CHAPTER FIVE

1

THE?

WHOMPING

?

WILLOW

whomp /w?mp/ vi.?發(fā)撞擊聲

willow /'w?l??/ n.?柳樹

2

The end of the summer holidays came too quickly?

for Harry’s liking

.

for one's liking?合...的意

3

He was looking forward to getting back to Hogwarts, but his month at the Burrow had been the happiest of his life.

4

It was difficult not to feel?

jealous

?of Ron when he thought of the Dursleys and the sort of?

welcome

?he could expect next time he turned up on Privet Drive.

jealous /?d?el?s/ adj.?妒忌的

welcome /'welk?m/ n.?迎接

5

On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley?

conjured

?up a?

sumptuous

?dinner which included all of Harry’s favorite things, ending with a?

mouthwatering

?

treacle

?pudding.

conjure /?k?nd??(r)/ vt.?用魔術(shù)變出

sumptuous /?s?mpt?u?s/ adj.?奢侈的

mouthwatering /'ma?θ'w??t?r??/ adj.?令人垂涎的

treacle /'tri?k(?)l/ n.?糖蜜

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Fred and George?

rounded off

?the evening with a?

display

?of?

Filibuster

?fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour.

round off?圓滿結(jié)束

display /d??sple?/ n.?表演

filibuster /?f?l?b?st?(r)/ n.?海盜

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Then it was time for a last?

mug

?of hot chocolate and?

bed

.

mug /m?ɡ/ n.?一大杯容量

bed /bed/ vi.?上床

8

It took a long?

while

?to get started next morning.

while /wail/ n.?一段時(shí)間

9

They were up at?

cock-crow

, but somehow they still seemed to have a?

great deal

?to do.

cockcrow /'k?kkr??/ n.?雞叫

great deal?大量

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Mrs. Weasley dashed about in a bad mood looking for spare socks and quills; people kept?

colliding

?on the stairs,?

half-dressed

?with bits of toast in their hands;

collide /k??la?d/ vi.?碰撞

half-dressed adj.?半裸的

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and Mr. Weasley nearly broke his neck,?

tripping

?over a?

stray

?chicken as he crossed the yard carrying Ginny’s trunk to the car.

trip /tr?p/ vi.?絆倒

stray /stre?/ adj.?零散的

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Harry couldn’t see how eight people, six large trunks, two owls, and a rat were going to fit into one small Ford Anglia.

13

He had?

reckoned

, of course, without the special?

features

?which Mr. Weasley had added.

reckon /?rek?n/ vt.?猜想

feature /?fi?t??(r)/ n.?特點(diǎn)

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“Not a word to Molly,” he whispered to Harry as he opened the?

boot?

and showed him how it had been magically?

expanded

?so that the trunks fitted easily.

boot /bu?t/ n.?汽車行李箱

expand /?k?sp?nd/ vi.?張開

15

When at last they were all in the car, Mrs. Weasley glanced into the back seat, where Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy were all sitting comfortably side by side, and said,

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“Muggles do know more than we?

give them credit for

, don’t they?” She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it?

resembled

?a park bench.

give sb credit for sth?因...而稱贊某人

resemble /r??zembl/ vt.?顯得像

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“I mean, you’d never know it was this?

roomy

?from the outside, would you?”

roomy /'ru?m?/ adj.?寬敞的

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Mr. Weasley started up the engine and they?

trundled

?out of the yard, Harry turning back for a last look at the house.

trundle /'tr?nd(?)l/ v.?（車）緩慢地移動(dòng)

19

He barely had time to wonder when he’d see it again when they were back — George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks.

20

Five minutes after that, they?

skidded

?to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick.

skid /sk?d/ v.?剎住

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They had almost reached the motorway when Ginny?

shrieked

?that she’d left her?

diary

.

shriek /?ri?k/ vt. & vi.?尖叫

diary /?da??ri/ n.?日記

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By the time she had clambered back into the car, they were running very late, and?

tempers

?were running high.

temper /?temp?(r)/ n.?脾氣

23

Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and then at his wife.

24

“Molly, dear —”

25

“No, Arthur —”

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“No one would see — this little button here is an Invisibility?

Booster

?I?

installed

?— that’d get us up in the air — then we fly above the clouds.

booster /'bu?st?/ n.（宇宙飛船的）助推器

install /in'st?:l/ vt.?安裝

27

We’d be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the?

wiser

?—”

wiser /'waiz?/ adj.?聰明的

28

“I said no, Arthur, not in?

broad daylight

?—”

broad daylight?光天化日

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They reached King’s Cross at a quarter to eleven.

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Mr. Weasley dashed across the road to get?

trolleys

?for their trunks and they all hurried into the station.

trolley /?tr?li/ n. (兩輪或四輪的)手推車

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Harry had caught the Hogwarts Express the?

previous year

.

previous year?前一年

32

The?

tricky

?bit was getting onto platform nine and three-quarters, which wasn’t visible to the Muggle eye.

tricky /?tr?ki/ adj.?棘手的

?

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What you had to do was walk through the solid?

barrier

?dividing platforms nine and ten.

barrier /?b?ri?(r)/ n.?障礙物

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It didn’t hurt, but it had to be done carefully so that none of the Muggles noticed you vanishing.

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“Percy first,” said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock?

overhead

, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.

overhead /???v??hed/ adv.?在頭頂上

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Percy?

strode

?briskly forward and vanished. Mr. Weasley went next; Fred and George followed.

strode /str??d/ v.?大步走（stride的過去式）

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“I’ll take Ginny and you two come right after us,” Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Ron, grabbing Ginny’s hand and setting off. In the blink of an eye they were gone.

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“Let’s go together, we’ve only got a minute,” Ron said to Harry.

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Harry made sure that Hedwig’s cage was safely wedged on top of his trunk and wheeled his trolley about to face the barrier.

40

He felt perfectly confident; this wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as using Floo powder.

