?ways of getting Malfoy expelled, which were fun to talk about even if they wouldn’t work.
plot /plɑ?t/ vt. & vi.?密謀
78
Ron also started teaching Harry wizard?
chess
. This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing?
troops
?in battle.
chess /t??s/ n.?棋
troop /tru?p/ n.?軍隊(duì)
79
Ron’s set was very old and?
battered
. Like everything else he owned, it had once belonged to someone else in his family — in this case, his grandfather.
battered /'b?t?d/ adj.?磨損的
80
However, old chessmen weren’t a?
drawback
?at all. Ron knew them so well he never had trouble getting them to do what he wanted.
drawback /?dr??b?k/ n.?缺點(diǎn)
81
Harry played with chessmen Seamus Finnigan had lent him, and they didn’t trust him at all.
82
He wasn’t a very good player yet and they kept shouting different bits of advice at him, which was?
confusing
. “Don’t send me there, can’t you see his?
knight
? Send him, we can afford to lose him.”
confusing /k?n'fju:zi?/ adj.?莫名其妙的
knight /na?t/ n.（國(guó)際象棋中的）馬
83
On Christmas?
Eve
, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all.
eve /i?v/ n. (宗教節(jié)日或假日的)前日
84
When he woke early in the morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed.
85
“Merry Christmas,” said Ron?
sleepily
?as Harry?
scrambled
?out of bed and pulled on his bathrobe.
sleepily /'slip?li/ adv.?困倦地
scramble /?skr?mbl/ v.?艱難地(或倉(cāng)促地)完成
86
“You, too,” said Harry. “Will you look at this? I’ve got some presents!”
87
“What did you expect,?
turnips
?” said Ron, turning to his own pile, which was a lot bigger than Harry’s.
turnip /'t?n?p/ n.?蘿卜
88
Harry picked up the top parcel. It was wrapped in thick brown paper and?
scrawled
?across it was To Harry, from Hagrid.
scrawl /skr??l/ vt.?潦草地寫(xiě)
89
Inside was a?
roughly
?
cut
?wooden?
flute
. Hagrid had obviously?
whittled
?it himself. Harry blew it — it sounded a bit like an owl.
roughly /?r?fli/ adv.?粗糙地
cut /k?t/ vt. & vi.?削減
flute /flut/ n.?長(zhǎng)笛
whittle /?w?tl/ vt.?削
90
A second, very small parcel contained a note.
91
We received your message and?
enclose
?your Christmas present. From Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia.?
Sellotaped
to the note was a fifty-
pence
?
piece
.
enclose /?n?klo?z/ v.?隨信附上
sellotape /'sel?uteip/ vt.?用透明膠帶粘
pence /p?ns/ n.?便士（penny的復(fù)數(shù)）
piece /pis/ n.?硬幣
92
“That’s friendly,” said Harry.
93
Ron was?
fascinated
?by the fifty pence.
fascinate /?f?s?ne?t/ vt.?深深吸引
94
“Weird!” he said, “What a shape! This is money?”
95
“You can keep it,” said Harry, laughing at how pleased Ron was. “Hagrid and my aunt and uncle — so who sent these?”
96
I think I know who that one’s from,’ said Ron, going a bit pink and pointing to a very?
lumpy
?parcel.?
lumpy /'l?mpi/ adj.?多塊狀物的
97
“My mum. I told her you didn’t expect any presents and — oh, no,” he groaned, “she’s made you a Weasley?
jumper
.”
jumper /'d??mp?/ n. [英]?套頭毛衣
98
Harry had?
torn
?open the parcel to find a thick,?
hand-knitted
?sweater in emerald green and a large box of?
homemadefudge
.
torn /t?rn/ v.?撕掉（tear的過(guò)去分詞）
hand-knitted /'h?ndnit/ adj.?手工編織的
homemade /?hom?med/ adj. (衣服、食品等)自家制的
fudge /f?d?/ n.?乳脂(巧克力)軟糖
99
“Every year she makes us a jumper,” said Ron, unwrapping his own, “and mine’s always?
maroon
.”
maroon /m?'run/ n.?褐紅色
100
“That’s really nice of her,” said Harry, trying the?
fudge
, which was very?
tasty
.
fudge /f?d?/ n.?乳脂(巧克力)軟糖
tasty /?te?sti/ adj.?美味的
101
His next present also contained sweets — a large box of Chocolate Frogs from Hermione.
