CHAPTER FOUR

1

THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS

2

BOOM. They knocked again. Dudley?

jerked

?awake.

jerk /d???rk/ v.?猝然一動(dòng)

3

“Where’s the?

cannon

?” he said stupidly.

cannon /?k?n?n/ n.?大炮

4

There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came?

skidding

?into the room.?

skid /sk?d/ vt.?滾滑

5

He was holding a rifle in his hands — now they knew what had been in the long, thin package he had brought with them.

6

“Who’s there?” he shouted. “I warn you — I’m?

armed

!”

armed /ɑ?rmd/ adj.?帶槍的

7

There was a pause. Then —

8

SMASH!

smash /sm??/ n.?破碎(聲)

9

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its?

hinges

?and with a?

deafening

?crash?

landed

?flat on the floor.

hinge /h?nd?/ n.?合頁(yè)

deafening /'d?fn??/ adj.?震耳欲聾的

land /l?nd/ v.?跌落

10

A giant of a man was standing in the doorway.

11

His face was almost completely hidden by a long,?

shaggy

?

mane

?of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes,?

glinting

?like black beetles under all the hair.

shaggy /'??gi/ adj.?毛發(fā)粗濃雜亂的

mane /men/ n.?濃密的頭發(fā)

glint /ɡl?nt/ vt.?閃爍

12

The giant squeezed his way into the?

hut

,?

stooping

?so that his head just?

brushed

?the ceiling.

hut /h?t/ n.?小屋

stoop /stu?p/ vt. & vi.?彎腰

brush /br??/ vi.?擦過(guò)

13

He bent down, picked up the door, and?

fitted

?it easily back into its frame.

fit /f?t/ vt.?安裝

14

The noise of the storm outside dropped a little. He turned to look at them all.

15

“Couldn’t make us a cup o’ tea, could yeh? It’s not been an easy journey. . . .”

16

He?

strode

?over to the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear.

stride /stra?d/ vi.?大步行走

17

“

Budge

?up, yeh great?

lump

,” said the stranger.

budge /b?d?/ vt. & vi. (使)稍微移動(dòng)

lump /l?mp/ n. [非正式]?傻大個(gè)

18

Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother, who was?

crouching

, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon.

crouch /kra?t?/ vi.?蹲伏

19

“An’ here’s Harry!” said the giant.

20

Harry looked up into the?

fierce

, wild,?

shadowy

?face and saw that the beetle eyes were?

crinkled

?in a smile.

fierce /f?rs/ adj.?兇猛的

shadowy /'??doi/ adj.?模糊的

crinkle /'kr??kl/ vt.?起皺

21

“Las’ time I saw you, you was only a baby,” said the giant. “Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh’ve got yer mum’s eyes.”

22

Uncle Vernon made a funny?

rasping

?noise.

rasp /r?sp/ v.?發(fā)出刺耳聲

23

“I demand that you leave at once, sir!” he said. “You are?

breaking and entering

!”

breaking and entering n.?強(qiáng)行入侵他人住宅(或公共場(chǎng)合)

24

“Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great?

prune

,” said the giant;

prune /pru?n/ n. [非正式]?討厭的人

25

he reached over the back of the sofa, jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon’s hands, bent it into a?

knot

?as easily as if it had been made of rubber, and threw it into a corner of the room.

knot /nɑ?t/ n.?（繩等的）結(jié)

26

Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being?

trodden

?on.

tread /tred/ vt.?踩

27

“Anyway — Harry,” said the giant, turning his back on the Dursleys, “a very happy birthday to yeh. Got?

summat

?fer yeh here — I mighta sat on it at some?

point

, but it’ll taste all right.”

summat pron.?〈英〉〈方〉某物

point /p??nt/ n. (特定的)時(shí)刻

28

From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly?

squashed

?box.

squash /skw??/ vt.?將(某人[某物])壓扁

29

Harry opened it with trembling fingers.?

30

Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green?

icing

.

icing /'a?s??/ n.?糖衣

31

Harry looked up at the giant.?