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Both of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked?

purposefully

?toward the barrier, gathering speed.

purposefully /'p?:p?sfuli/ adv.?有決心地

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A few feet away from it, they broke into a run and —

43

CRASH.

44

Both trolleys hit the barrier and bounced backward;?

45

Ron’s trunk fell off with a loud?

thump

, Harry was?

knocked off

?his feet, and Hedwig’s cage bounced onto the?

shiny

floor, and she rolled away, shrieking?

indignantly

;

thump /θ?mp/ n.?砰的重?fù)袈?/p>

knock off?擊倒

shiny /??a?ni/ adj.?有光澤的

indignantly /in'dign?ntli/ adv.?憤怒地

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people all around them stared and a guard nearby yelled, “What?

in blazes

?d’you think you’re doing?”

in blazes?究竟

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“Lost control of the trolley,” Harry gasped, clutching his?

ribs

?as he got up.

rib /r?b/ n.?肋骨

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Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about?

cruelty

?to animals from the surrounding crowd.

cruelty /?kru??lti/ n.?殘酷的行為

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“Why can’t we get through?” Harry hissed to Ron.

50

“I dunno —”

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Ron looked?

wildly

?around. A dozen curious people were still watching them.

wildly /'waildli/ adv.?失控地

52

“We’re going to miss the train,” Ron whispered. “I don’t understand why the gateway’s?

sealed

?itself —”

seal /si?l/ v.?封鎖

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Harry looked up at the giant clock with a?

sickening

?feeling in the pit of his stomach. Ten seconds . . . nine seconds . . .

sickening /'s?k?n??/ adj.?令人作嘔的

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He wheeled his trolley forward cautiously until it was right against the barrier and pushed with all his?

might

. The?

metal

remained solid.

might /ma?t/ n.?強(qiáng)大力量

metal /?metl/ n.?筑路碎石

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Three seconds . . . two seconds . . . one second . . .

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“It’s gone,” said Ron, sounding stunned. “The train’s left. What if Mum and Dad can’t get back through to us? Have you got any Muggle money?”

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Harry gave a?

hollow

?laugh. “The Dursleys haven’t given me?

pocket money

?for about six years.”

hollow /?h?l??/ adj.?空洞的

pocket money?零用錢

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Ron pressed his ear to the cold barrier.

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“Can’t hear a thing,” he said?

tensely

. “What’re we going to do? I don’t know how long it’ll take Mum and Dad to get back to us.”

tensely /'tensli/ adv.?緊張地

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They looked around. People were still watching them, mainly because of Hedwig’s continuing screeches.

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“I think we’d better go and wait by the car,” said Harry. “We’re attracting too much atten —”

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“Harry!” said Ron, his eyes?

gleaming

. “The car!”

gleam /ɡli?m/ v.?（因興奮而眼睛）發(fā)光

63

“What about it?”

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“We can fly the car to Hogwarts!”

65

“But I thought —”

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“We’re stuck, right? And we’ve got to get to school, haven’t we?

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And even underage wizards are allowed to use magic if it’s a real?

emergency

, section nineteen or something of the?

Restriction

?of?

Thingy

?—”

emergency /i?m??d??nsi/ n.?緊急情況

restriction /r??str?k?n/ n.?限制

thingy /'θi?i/ adj.?某東西

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Harry’s feeling of panic turned suddenly to excitement.

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“Can you fly it?”

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“No problem,” said Ron, wheeling his trolley around to face the exit. “C’mon, let’s go. If we hurry we’ll be able to follow the Hogwarts Express —”

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And they marched off through the crowd of curious Muggles, out of the station and back onto the side road where the old Ford Anglia was parked.

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Ron unlocked the?

cavernous

?boot with a series of taps from his wand. They heaved their trunk back in, put Hedwig on the back seat, and got into the front.

cavernous /'k?v?n?s/ adj.?大而深的

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“Check no one’s watching,” said Ron, starting the?

ignition

?with another tap of his wand.

ignition /?g'n??(?)n/ n. (汽油引擎的)發(fā)火裝置

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Harry stuck his head out of the window:?

Traffic

?was?

rumbling

?along the?

main road

?ahead, but their street was empty.

traffic /'tr?f?k/ n.?交通

rumble /?r?mbl/ vi.?發(fā)出隆隆聲

main road?主干道

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“Okay,” he said.

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Ron pressed a tiny silver button on the dashboard. The car around them vanished — and so did they.

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Harry could feel the seat?

vibrating

?beneath him, hear the engine, feel his hands on his knees and his glasses on his nose, but for all he could see,

vibrate /va??bre?t/ vi.?振動(dòng)

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he had become a pair of?

eyeballs

, floating a few feet above the ground in a?

dingy

?street full of parked cars.

eyeball /'a?b??l/ n.?眼球

dingy /?d?nd?i/ adj.?骯臟的

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“Let’s go,” said Ron’s voice from his right.

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The ground and the dirty buildings on either side fell away, dropping out of sight as the car rose; in seconds, the whole of London lay, smoky and glittering, below them.

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Then there was a popping noise and the car, Harry, and Ron reappeared.

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“Uh-oh,” said Ron,?

jabbing

?at the Invisibility Booster. “It’s?

faulty

?—”

jab /d??b/ vt. (用尖物)戳

faulty /?f??lti/ adj.?出毛病的

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Both of them?

pummeled

?it. The car vanished. Then it flickered back again.

pummel /'p?m(?)l/ vt.?用拳頭連續(xù)揍

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“Hold on!” Ron yelled, and he slammed his foot on the?

accelerator

; they shot straight into the low,?

woolly

?clouds and everything turned dull and foggy.

accelerator /?k'sel?re?t?/ n.?加速裝置(尤指車輛的油門踏板)

woolly /?w?li/ adj.?像羊毛的

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“Now what?” said Harry, blinking at the solid?

mass

?of cloud pressing in on them from all sides.

mass /m?s/ n.?團(tuán)

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“We need to see the train to know what direction to go in,” said Ron.

