CHAPTER TEN

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HALLOWEEN

Halloween /?h?l?u'i:n/ n.?萬圣節(jié)前夕

2

Malfoy couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw that Harry and Ron were still at Hogwarts the next day, looking tired but perfectly cheerful.

3

Indeed, by the next morning Harry and Ron thought that meeting the three-headed dog had been an?

excellent

adventure, and they were quite?

keen to

?have another one.

excellent /?eks?l?nt/ adj.?極好的

keen to?渴望于

4

In the?

meantime

, Harry?

filled Ron in about

?the package that seemed to have been moved from Gringotts to Hogwarts,?

meantime /?mi?nta?m/ n.?其間

fill sb in about [口]向某人提供(情況，?事實等)

5

and they spent a lot of time?

wondering

?what could possibly need such?

heavy

?

protection

.

wonder /'w?nd?/ v.?想知道

heavy /'h?vi/ adj.?用力地

protection /pr??tek?n/ n.?防護(hù)

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“It’s either really valuable or really dangerous,” said Ron.

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“Or both,” said Harry.

8

But as all they knew for sure about the mysterious object was that it was about two inches long, they didn’t have much chance of guessing what it was without?

further

?

clues

.

further /?f??re?r/ adv.?進(jìn)一步地

clue /klu?/ n.?線索

9

Neither Neville nor Hermione showed the slightest interest in what lay underneath the dog and the?

trapdoor

. All Neville cared about was never going near the dog again.

trapdoor /'tr?pd?r/ n.?活板門

10

Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron, but she was such a?

bossy

?

know-it-all

?that they saw this as an?

added

?

bonus

.

bossy /'b?si/ adj.?愛指揮他人的

know-it-all /?no?t??l/ n. [口]?假裝或自稱無所不知的人

added /'?d?d/ adj.?額外的

bonus /?bo?n?s/ n.?意外收獲

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All they really wanted now was a way of?

getting back

?at Malfoy, and to their great delight, just such a thing arrived in the mail about a week later.

get back?報復(fù)

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As the owls?

flooded

?into the Great Hall as usual, everyone’s attention was caught at once by a long, thin package carried by six large?

screech owls

.

flood /fl?d/ vi.?涌進(jìn)

screech owl?鳴角梟

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Harry was just as interested as everyone else to see what was in this large parcel, and was amazed when the owls?

soared

?down and dropped it right in front of him, knocking his bacon to the floor.

soar /s??r/ vi.?翱翔

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They had?

hardly

?fluttered out of the way when another owl dropped a letter on top of the?

parcel

.

hardly /'hɑrdli/ adv.?剛剛

parcel /?pɑ?rsl/ n.?包裹

15

Harry?

ripped

?open the letter first, which was lucky, because it said:

rip /r?p/ vt.?撕

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DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.

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It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don’t want everybody knowing you’ve got a broomstick?

or

?they’ll all want one.

or /?r/ conj.?否則

18

Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch?

pitch

?at seven o’clock for your first?

training session

.

pitch /p?t?/ n.?球場

training session?培訓(xùn)課程

19

Professor McGonagall

20

Harry had?

difficulty

?hiding his?

glee

?as he handed the note to Ron to read.

difficulty /?d?f?k?lti/ n.?困難

glee /ɡli?/ n.?歡欣

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“A Nimbus Two Thousand!” Ron?

moaned

?

enviously

. “I’ve never even touched one.”

moan /mo?n/ v.?抱怨

enviously /? ?nv??sl?/ adv.?羨慕地

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They left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick?

in private

?before their first lesson, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs?

barred

?by Crabbe and Goyle.

in private?私下地

bar /bɑ?r/ v.?阻擋

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Malfoy seized the package from Harry and felt it.

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“That’s a broomstick,” he said, throwing it back to Harry with a?

mixture

?of?

jealousy

?and?

spite

?on his face. “You’ll?

be in for it

?this time, Potter, first years aren’t allowed them.”

jealousy /?d?el?si/ n.?嫉妒

spite /spa?t/ n.?怨恨

mixture /?m?kst??r/ n.?混合

be in for it?勢必受罰

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Ron couldn’t?

resist

?it.

resist /r??z?st/ vt.?不受(某事物的)損害[影響]

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“It’s not any old broomstick,” he said, “it’s a Nimbus Two Thousand. What did you say you’ve got at home, Malfoy, a?