102
This only left one parcel. Harry picked it up and felt it. It was very light. He unwrapped it.
103
Something?
fluid
?and silvery gray went?
slithering
?to the floor where it lay in?
gleaming
?
folds
. Ron gasped.
fluid /?flu??d/ adj.?流體的
slither /'sl?e?/ v.?滑行
gleaming / ?ɡlim??/ n.?微弱的閃光
fold /fo?ld/ n.?褶皺
104
“I’ve heard of those,” he said in a?
hushed
?voice, dropping the box of Every Flavor Beans he’d gotten from Hermione. “If that’s what I think it is — they’re really rare, and really valuable.”
hushed /h??t/ adj.?安靜的
105
“What is it?”
106
Harry picked the shining, silvery cloth off the floor.?
107
It was strange to the touch, like water?
woven
?into?
material
.
woven /'wovn/ vt. & vi.?織成(weave的過(guò)去分詞)
material /m??t?ri?l/ n.?材料
108
“It’s an?
Invisibility
?Cloak,” said Ron, a look of?
awe
?on his face. “I’m sure it is — try it on.”
invisibility /in,viz?'bil?ti/ n.?看不見(jiàn)的東西
awe /??/ n.?敬畏
109
Harry threw the Cloak around his shoulders and Ron gave a yell.
110
“It is! Look down!”
111
Harry looked down at his feet, but they were gone. He dashed to the mirror. Sure enough, his?
reflection
?looked back at him, just his head?
suspended
?in midair, his body completely invisible.
reflection /r??flek?n/ n.?倒影
suspend /s??spend/ vi.?懸浮
112
He pulled the Cloak over his head and his reflection vanished completely.
113
“There’s a note!” said Ron suddenly. “A note fell out of it!”
114
Harry pulled off the Cloak and seized the letter. Written in?
narrow
,?
loopy
?writing he had never seen before were the following words:
narrow /?n?ro?/ adj.?狹小的
loopy /'lupi/ adj.?多圈的
115
Your father left this in my?
possession
?before he died. It is time it was returned to you.
possession /p??ze?n/ n.?持有
116
Use it well.
117
A Very Merry Christmas to you
118
There was no?
signature
. Harry stared at the note. Ron was admiring the Cloak.
signature /?s?ɡn?t??r/ n.?簽名
119
“I’d give anything for one of these,” he said. “Anything. What’s the matter?”
120
“Nothing,” said Harry. He felt very strange. Who had sent the Cloak? Had it really?
once
?belonged to his father?
once /w?ns/ adv.?曾經(jīng)
121
Before he could say or think anything else, the dormitory door was?
flung open
?and Fred and George Weasley?
bounded
?in.
flung open?推開(kāi)
bound /ba?nd/ v.?蹦跳著走
122
Harry stuffed the Cloak quickly out of sight. He didn’t feel like sharing it with anyone else yet.
123
“Merry Christmas!”
124
“Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley jumper, too!”
125
Fred and George were wearing blue jumpers, one with a large yellow F on it, the other with a G.
126
“Harry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s jumper. “She obviously makes more of an effort if you’re not family.”
127
“Why aren’t you wearing yours, Ron?” George demanded. “Come on, get it on, they’re?
lovely
?and warm.”
lovely /'l?vli/ adj.?可愛(ài)的
128
“I hate?
maroon
,” Ron moaned?
halfheartedly
?as he pulled it over his head.
maroon /m?'run/ n.?褐紅色
halfheartedly /'h?f'hɑrt?dli/ adv.?無(wú)興趣地
129
“You haven’t got a?
letter
?on yours,” George?
observed
. “I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid — we know we’re called Gred and Forge.”
letter /?let?r/ n.?字母
observe /?b?z??rv/ v.?觀察
130
“What’s all this noise?”