32

He meant to say thank you, but the words got lost on the way to his mouth, and what he said instead was, “Who are you?”

33

The giant chuckled. “True, I haven’t introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid,?

Keeper

?of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.”

keeper /'kip?/ n.?看守人

34

He held out an enormous hand and shook Harry’s whole arm.

35

“What about that tea then, eh?” he said, rubbing his hands together. “I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it,?

mind

.”

mind /ma?nd/?牢記

36

His eyes fell on the empty?

grate

?with the?

shriveled

?chip bags in it and he snorted.

grate /ɡre?t/ n.?壁爐

shrivel /??r?vl/ vi.?皺縮

37

He bent down over the?

fireplace

; they couldn’t see what he was doing but when he?

drew back

?a second later, there was a?

roaring

?fire there.

fireplace /?fa??rple?s/ n.?壁爐

draw back?退卻

roaring /'r?r??/ adj. (火)熊熊燃燒的

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It filled the whole?

damp

?hut with flickering light and Harry felt the warmth wash over him as though he’d sunk into a hot?

bath

.

damp /d?mp/ adj.?潮濕的

bath /b?θ/ n.?浴室

39

The giant sat back down on the sofa, which?

sagged

?under his weight, and began taking all sorts of things out of the pockets of his coat:

sag /s?ɡ/ vi.?向下凹或中間下陷

40

a?

copper

?

kettle

, a squashy package of?

sausages

,?

copper /?kɑ?p?r/ n.?銅

kettle /?ketl/ n. (燒水用的)壺

sausage /?s??s?d?/ n.?香腸

41

a?

poker

, a?

teapot

, several?

chipped

?

mugs

,?

poker /'pok?/ n.?撥火棍

teapot /'ti'pɑt/ n.?茶壺

chipped /t??pt/ adj.?有缺口的

mug /m?ɡ/ n.?圓筒形有柄大杯

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and a bottle of some?

amber

?liquid which he took a?

swig

?from before starting to?

make tea

.?

amber /'?mb?/ adj.?琥珀色的

swig /sw?ɡ/ n.?痛飲

make tea?泡茶

43

Soon the hut was full of the sound and smell of?

sizzling

?sausage.?

sizzle /'s?zl/ v.?發(fā)出(油煎食物的)咝咝聲

44

Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat,?

juicy

, slightly?

burnt

?sausages from the poker,?

juicy /'d?usi/ adj.?多汁的

burnt /b?nt/ adj.?燒壞的

45

Dudley?

fidgeted

?a little.?

fidget /'f?d??t/ v.?坐立不安

46

Uncle Vernon said sharply, “Don’t touch anything he gives you, Dudley.”

47

The giant chuckled darkly. “Yer great?

puddin

’ of a son don’ need?

fatten

in’ anymore, Dursley, don’ worry.”

puddin?布丁

fatten /?f?tn/ vt. (使)長(zhǎng)胖

48

He passed the sausages to Harry, who was so hungry he had never tasted anything so wonderful, but he still couldn’t take his eyes off the giant.

49

Finally, as nobody seemed about to explain anything, he said, “I’m sorry, but I still don’t really know who you are.”

50

The giant took a?

gulp

?of tea and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

gulp /ɡ?lp/ n.?一大口(尤指液體)

51

“Call me Hagrid,” he said, “everyone does. An’ like I told yeh, I’m Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts — yeh’ll know all about Hogwarts, o’ course.”

52

“Er — no,” said Harry.

53

Hagrid looked shocked.

54

“Sorry,” Harry said quickly.

55

“Sorry?”?

barked

?Hagrid, turning to stare at the Dursleys, who?

shrank

?back into the shadows.

bark /bɑ?rk/ vt.?大聲喊叫

shrink /?r??k/ vt. & vi.?退縮

56

“It’s them as should be sorry! I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts,?

fer cryin’ out loud

! Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learned it all?”

for crying out loud?搞什么名堂(不耐煩的一種表現(xiàn))

57

“All what?” asked Harry.