Comet

?Two Sixty?”

comet /?kɑ?m?t/ n.?彗星

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Ron grinned at Harry. “Comets look?

flashy

, but they’re not in the same?

league

?as the Nimbus.”

flashy /?fl??i/ adj.?閃光的

league /li?ɡ/ n.?級別

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“What would you know about it, Weasley, you couldn’t afford half the?

handle

,” Malfoy snapped back. “I suppose you and your brothers have to?

save up

?

twig

?by twig.”

handle /?h?ndl/ n.?把手

save up?貯存

twig /tw?ɡ/ n.?細(xì)枝

29

Before Ron could answer, Professor Flitwick appeared at Malfoy’s elbow.

30

“Not arguing, I hope, boys?” he squeaked.

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“Potter’s been sent a broomstick, Professor,” said Malfoy quickly.

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“Yes, yes, that’s right,” said Professor Flitwick, beaming at Harry. “Professor McGonagall told me all about the special circumstances, Potter. And what model is it?”

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“A Nimbus Two Thousand, sir,” said Harry,?

fighting

?not to laugh at the look of horror on Malfoy’s face. “And it’s really thanks to Malfoy here that I’ve got it,” he added.

fight /fa?t/ v.?努力爭取

34

Harry and Ron headed upstairs,?

smothering

?their laughter at Malfoy’s obvious?

rage

?and confusion.

smother /?sm?e?r/ vt.?忍住

rage /re?d?/ n.?憤怒

35

“Well, it’s true,” Harry?

chortled

?as they reached the top of the marble staircase, “If he hadn’t?

stolen

?Neville’s Remembrall I wouldn’t be on the team. . . .”

chortle /?t???rtl/ vi.?咯咯笑

steal /sti?l/ vt.?偷竊

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“So I suppose you think that’s a?

reward

?for breaking rules?” came an angry voice from just behind them. Hermione was?

stomping

?up the stairs, looking?

disapprovingly

?at the package in Harry’s hand.

reward /r??w??rd/ n.?獎勵

stomp /stɑmp/ vt.?重踩

disapprovingly /?d?s??pruv???l?/ adv.?不贊成地

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“I thought you weren’t speaking to us?” said Harry.

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“Yes, don’t stop now,” said Ron, “it’s doing us so much good.”

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Hermione?

marched

?away with her nose in the air.

march /mɑ?rt?/ v.?快步走

40

Harry had a lot of trouble keeping his?

mind

?on his lessons that day.

mind /ma?nd/ n.?注意力

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It kept?

wandering

?up to the?

dormitory

?where his new broomstick was lying under his bed, or?

straying

?off to the Quidditch pitch where he’d be learning to play that night.

wander /?wɑ?nd?r/ v.?開小差

dormitory /?d??rm?t??ri/ n.?集體宿舍

stray /stre?/ v.?走神

42

He?

bolted

?his dinner that evening without noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap the Nimbus Two Thousand at last.

bolt /bo?lt/ vt.?囫圇吞下

43

“Wow,” Ron sighed, as the broomstick rolled onto Harry’s bedspread.

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Even Harry, who knew nothing about the different brooms, thought it looked wonderful.

45

Sleek

?and shiny, with a?

mahogany

?handle, it had a long tail of neat, straight twigs and Nimbus Two Thousand written in gold near the top.

sleek /slik/ adj.?線條流暢的

mahogany /m?'hɑg?ni/ n.?紅木

46

As seven o’clock?

drew nearer

, Harry left the castle and set off towards the Quidditch pitch in the dusk.

draw near?接近

47

He’d never been inside the?

stadium

?before.

stadium /?ste?di?m/ n. (周圍有看臺的)露天大型運動場

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Hundreds of seats were raised in?

stands

?around the pitch so that the?

spectators

?were high enough to see what was going on.

stand /st?nd/ n. (體育場的)看臺

spectator /?spekte?t?r/ n.?觀眾

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At either end of the pitch were three golden?

poles

?with?

hoops

?on the end. They reminded Harry of the little plastic?

sticks

?Muggle children blew?

bubbles

?through, except that they were fifty feet high.

pole /po?l/ n.?桿

hoop /hu?p/ n.?鐵環(huán)

stick /st?k/ n.?棍狀物

bubble /?b?bl/ n.?氣泡

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Too eager to fly again to wait for Wood, Harry?

mounted

?his broomstick and kicked off from the ground.?

mount /ma?nt/ vt. & vi.?騎上

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What a feeling — he?

swooped

?in and out of the?

goalposts

?and then?

sped

?up and down the field.

swoop /swu?p/ vi.?猛沖

goalpost /'ɡolpost/ n. (足球、曲棍球的)球門柱

speed /spid/ v.?快速移動

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The Nimbus Two Thousand turned wherever he wanted at his?

lightest

?touch.

light /la?t/ adj.?輕的

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“Hey, Potter, come down!”

54

Oliver Wood had arrived.?