131
Percy Weasley stuck his head through the door, looking?
disapproving
. He had clearly gotten?
halfway
?through unwrapping his presents as he, too, carried a lumpy sweater over his arm, which Fred seized.
disapproving / ?d?s??pruv??/ adj.?不滿的
halfway /?h?f?we?/ adv.?在中途
132
“P for prefect! Get it on, Percy, come on, we’re all wearing ours, even Harry got one.”
133
“I — don’t — want —” said Percy?
thickly
, as the twins forced the jumper over his head, knocking his glasses?
askew
.
thickly /? θ?kl?/ adv.?聲音不清的
askew /??skju?/ adv.?歪斜地
134
“And you’re not sitting with the prefects today,?
either
,” said George. “Christmas is a time for family.”
either /'ie?/ adv.?而且
135
They?
frog-marched
?Percy from the room, his arms?
pinned
?to his side by his jumper.
frog-march /?fr?gmɑ?t?/ vt.?使(犯人)面朝下由四人提著四肢行走
pin /p?n/ v.?使不能動(dòng)彈
136
Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner.
137
A hundred fat, roast turkeys, mountains of roast and boiled potatoes,?
platters
?of fat?
chipolatas
,?
tureens
?of?
buttered
peas,?
platter /'pl?t?/ n.?大淺盤(pán)
chipolata /?t??p?'lɑt?/ n.?小香腸盤(pán)菜
tureen /tju'rin/ n.?焙盤(pán)
buttered /'b?t?/ adj.?涂奶油的
138
silver boats of?
thick
,?
rich
?
gravy
?and?
cranberry sauce
thick /θ?k/ adj.?濃的
rich /r?t?/ adj.?肥沃的
gravy /'ɡrevi/ n.?肉鹵
cranberry sauce?酸果曼沙司
139
— and?
stacks of
?wizard?
crackers
?
every
?few feet along the table.
stacks of?許多
cracker /?kr?k?r/ n.?餅干
every /'?vri/ adj.?每隔…的
140
These?
fantastic
?crackers were nothing like the?
feeble
?Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their?
flimsy
?paper hats.
fantastic /f?n't?st?k/ adj.?奇異的
feeble /?fi?bl/ adj.?虛弱的,?衰弱的,?無(wú)力的
flimsy /?fl?mzi/ adj.?易損壞的
141
Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn’t just?
bang
, it went off with a?
blast
?like a cannon and?
engulfed
them all in a cloud of blue smoke,
bang /b??/ vi.?發(fā)出砰的一聲
blast /bl?st/ n.?爆炸
engulf /?n?ɡ?lf/ vt.?吞沒(méi)
142
while from the inside exploded a?
rear admiral’s
?hat and several live, white mice.
rear admiral?海軍少將
143
Up on the High Table, Dumbledore had?
swapped
?his pointed wizard’s hat for a flowered?
bonnet
, and was chuckling?
merrily
?at a?
joke
?Professor Flitwick had just read him.
swap /swɑ?p/ v.?把......換成
bonnet /'bɑn?t/ n.?軟帽
merrily /'m?r?li/ adv.?快樂(lè)地
joke /d?ok/ n.?笑話
144
Flaming
?Christmas puddings followed the turkey. Percy nearly broke his teeth on a silver?
Sickle
?
embedded
?in his?
slice
.
flaming /'flem??/ adj.?火紅的
sickle /'s?kl/ n.?鐮刀
embed /?m?bed/ vt.?使嵌入
slice /sla?s/ n.?（蛋糕等的）小塊
145
Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more?
wine
,
wine /wa?n/ n.?葡萄酒
146
finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry’s?
amazement
,?
giggled
?and blushed, her top hat?
lopsided
.
amazement /??me?zm?nt/ n.?驚奇
giggle /?ɡ?ɡl/ vi.?咯咯地笑
lopsided /?lɑ?p?sa?d?d/ adj.?不平衡的
147
When Harry finally left the table, he was?
laden
?down with a stack of things out of the crackers,
lade /led/ vt.?裝載
148
including a pack of non-explodable,?
luminous
?balloons, a Grow-Your-Own-
Warts
?
kit
, and his own new wizard chess set.
luminous /?lu?m?n?s/ adj.?夜光的
wart /w?rt/ n.?疣
kit /k?t/ n.?成套設(shè)備
149
The white mice had disappeared and Harry had a?
nasty
?feeling they were going to end up as Mrs. Norris’s Christmas dinner.
nasty /?n?sti/ adj.?令人擔(dān)憂的
150
Harry and the Weasleys spent a happy afternoon having a furious snowball fight on the grounds.