87

“

Dip

?back down again — quickly —”

dip /d?p/ vt. & vi.(使)下沉

88

They dropped back beneath the clouds and twisted around in their seats, squinting at the ground.

89

“I can see it!” Harry yelled. “Right ahead — there!”

90

The Hogwarts Express was?

streaking

?along below them like a scarlet snake.

streak /stri?k/ vi.?疾馳

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“Due north,” said Ron, checking the?

compass

?on the dashboard. “Okay, we’ll just have to check on it every half hour or so — hold on —”

compass /?k?mp?s/ n.?羅盤

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And they shot up through the clouds. A minute later, they burst out into a blaze of sunlight.

93

It was a different world. The wheels of the car?

skimmed

?the sea of?

fluffy

?cloud, the sky a bright,?

endless

?blue under the?

blinding

?white sun.

skim /sk?m/ vi.?掠過

fluffy /?fl?fi/ adj.?蓬松的

endless /?endl?s/ adj.?無止境的

blinding /'bla?nd??/ adj.?使人眩目的

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“All we’ve got to worry about now are airplanes,” said Ron.

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They looked at each other and started to laugh; for a long time, they couldn’t stop.

96

It was as though they had been plunged into a?

fabulous

?dream.

fabulous /?f?bj?l?s/ adj.?難以置信的

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This, thought Harry, was surely the only way to travel — past?

swirls

?and?

turrets

?of snowy cloud, in a car full of hot, bright sunlight, with a fat pack of?

toffees

?in the?

glove compartment

,

swirl /sw??l/ n.?渦狀形

turret /'t?r?t/ n.?角樓

toffee /'t?f?/ n.?太妃糖

glove compartment n.?（汽車前排座位前放小物件的）雜物箱

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and the?

prospect

?of seeing Fred’s and George’s?

jealous

?faces when they landed smoothly and?

spectacularly

?on the?

sweeping

?lawn in front of Hogwarts castle.

prospect /?pr?spekt/ n.?展望

jealous /?d?el?s/ adj.?妒忌的

spectacular /spek?t?kj?l?(r)/ adj.?壯觀的

sweeping /'swi?p??/ adj.?范圍廣的

99

They made?

regular

?checks on the train as they flew farther and farther north, each dip beneath the clouds showing them a different view.

regular /?reɡj?l?(r)/ adj.?定期的

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London was soon far behind them,?

replaced

?by neat green fields?

replace /r??ple?s/ v.?取代

101

which?

gave way

?in turn to wide, purplish?

moors

, villages with tiny toy churches and a great city alive with cars like?

multi-coloured

?

ants

.

give way?被......取代

moor /m??/ n.?沼澤

multicolored /'m?lti,k?l?d/ adj.?多彩的

ant /?nt/ n.?螞蟻

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Several?

uneventful

?hours later, however, Harry had to admit that some of the fun was?

wearing off

.

uneventful /??n??ventfl/ adj.?無特別事件的

wear off?逐漸消逝

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The toffees had made them extremely?

thirsty

?and they had nothing to drink.

thirsty /'θ??st?/ adj.?口渴的

104

He and Ron had pulled off their jumpers, but Harry’s T-shirt was sticking to the back of his seat and his glasses kept sliding down to the end of his sweaty nose.

105

He had stopped noticing the fantastic cloud shapes now and was thinking?

longingly

?of the train miles below, where you could buy ice-cold pumpkin juice from a trolley pushed by a plump witch.

longingly /'l?:?i?li/ adj.?渴望地

106

Why hadn’t they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters?

107

“Can’t be much further, can it?” croaked Ron, hours later still, as the sun started to sink into their floor of cloud,?

staining

?it a deep pink.

stain /ste?n/ vt.?給…著色

108

“Ready for another check on the train?”

109

It was still right below them, winding its way past a?

snowcapped

?mountain.

wind /w?nd/ v.?蜿蜒而行

snowcapped /'sno,k?pt/ adj.?頂部被雪所蓋著的

110

It was much darker beneath the?

canopy

?of clouds.

canopy /?k?n?pi/ n.?蒼穹

111

Ron put his foot on the accelerator and drove them upward again, but as he did so, the engine began to?

whine

.

whine /wa?n/ v.?（機(jī)器）嘎嘎響

112

Harry and Ron exchanged nervous glances.

113

“It’s probably just tired,” said Ron. “It’s never been this far before. . . .”

114

And they both pretended not to notice the whining growing louder and louder as the sky became?

steadily

?darker.

steadily /?sted?li/ adv.?逐漸地

115

Stars were?

blossoming

?in the blackness.

blossom /?bl?s?m/ vi.?興盛

116

Harry pulled his jumper back on, trying to ignore the way the windscreen wipers were now waving?

feebly,

?as though in?

protest

.

feebly /'fi:bli/ adv.?無力地

protest /?pr??test/ n.?抗議

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“Not far,” said Ron, more to the car than to Harry, “not far now,” and he patted the dashboard nervously.

118

When they flew back beneath the clouds a little while later, they had to squint through the darkness for a?

landmark

they knew.

landmark /?l?ndmɑ?k/ n.?地標(biāo)

119

“There!” Harry shouted, making Ron and Hedwig jump. “Straight ahead!”

120

Silhouetted

?on the dark horizon, high on the?

cliff

?over the lake, stood the many?

turrets

?and towers of Hogwarts castle.

silhouette /?s?l?'et/ v.?使現(xiàn)出影像（或輪廓）

cliff /kl?f/ n.?懸崖

turret /'t?r?t/ n.?角樓

121

But the car had begun to?

shudder

?and was losing speed.

shudder /???d?(r)/ vi.?發(fā)抖

122

“Come on,” Ron said?

cajolingly

, giving the steering wheel a little shake, “nearly there, come on —”

cajolingly adv.?哄騙地

123

The engine groaned.

124

Narrow jets of steam were?

issuing

?from under the?

bonnet

.

issue /???u?/ vt.?排出

bonnet /'b?n?t/ n. [機(jī)]閥蓋

125

Harry found himself gripping the edges of his seat very hard as they flew toward the lake.