55

He was carrying a large wooden?

crate

?under his arm. Harry landed next to him.

crate /kre?t/ n.?板條箱

56

“Very nice,” said Wood, his eyes?

glinting

.

glint /ɡl?nt/ v.?閃爍

57

“I see what McGonagall meant . . . you really are a natural. I’m just going to teach you the rules this evening, then you’ll be joining team practice three times a week.”

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He opened the crate. Inside were four different-sized balls.

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“Right,” said Wood.

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“Now, Quidditch is easy enough to understand, even if it’s not too easy to play. There are seven players on each side. Three of them are called?

Chasers

.”

chase /t?e?s/ vt.?追捕

61

“Three Chasers,” Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball about the size of a soccer ball.

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“This ball’s called the?

Quaffle

,” said Wood.

Quaffle n.?鬼飛球

63

“The Chasers throw the Quaffle to each other and try and get it through one of the hoops to?

score

?a?

goal

. Ten?

points

every time the Quaffle goes through one of the hoops. Follow me?”

score /sk?/ v.?（在運動、比賽或考試中）得（分）

goal /ɡo?l/ n.?進(jìn)球得的分

point /p??nt/ n. (計量單位)分

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“The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry?

recited

. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?”

recite /r??sa?t/ vi.?敘述

65

“What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously.

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“Never mind,” said Harry quickly.

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“Now, there’s another player on each side who’s called the?

Keeper

?— I’m Keeper for Gryffindor. I have to fly around our hoops and stop the other team from scoring.”

keeper /'kip?/ n.?看守人

68

“Three Chasers, one Keeper,” said Harry, who was determined to remember it all.?

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“And they play with the Quaffle. Okay, got that. So what are they for?” He pointed at the three balls left inside the box.

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“I’ll show you now,” said Wood. “Take this.”

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He handed Harry a small club, a bit like a?

rounders

?

bat

.

rounders /'ra?nd?z/ n.?一種類似棒球的兒童游戲

bat /b?t/ n.?球棒

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“I’m going to show you what the?

Bludgers

?do,” Wood said. “These two are the Bludgers.”

Bludgers /'bl?d??/ n.?游走球

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He showed Harry two?

identical

?balls,?

jet

?black and slightly smaller than the red Quaffle. Harry noticed that they seemed to be?

straining

?to escape the?

straps

?holding them inside the box.

identical /a??dent?kl/ adj.?完全相同的

jet /d?et/ adj.?墨黑的

strain /stre?n/ v.?竭力

strap /str?p/ n.?皮帶

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“Stand back,” Wood warned Harry. He bent down and freed one of the Bludgers.

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At once, the black ball rose high in the air and then?

pelted

?straight at Harry’s face.

pelt /pelt/ vi.?投擲

76

Harry?

swung

?at it with the bat to stop it?

from

?breaking his nose, and sent it?

zigzagging

?away into the air —

swing /sw??/ v. (揮動某物)朝......打去

from /fr?m/ prep. (使)免遭

zigzag /?z?ɡz?ɡ/ v.?呈之字形移動

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it?

zoomed

?around their heads and then shot at Wood, who dived on top of it and managed to?

pin

?it to the ground.

zoom /zu?m/ v.?快速移動

pin /p?n/ vt.?壓住

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“See?” Wood panted, forcing the?

struggling

?Bludger back into the crate and?

strapping

?it down safely.

struggle /?str?ɡl/ vt.?盡力使得

strap /str?p/ vt.?用帶捆綁

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“The Bludgers?

rocket

?around, trying to knock players off their brooms.

rocket /?rɑ?k?t/ vi.?飛快地移動

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That’s why you have two?

Beaters

?on each team — the Weasley twins are ours — it’s their job to protect their side from the Bludgers and try and knock them toward the other team.

Beater /'bit?/?擊球手

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So — think you’ve got all that?”

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“Three Chasers try and score with the Quaffle; the Keeper guards the?

goalposts

; the Beaters keep the Bludgers away from their team,” Harry?

reeled off

.

goalpost /'ɡolpost/ n. (足球、曲棍球的)球門柱

reel off?一口氣說

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“Very good,” said Wood.

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“Er — have the Bludgers ever killed anyone?” Harry asked, hoping he sounded?

offhand

.

offhand /???f?h?nd/ adv.?隨便地

85

“Never at Hogwarts. We’ve had a couple of broken?

jaws

?but nothing worse than that.?

jaw /d???/ n.?下巴

86

Now, the last member of the team is the Seeker. That’s you. And you don’t have to worry about the Quaffle or the Bludgers —”

87

“— unless they crack my head open.”

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“Don’t worry, the Weasleys are more than a?

match

?for the Bludgers — I mean, they’re like a pair of human Bludgers themselves.”

match /m?t?/ n.?敵手

89

Wood reached into the crate and took out the fourth and last ball.?