151
Then, cold, wet, and?
gasping
?for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing?
spectacularly
?to Ron.
gasp /ɡ?sp/ vi.?喘息；喘氣；渴望
spectacular /spek?t?kj?l?r/ adj.?令人驚嘆的
152
He suspected he wouldn’t have lost so badly if Percy hadn’t tried to help him so much.
153
After a?
meal
?of turkey sandwiches,?
crumpets
,?
trifle
, and Christmas cake, everyone felt too full and sleepy to do much before bed except?
meal /mil/ n.?一餐所吃的食物
crumpet /'kr?mp?t/ n.?松脆餅
trifle /?tra?fl/ n.?蛋糕
154
sit and watch Percy chase Fred and George all over Gryffindor Tower because they’d stolen his prefect?
badge
.
badge /b?d?/ n.?徽章
155
It had been Harry’s best Christmas day ever. Yet something had been?
nagging
?at?
the back of his mind
?all day.
nag /n?ɡ/ vi.?不斷地嘮叨
the back of his mind?潛意識(shí)
156
Not until he climbed into bed was he free to think about it: the Invisibility Cloak and whoever had sent it.
157
Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing?
mysterious
?to bother him, fell asleep almost as soon as he’d drawn the curtains of his four-poster.
mysterious /m??st?ri?s/ adj.?神秘的
158
Harry leaned over the side of his own bed and pulled the Cloak out from under it.
159
His father’s . . . this had been his father’s. He let the material flow over his hands, smoother than?
silk
, light as air. Use it well, the note had said.
silk /s?lk/ n.?絲織物
160
He had to try it, now. He slipped out of bed and wrapped the Cloak around himself. Looking down at his legs, he saw only moonlight and shadows. It was a very funny feeling.
161
Use it well.
162
Suddenly, Harry felt?
wide
-awake. The whole of Hogwarts was open to him in this Cloak. Excitement flooded through him as he stood there in the dark and silence.
wide /wa?d/ adv.?充分地
163
He could go anywhere in this, anywhere, and Filch would never know.
164
Ron grunted in his sleep. Should Harry wake him? Something?
held him back
?— his father’s Cloak — he felt that this time — the first time — he wanted to use it alone.
hold sb back?拖某人的后腿
165
He crept out of the dormitory, down the stairs, across the common room, and climbed through the portrait hole.
166
“Who’s there?”?
squawked
?the Fat Lady. Harry said nothing. He walked quickly down the corridor.
squawk /skw?k/ vi.?發(fā)出粗厲的叫聲
167
Where should he go? He stopped, his heart racing, and thought.
168
And then it?
came
?to him. The Restricted Section in the library. He’d be able to read as long as he liked, as long as it took to find out who Flamel was.
come /k?m/ v. (思想、回憶等)進(jìn)入腦海
169
He set off, drawing the Invisibility Cloak tight around him as he walked.
170
The library was?
pitch-black
?and very?
eerie
.
pitch-black /?p?t??bl?k/ adj.?漆黑的
eerie /??ri/ adj.?詭異的
171
Harry lit a lamp to see his way along the rows of books.?
172
The lamp looked as if it was floating along in midair, and even though Harry could feel his arm?
supporting
?it, the sight gave him the?
creeps
.
support /s??p??rt/ vt.?托住
creeps /kri:ps/ n.?毛骨悚然的感覺(jué)
173
The Restricted Section was right at the back of the library. Stepping carefully over the rope which separated these books from the rest of the library, he held up his lamp to read the titles.