126

The car gave a?

nasty

?

wobble

.

nasty /?nɑ?sti/ adj.?嚇人的

wobble /?w?bl/ n.?搖晃

127

Glancing out of his window, Harry saw the smooth, black,?

glassy

?surface of the water, a mile below.

glassy /'glɑ?s?/ adj.?像玻璃的

128

Ron’s knuckles were white on the steering wheel.

129

The car?

wobbled

?again.

wobble /?w?bl/ vi.?搖晃

130

“Come on,” Ron muttered.

131

They were over the lake — the castle was right ahead — Ron put his foot down.

132

There was a loud?

clunk

, a?

splutter

, and the engine died completely.

clunk /kl??k/ n.?沉悶的金屬聲

splutter /'spl?t?/ n.?劈啪聲

133

“Uh-oh,” said Ron, into the silence.

134

The nose of the car dropped.

135

They were falling, gathering speed, heading straight for the solid castle wall.

136

“Noooooo!” Ron yelled, swinging the steering wheel around;

137

they missed the dark stone wall by inches as the car turned in a great arc, soaring over the dark greenhouses, then the vegetable patch, and then out over the black lawns, losing height all the time.

138

Ron let go of the steering wheel completely and pulled his wand out of his back pocket —

139

“STOP! STOP!” he yelled, whacking the dashboard and the windscreen, but they were still?

plummeting

, the ground flying up toward them —

plummet /?pl?m?t/ vi.?垂直落下

140

“MIND THAT TREE!” Harry?

bellowed

,?

lunging

?for the steering wheel, but too late —

bellow /?bel??/ vi.?吼叫

lunge /l?nd?/ vi.?突進(jìn)

141

CRUNCH.

142

With an?

earsplitting

?bang of metal on wood, they hit the thick tree trunk and dropped to the ground with a heavy?

jolt

.

earsplitting /'??,spl?t??/ adj.?震耳欲聾的

jolt /d???lt/ n.?顛簸

143

Steam was?

billowing

?from under the?

crumpled

?

bonnet

; Hedwig was shrieking in terror;

billow /'b?l??/ vi.?翻騰

crumpled /'kr?mpld/ adj.?弄皺的

bonnet /'b?n?t/ n. [機(jī)]閥蓋

144

a golf-ball-sized lump was?

throbbing

?on Harry’s head where he had hit the windscreen; and to his right, Ron let out a low,?

despairing

?groan.

throb /θr?b/ v.?陣痛

despairing /d?'spe?r??/ adj.?感到絕望的

145

“Are you okay?” Harry said urgently.

146

“My wand,” said Ron, in a shaky voice. “Look at my wand —”

147

It had snapped, almost in two; the?

tip

?was dangling?

limply

, held on by a few?

splinters

.

tip /t?p/ n.?尖端

limply /'limpli/ adv.?軟綿綿地

splinter /'spl?nt?/ n.?尖片

148

Harry opened his mouth to say he was sure they’d be able to mend it up at the school, but he never even got started.

149

At that very moment, something hit his side of the car with the force of a?

charging

?bull, sending him?

lurching

sideways into Ron, just as an?

equally

?heavy?

blow

?hit the roof.

charge /t?ɑ?d?/ vi.?向前沖

lurch /l??t?/ v.?突然傾斜

equally /?i?kw?li/ adv.?同等地

blow /bl??/ n.?打擊

150

“What’s happen — ?”

151

Ron gasped, staring through the?

windscreen

, and Harry looked around just in time to see a branch as thick as a python?

smash

?into it.

windscreen /'w?n(d)skri?n/ n.?擋風(fēng)玻璃

smash /sm??/ vt. & vi.?打碎

152

The tree they had hit was attacking them.

153

Its trunk was bent almost?

double

, and its gnarled?

boughs

?were?

pummeling

?every inch of the car it could reach.

double /'d?b(?)l/ adv.?下彎地

bough /ba?/ n.?大樹枝

pommel /'p?m(?)l/ vt.?用拳頭連續(xù)打

154

“Aaargh!” said Ron as another twisted?

limb

?punched a large?

dent

?into his door;?

limb /l?m/ n.?枝干

dent /dent/ n.?凹痕

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the windscreen was now trembling under a?

hail

?of blows from knuckle-like?

twigs

?and a branch as thick as a?

battering ram

?was pounding furiously on the roof, which seemed to be?

caving

?in —

hail /he?l/ n.?一陣

twig /tw?g/ n.?細(xì)枝

battering ram?破城槌

cave /ke?v/ vt.?使凹陷

156

“Run for it!” Ron shouted, throwing his full weight against his door, but next second he had been knocked backward into Harry’s lap by a?

vicious

?

uppercut

?from another branch.

vicious /?v???s/ adj.?兇險(xiǎn)的

uppercut /'?p?k?t/ n.?上勾拳

157

“We’re?

done for

!” he moaned as the ceiling?

sagged

, but suddenly the floor of the car was?

vibrating

?— the engine had?

restarted

.

done for?完蛋了

sag /s?ɡ/ vi.?向下凹或中間下陷

vibrate /va??bre?t/ vi.?振動(dòng)

restart /?ri:'stɑ:t/ vi.?重新啟動(dòng)

158

“Reverse!” Harry yelled, and the car shot backward; the tree was still trying to hit them; they could hear its roots?

creaking

?as it almost?

ripped

?itself up,?

lashing

?out at them as they sped out of reach.

creak /kri?k/ vi.?發(fā)出咯吱咯吱聲

rip /r?p/ v.?（使）撕裂

lash /l??/ vt.?鞭打

159

“That,” panted Ron, “was close. Well done, car —”

160

The car, however, had reached the end of its?

tether

. With two?

smart

?

clunks

, the doors flew open and Harry felt his seat tip sideways: Next thing he knew he was?

sprawled

?on the damp ground.