58

“ALL WHAT?” Hagrid thundered. “Now wait jus’ one second!”

59

He had leapt to his feet.?

60

In his anger he seemed to fill the whole hut. The Dursleys were?

cowering

?against the wall.

cower /?ka??r/ vi.?抖縮

61

“Do you mean ter tell me,” he?

growled

?at the Dursleys, “that this boy — this boy! — knows nothin’ abou’— about ANYTHING?”

growl /ɡra?l/ vt.?低聲咆哮著說(shuō)

62

Harry thought this was going a bit?

far

. He had been to school, after all, and his?

marks

?weren’t bad.

far /fɑr/ adv.?過(guò)分地

mark /mɑ?rk/ n.?分?jǐn)?shù)

63

“I know some things,” he said. “I can, you know, do math and stuff.”

64

But Hagrid simply waved his hand and said, “About our world, I mean. Your world. My world. Yer parents’ world.”

65

“What world?”

66

Hagrid looked as if he was about to?

explode

.

explode /?k?splo?d/ vi.?爆炸

67

“DURSLEY!” he boomed.

68

Uncle Vernon, who had gone very pale, whispered something that sounded like “Mimblewimble.” Hagrid stared?

wildly

at Harry.

wildly /? wa?ldl?/ adv.?狂暴地

69

“But yeh must know about yer mum and dad,” he said. “I mean, they’re famous. You’re famous.”

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“What? My — my mum and dad weren’t famous, were they?”

71

“Yeh don’ know . . . yeh don’ know . . .” Hagrid?

ran

?his fingers through his hair,?

fixing

?Harry with a?

bewildered

?stare.

run /r?n/ v.?揉擦

fix /f?ks/ vi.?注視

bewilder /b??w?ld?r/ vt.?使迷惑

72

“Yeh don’ know what yeh are?” he said finally.

73

Uncle Vernon suddenly?

found his voice

.

find one's voice?能說(shuō)話了

74

“Stop!” he?

commanded

. “Stop right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!”

command /k??m?nd/ vi.?命令

75

A braver man than Vernon Dursley would have?

quailed

?under the furious look Hagrid now gave him;?

quail /kwe?l/ vi.?畏縮

76

when Hagrid spoke, his every?

syllable

?trembled with?

rage

.

syllable /?s?l?bl/ n.?音節(jié)

rage /re?d?/ n.?憤怒

77

“You never told him? Never told him what was in the letter Dumbledore left fer him? I was there! I saw Dumbledore leave it, Dursley! An’ you’ve?

kept it from him

?all these years?”

keep sth from sb?把某事瞞著某人

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“Kept what from me?” said Harry eagerly.

79

“STOP! I FORBID YOU!” yelled Uncle Vernon in panic.

80

Aunt Petunia gave a gasp of horror.

81

“Ah, go?

boil

?yer heads, both of yeh,” said Hagrid. “Harry — yer a wizard.”

boil /b??l/ vt.?使...激動(dòng)

82

There was silence inside the hut. Only the sea and the?

whistling

?wind could be heard.

whistle /?w?sl/ n.?嘯嘯聲

83

“I’m a what?” gasped Harry.

84

“A wizard, o’ course,” said Hagrid, sitting back down on the sofa, which?

groaned

?and sank even lower,

groan /ɡro?n/ vi.?發(fā)吱嘎聲

85

“an’ a thumpin’ good’un, I’d say, once yeh’ve been?

trained

?up a bit. With a mum an’ dad like yours, what else would yeh be? An’ I reckon it’s abou’ time yeh read yer letter.”

train /tre?n/ v.?訓(xùn)練

86

Harry stretched out his hand?

at last

?to take the yellowish envelope, addressed in emerald green to Mr. H. Potter, The Floor, Hut-on-the-Rock, The Sea.

at last?終于

87

He pulled out the letter and read:

88

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of?

WITCHCRAFT

?and?