174
They didn’t tell him much. Their peeling, faded gold letters?
spelled
?words in languages Harry couldn’t understand. Some had no title at all.
spell /spel/ vt. & vi.?拼寫(xiě)
175
One book had a dark?
stain
?on it that looked?
horribly
?like blood.
stain /ste?n/ n.?污點(diǎn)
horribly /?h ?r?bl?/ adv.?可怕地
176
The hairs on the back of Harry’s neck?
prickled
.
prickle /'pr?kl/ vi.?感到刺痛
177
Maybe he was imagining it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be.
178
He had to start somewhere. Setting the lamp down carefully on the floor, he looked along the bottom shelf for an interesting-looking book.
179
A large black and silver?
volume
?caught his eye. He pulled it out with difficulty, because it was very heavy, and, balancing it on his knee, let it fall open.
volume /?vɑ?lju?m/ n.?書(shū)（較大的)
180
A?
piercing
,?
bloodcurdling
?
shriek
?split the silence — the book was screaming!?
piercing /?p?rs??/ adj. (指聲音等)尖銳的
bloodcurdling /?bl?d?k?dl??/ adj.?令人毛骨悚然的
shriek /?ri?k/ n.?尖叫聲
181
Harry?
snapped
?it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken,?
earsplitting
?
note
.
snap /sn?p/ vi.?咯嗒一聲關(guān)上
earsplitting /'?r,spl?t??/ adj.?震耳欲聾的
note /no?t/ n.?音調(diào)
182
He?
stumbled
?backward and knocked over his lamp, which?
went out
?at once.
stumble /?st?mbl/ vi.?絆腳
go out?熄滅
183
?
Panicking
, he heard footsteps?
coming
?down the corridor outside — stuffing the?
shrieking
?book back on the shelf, he ran for it.
panic /?p?n?k/ n.?恐慌
come /k?m/ vi.?出現(xiàn)（被聽(tīng)到、察覺(jué)或經(jīng)歷）
shriek /?ri?k/ vt. & vi.?尖叫
184
He?
passed
?Filch in the doorway;?
pass vi.?經(jīng)過(guò)
185
Filch’s pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch’s?
outstretched
?arm and?
streaked
off up the corridor, the book’s shrieks still ringing in his ears.
outstretched /?aut?stret?t/ adj.?伸出的
streak /stri?k/ vi.?飛跑
186
He came to a sudden?
halt
?in front of a tall suit of?
armor
.
halt /h??lt/ n.?停止
armor /?ɑ?m?r/ n.?盔甲
187
He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn’t paid attention to where he was going.?
188
Perhaps because it was dark, he didn’t recognize where he was at all.
189
There was a suit of armor near the kitchens, he knew, but he must be five?
floors
?above there.
floor /fl?r/ n.?樓層
190
“You asked me to come directly to you, Professor, if anyone was wandering around at night, and somebody’s been in the library — Restricted Section.”
191
Harry felt the blood?
drain
?out of his face. Wherever he was, Filch must know a?
shortcut
, because his?
soft
,?
greasy
voice was getting nearer, and to his horror, it was Snape who replied,
drain /dre?n/ vi.?流干
shortcut /'??rt,k?t/ n.?捷徑
soft /s?ft/ adj.?虛弱的
greasy /'grisi/ adj.?油膩的
192
“The Restricted Section? Well, they can’t be far, we’ll catch them.”
193
Harry stood?
rooted
?to the spot as Filch and Snape came around the corner ahead.
rooted /'rut?d/ adj. (因?yàn)閼峙禄虺泽@而)釘在原地
194
They couldn’t see him, of course, but it was a narrow corridor and if they came much nearer they’d knock right into him — the Cloak didn’t stop him from being solid.
195
He backed away as quietly as he could.
196
A door stood?
ajar
?to his left. It was his only hope. He squeezed through it, holding his breath, trying not to move it, and to his relief he managed to get inside the room without their noticing anything.
ajar /?'d?ɑr/ adv.?微開(kāi)地
197
They walked straight past, and Harry leaned against the wall, breathing deeply, listening to their footsteps dying away.