tether /'tee?/ n.?范圍

smart /smɑ?t/ adj.?猛烈的

clunk /kl??k/ n.?沉悶的金屬聲

sprawl /spr??l/ vi.?伸開四肢坐〔躺〕

161

Loud?

thuds

?told him that the car was?

ejecting

?their luggage from the?

boot

;

thud /θ?d/ n.?重?fù)袈?/p>

eject /i?d?ekt/ vt.?噴射

boot /bu?t/ vt.?汽車行李箱

162

Hedwig’s cage flew through the air and burst open; she rose out of it with an loud, angry screech and sped off toward the castle without a?

backward

?look.

backward /?b?kw?d/ adv.?向后

163

Then,?

dented

, scratched, and?

steaming

, the car?

rumbled

?off into the darkness, its rear lights?

blazing

?angrily.

dent /dent/ vi.?產(chǎn)生凹陷

steam /sti?m/ v.?冒熱氣

rumble /?r?mbl/ vi.?發(fā)出隆隆聲

blazing /?ble?z??/ v.?閃耀

164

“Come back!” Ron yelled after it,?

brandishing

?his broken wand. “Dad’ll kill me!”

brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞

165

But the car disappeared from view with one last?

snort

?from its?

exhaust

.

snort /sn??t/ n.?噴鼻息

exhaust /?ɡ?z??st/ n.?排氣裝置

166

“Can you believe our luck?” said Ron?

miserably

, bending down to pick up Scabbers the rat. “Of all the trees we could’ve hit, we had to get one that hits back.”

miserably /'miz?r?bli/ adv.?痛苦地

167

He glanced over his shoulder at the ancient tree, which was still?

flailing

?its branches?

threateningly

.

flail /fle?l/ vt.&vi.?胡亂擺動(dòng)

threateningly /'θret?ni?li/ adv.?危險(xiǎn)地

168

“Come on,” said Harry?

wearily

, “we’d better get up to the school. . . .”

wearily /'wirili/ adv.?疲倦地

169

It wasn’t at all the?

triumphant

?arrival they had?

pictured

.

triumphant /tra?'?mf(?)nt/ adj.?成功的

picture /?p?kt??(r)/ vt.?想象

170

Stiff

, cold, and?

bruised

, they seized the ends of their trunks and began dragging them up the?

grassy

?slope, toward the great oak front doors.

stiff /st?f/ adj.?（肌肉或關(guān)節(jié)）酸痛的

bruised /bru:zd/ adj. [醫(yī)]青腫的

grassy /?ɡrɑ?si/ adj.?長(zhǎng)滿草的

171

“I think the feast’s already started,” said Ron, dropping his trunk at the foot of the front steps and crossing quietly to look through a?

brightly lit

?window.

brightly lit?燈火通明

172

“Hey — Harry — come and look — it’s the Sorting!”

173

Harry hurried over and, together, he and Ron peered in at the Great Hall.

174

Innumerable

?candles were hovering in midair over four long, crowded tables, making the golden plates and?

gobletssparkle

.

innumerable /??nju?m?r?bl/ adj.?無數(shù)的

goblet /?ɡ?bl?t/ n.?高腳酒杯

sparkle /?spɑ?kl/ v.?閃耀

175

Overhead, the bewitched ceiling, which always?

mirrored

?the sky outside, sparkled with stars.

mirror /?m?r?(r)/ vt.?映照

176

Through the forest of pointed black Hogwarts hats, Harry saw a long line of scared-looking first years filing into the Hall.

177

Ginny was among them, easily visible because of her?

vivid

?Weasley hair.

vivid /?v?v?d/ adj.?鮮明的

178

Meanwhile, Professor McGonagall, a?

bespectacled

?witch with her hair in a tight?

bun

, was placing the famous Hogwarts Sorting Hat on a?

stool

?before the?

newcomers

.

bespectacled /b?'spekt?k(?)ld/ adj.?戴眼鏡的

bun /b?n/ n. (女子的)圓發(fā)髻

stool /stu?l/ n.?凳子

newcomer /'nju?k?m?/ n.?新來者

179

Every year, this aged old hat,?

patched

,?

frayed

, and dirty, sorted new students into the four Hogwarts Houses (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin).

patch /p?t?/ vt.?修補(bǔ)

fray /fre?/ vi.?被磨損

180

Harry well remembered putting it on, exactly one year ago, and waiting,?

petrified

, for its decision as it muttered aloud in his ear.

petrify /?petr?fa?/ vt. & vi.?嚇呆

181

For a few horrible seconds he had feared that the hat was going to put him in Slytherin, the House that had turned out more Dark witches and wizards than any other —

182

but he had ended up in Gryffindor, along with Ron, Hermione, and the rest of the Weasleys.

183

Last term, Harry and Ron had helped Gryffindor win the House Championship, beating Slytherin for the first time in seven years.

184

A very small,?

mousy

-haired boy had been called forward to place the hat on his head.

mousy /'ma?s?/ adj.?灰褐色的

185

Harry’s eyes wandered past him to where Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, sat watching the Sorting from the?

staff

?table, his long silver beard and half-moon glasses shining brightly in the candlelight.

staff /stɑ?f/ n.?教職員

186

Several seats along, Harry saw Gilderoy Lockhart, dressed in robes of?

aquamarine

.

aquamarine /??kw?m?'ri?n/ n.?碧綠色

187

And there at the end was Hagrid, huge and?

hairy

, drinking deeply from his goblet.

hairy /'he?r?/ adj.?多毛的

188

“Hang on . . .” Harry muttered to Ron. “There’s an empty chair at the staff table. . . . Where’s Snape?”

189

Professor Severus Snape was Harry’s?

least

?favorite teacher.

least /li?st/ adv.?最少

190

Harry also happened to be Snape’s least favorite student.

191

Cruel

,?

sarcastic

, and disliked by everybody except the students from his own House (Slytherin), Snape taught Potions.

cruel /?kru??l/ adj.?殘酷的

sarcastic /sɑ??k?st?k/ adj.?譏諷的

192

“Maybe he’s ill!” said Ron hopefully.