90

Compared with the Quaffle and the Bludgers, it was tiny, about the size of a large?

walnut

. It was bright gold and had little fluttering silver wings.

walnut /'w?ln?t/ n.?胡桃

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“This,” said Wood,

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“is the?

Golden Snitch

, and it’s the most important ball of the lot. It’s very hard to catch because it’s so fast and difficult to see. It’s the Seeker’s job to catch it.

Golden Snitch?金色飛賊

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You’ve got to?

weave

?in and out of the Chasers, Beaters,?

Bludgers

, and?

Quaffle

?to get it before the other team’s Seeker,

weave /wi?v/ v.?穿行(以避開障礙)

Bludger?游走球

Quaffle?鬼飛球

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because whichever Seeker catches the Snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they nearly always win. That’s why Seekers get?

fouled

?so much.

foul /fa?l/ vi.?犯規(guī)

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A game of Quidditch only ends when the Snitch is caught, so it can go on for ages — I think the record is three months, they had to keep bringing on?

substitutes

?so the players could get some sleep.

substitute /?s?bst?tu?t/ n.?（體育比賽中的）替補(bǔ)隊員

96

Well, that’s it — any questions?”

97

Harry shook his head. He understood what he had to do all right, it was doing it that was going to be the problem.

98

“We won’t practice with the Snitch yet,” said Wood, carefully shutting it back inside the crate, “it’s too dark, we might lose it. Let’s try you out with a few of these.”

99

He pulled a bag of?

ordinary

?golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.

ordinary /???rdneri/ adj.?普通的

100

Harry didn’t miss a single one, and Wood was delighted.?

101

After half an hour, night had really fallen and they couldn’t carry on.

102

“That Quidditch Cup’ll have our name on it this year,” said Wood happily as they?

trudged

?back up to the castle.

trudge /tr?d?/ v. (因疲勞或負(fù)重而)步履沉重地走

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“I wouldn’t be surprised if you turn out better than Charlie Weasley, and he could have played for England if he hadn’t gone off?

chasing

?dragons.”

chase /t?e?s/ v.?追求(工作或金錢)

104

Perhaps it was because he was now so busy, what with Quidditch practice three evenings a week?

on top of

?all his homework,

on top of?另外

105

but Harry could hardly believe it when he realized that he’d already been at Hogwarts two months.

106

The castle felt more like home than Privet Drive had ever done.?

107

His lessons, too, were becoming more and more interesting?

now that

?they had?

mastered

?the basics.

now that?由于

master /?m?st?r/ v.?掌握

108

On?

Halloween

?morning they woke to the delicious smell of baking?

pumpkin

?

wafting

?through the corridors.

Halloween /?h?l?u'i:n/ n.?萬圣節(jié)前夕

pumpkin /?p?mpk?n/ n.?南瓜

waft /wɑft/ vi.?飄蕩

109

Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly,

110

something they had all been?

dying to

?try since they’d seen him make Neville’s toad zoom around the classroom.

dying to?渴望

111

Professor Flitwick put the class into pairs to practice.

112

Harry’s partner was Seamus Finnigan (which was a relief, because Neville had been trying to?

catch his eye

).

catch one's eye?吸引某人的注意

113

Ron, however, was to be working with Hermione Granger. It was hard to tell whether Ron or Hermione was angrier about this.

114

She hadn’t spoken to either of them since the day Harry’s broomstick had arrived.

115

“Now, don’t forget that nice?

wrist

?movement we’ve been practicing!” squeaked Professor Flitwick,?

perched

?on top of his pile of books as usual.?

wrist /r?st/ n.?腕

perch /p??rt?/ vt. & vi. (在較高處或物體邊緣)坐著

116

“

Swish

?and?

flick

, remember, swish and flick.?

swish /sw??/ vi.?嗖地?fù)]動

flick /fl?k/ v.?輕拂

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And saying the magic words?

properly

?is very important, too — never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said ‘s’ instead of ‘f’ and found himself on the floor with a?

buffalo

?on his chest.”

properly /'prɑp?li/ adv.?正確地

buffalo /?b?f?lo?/ n.?野牛

118

It was very difficult. Harry and Seamus swished and flicked, but the feather they were supposed to be sending?

skyward

?just lay on the desktop.

skyward /'ska?w?dz/ adv.?朝天空

119

Seamus got so impatient that he?

prodded

?it with his wand and set fire to it — Harry had to?

put it out

?with his hat.

prod /prɑ?d/ vt. & vi.?戳

put out?熄滅

120

Ron, at the next table, wasn’t having much more luck.

