CHAPTER ELEVEN

1

The?

Duelling

?Club

duel /'dju??l/ vi.?決斗

2

Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory blazing with winter sunlight and his arm re-boned but very stiff.

3

He sat up quickly and looked over at Colin’s bed, but it had been blocked from view by the high curtains Harry had?

changed

?behind yesterday.

change /t?e?n(d)?/ v.?換衣服

4

Seeing that he was awake, Madam Pomfrey came?

bustling

?over with a breakfast tray and then began?

bending

?and stretching his arm and fingers.

bustle /?b?sl/ v.?匆忙地走

bend /bend/ vi.?彎曲

5

‘All in?

order

,’ she said, as he?

clumsily

?fed himself?

porridge

?left-handed. ‘When you’ve finished eating, you may leave.’

order /???d?(r)/ n.?良好使用狀況

clumsily /'kl?mzili/ adv.?笨拙地

porridge /?p?r?d?/ n.?粥

6

Harry dressed as quickly as he could and hurried off to Gryffindor Tower, desperate to tell Ron and Hermione about Colin and Dobby, but they weren’t there.

7

Harry left to look for them, wondering where they could have got to and feeling slightly hurt that they weren’t interested in whether he had his bones back or not.

8

As Harry passed the library, Percy Weasley strolled out of it, looking in far better spirits than last time they’d met.

9

‘Oh, hello, Harry,’ he said. ‘Excellent flying yesterday, really excellent. Gryffindor have just taken the lead for the House Cup – you earned fifty points!’

10

‘You haven’t seen Ron or Hermione, have you?’ said Harry.

11

‘No, I haven’t,’ said Percy, his smile fading. ‘I hope Ron’s not in another girls’ toilet …’

12

Harry?

forced

?a laugh, watched Percy out of sight and then headed straight for Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.

force /f??s/ v.?勉強做出

13

He couldn’t see why Ron and Hermione would be in there again, but after making sure that neither Filch nor any Prefects were around, he opened the door and heard their voices coming from a locked?

cubicle

.

cubicle /'kju?b?k(?)l/ n.?小隔間

14

‘It’s me,’ he said, closing the door behind him. There was a clunk, a?

splash

?and a gasp from within the cubicle and he saw Hermione’s eye peering through the keyhole.

splash /spl??/ n.?濺潑聲

15

‘Harry!’ she said. ‘You gave us such a fright. Come in – how’s your arm?’

16

‘Fine,’ said Harry,?

squeezing

?into the cubicle.

squeeze /skwi?z/ vt. & vi.?擠

17

An old cauldron was perched on the toilet, and a crackling from under the?

rim

?told Harry they had lit a fire beneath it.

rim /r?m/ n.?（圓形物體的）邊沿

18

Conjuring

?up?

portable

,?

waterproof

?fires was a?

speciality

?of Hermione’s.

conjure /?k?nd??(r)/ vt.?用魔術變出

portable /?p??t?bl/ adj.?便于攜帶的

waterproof /?w??t?pru?f/ adj.?防水的

speciality /?spe??'?l?t?/ n.?特長

19

‘We’d’ve come to meet you, but we decided to get started on the Polyjuice Potion,’ Ron explained, as Harry, with difficulty,?

locked

?the cubicle again. ‘We’ve decided this is the safest place to hide it.’

lock /l?k/ vt. & vi.?鎖上

20

Harry started to tell them about Colin, but Hermione interrupted. ‘We already know, we heard Professor McGonagall telling Professor Flitwick this morning. That’s why we decided we’d better get going –’

21

‘The sooner we get a?

confession

?out of Malfoy, the better,’?

snarled

?Ron. ‘D’you know what I think? He was in such a?

foul

?temper after the Quidditch match, he?

took it out

?on Colin.’

confession /k?n?fe?n/ n.?供認

snarl /snɑ?l/ vi.?怒罵

foul /fa?l/ adj.?（心情）煩躁的

take out?發(fā)泄

22

‘There’s something else,’ said Harry, watching Hermione tearing?

bundles

?of?

knotgrass

?and throwing them into the potion. ‘Dobby came to visit me in the middle of the night.’

bundle /?b?ndl/ n.?捆

knotgrass /'n?tgrɑ?s/ n.?軟花屬植物

23

Ron and Hermione looked up, amazed. Harry told them everything Dobby had told him – or hadn’t told him. Ron and Hermione listened with their mouths open.

24

‘The Chamber of Secrets has been opened before?’ said Hermione.

25

‘This?

settles

?it,’ said Ron in a?

triumphant

?voice.

settle /?setl/ vi.?解決

triumphant /tra?'?mf(?)nt/ adj.?得意洋洋的

26

‘Lucius Malfoy must’ve opened the Chamber when he was at school here and now he’s told dear old Draco how to do it. It’s obvious.