193

“Maybe he’s left,” said Harry, “because he?

missed out

?on the Defense Against the Dark Arts job again!”

miss out?錯(cuò)過

194

“Or he might have been?

sacked

!” said Ron?

enthusiastically

. “I mean, everyone hates him —”

sack /s?k/ vt.?解雇

enthusiastically /?n?θju?zi??st?kli/ adv.?滿腔熱情地

195

“Or maybe,” said a very cold voice right behind them, “he’s waiting to hear why you two didn’t arrive on the school train.”

196

Harry?

spun

?around.

spin /sp?n/ v. (使)急轉(zhuǎn)身

197

There, his black robes?

rippling

?in a cold breeze, stood Severus Snape.

ripple /?r?pl/ v.?（使）如波浪般起伏

198

He was a thin man with?

sallow

?skin, a?

hooked

?nose, and?

greasy

,?

shoulder-length

?black hair, and at this moment, he was smiling in a way that told Harry he and Ron were in very deep trouble.

sallow /'s?l??/ adj.?灰黃色的

hooked /'h?kt/ adj.?鉤狀的

greasy /'gri?s?/ adj.?油膩的

shoulder-length /'??uld?leɡθ/ adj.?齊肩的

199

“Follow me,” said Snape.

200

Not daring even to look at each other, Harry and Ron followed Snape up the steps into the?

vast

, echoing entrance hall, which was lit with flaming?

torches

.

vast /vɑ?st/ adj.?巨大的

torch /t??t?/ n.?火把

201

A delicious smell of food was?

wafting

?from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone?

staircase

?that led into the dungeons.

waft /w?ft/ vi.?飄蕩

staircase /?ste?ke?s/ n.?樓梯

202

“In!” he said, opening a door halfway down the cold passageway and pointing.

203

They entered Snape’s office, shivering.

204

The shadowy walls were?

lined

?with shelves of large glass?

jars

, in which floated?

all manner of

?

revolting

?things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment.

line /la?n/ vt.?排成一行

jar /d?ɑ?(r)/ n.?廣口瓶

all manner of adj.?各種各樣的

revolting /r?'v??lt??/ adj.?使人厭惡的

205

The fireplace was dark and empty.

206

Snape closed the door and turned to look at them.

207

“So,” he said softly, “the train isn’t good enough for the famous Harry Potter and his?

faithful

?

sidekick

?Weasley. Wanted to arrive with a bang, did we, boys?”

faithful /?fe?θfl/ adj.?可信賴的

sidekick /'sa?dk?k/ n.?伙伴

208

“No, sir, it was the barrier at King’s Cross, it —”

209

“Silence!” said Snape coldly. “What have you done with the car?”

210

Ron gulped.

211

This wasn’t the first time Snape had given Harry the impression of being able to?

read

?minds.

read v.?看透（想法或心思）

212

But a moment later, he understood, as Snape?

unrolled

?today’s issue of the Evening Prophet.

unroll /?n'r??l/ vt. & vi.?打開

213

“You were seen,” he hissed, showing them the headline: FLYING FORD ANGLIA?

MYSTIFIES

?MUGGLES.

mystify /'m?st?fa?/ vt.?使困惑

214

He began to read aloud:

215

“Two Muggles in London, convinced they saw an old car flying over the Post Office tower . . .

216

at noon in Norfolk, Mrs. Hetty Bayliss, while hanging out her?

washing

?. . . Mr. Angus Fleet, of Peebles,?

reported

?to police . . .

washing /?w????/ n.?待洗（或正在洗、剛洗過）的衣物

report /r?'p??t/ v.?報(bào)告（事故）

217

Six or seven Muggles in all. I believe your father works in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office?”

218

he said, looking up at Ron and smiling still more nastily. “Dear, dear . . . his own son . . .”

219

Harry felt as though he’d just been?

walloped

?in the stomach by one of the mad tree’s larger branches.

wallop /?w?l?p/ v.?猛擊

220

If anyone found out Mr. Weasley had bewitched the car . . . he hadn’t thought of that. . . .

221

“I noticed, in my search of the park, that?

considerable

?damage seems to have been done to a very?

valuable

Whomping Willow,” Snape went on.

considerable /k?n?s?d?r?bl/ adj.?相當(dāng)大(或多)的

valuable /'v?lj?b(?)l/ adj.?貴重的

222

“That tree did more damage to us than we —” Ron?

blurted out

.

blurt out?脫口而出

223

“Silence!” snapped Snape again.

224

“Most unfortunately, you are not in my House and the decision to expel you does not?

rest with

?me.

rest with?取決于

225

I shall go and?

fetch

?the people who do have that happy power. You will wait here.”

fetch /fet?/ vt.?接來

226

Harry and Ron stared at each other, white-faced. Harry didn’t feel hungry anymore.

227

He now felt extremely sick.

228

He tried not to look at a large,?

slimy

?something?

suspended

?in green liquid on a shelf behind Snape’s desk.

slimy /?sla?mi/ adj.?黏滑的

suspend /s??spend/ vi.?懸浮

229

If Snape had gone to fetch Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House, they were hardly any?

better off

.

better off adj.?狀況好的

230

She might be fairer than Snape, but she was still extremely strict.

231

Ten minutes later, Snape returned, and sure enough it was Professor McGonagall who?

accompanied

?him.

accompany /??k?mp?ni/ vt.?陪伴

232

Harry had seen Professor McGonagall angry on several occasions, but either he had forgotten just how thin her mouth could go, or he had never seen her this angry before.

233

She raised her wand the moment she entered; Harry and Ron both?

flinched

, but she merely pointed it at the empty fireplace, where flames suddenly erupted.

flinch /fl?nt?/ vi.?退縮

234

“Sit,” she said, and they both backed into chairs by the fire.

235

“Explain,” she said, her glasses?

glinting

?

ominously

.

glint /gl?nt/ vi.?閃閃發(fā)光

ominously /'?min?sli/ adv.?惡兆地

236

Ron?

launched into

?the story, starting with the barrier at the station refusing to let them through.

launch into (熱情地)開始做

237

“— so we had no choice, Professor, we couldn’t get on the train.”