WIZARDRY

witchcraft /'w?t?kr?ft/ n.?魔法

wizardry /'w?z?dri/ n.?魔法

89

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

90

(

Order

?of Merlin,?

First Class

,?

order /???rd?r/ n. [史]?勛章

First Class?最高級(jí)

91

Grand?

Sorc

.,?

Chf

.?

Warlock

,?

sorcery /?s??rs?ri/ n.?巫術(shù)

chief /t?i?f/ adj.?首席的

warlock /'w?rlɑk/ n.?術(shù)士

92

Supreme

?

Mugwump

, International?

Confed

. of Wizards)

supreme /su??pri?m/ adj.?最高的

mugwump /'m?ɡw?mp/ n.?大人物

Confed abbr.?同盟的

93

Dear Mr. Potter,

94

We are pleased to inform you that you?

have a place

?at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.?

have a place?占有一席之地

95

Please find?

enclosed

?a list of all necessary books and equipment.

enclose /?n?klo?z/ v.?隨信附上

96

Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by?

no later than

?July 31.

no later than adv?不遲于

97

Yours sincerely,

98

Minerva McGonagall,

99

Deputy

?Headmistress

deputy /?depjuti/ adj.?副的

100

Questions exploded inside Harry’s head like?

fireworks

?and he couldn’t decide which to ask first.?

fireworks /'fa?r,w?ks/ n.?煙火

101

After a few minutes he?

stammered

, “What does it mean, they await my owl?”

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

102

“Gallopin’ Gorgons, that reminds me,” said Hagrid,?

clapping

?a hand to his forehead with enough force to knock over a?

cart horse

,

clap /kl?p/ vt.?使......砰然相擊

cart horse /?kɑrt?h?rs/ n.?拉貨車的馬

103

and from yet another pocket inside his overcoat he pulled an owl — a real, live, rather?

ruffled

-looking owl — a long?

quill

, and a roll of parchment.

ruffle /?r?fl/ v. (鳥(niǎo)發(fā)怒火炫耀)豎起羽毛

quill /kw?l/ n.?翎(鳥(niǎo)的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛)

104

With his tongue between his teeth he?

scribbled

?a note which Harry could read?

upside-down

:

scribble /?skr?bl/ vt.?潦草地書寫

upside down adv.?顛倒地

105

Dear Mr Dumbledore,

106

Given Harry his letter.

107

Taking him to buy his things tomorrow.

108

Weather’s horrible. Hope you’re well.

109

Hagrid

110

Hagrid rolled up the note, gave it to the owl, which?

clamped

?it in its beak, went to the door, and threw the owl out into the storm.

clamp /kl?mp/ vt.?夾緊

111

Then he came back and sat down as though this was as normal as talking on the telephone.

112

Harry realized his mouth was open and closed it quickly.

113

“Where was I?” said Hagrid, but at that moment, Uncle Vernon, still?

ashen

-faced but looking very angry, moved into the?

firelight

.

ashen /???n/ adj.?蒼白的

firelight /'fa??la?t/ n. (爐)火光

114

“He’s not going,” he said.

115

Hagrid?

grunted

.

grunt /ɡr?nt/ v. (表示不愿意講話時(shí))發(fā)出哼聲

116

“I’d like ter see a great Muggle like you stop him,” he said.

117

“A what?” said Harry, interested.

118

“A Muggle,” said Hagrid, “it’s what we call nonmagic?

folk

?like them. An’ it’s your bad luck you grew up in a family o’ the biggest Muggles I ever?

laid eyes on

.”

folk /fo?k/ n.?人們

laid eyes on?看見(jiàn)

119

“We swore when we took him in we’d?

put a stop to

?that rubbish,” said Uncle Vernon, “swore we’d?

stamp

?it out of him! Wizard?

indeed

!”

put a stop to?制止

stamp /st?mp/ vt.?用腳踩踏

indeed /?n?di?d/ int.?真的（表示驚訝、懷疑、諷刺等）

120

“You knew?” said Harry. “You knew I’m a — a wizard?”