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Wish Dobby’d told you what kind of monster’s in there, though. I want to know?

how come

?nobody’s noticed it sneaking round the school.’

how come?為什么

28

‘Maybe it can make itself invisible,’ said Hermione,?

prodding

?

leeches

?to the bottom of the cauldron.

prod /pr?d/ v. (用手指或尖物)戳

leech /li?t?/ n.?水蛭

29

‘Or maybe it can?

disguise

?itself – pretend to be a suit of armour or something. I’ve read about?

Chameleon

?Ghouls …’

disguise /d?s?ɡa?z/ vt.?隱瞞

chameleon /k??mi?li?n/ n.?變色龍

30

‘You read too much, Hermione,’ said Ron, pouring dead?

lacewings

?on top of the?

leeches

. He?

crumpled

?up the empty lacewing bag and looked round at Harry.

lacewing /'le?sw??/ n.?草蜻蛉

leech /li?t?/ n.?水蛭

crumple /?kr?mpl/ v.?把…捏成一團

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‘So Dobby stopped us getting on the train and broke your arm …’ He shook his head. ‘You know what, Harry? If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.’

32

The news that Colin Creevey had been attacked and was now lying as though dead in the hospital wing had spread through the entire school by Monday morning.

33

The air was suddenly?

thick

?with rumour and suspicion. The first-years were now moving around the castle in?

tight-knit

?groups, as though scared they would be attacked if they?

ventured

?forth alone.

thick /θ?k/ adj.?彌漫的

tightknit /'ta?t'n?t/ adj.?緊湊的

venture /?vent??(r)/ vt.?冒險

34

Ginny Weasley, who sat next to Colin Creevey in Charms, was?

distraught

,

distraught /d??str??t/ adj.?心煩意亂的

35

but Harry felt that Fred and George were going the wrong way about cheering her up. They were taking it in turns to cover themselves with fur or?

boils

?and jump out at her from behind statues.

boil /b??l/ n.?癤子

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They only stopped when Percy,?

apoplectic

?with rage, told them he was going to write to Mrs Weasley and tell her Ginny was having nightmares.

apoplectic /??p?'plekt?k/ adj.?激動的

37

Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a?

roaring trade

?in?

talismans

,?

amulets

?and other protective?

devices

?was sweeping the school.

roaring trade?興隆的生意

talisman /'t?l?zm?n/ n.?護身符

amulet /'?mj?l?t/ n.?避邪物

device /d??va?s/ n.?設備

38

Neville Longbottom bought a large, evil-smelling green onion, a pointed purple crystal and a?

rotting

?

newt

-tail before the other Gryffindor boys pointed out that he was in no danger:

rot /r?t/ vt. & vi. (使)腐爛

newt /nju?t/ n.?蠑螈

39

he was a pure-blood, and therefore unlikely to be attacked.

40

‘They went for Filch first,’ Neville said, his round face fearful, ‘a(chǎn)nd everyone knows I’m almost a Squib.’

41

In the second week of December Professor McGonagall came around as usual, collecting names of those who would be staying at school for Christmas.

42

Harry, Ron and Hermione signed her list; they had heard that Malfoy was staying, which struck them as very suspicious.

43

The holidays would be the perfect time to use the Polyjuice Potion and try to?

worm

?a confession out of him.

worm /w??m/ vi.?慢慢前進

44

Unfortunately, the potion was only half-finished. They still needed the?

Bicorn

?

horn

?and the?

boomslang

?skin, and the only place they were going to get them was from Snape’s private stores.

bicorn /'ba?k??n/ adj.?雙角的

horn /h??n/ n.?角

boomslang /'bu:msl??/ n.?非洲樹蛇

45

Harry privately felt he’d rather face Slytherin’s?

legendary

?monster than have Snape catch him?

robbing

?his office.

legendary /?led??ndri/ adj.?傳說(中)的

rob /r?b/ vt.?搶劫

46

‘What we need,’ said Hermione briskly, as Thursday afternoon’s double Potions lesson?

loomed

?nearer, ‘is a?

diversion

. Then one of us can sneak into Snape’s office and take what we need.’

loom /lu?m/ v.?逼近

diversion /da??v???n/ n.?轉移注意力的事物

47

Harry and Ron looked at her nervously.

48

‘I think I’d better do the?

actual

?stealing,’ Hermione continued, in a?

matter-of-fact

?tone.

actual /??kt?u?l/ adj.?實際的

matter-of-fact /'m?t?r?v'f?kt/ adj.?就事論事的

49

‘You two will be expelled if you get in any more trouble, and I’ve got a clean?

record

. So all you need to do is cause enough?

mayhem

?to keep Snape busy for five minutes or so.’

record /?rek??d/ n.?犯罪記錄

mayhem /'me?hem/ n.?大混亂

50

Harry smiled?

feebly

.?