238

“Why didn’t you send us a letter by owl? I believe you have an owl?” Professor McGonagall said coldly to Harry.

239

Harry?

gaped

?at her. Now she said it, that seemed the obvious thing to have done.

gape /ɡe?p/ v.?目瞪口呆地凝視

240

“I — I didn’t think —”

241

“That,” said Professor McGonagall, “is obvious.”

242

There was a knock on the office door and Snape, now looking happier than ever, opened it. There stood the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore.

243

Harry’s whole body went?

numb

.

numb /n?m/ adj.?呆滯的

244

Dumbledore was looking unusually?

grave

. He stared down his very crooked nose at them, and Harry suddenly found himself wishing he and Ron were still being beaten up by the Whomping Willow.

grave /ɡre?v/ adj.?嚴(yán)肅地

245

There was a long silence. Then Dumbledore said, “Please explain why you did this.”

246

It would have been better if he had shouted.

247

Harry hated the?

disappointment

?in his voice.

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

248

For some reason, he was unable to?

look Dumbledore in the eyes

, and spoke?

instead

?to his knees.

look in the eye?直視

instead /?n'sted/ adv.?代替

249

He told Dumbledore everything except that Mr. Weasley owned the bewitched car, making it sound as though he and Ron had happened to find a flying car parked outside the station.

250

He knew Dumbledore would see through this at once, but Dumbledore asked no questions about the car.

251

When Harry had finished, he?

merely

?continued to peer at them through his?

spectacles

.

merely /?m??li/ adv.?只是

spectacles /'spekt?klz/ n.?眼鏡

252

“We’ll go and get our stuff,” said Ron in a?

hopeless

?sort of voice.

hopeless /?h??pl?s/ adj.?絕望的

253

“What are you talking about, Weasley?” barked Professor McGonagall.

254

“Well, you’re expelling us, aren’t you?” said Ron.

255

Harry looked quickly at Dumbledore.

256

“Not today, Mr. Weasley,” said Dumbledore.

257

“But I must?

impress

?upon both of you the?

seriousness

?of what you have done. I will be writing to both your families tonight.

impress /?m?pres/ vt.?使銘記

seriousness /?s??ri?sn?s/ n.?嚴(yán)肅性

258

I must also warn you that if you do anything like this again, I will?

have no choice but to

?expel you.”

have no choice but to?只好

259

Snape looked as though Christmas had been?

canceled

.

cancel /?k?nsl/ vt.?取消

260

He cleared his throat and said,

261

“Professor Dumbledore, these boys have?

flouted

?the?

Decree

?for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry, caused serious damage to an old and valuable tree — surely acts of this?

nature

?—”

flout /fla?t/ v.?無視（規(guī)則、法律等）

decree /d??kri?/ n.?法令

nature /'ne?t??/ n.?性質(zhì)

262

“It will be for Professor McGonagall to decide on these boys’ punishments, Severus,” said Dumbledore calmly.

263

“They are in her House and are therefore her responsibility.”

264

He turned to Professor McGonagall. “I must go back to the feast, Minerva, I’ve got to give out a few notices. Come, Severus, there’s a delicious-looking?

custard

?

tart

?I want to?

sample

?—”

custard /'k?st?d/ n.?蛋奶糊

tart /tɑ?t/ n.?果餡餅

sample /?sɑ?mpl/ vt.?嘗試

265

Snape shot a look of?

pure

?

venom

?at Harry and Ron as he allowed himself to be swept out of his office, leaving them alone with Professor McGonagall, who was still eyeing them like a?

wrathful

?eagle.

pure /pj??(r)/ adj.?純粹的

venom /?ven?m/ n.?憤恨的感情或語言

wrathful /'r?θf?l/ adj.?憤怒的

266

“You’d better get along to the hospital wing, Weasley, you’re bleeding.”

267

“Not much,” said Ron, hastily wiping the cut over his eye with his sleeve. “Professor, I wanted to watch my sister being Sorted —”

268

“The Sorting Ceremony is over,” said Professor McGonagall. “Your sister is also in Gryffindor.”

269

“Oh, good,” said Ron.

270

“And speaking of Gryffindor —” Professor McGonagall said sharply, but Harry cut in:

271

“Professor, when we took the car, term hadn’t started, so — so Gryffindor shouldn’t really have points taken from it — should it?” he finished, watching her anxiously.

272

Professor McGonagall gave him a?

piercing

?look, but he was sure she had almost smiled.

piercing /?p??s??/ adj.?銳利的

273

Her mouth looked less thin, anyway.

274

“I will not take any points from Gryffindor,” she said, and Harry’s heart?

lightened

?

considerably

. “But you will both get a?

detention

.”

lighten /'la?t(?)n/ v. (使)感到不那么悲傷(或擔(dān)憂、嚴(yán)肅)

considerably /k?n?s?d?r?bl?/ adv.?相當(dāng)

detention /d??ten?n/ n.?扣押

275

It was better than Harry had expected.

276

As for

?Dumbledore’s writing to the Dursleys, that was nothing.

as for?至于

277

Harry knew?

perfectly

?well they’d just be?

disappointed

?that the Whomping Willow hadn’t squashed him flat.

perfectly /'p??f?k(t)l?/ adv.?非常清楚

disappointed /d?s?'p??nt?d/ adj.?失望的

278

Professor McGonagall raised her wand again and pointed it at Snape’s desk.

279

A large plate of sandwiches, two silver goblets, and a?

jug

?of iced pumpkin juice appeared with a?

pop

.

jug /d??ɡ/ n.?水壺

pop /p?p/ n. (發(fā)出)砰的一聲

280

“You will eat in here and then go straight up to your dormitory,” she said. “I must also return to the feast.”