198
That had been?
close
, very close.
close /klo?z/ adj.?（通常指危險(xiǎn)的情況幾乎發(fā)生）差一點(diǎn)兒
199
It was a few seconds before he noticed anything about the room he had hidden in.
200
It looked like an unused classroom.
201
The dark shapes of desks and chairs were piled against the walls, and there was an?
upturned
?
wastepaper basket
?—
upturned /?p't?:nd/ adj.?翻過(guò)來(lái)的
wastepaper basket?廢紙簍
202
but?
propped
?against the wall facing him was something that didn’t look as if it belonged there, something that looked as if someone had just put it there to keep it out of the way.
prop /prɑ?p/ v.?倚靠
203
It was a?
magnificent
?mirror, as high as the ceiling, with an?
ornate
?gold frame, standing on two clawed feet. There was an?
inscription
?
carved
?around the top: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.
magnificent /m?ɡ?n?f?snt/ adj.?壯麗的
ornate /??r?ne?t/ adj.?華麗的
inscription /?n'skr?p??n/ n. (作者)題詞
carve /kɑ?rv/ v.?雕刻
204
His panic?
fading
?now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but see no reflection again. He stepped in front of it.
fading /'fed??/ n.?衰退
205
He had to clap his hands to his mouth to stop himself screaming.
206
He?
whirled
?around. His heart was pounding?
far
?more?
furiously
?than when the book had screamed — for he had seen not only himself in the mirror, but a whole crowd of people standing right behind him.
whirl /w??rl/ v.?猛地轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)
far /fɑr/ adv.?到很大程度
furiously /?fj??r??sl?/ adv.?猛烈地
207
But the room was empty. Breathing very fast, he turned slowly back to the mirror.
208
There he was, reflected in it, white and scared-looking, and there, reflected behind him, were at least ten others. Harry looked over his shoulder — but still, no one was there.?
209
Or were they all invisible, too? Was he in fact in a room full of invisible people and this mirror’s?
trick
?was that it reflected them, invisible or not?
trick /tr?k/ n.?把戲
210
He looked in the mirror again. A woman standing right behind his reflection was smiling at him and waving.
211
He reached out a hand and felt the air behind him. If she was really there, he’d touch her, their reflections were so close together, but he felt only air — she and the others existed only in the mirror.
212
She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes — her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought,?
edging
?a little closer to the glass.
edge /ed?/ vi.?緩緩移動(dòng)
213
Bright green — exactly the same shape, but then he noticed that she was crying; smiling, but crying at the same time.
214
The tall, thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her. He wore glasses, and his hair was very untidy. It stuck up at the back, just as Harry’s did.
215
Harry was so close to the mirror now that his nose was nearly touching that of his reflection.
216
“Mum?” he whispered. “Dad?”
217
They just looked at him, smiling.
218
And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror,?
219
and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his, even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry’s?
knobbly
?knees —
knobbly /'nɑbli/ adj.?多疙瘩的
220
Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life.
221
The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared?
hungrily
?back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was?
hoping
?to fall right through it and reach them.
hungrily /?h ???ɡr?l?/ adv.?渴望地
hoping v.?希望（hope的ing形式）
222
He had a powerful kind of?
ache
?inside him, half?
joy
, half?
terrible
?
sadness
.
ache /e?k/ vi.?疼痛
joy /d???/ n.?高興
terrible /'t?r?bl/ adj.?極度的
sadness /'s?dnis/ n.?悲痛
223
How long he stood there, he didn’t know. The reflections did not fade and he looked and looked until a distant noise brought him back to his senses.
224
He couldn’t stay here, he had to find his way back to bed.
225
He tore his eyes away from his mother’s face, whispered, “I’ll come back,” and hurried from the room.
226
“You could have woken me up,” said Ron,?
crossly
.
crossly /?kr ɑsl?/ adv.?生氣地
227
“You can come tonight, I’m going back, I want to show you the mirror.”
228
“I’d like to see your mum and dad,” Ron said eagerly.
229
“And I want to see all your family, all the Weasleys, you’ll be able to show me your other brothers and everyone.”
230
“You can see them any old time,” said Ron.