Deliberately

?causing?

mayhem

?in Snape’s potions class was about as safe as poking a sleeping dragon in the eye.

feebly /'fi:bli/ adv.?無力地

deliberately /d??l?b?r?tl?/ adv.?故意地

mayhem /'me?hem/ n.?大混亂

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Potions lessons took place in one of the large dungeons.

52

Thursday afternoon’s lesson?

proceeded

?in the usual way. Twenty cauldrons stood?

steaming

?between the wooden desks, on which stood brass scales and?

jars

?of?

ingredients

.

proceed /pr??si?d/ vi.?進行

steam /sti?m/ vi.?冒水氣

jar /d?ɑ?(r)/ n.?罐子

ingredient /?n?ɡri?di?nt/ n.?配料

53

Snape?

prowled

?through the?

fumes

,

prowl /pra?l/ vi.?徘徊

fume /fju?m/ n.?刺鼻（或有害）的氣

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making?

waspish

?

remarks

?about the Gryffindors’ work while the Slytherins sniggered?

appreciatively

.

waspish /?w?sp??/ adj.?脾氣暴躁的

remark /r??mɑ?k/ vt. & vi.?評論

appreciative /??pri???t?v/ adj.?贊賞的

55

Draco Malfoy, who was Snape’s favourite student, kept?

flicking

?

puffer-fish

?eyes at Ron and Harry, who knew that if they?

retaliated

?they would get detention faster than you could say ‘unfair’.

flick /fl?k/ v.?向……笑了一下（或瞥了一眼等)

puffer-fish?河豚魚

retaliate /r??t?lie?t/ vi.?反擊

56

Harry’s Swelling?

Solution

?was far too?

runny

, but he had his mind on more important things.?

solution /s??lu??n/ n.?溶液

runny /'r?n?/ adj.?水分過多的

57

He was waiting for Hermione’s signal, and he hardly listened as Snape paused to sneer at his?

watery

?potion.

watery /'w??t(?)r?/ adj.?水分太多的

58

When Snape turned and walked off to?

bully

?Neville, Hermione caught Harry’s eye and nodded.

bully /?b?li/ v.?恐嚇

59

Harry ducked swiftly down behind his cauldron, pulled one of Fred’s Filibuster fireworks out of his pocket and gave it a quick?

prod

?with his wand.

prod /pr?d/ vt. & vi.?戳

60

The firework began to?

fizz

?and?

sputter

.?

fizz /f?z/ vi.?發(fā)嘶嘶聲

sputter /'sp?t?/ v.?發(fā)劈啪聲

61

Knowing he had only seconds, Harry straightened up, took?

aim

, and?

lobbed

?it into the air; it landed right on?

target

?in Goyle’s cauldron.

aim /e?m/ n.?瞄準

lob /l?b/ vt.?高擲

target /?tɑ?ɡ?t/ n.?目標

62

Goyle’s potion exploded,?

showering

?the whole class. People?

shrieked

?as?

splashes

?of the Swelling Solution hit them.

shower /'?a??/ vi.?似陣雨般降落

shriek /?ri?k/ vt. & vi.?尖叫

splash /spl??/ n.?濺上的液體

63

Malfoy got a?

faceful

?and his nose began to swell like a balloon;

faceful adj.?滿臉的

64

Goyle?

blundered

?around, his hands over his eyes, which had?

expanded

?to the size of dinner plates, while Snape was trying to?

restore

?calm and find out what had happened.

blunder /?bl?nd?(r)/ v.?跌跌撞撞地走

expand /?k?sp?nd/ vt.?使膨脹

restore /r??st??(r)/ vt.?恢復

65

Through the?

confusion

, Harry saw Hermione?

slip

?quietly out of the door.

confusion /k?n?fju??n/ n.?混亂

slip /sl?p/ v.?悄悄地走

66

‘Silence! SILENCE!’ Snape roared. ‘Anyone who has been?

splashed

, come here for a?

Deflating

?