281

When the door had closed behind her, Ron let out a long, low?

whistle

.

whistle /?w?sl/ n.?口哨

282

“I thought we’d had it,” he said, grabbing a sandwich.

283

“So did I,” said Harry, taking one, too.

284

“Can you believe our luck, though?” said Ron?

thickly

?through a mouthful of chicken and?

ham

.

thickly /'θikli/ adv.?不清晰地

ham /h?m/ n.?火腿

285

“Fred and George must’ve?

flown

?that car five or six times and no Muggle ever saw them.” He swallowed and took another huge bite. “Why couldn’t we get through the barrier?”

flown /fl??n/ fly的過去分詞

286

Harry shrugged. “We’ll have to?

watch our step

?from now on, though,” he said, taking a?

grateful

?

swig

?of pumpkin juice. “

Wish

?we could’ve gone up to the feast. . . .”

watch one's step?小心行事

grateful /?ɡre?tfl/ adj.?令人愉快的

swig /sw?ɡ/ n.?痛飲

wish /w??/ v.?真希望（用于表示對(duì)未做某事感到后悔或失望）

287

“She didn’t want us?

showing off

,” said Ron?

sagely

. “Doesn’t want people to think it’s clever, arriving by flying car.”

show off?炫耀

sagely /'seid?li/ adv.?賢明地

288

When they had eaten as many sandwiches as they could (the plate kept?

refilling

?itself), they rose and left the office,?

treading

?the familiar path to Gryffindor Tower.

refill /ri?'f?l/ vt.?再裝滿

tread /tred/ vt.?踏

289

The castle was quiet; it seemed that the feast was over.

290

They walked past muttering portraits and?

creaking

?suits of?

armor

, and climbed narrow?

flights

?of stone stairs,

creak /kri?k/ n.?嘎吱嘎吱聲

armor /?ɑ?m?(r)/ n.?盔甲

flight /fla?t/ n.?樓梯的一段

291

until at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in a pink?

silk

?dress.

silk /s?lk/ adj.?絲綢的

292

“Password?” she said as they approached.

293

“Er —” said Harry.

294

They didn’t know the new year’s password, not having met a Gryffindor prefect yet, but help came almost immediately;

295

they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see Hermione dashing toward them.

296

“There you are! Where have you been? The most ridiculous rumors — someone said you’d been expelled for crashing a flying car —”

297

“Well, we haven’t been expelled,” Harry?

assured

?her.

assure /?????(r)/ vt.?使確信

298

“You’re not telling me you did fly here?” said Hermione, sounding almost as?

severe

?as Professor McGonagall.

severe /s??v??(r)/ adj.?（懲罰、批評(píng)）嚴(yán)厲的

299

“Skip the?

lecture

,” said Ron impatiently, “and tell us the new password.”

lecture /?lekt??(r)/ n.?教訓(xùn)

300

“It’s ‘

wattlebird,

’” said Hermione impatiently, “but that’s not the point —”

wattlebird /'w?tlb?:d/ n. (澳洲產(chǎn))食蜜雀

301

Her words were cut short, however, as the portrait of the fat lady swung open and there was a sudden storm of clapping.

302

It looked as though the whole of Gryffindor House was still awake, packed into the?

circular

?common room, standing on the?

lopsided

?tables and?

squashy

?armchairs, waiting for them to arrive.

circular /?s??kj?l?(r)/ adj.?圓形的

lopsided /?l?p?sa?d?d/ adj.?傾向一方的

squashy /'skw???/ adj.?容易壓壞的

303

Arms

?reached through the portrait hole to pull Harry and Ron inside, leaving Hermione to?

scramble

?in after them.

arm /ɑ?m/ n.?手臂

scramble /?skr?mbl/ v.?匆忙地移動(dòng)

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“Brilliant!” yelled Lee Jordan. “

Inspired

! What an?

entrance

! Flying a car right into the Whomping Willow, people’ll be talking about that one for years —”

inspired /?n?spa??d/ adj.?有靈感的

entrance /?entr?ns/ n.?登場(chǎng)

305

“Good for you,” said a fifth year Harry had never spoken to; someone was patting him on the back as though he’d just won a?

marathon

;

marathon /?m?r?θ?n/ n.?馬拉松賽跑

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Fred and George pushed their way to the front of the crowd and said together, “Why couldn’t you’ve called us back, eh?”

307

Ron was scarlet in the face, grinning embarrassedly, but Harry could see one person who didn’t look happy at all.

308

Percy was visible over the heads of some excited first years, and he seemed to be trying to get near enough to start?

telling them off

.

tell off vt.?責(zé)備

309

Harry nudged Ron in the ribs and nodded in Percy’s direction.

310

Ron got the point at once.

311

“Got to get upstairs — bit tired,” he said, and the two of them started?

pushing their way

?toward the door on the other side of the room, which led to a spiral staircase and the dormitories.

push one's way?擠著前進(jìn)

312

“’Night,” Harry called back to Hermione, who was?

wearing

?a?

scowl

?just like Percy’s.

wear /we?/ v.?面帶（某種表情）

scowl /ska?l/ n.?陰沉沉的樣子

313

They managed to get to the other side of the common room, still having their backs?

slapped

, and gained the?

peace

?of the staircase.

slap /sl?p/ vt.?拍擊

peace /pi?s/ n.?平靜

314

They hurried up it, right to the top, and at last reached the door of their old dormitory, which now had a sign on it saying SECOND YEARS.

315

They entered the familiar, circular room, with its five four-posters hung with red velvet and its high, narrow windows.

316

Their trunks had been brought up for them and placed at the ends of their beds.

317

Ron grinned guiltily at Harry. “I know I shouldn’t’ve enjoyed that or anything, but —”

318

The dormitory door flew open and in came the other second year Gryffindor boys, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas, and Neville Longbottom.

319

“Unbelievable!” beamed Seamus.

320

“Cool,” said Dean.

321

“Amazing,” said Neville,?

awestruck

.

awestruck /???str?k/ adj.?肅然起敬的

322

Harry couldn’t help it. He grinned, too.

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