231
“Just?
come round
?my house this summer. Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people.?
Shame
?about not finding Flamel, though. Have some bacon or something, why aren’t you eating anything?”
come round?拜訪
shame /?em/ n.?羞愧
232
Harry couldn’t eat. He had seen his parents and would be seeing them again tonight.
233
He had almost forgotten about Flamel. It didn’t seem very important anymore. Who cared what the three-headed dog was guarding? What did it matter if Snape stole it, really?
234
“Are you all right?” said Ron. “You look odd.”
235
What Harry?
feared
?most was that he might not be able to find the mirror room again. With Ron covered in the Cloak, too, they had to walk much more slowly the next night.
fear /f?r/ vt.?擔(dān)心
236
They tried?
retracing
?Harry’s route from the library,?
wandering
?around the dark?
passageways
?for nearly an hour.
retrace /r??tre?s/ vt.?重走(別人走過(guò)的路線)
wander /?wɑ?nd?r/ vi.?漫步
passageway /'p?s?d?,we/ n. (尤指兩面有墻的)通道
237
“I’m freezing,” said Ron. “Let’s forget it and go back.”
238
“No!” Harry?
hissed
. “I know it’s here somewhere.”
hiss /h?s/ v.?低聲呵斥
239
They passed the ghost of a tall witch?
gliding?
in the opposite direction, but saw no one else. Just as Ron started moaning that his feet were?
dead
?with cold, Harry spotted the suit of armor.
glide /ɡla?d/ n.?滑翔
dead /d?d/ adj. (身體部位)無(wú)知覺(jué)的
240
“It’s here — just here — yes!”
241
They pushed the door open. Harry dropped the Cloak from around his shoulders and ran to the mirror.
242
There they were. His mother and father?
beamed
?at the?
sight
?of him.
beam /bi?m/ vi.?面露喜色
sight /sa?t/ n.?看見(jiàn)
243
“See?” Harry whispered.
244
“I can’t see anything.”
245
“Look! Look at them all . . . there are?
loads of
?them. . . .”
loads of?許多
246
“I can only see you.”
247
“Look in it?
properly
, go on, stand where I am.”
properly /'prɑp?li/ adv.?正確地
248
Harry stepped aside, but with Ron in front of the mirror, he couldn’t see his family anymore, just Ron in his?
paisleypajamas
.
Paisley /?pezli/ (蘇格蘭)佩斯利渦紋旋花呢(的)
pajamas /p?'d??m?z/ n.?睡衣
249
Ron, though, was staring?
transfixed
?at his image.
transfix /tr?ns'f?ks/ vt.?使呆住
250
“Look at me!” he said.
251
“Can you see all your family standing around you?”
252
“No — I’m alone — but I’m different — I look older — and I’m?
Head Boy
!”
Head Boy (英)男班長(zhǎng)
253
“What?”
254
“I am — I’m wearing the?
badge
?like Bill used to — and I’m holding the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup — I’m Quidditch captain, too!”
badge /b?d?/ n.?徽章
255
Ron tore his eyes away from this?
splendid
?sight to look excitedly at Harry.
splendid /?splend?d/ adj.?輝煌的
256
“Do you think this mirror shows the future?”
257
“How can it? All my family are dead — let me have another look —”
258
“You had it to yourself all last night, give me a bit more time.”
259
“You’re only holding the Quidditch Cup, what’s interesting about that? I want to see my parents.”
260
“Don’t push me —”
261
A sudden noise outside in the corridor put an end to their discussion. They hadn’t realized how loudly they had been talking.
262
“Quick!”
263
Ron threw the Cloak back over them as the?
luminous
?eyes of Mrs. Norris?
came round
?the door.
luminous /?lu?m?n?s/ adj.?發(fā)光的
come round?轉(zhuǎn)向
264
Ron and Harry stood quite still, both thinking the same thing — did the Cloak?
work
?on cats? After what seemed an age, she turned and left.
work /w??rk/ v.?奏效
265
“This isn’t safe — she might have gone for Filch, I bet she heard us. Come on.” And Ron pulled Harry out of the room.