Draught

. When I find out who did this …’

splash /spl??/ v.?飛濺

deflate /d?'fle?t/ vt.?使縮小

draught /drɑ?ft/ n.?藥水

67

Harry tried not to laugh as he watched Malfoy hurry forward, his head?

drooping

?with the weight of a nose like a small melon.

droop /dru?p/ vi.?下垂

68

As half the class?

lumbered

?up to Snape’s desk, some?

weighed down

?with arms like clubs, others unable to talk through gigantic?

puffed-up

?lips,

lumber /?l?mb?(r)/ v.?緩慢地移動

weigh down?壓低

puffed-up adj.?腫脹的

69

Harry saw Hermione slide back into the dungeon, the front of her robes?

bulging

.

bulge /b?ld?/ vi.?膨脹

70

When everyone had taken a?

swig

?of?

antidote

?and the various swellings had?

subsided

,

swig /sw?ɡ/ n.?痛飲

antidote /??ntid??t/ n.?解藥

subside /s?b?sa?d/ v.?（腫）消退

71

Snape swept over to Goyle’s cauldron and?

scooped

?out the?

twisted

?black remains of the firework.

scoop /sku?p/ v.?用勺舀

twisted /'tw?st?d/ adj.?扭曲的

72

There was a sudden hush.

73

‘If I ever find out who threw this,’ Snape whispered, ‘I shall make sure that person is expelled.’

74

Harry arranged his face into what he hoped was a puzzled expression. Snape was looking right at him, and the bell which rang ten minutes later could not have been more welcome.

75

‘He knew it was me,’ Harry told Ron and Hermione, as they hurried back to Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. ‘I could tell.’

76

Hermione threw the new ingredients into the cauldron and began to stir?

feverishly

.

feverishly /'fi:v?ri?li/ adv.?興奮地

77

‘It’ll be ready in a fortnight,’ she said happily.

78

‘Snape can’t prove it was you,’ said Ron?

reassuringly

?to Harry. ‘What can he do?’

reassuringly /?ri:?'?u?ri?li/ adv.?安慰地

79

‘Knowing Snape, something?

foul

,’ said Harry, as the potion?

frothed

?and?

bubbled

.

foul /fa?l/ v.?犯規(guī)

froth /fr?θ/ vi.?起泡沫

bubble /?b?bl/ vi.?冒泡

80

A week later, Harry, Ron and Hermione were walking across the Entrance Hall when they saw a small?

knot

?of people gathered around the?

noticeboard

, reading a piece of parchment that had just been pinned up.

knot /n?t/ n.?一小群人

noticeboard n.?布告欄

81

Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas?

beckoned

?them over, looking excited.

beckon /?bek?n/ vt. & vi. (用頭或手的動作)示意

82

‘They’re starting a?

Duelling

?Club!’ said Seamus. ‘First?

meeting

?tonight! I wouldn’t mind duelling lessons, they might come in handy one of these days …’

duel /'dju??l/ vi.?決斗

meeting /'mi?t??/ n.?比賽

83

‘What, you reckon Slytherin’s monster can duel?’ said Ron, but he too read the sign with interest.

84

‘Could be useful,’ he said to Harry and Hermione as they went into dinner. ‘Shall we go?’

85

Harry and Hermione?

were all for

?it, so at eight o’clock that evening they hurried back to the Great Hall.

be for?贊成

86

The long dining tables had vanished and a golden stage had appeared along one wall, lit by thousands of candles floating overhead.

87

The ceiling was?

velvety

?black once more and most of the school seemed to be?

packed

?beneath it, all carrying their wands and looking excited.

velvety /?velv?ti/ adj.?天鵝絨般柔軟的

pack /p?k/ v.?擠進

88

‘I wonder who’ll be teaching us?’ said Hermione, as they edged into the chattering crowd. ‘Someone told me Flitwick was a duelling champion when he was young, maybe it’ll be him.’

89

‘As long as it’s not –’ Harry began, but he ended on a?

groan

:?

groan /ɡr??n/ n.?嘆息

90

Gilderoy Lockhart was walking onto the stage,?

resplendent

?in robes of deep?

plum

?and?

accompanied

?by none other than Snape, wearing his usual black.

resplendent /r??splend?nt/ adj.?華麗燦爛的

plum /pl?m/ adj.?紫紅色的

accompany /??k?mp?ni/ vt.?伴隨

91

Lockhart waved an arm for silence and called, ‘Gather round, gather round! Can everyone see me? Can you all hear me? Excellent!

92

‘Now, Professor Dumbledore has?

granted

?me?

permission

?to start this little Duelling Club,?

grant /ɡrɑ?nt/ v.?授予

permission /p??m??n/ n.?許可

93

to train you all up in case you ever need to defend yourselves as I myself have done on countless occasions – for full details, see my published works.