121

“Wingardium Leviosa!” he shouted, waving his long arms like a?

windmill

.

windmill /'w?nd'm?l/ n.?風(fēng)車

122

“You’re saying it wrong,” Harry heard Hermione snap. “It’s Wing-gar-dium Levi-o-sa, make the ‘gar’?

nice

?and long.”

nice /na?s/ adj.?細(xì)致的

123

“You do it, then, if you’re so clever,” Ron snarled.

124

Hermione rolled up the sleeves of her?

gown

, flicked her wand, and said, “Wingardium Leviosa!”

gown /ɡa?n/ n.?長袍(偏向于用于女子)

125

Their feather rose off the desk and hovered about four feet above their heads.

126

“Oh, well done!” cried Professor Flitwick, clapping. “Everyone see here, Miss Granger’s done it!”

127

Ron was in a very bad temper by the end of the class.

128

“It’s no wonder no one can stand her,” he said to Harry as they?

pushed their way

?into the crowded corridor, “she’s a?

nightmare

, honestly.”

push one's way?擠著前進(jìn)

nightmare /?na?tmer/ n.?噩夢

129

Someone?

knocked

?into Harry as they?

hurried

?

past

?him. It was Hermione.?

knock /nɑk/ vi.?碰撞

hurry /?h??ri/ vt. & vi.?急忙

past /p?st/ adv.?經(jīng)過

130

Harry caught a?

glimpse

?of her face — and was?

startled

?to see that she was in tears.

glimpse /ɡl?mps/ n.?瞥見

startle /?stɑ?rtl/ vi.?驚奇

131

“I think she heard you.”

132

“So?” said Ron, but he looked a bit uncomfortable. “She must’ve noticed she’s got no friends.”

133

Hermione didn’t?

turn up

?for the next class and wasn’t seen all afternoon.

turn up?出現(xiàn)

134

On their way down to the Great Hall for the Halloween?

feast

,?

feast /fi?st/ n.?宴會

135

Harry and Ron overheard Parvati Patil telling her friend Lavender that Hermione was crying in the girls’?

toilets

?and wanted to be left alone.

toilet /'t??l?t/ n.?廁所

136

Ron looked still more?

awkward

?at this, but a moment later they had entered the Great Hall, where the Halloween?

decorations

?put Hermione out of their minds.

awkward /???kw?rd/ adj.?局促不安的

decoration /?dek??re??n/ n.?裝飾

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A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more?

swooped

?over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins?

stutter

.

swoop /swu?p/ vi.?猛沖

stutter /?st?t?r/ vt. & vi.?不順暢的工作

138

The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term?

banquet

.

banquet /?b??kw?t/ n.?宴會(一般指很正式的)

139

Harry was just helping himself to a baked potato when Professor Quirrell came?

sprinting

?into the hall, his turban?

askew

?and terror on his face.

spring /spr??/ v.?突然出現(xiàn)

askew /??skju?/ adv.?歪斜地

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Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore’s chair,?

slumped

?against the table, and gasped, “

Troll

?— in the?

dungeons

?— thought you ought to know.”

slump /sl?mp/ vi.?沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

troll /tro?l/ n.?巨怪

dungeon /'d?nd??n/ n.?地牢

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He then?

sank

?to the floor in a?

dead

?

faint

.

sink /s??k/ v.?頹然坐下（尤因非常疲倦或虛弱）

dead /d?d/ adj.?（身體部位）無知覺的

faint /fe?nt/ n.?昏倒

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There was an?

uproar

. It took several purple?

firecrackers

?exploding from the end of Professor Dumbledore’s wand to?

bring

?silence.

uproar /??pr??r/ n.?騷動

firecracker /'fa??kr?k?/ n.?爆竹

bring /br??/ v.?使處于某種情況

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“Prefects,” he?

rumbled

, “l(fā)ead your Houses back to the dormitories immediately!”

rumble /?r?mbl/ v.?低沉著說

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Percy?

was in his element

.

be in one's element?很在行

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“Follow me!?

Stick together

, first years! No need to fear the troll if you?

follow

?my orders! Stay?

close

?behind me, now.?

Make way

, first years coming through! Excuse me, I’m a prefect!”

stick together?在一起

follow /?fɑ?lo?/ v.?聽從

close /klo?z/ adv.?（空間上）靠近地

make way?讓路

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“How could a troll get in?” Harry asked as they climbed the stairs.

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“Don’t ask me, they’re supposed to be really stupid,” said Ron. “Maybe Peeves let it in for a Halloween joke.”

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They passed different groups of people hurrying in different directions. As they?

jostled

?their way through a crowd of confused Hufflepuffs, Harry suddenly grabbed Ron’s arm.

jostle /?d?ɑ?sl/ vt.?推擠

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“I’ve just thought — Hermione.”