266
The snow still hadn’t melted the next morning.
267
“Want to play chess, Harry?” said Ron.
268
“No.”
269
“Why don’t we go down and visit Hagrid?”
270
“No . . . you go . . .”
271
“I know what you’re thinking about, Harry, that mirror. Don’t go back tonight.”
272
“Why not?”
273
“I dunno, I’ve just got a bad feeling about it — and anyway, you’ve had too many?
close shaves
?already.
close shave?僥幸的脫險(xiǎn)
274
Filch, Snape, and Mrs. Norris are wandering around. So what if they can’t see you? What if they walk into you? What if you knock something over?”
275
“You sound like Hermione.”
276
“I’m serious, Harry, don’t go.”
277
But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and Ron wasn’t going to stop him.
278
That third night he found his way more quickly than before. He was walking so fast he?
knew
?he was making more noise than was?
wise
, but he didn’t meet anyone.
know /no/ v.?認(rèn)識(shí)到
wise /wa?z/ adj.?明智的
279
And there were his mother and father smiling at him again, and one of his grandfathers nodding happily.
280
Harry sank down to sit on the floor in front of the mirror. There was nothing to stop him from staying here all night with his family. Nothing at all.
281
Except —
282
“So — back again, Harry?”
283
Harry felt as though his?
insides
?had turned to ice. He looked behind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore.
inside /'?n'sa?d/ n.?里面
284
Harry must have walked straight past him, so?
desperate
?to get to the mirror he hadn’t noticed him.
desperate /?desp?r?t/ adj.?極渴望的
285
“I — I didn’t see you, sir.”
286
“Strange how?
short-sighted
?being invisible can make you,” said Dumbledore, and Harry was relieved to see that he was smiling.
short-sighted /???rt?sa?t?d/ adj.?近視的
287
“So,” said Dumbledore, slipping off the desk to sit on the floor with Harry,?
288
“you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the?
delights
?of the Mirror of Erised.”
delight /d??la?t/ n.?樂(lè)事
289
“I didn’t know it was called that, sir.”
290
“But I expect you’ve realized by now what it does?”
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“It — well — it shows me my family —”
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“And it showed your friend Ron himself as Head Boy.”
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“How did you know — ?”
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“I don’t need a cloak to become invisible,” said Dumbledore gently. “Now, can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?”
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Harry shook his head.
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“Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?”
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Harry thought. Then he said slowly, “It shows us what we want . . . whatever we want . . .”
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“Yes and no,” said Dumbledore quietly.
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“It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most?
desperate
?
desire
?of our hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you.
desperate /?desp?r?t/ adj.?極渴望的
desire /d??za??r/ n.?渴望
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Ronald Weasley, who has always been?
overshadowed
?by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of all of them.
overshadow /?o?v?r???do?/ vt.?使(某人)相形見(jiàn)絀或黯然失色
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However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it,?
entranced
?by what they have seen, or been?
driven
?mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.
entrance /?entr?ns/ vt.?使入迷
drive /dra?v/ vt.?驅(qū)使
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The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go looking for it again.
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If you ever do?
run across
?it, you will now be prepared. It does not do to?
dwell
?on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why don’t you put that?
admirable
?Cloak back on and get off to bed?”
run across?偶然遇到
dwell /dwel/ v.?總是想著
admirable /??dm?r?bl/ adj.?絕妙的
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Harry stood up.
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“Sir — Professor Dumbledore? Can I ask you something?”
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“Obviously, you’ve just done so,” Dumbledore smiled. “You may ask me?
one more
?thing, however.”
one more?再多一個(gè)
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“What do you see when you look in the mirror?”
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“I? I see myself holding a pair of thick,?
woolen
?socks.”
woolen /'w?l?n/ adj.?羊毛制的
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Harry stared.
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“One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
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It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite?
truthful
.?
truthful /?tru?θf(wàn)l/ adj.?說(shuō)實(shí)話的
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But then, he thought, as he?
shoved
?Scabbers off his?
pillow
, it had been quite a personal question.
shove /??v/ vt. & vi.?推
pillow /?p?lo?/ n.?枕頭
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