94

‘Let me introduce my assistant Professor Snape,’ said Lockhart,?

flashing

?a wide smile.

flash /fl??/ v.?突然顯露（強烈情感）

95

‘He tells me he knows a tiny little bit about duelling himself and has?

sportingly

?agreed to help me with a short?

demonstration

?before we begin.

sporting /'sp??t??/ adj.?愿意冒險的

demonstration /?dem?n?stre??n/ n.?示范

96

Now, I don’t want any of you youngsters to worry – you’ll still have your Potions master when I’m?

through

?with him, never fear!’

through /θru?/ adj.?結束的

97

‘Wouldn’t it be good if they?

finished each other off

?’ Ron muttered in Harry’s ear.

finish off <非正>殺死

98

Snape’s upper lip was curling. Harry wondered why Lockhart was still smiling; if Snape had been looking at him like that he’d have been running as fast as he could in the opposite direction.

99

Lockhart and Snape turned to face each other and bowed; at least, Lockhart did, with much?

twirling

?of his hands,?

whereas

?Snape jerked his head?

irritably

.

twirl /tw??l/ vt. & vi. (使)快速轉動

whereas /?we?r??z/ conj.?但是

irritably /'irit?bli/ adv.?性急地

100

Then they raised their wands like swords in front of them.

101

‘As you see, we are holding our wands in the?

accepted

?

combative

?

position

,’ Lockhart told the silent crowd.?

accepted /?k'sept?d/ adj.?公認的

combative /?k?mb?t?v/ adj.?好戰(zhàn)的

position /p??z??n/ n.?姿態(tài)

102

‘On the?

count of

?three, we will?

cast

?our first spells. Neither of us will be aiming to kill, of course.’

count of?數(shù)到……

cast /kɑ?st/ vt.?施法

103

‘I wouldn’t bet on that,’ Harry murmured, watching Snape?

baring

?his teeth.

bare /be?(r)/ vt.?使露出

104

‘One – two – three –’

105

Both of them swung their wands up and over their shoulders.

106

Snape cried: ‘Expelliarmus!’ There was a?

dazzling

?flash of scarlet light and Lockhart was?

blasted

?off his feet: he flew?

backwards

?off the stage, smashed into the wall and slid down it to?

sprawl

?on the floor.

dazzling /'d?zli?/ adj.?耀眼的

blast /blɑ?st/ v.?轟開

backwards /'b?kw?dz/ adv.?向后

sprawl /spr??l/ vi.?伸開四肢坐〔躺〕

107

Malfoy and some of the other Slytherins cheered. Hermione was?

dancing

?

on tiptoes

. ‘Do you think he’s all right?’ she squealed through her fingers.

dance /dɑ?ns/ v.?跳躍

on tiptoe adv.?踮腳

108

‘Who cares?’ said Harry and Ron together.

109

Lockhart was getting?

unsteadily

?to his feet. His hat had fallen off and his wavy hair was standing?

on end

.

unsteadily /'?n'stedili/ adv.?不穩(wěn)定地

on end?豎著地

110

‘Well, there you?

have

?it!’ he said,?

tottering

?back onto the platform.

have /h?v/ v.?明白

totter /?t?t?(r)/ vi.?搖搖晃晃

111

‘That was a?

Disarming

?Charm – as you see, I’ve lost my wand – ah, thank you, Miss Brown.

disarm /d?s?ɑ?m/ v.?繳……的械

112

Yes, an excellent idea to show them that, Professor Snape, but if you don’t mind my saying so, it was very obvious what you were about to do.

113

If I had wanted to stop you it would have been only too easy. However, I felt it would be?

instructive

?to let them see …’

instructive /?n?str?kt?v/ adj.?有益的

114

Snape was looking?

murderous

. Possibly Lockhart had noticed, because he said,

murderous /?m??d?r?s/ adj.?兇殘的

115

‘Enough?

demonstrating

! I’m going to come?

amongst

?you now and put you all into pairs. Professor Snape, if you’d like to help me …’

demonstrate /?dem?nstre?t/ vt.?演示

amongst /??m??st/ prep.?在…之中

116

They moved through the crowd,?

matching up

?

partners

.?

match up?使相配

partner /?pɑ?tn?(r)/ n.?搭檔

117

Lockhart teamed Neville with Justin Finch-Fletchley, but Snape reached Harry and Ron first.

118

‘Time to?

split up

?the dream team, I think,’ he sneered. ‘Weasley, you can partner Finnigan. Potter –’

split up?分裂

119

Harry moved automatically towards Hermione.

120

‘I don’t think so,’ said Snape, smiling coldly.?

121

‘Mr Malfoy, come over here. Let’s see what you?

make of

?the famous Potter. And you, Miss Granger – you can partner Miss Bulstrode.’

make of?對待

122

Malfoy?

strutted

?over,?

smirking

. Behind him walked a Slytherin girl who reminded Harry of a picture he’d seen in Holidays with?