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“What about her?”

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“She doesn’t know about the troll.”

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Ron?

bit

?his lip.

bit /b?t/ v.?咬(bite的過去式和過去分詞形式)

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“Oh, all right,” he snapped. “But Percy’d better not see us.”

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Ducking down, they joined the Hufflepuffs going the other way,?

slipped

?down a?

deserted

?side corridor, and hurried off toward the girls’ toilets.

slip /sl?p/ v.?溜走

deserted /d?'z?t?d/ adj.?空無一人的

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They had just turned the corner when they heard quick footsteps behind them.

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“Percy!” hissed Ron, pulling Harry behind a large stone?

griffin

.

Griffin /'ɡr?f?n/ n.?希臘神話中半獅半鷲的怪獸

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Peering

?around it, however, they saw not Percy but Snape. He crossed the corridor and disappeared from view.

peer /p?r/ vi.?窺視

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“What’s he doing?” Harry whispered. “Why isn’t he down in the dungeons with the rest of the teachers?”

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“

Search me

.”

search me?我可不知道

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Quietly as possible, they crept along the next corridor after Snape’s?

fading

?footsteps.

fade /fe?d/ vt. & vi.(使)變?nèi)?/p>

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“He’s heading for the third floor,” Harry said, but Ron held up his hand.

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“Can you smell something?”

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Harry sniffed and a?

foul

?

stench

?reached his?

nostrils

, a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean.

foul /fa?l/ adj.?骯臟的

stench /stent?/ n.?惡臭

nostrils /'n?stril/ [拉]?鼻孔

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And then they heard it — a low?

grunting

, and the?

shuffling

?footfalls of gigantic feet. Ron pointed — at the end of a passage to the left, something huge was moving toward them.

grunt /ɡr?nt/ v.?咕噥

shuffle /???fl/ vi.?拖著腳走

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They?

shrank

?into the shadows and watched as it?

emerged

?into?

a patch of

?moonlight.

shrink /?r??k/ vt. & vi.?退縮

emerge /i?m??rd?/ vi.?暴露

a patch of?一片

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It was a horrible sight.

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Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull,?

granite

?gray, its great?

lumpy

?body like a?

boulder

?with its small bald head perched on top like a?

coconut

.

granite /'gr?n?t/ n.?花崗巖

lumpy /'l?mpi/ adj.?多塊狀物的

boulder /?bo?ld?r/ n.?大圓石

coconut /?ko?k?n?t/ n.?椰子

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It had short legs thick as tree?

trunks

?with flat,?

horny

?feet. The smell coming from it was incredible.

trunk /tr??k/ n.?樹干

horny /'h?rni/ adj.?粗糙的

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It was holding a huge wooden club, which dragged along the floor because its arms were so long.

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The troll stopped next to a doorway and peered inside. It waggled its long ears,?

making up its tiny mind

, then?

slouched

?slowly into the room.

make up one's mind?下定決心

slouch /sla?t?/ vi.?沒精打采地站

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“The key’s in the lock,” Harry muttered. “We could lock it in.”

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“Good idea,” said Ron nervously.

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They?

edged

?toward the open door, mouths dry, praying the troll wasn’t about to come out of it. With one great leap, Harry managed to grab the key, slam the door, and lock it.

edge /ed?/ v.?側(cè)著移動

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“Yes!”

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Flushed with their victory, they started to run back up the passage,

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but as they reached the corner they heard something that made their hearts stop — a high,?

petrified

?scream — and it was coming from the?

chamber

?they’d just?

chained up

.

petrified /'petrifaid/ adj.?恐慌的

chamber /?t?e?mb?r/ n.?房間（用于特定用途或官方用途的）

chain up?鎖住

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“Oh, no,” said Ron, pale as the Bloody?

Baron

.

baron /'b?r?n/ n.?男爵

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“It’s the girls’ toilets!” Harry gasped.

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“Hermione!” they said together.

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It was the?

last

?thing they wanted to do, but what choice did they have??

Wheeling

?around, they?

sprinted

?back to the door and turned the key,?

fumbling

?in their panic.

last /l?st/ adj.?最不可能的

wheel /wil/ v. (使)迅速轉(zhuǎn)身

sprint /spr?nt/ vi.?全速跑

fumble /?f?mbl/ vi.?笨拙地行動

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Harry pulled the door open and they ran inside.