Hags

.

strutted vi.?趾高氣揚地走（strut的過去分詞）

smirk /sm??k/ vi.?傻笑

hag /h?ɡ/ n.?丑老太婆

123

She was large and?

square

?and her heavy jaw?

jutted

?

aggressively

. Hermione gave her a weak smile which she did not?

return

.

square /skwe?(r)/ adj.?寬闊結實的

jut /d??t/ vt. & vi. (使)突出

aggressively /?'gresivli/ adv.?好斗地

return /r??t??n/ v.?回應

124

‘Face your partners!’ called Lockhart, back on the?

platform

, ‘a(chǎn)nd bow!’

platform /?pl?tf??m/ n.?站臺

125

Harry and Malfoy barely?

inclined

?their heads, not taking their eyes off each other.

incline /?n?kla?n/ vi.?傾斜

126

‘Wands at the ready!’ shouted Lockhart. ‘When I count to three, cast your charms to?

disarm

?your?

opponent

?– only to disarm them – we don’t want any accidents. One … two … three …’

disarm /d?s?ɑ?m/ v.?繳……的械

opponent /??p??n?nt/ n.?對手

127

Harry swung his wand over his shoulder, but Malfoy had already started on ‘two’: his spell hit Harry so hard he felt as though he’d been hit over the head with a?

saucepan

.

saucepan /'s??sp?n/ n.?深平底鍋

128

He stumbled, but everything still seemed to be working, and wasting?

no more

?time, Harry pointed his wand straight at Malfoy and shouted, ‘Rictusempra!’

no more?不再

129

A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he?

doubled up

, wheezing.

double up?彎曲

130

‘I said disarm only!’ Lockhart shouted in?

alarm

?over the?

heads of

?the battling crowd, as Malfoy sank to his knees; Harry had hit him with a?

Tickling

?Charm, and he could barely move for laughing.

alarm /??lɑ?m/ n.?警告

heads of?成群

tickle /?t?kl/ vt.?使發(fā)癢

131

Harry?

hung back

, with a?

vague

?feeling it would be?

unsporting

?to bewitch Malfoy while he was on the floor, but this was a mistake.

hang back?猶豫

vague /ve?ɡ/ adj.?含糊的

unsporting /?n'sp??t??/ adj.?無體育道德的

132

Gasping for breath, Malfoy pointed his wand at Harry’s knees,?

choked

, ‘Tarantallegra!’ and next second Harry’s legs had begun to?

jerk

?around out of his control in a kind of?

quickstep

.

choke /t???k/ v.?嗆住的聲音

jerk /d???k/ vi.?痙攣

quickstep /'kw?kstep/ n.?輕快的舞步

133

‘Stop! Stop!’ screamed Lockhart, but Snape?

took charge

.

take charge?主持

134

‘

Finite

?Incantatem!’ he shouted; Harry’s feet stopped dancing, Malfoy stopped laughing and they were able to look up.

finite /?fa?na?t/ adj.?有限的

135

A?

haze

?of?

greenish

?smoke was?

hovering

?over the?

scene

.

haze /he?z/ n.?煙霧

greenish /?gri:n??/ adj.?微綠的

hover /?h?v?(r)/ vi. (鳥等)盤旋

scene /si?n/ n.?現(xiàn)場

136

Both Neville and Justin were lying on the floor, panting;

137

Ron was?

holding up

?an?

ashen

-faced Seamus,?

apologising

?for whatever his broken wand had done;

hold up?支持住

ashen /???n/ adj.?蒼白的

apologise /?'p?l?d?aiz/ vt. & vi.?道歉

138

but Hermione and Millicent Bulstrode were still moving; Millicent had Hermione in a?

headlock

?and Hermione was?

whimpering

?in pain, both their wands lay forgotten on the floor.

headlock /'hedl?k/ n.?摔跤中的夾頭

whimper /?w?mp?(r)/ v.?抽泣

139

Harry leapt forward and pulled Millicent off. It was difficult; she was a lot bigger than he was.

140

‘Dear, dear,’ said Lockhart,?

skittering

?through the crowd, looking at the?

aftermath

?of the duels. ‘Up you get, Macmillan … careful there, Miss Fawcett …?

pinch

?it hard, it’ll stop bleeding in a second, Boot …

skitter /'sk?t?/ v.?輕捷跑動

aftermath /?ɑ?ft?m?θ/ n.?后果

pinch /p?nt?/ vt.?捏

141

‘I think I’d better teach you how to?

block

?unfriendly spells,’ said Lockhart, standing?

flustered

?in the?

midst

?of the hall. He glanced at Snape, whose black eyes?

glinted

, and looked quickly away.

block /bl?k/ vt.?組織

fluster /'fl?st?/ vt.?使慌張

midst /m?dst/ n.?中間

glint /gl?nt/ v. (眼睛）發(fā)亮（表達不友善的感情）

142

‘Let’s have a volunteer pair – Longbottom and Finch-Fletchley, how about you?’

143

‘A bad idea, Professor Lockhart,’ said Snape,?

gliding

?over like a large and?

malevolent

?bat.

glide /ɡla?d/ vi.?使滑動

malevolent /m?'lev(?)l(?)nt/ adj.?惡毒的

144

‘Longbottom causes?

devastation

?with the simplest spells. We’ll be sending what’s left of Finch-Fletchley up to the hospital wing in a?

matchbox

.’ Neville’s round pink face went pinker.

devastation /?dev?'ste??n/ n.?破壞

matchbox /'m?t?b?ks/ n.?火柴盒

145

‘How about Malfoy and Potter?’ said Snape with a twisted smile.

146

‘Excellent idea!’ said Lockhart,?

gesturing

?Harry and Malfoy into the middle of the Hall as the crowd backed away to give them room.

gesture /?d?est??(r)/ vt. & vi.?做手勢

147

‘Now, Harry,’ said Lockhart, ‘when Draco points his wand at you, you do this.’

148

He raised his own wand, attempted a complicated sort of?

wiggling

?action and dropped it. Snape smirked as Lockhart quickly picked it up, saying, ‘

Whoops

?– my wand is a little over-excited.’

wiggle /?w?ɡl/ vi.?使……擺動

whoops /w?ps/ int.?（險些出事故或小失誤時說）哎呀

149

Snape moved closer to Malfoy, bent down and whispered something in his ear. Malfoy smirked, too.?

150

Harry looked nervously up at Lockhart and said, ‘Professor, could you show me that blocking thing again?’

151

‘

Scared

?’ muttered Malfoy, so that Lockhart couldn’t hear him.

scare /ske?(r)/ vt.?害怕

152

‘

You wish

,’ said Harry out of the corner of his mouth.

you wish?你想得美

153

Lockhart?

cuffed

?Harry merrily on the shoulder. ‘Just do what I did, Harry!’

cuff /k?f/ v.?（尤其指友好地）用掌輕拍

154

‘What, drop my wand?’

155

But Lockhart wasn’t listening.

156

‘Three – two – one – go!’ he shouted.

157

Malfoy raised his wand quickly and bellowed, ‘Serpensortia!’

158

The end of his wand exploded.

159

Harry watched,?

aghast

, as a long black snake shot out of it, fell heavily onto the floor between them and raised itself, ready to?

strike

. There were screams as the crowd backed swiftly away,?

clearing

?the floor.

aghast /??ɡɑ?st/ adj.?嚇呆的

strike /stra?k/ vi.?攻擊

clear /kl??(r)/ v.?恢復暢通

160

‘Don’t move, Potter,’ said Snape?

lazily

, clearly enjoying the sight of Harry standing?

motionless

, eye to eye with the angry snake. ‘I’ll get rid of it …’

lazily /'leizili/ adv.?懶洋洋地

motionless /?m????nl?s/ adj.?靜止的

161

‘

Allow me

!’ shouted Lockhart. He?

brandished

?his wand at the snake and there was a loud bang; the snake,?

instead of

?vanishing, flew ten feet into the air and fell back to the floor with a loud?

smack

.

allow me?讓我來

brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞

instead of?而不是...

smack /sm?k/ n.?拍擊(聲)

162

Enraged

, hissing furiously, it?

slithered

?straight towards Justin Finch-Fletchley and raised itself again, fangs?

exposed

,?

poised

?to strike.

enrage /?n?re?d?/ vt.?使暴怒

slither /'sl?e?/ vi.?連走帶跑地滑

expose /?k?sp??z/ v.?暴露

poise /p??z/ vi.?準備好

163

Harry wasn’t sure what made him do it. He wasn’t even aware of deciding to do it.

164

All he knew was that his legs were carrying him forward as though he was on?

castors

?and that he had shouted stupidly at the snake, ‘Leave him!’

castor /?kɑ:st?/ n.?腳輪

165

And?

miraculously

?–?

inexplicably

?– the snake slumped to the floor,?

docile

?as a thick black garden?

hose

, its eyes now on Harry.

miraculously /mi'r?kjul?sli/ adv.?出乎意料地

inexplicably /?n'?kspl?k?bli/ adv.?難以理解地

docile /?d??sa?l/ adj.?溫順的

hose /h??z/ n.?軟管

166

Harry felt the fear?

drain

?out of him. He knew the snake wouldn’t attack anyone now, though how he knew it, he couldn’t have explained.

drain /dre?n/ v. (使)逐漸消失

167

He looked up at Justin, grinning, expecting to see Justin looking relieved, or puzzled, or even grateful – but certainly not angry and scared.