182

Hermione Granger was shrinking against the wall?

opposite

, looking as if she was about to?

faint

. The troll was?

advancing on

?her, knocking the sinks off the walls as it went.

opposite /?ɑ?p?z?t/ adv.?在對面

faint /fe?nt/ vi.?昏倒

advance on?朝...前進(jìn)

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“

Confuse

?it!” Harry said?

desperately

?to Ron, and, seizing a?

tap

, he threw it as hard as he could against the wall.

confuse /k?n?fju?z/ vt.?使糊涂

desperately /?d ?sp?r?tl?/ adv.?不顧一切地

tap /t?p/ n.?水龍頭

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The troll stopped a few feet from Hermione. It?

lumbered

?

around

, blinking stupidly, to see what had made the noise. Its?

mean

?little eyes saw Harry.

lumber /?l?mb?r/ v.?笨拙地行走

around /?'ra?nd/ adv.?掉頭

mean /mi?n/ adj.?要發(fā)怒的

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It hesitated, then?

made for

?him instead, lifting its?

club

?as it went.

make for?走向

club /kl?b/ n. (用作武器的)棍

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“Oy, pea-brain!” yelled Ron from the other side of the chamber, and he threw a metal pipe at it.

187

The troll didn’t even seem to notice the pipe hitting its shoulder, but it heard the yell and paused again, turning its ugly snout toward Ron instead, giving Harry time to run around it.

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“Come on, run, run!” Harry yelled at Hermione, trying to pull her toward the door, but she couldn’t move, she was still?

flat

?against the wall, her mouth open with?

terror

.

flat /fl?t/ adj.?平臥的

terror /?ter?r/ n.?驚恐（指極大的恐懼和驚駭）

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The shouting and the?

echoes

?seemed to be?

driving

?the troll?

berserk

. It roared again and started toward Ron, who was nearest and had no way to escape.

echo /?eko?/ n.?回音

drive /dra?v/ vt.?促使

berserk /b?r?z??rk/ adj.（激動得）控制不住的

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Harry then did something that was both very brave and very stupid: He took a great?

running

?jump and managed to fasten his arms around the troll’s neck from behind.

running /?r?n??/ adj.?連續(xù)的

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The troll couldn’t feel Harry hanging there, but even a troll will notice if you?

stick

?a long?

bit

?of wood up its nose,

stick /st?k/ vt.?刺

bit /b?t/ n.?小部分

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and Harry’s wand had still been in his hand when he’d jumped — it had gone straight up one of the troll’s?

nostrils

.

nostrils /'nɑstr?l/ n. [拉]?鼻孔

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Howling with pain, the troll twisted and?

flailed

?its club, with Harry?

clinging

?on?

for dear life

;?

flail /fle?l/ vt.&vi.?（尤指用棍棒）猛擊

cling /kl??/ v.?緊抓不放

for dear life?拼命地

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any second, the troll was going to?

rip

?him off or catch him a terrible?

blow

?with the club.

rip /r?p/ v.?迅速扯開

blow /blo?/ n.?打擊

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Hermione had sunk to the floor in?

fright

; Ron pulled out his own wand — not knowing what he was going to do he heard himself cry the first spell that came into his head: “Wingardium Leviosa!”

fright /fra?t/ n.?驚恐(通常指一陣突然的、令人震驚的短暫恐懼)

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The club flew suddenly out of the troll’s hand, rose high, high up into the air,?

turned

?slowly?

over

?— and dropped, with a?

sickening

?

crack

, onto its owner’s head.

turn /t??rn/ v. (使)改變方向

over /'ov?/ adv.?在上方

sickening /'s?k?n??/ adj.?令人震驚的

crack /kr?k/ n.?爆裂聲

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The troll?

swayed

?

on the spot

?and then?

fell flat on its face

, with a?

thud

?that made the whole room tremble.

sway /swe?/ vi.?搖擺

on the spot?當(dāng)場

fall on one's face?臉朝下倒下

thud /θ?d/ n.?砰的一聲

198

Harry got to his feet. He was shaking and?

out of breath

. Ron was standing there with his wand still raised, staring at what he had done.

out of breath?喘不過氣來

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It was Hermione who spoke first.

200

“Is it — dead?”

201

“I don’t think so,” said Harry, “I think it’s just been?

knocked out

.”

knocked out?打暈

202

He bent down and pulled his wand out of the troll’s nose. It was covered in what looked like?

lumpy

?gray glue.

lumpy /'l?mpi/ adj.?多塊狀物的

203

“Urgh – troll?

boogers

.”

booger /?b?ɡ?/ n.?〈方〉干燥的鼻粘液

204

He wiped it on the troll’s?

trousers

.

trousers /'tra?z?z/ n.?褲子

205

A sudden?

slamming

?and loud footsteps made the three of them look up.

slam /sl?m/ vt. & vi.?砰地關(guān)上(門或窗)

206

They hadn’t realized what a?

racket

?they had been making, but of course, someone downstairs must have heard the crashes and the troll’s roars.

racket /'r?k?t/ n.?吵鬧聲

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A moment later, Professor McGonagall had come?

bursting

?into the room, closely followed by Snape, with Quirrell?

bringing up the rear

.

burst /b??rst/ v.?闖

bring up the rear?處在最后的位置

208

Quirrell took one look at the troll, let out a?

faint

?

whimper

, and sat quickly down on a toilet,?

clutching

?his?

heart

.

faint /fe?nt/ adj.?虛弱的

whimper /?w?mp?r/ vi.?啜泣

clutch /kl?t?/ vt.?緊握

heart /hɑrt/ n.?胸前

209

Snape bent over the troll. Professor McGonagall was looking at Ron and Harry.

210

Harry had never seen her look so angry. Her lips were white. Hopes of winning fifty points for Gryffindor?

faded

?quickly from Harry’s mind.

fade /fe?d/ vi.?逐漸消失

211

“What on earth were you thinking of?” said Professor McGonagall, with cold?

fury

?in her voice.

fury /?fj?ri/ n.?狂怒

212

Harry looked at Ron, who was still standing with his wand in the air. “You’re lucky you weren’t killed. Why aren’t you in your?

dormitory

?”

dormitory /?d??rm?t??ri/ n.?集體宿舍

213

Snape gave Harry a?

swift

,?

piercing

?look. Harry looked at the floor. He wished Ron would put his wand down.

swift /sw?ft/ adj.?突然的

piercing /?p?rs??/ adj.?（眼睛或目光）敏銳的

214

Then a small voice came out of the shadows.

215

“Please, Professor McGonagall — they were looking for me.”

216

“Miss Granger!”

217

Hermione had managed to get to her feet at last.

218

“I went looking for the troll because I — I thought I could deal with it on my own — you know, because I’ve read all about them.”

219

Ron dropped his wand. Hermione Granger, telling a?

downright

?lie to a teacher?

downright /'da?nra?t/ adj.?（強(qiáng)調(diào)反面的）徹頭徹尾的

220

“If they hadn’t found me, I’d be dead now.

221

Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron knocked it out with its own club. They didn’t have time to come and?

fetch

anyone. It was about to?

finish me off

?when they arrived.”

fetch /fet?/ vt.?接來

finish off?〈非正〉殺死

222

Harry and Ron tried to look as though this story wasn’t new to them.

223

“Well — in that case . . .” said Professor McGonagall, staring at the three of them, “Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of?

tackling

?a mountain troll on your own?”

tackle /?t?kl/ vt.?應(yīng)付

224

Hermione?

hung

?her head. Harry was speechless.

hang /h??/ vt. & vi.?垂下

225

Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. It was as if Snape had started?

handing out

?sweets.

hand out?分發(fā)

226

“Miss Granger, five points will be?

taken from

?Gryffindor for this,” said Professor McGonagall.

take from v.?減少

227

“I’m very disappointed in you. If you’re not hurt at all, you’d better get off to Gryffindor Tower. Students are finishing the feast in their Houses.”

228

Hermione left.

229

Professor McGonagall turned to Harry and Ron.

230

“Well, I still say you were lucky, but not many first years could have taken on a?

full-grown

?mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor five points. Professor Dumbledore will be informed of this. You may go.”

full-grown /'ful'ɡr?un/ adj.?發(fā)育完全的

231

They hurried out of the chamber and didn’t speak at all until they had climbed two floors up. It was a relief to be away from the smell of the troll, quite apart from anything else.

232

“We should have gotten more than ten points,” Ron?

grumbled

.

grumble /?ɡr?mbl/ vi.?抱怨

233

“Five, you mean, once she’s taken off Hermione’s.”

234

“Good of her to get us out of trouble like that,” Ron?

admitted

. “Mind you, we did save her.”

admit /?d?m?t/ vt. & vi.?承認(rèn)(尤指與自己相關(guān))

235

“She might not have needed saving if we hadn’t locked the thing in with her,” Harry reminded him.

236

They had reached the portrait of the Fat Lady.

237

“Pig snout,” they said and entered.

238

The common room was?

packed

?and noisy.

pack /p?k/ v.?聚集

239

Everyone was eating the food that had been sent up. Hermione, however, stood alone?

by

?the door, waiting for them.

by /ba?/ prep.?在......旁邊

240

There was a very embarrassed pause.

241

Then, none of them looking at each other, they all said “Thanks,” and hurried off to get plates.

242

But from that moment on, Hermione Granger became their friend.

243

There are some things you can’t?

share

?without?

ending up liking each other

, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.

share /?er/ v.?共同擁有(看法、特質(zhì)或經(jīng)歷)

end up doing sth?最后做某事

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