168

‘What do you think you’re playing at?’ he shouted, and before Harry could say anything, Justin had turned and?

stormed

?out of the Hall.

storm /st??m/ vi.?橫沖直撞

169

Snape stepped forward, waved his wand and the snake vanished in a small?

puff

?of black smoke.

puff /p?f/ n.?一陣噴煙

170

Snape, too, was looking at Harry in an unexpected way: it was a?

shrewd

?and?

calculating

?look, and Harry didn’t like it. He was also?

dimly

?aware of an?

ominous

?muttering all around the walls.

shrewd /?ru?d/ adj.?精明的

calculating /'k?lkj?le?t??/ adj.?精于算計的

dimly /'dimli/ adv.?朦朧地

ominous /??m?n?s/ adj.?不吉利的

171

Then he felt a?

tugging

?on the back of his robes.

tug /t?ɡ/ vt. & vi.?用力拉

172

‘Come on,’ said Ron’s voice in his ear. ‘Move – come on …’

173

Ron?

steered

?him out of the Hall, Hermione hurrying?

alongside

?them. As they went through the doors, the people on either side drew away as though they were frightened of?

catching

?something.

steer /st??(r)/ v.?帶領（某人去某地）

alongside /??l???sa?d/ adv.?在旁邊

catch /k?t?/ vt.?感染

174

Harry didn’t have a clue what was going on, and neither Ron nor Hermione explained anything until they had dragged him all the way up to the empty Gryffindor common room.

175

Then Ron pushed Harry into an armchair and said, ‘You’re a?

Parselmouth

. Why didn’t you tell us?’

Parselmouth?蛇腔佬

176

‘I’m a what?’ said Harry.

177

‘A Parselmouth!’ said Ron. ‘You can talk to snakes!’

178

‘I know,’ said Harry.

179

‘I mean, that’s only the second time I’ve ever done it.

180

I accidentally set a boa constrictor on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once – long story – but it was telling me it had never seen Brazil and I sort of set it free without?

meaning

?to.?

mean /mi?n/ v.?打算

181

That was before I knew I was a wizard …’

182

‘A?

boa constrictor

?told you it had never seen Brazil?’ Ron repeated faintly.

boa constrictor?蟒蛇

183

‘So?’ said Harry. ‘I bet loads of people here can do it.’

184

‘Oh no they can’t,’ said Ron. ‘It’s not a very common gift. Harry, this is bad.’

185

‘What’s bad?’ said Harry, starting to feel quite angry. ‘What’s wrong with everyone? Listen, if I hadn’t told that snake not to attack Justin –’

186

‘Oh, that’s what you said to it?’

187

‘What d’you mean? You were there … you heard me.’

188

‘I heard you speaking Parseltongue,’ said Ron,

189

‘snake language. You could have been saying anything.?

No wonder

?Justin?

panicked

, you sounded like you were?

egging

?the snake on or something. It was?

creepy

, you know.’

no wonder?怪不得

panic /?p?n?k/ vi.?十分驚恐

egg /eg/ vt.?慫恿

creepy /'kri?p?/ adj.?令人毛骨悚然的

190

Harry?

gaped

?at him.

gape /ɡe?p/ vi.?目瞪口呆地凝視

191

‘I spoke a different language? But – I didn’t realise – how can I speak a language without knowing I can speak it?’

192

Ron shook his head. Both he and Hermione were looking as though someone had died. Harry couldn’t see what was so terrible.

193

‘D’you want to tell me what’s wrong with stopping a?

dirty

?great snake biting Justin’s head off?’ he said. ‘What does it matter how I did it as long as Justin doesn’t have to join the Headless Hunt?’

dirty /'d??t?/ adj.?骯臟的

194

‘It matters,’ said Hermione, speaking at last in a?

hushed

?voice, ‘because being able to talk to snakes was what Salazar Slytherin was famous for. That’s why the?

symbol

?of Slytherin house is a?

serpent

.’

hushed /h??t/ adj.?安靜的

symbol /?s?mbl/ n.?標志

serpent /'s??p(?)nt/ n.?蛇（尤指大蛇或毒蛇）

195

Harry’s mouth fell open.

196

‘Exactly,’ said Ron. ‘And now the whole school’s going to think you’re his great-great-great-great-

grandson

?or something …’

grandson /'gr?n(d)s?n/ n.?孫子

197

‘But I’m not,’ said Harry, with a?

panic

?he couldn’t quite explain.

panic /?p?n?k/ n.?恐慌

198

‘You’ll find that hard to prove,’ said Hermione. ‘He lived about a thousand years ago; for all we know, you could be.’

199

Harry lay awake for hours that night. Through a gap in the hangings round his four-poster he watched snow starting to drift past the tower window, and wondered.

200