121

“Knew!” shrieked Aunt Petunia suddenly.

122

“Knew! Of course we knew! How could you not be, my?

dratted

?sister being what she was?

dratted /?dr?t?d/ adj.?〈口〉可惡的

123

Oh, she got a letter just like that and disappeared off to that — that school — and came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog?

spawn

, turning teacups into rats.

spawn /sp?n/ n.?卵

124

I was the only one who saw her for what she was — a?

freak

!?

freak /frik/ n.?怪物

125

But for my mother and father, oh no, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud of having a witch in the family!”

126

She stopped to?

draw

?a deep breath and then went?

ranting

?on.?

draw /dr??/ v.?吸(氣)

rant /r?nt/ vt. & vi.?大聲抱怨

127

It seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years.

128

“Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you,

129

and of course I knew you’d be just the same, just as strange, just as — as — abnormal — and then,?

if you please

, she went and got herself blown up and we got?

landed with

?you!”

if you please?對(duì)不起

land with?使背上包袱

130

Harry had gone very white.?

131

As soon as he found his voice he said, “Blown up? You told me they died in a car crash!”

132

“CAR CRASH!” roared Hagrid, jumping up so angrily that the Dursleys?

scuttled

?back to their corner.

scuttle /'sk?tl/ vi.?急促地跑

133

“How could a car crash kill Lily an’ James Potter? It’s an?

outrage

! A?

scandal

! Harry Potter not knowin’ his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!”

outrage /?a?tre?d?/ n.?侮辱

scandal /?sk?ndl/ n.?誹謗

134

“But why? What happened?” Harry asked?

urgently

.

urgently /??..d ??ntl?/ adv.?急切地

135

The anger faded from Hagrid’s face. He looked suddenly anxious.

136

“I never?

expected

?this,” he said, in a low, worried voice.

expect /?k?spekt/ vt.?預(yù)料

137

“I had no idea, when Dumbledore told me there might be trouble?

gettin’ hold of yeh

, how much yeh didn’t know.

get hold of sb?找到某人

138

Ah, Harry, I don’ know if I’m the right person ter tell yeh — but someone’s gotta — yeh can’t go off ter Hogwarts not knowin’.”

139

He threw a?

dirty look

?at the Dursleys.

dirty look?輕蔑的臉色

140

“Well, it’s best yeh know as much as I can tell yeh — mind, I can’t tell yeh everythin’, it’s a great myst’ry, parts of it. . . .”

141

He sat down, stared into the fire for a few seconds, and then said,?

142

“It begins, I suppose, with — with a person called — but it’s?

incredible

?yeh don’t know his name, everyone in our world knows —”

incredible /?n?kred?bl/ adj. [非正]?難以置信的

143

“Who?”

144

“Well — I don’ like sayin’ the name if I can help it. No one does.”

145

“Why not?”

146

“Gulpin’ gargoyles, Harry, people are still scared.?

Blimey

, this is difficult. See, there was this wizard who went . . . bad. As bad as you could go. Worse. Worse than worse. His name was . . .”

blimey /'bla?mi/ int.?啊呀!

147

Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.

148

“Could you write it down?” Harry suggested.

149

“Nah — can’t spell it. All right — Voldemort.” Hagrid?

shuddered

.

shudder /???d?r/ n.?戰(zhàn)栗

150

“Don’ make me say it again. Anyway, this — this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin’ fer?

followers

.

follower /'fɑlo?/ n.?追隨者

151

Got ’em, too — some were afraid, some just wanted a bit o’ his power, ’cause he was gettin’ himself power, all right. Dark days, Harry.

152

Didn’t know who ter trust, didn’t dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches . . . terrible things happened.?

153

He was takin’ over. ’Course, some?

stood up to

?him — an’ he killed ’em. Horribly.

stand up to?抵抗

154

One o’ the only safe places?

left

?was Hogwarts. Reckon Dumbledore’s the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of. Didn’t dare try takin’ the school, not jus’ then, anyway.

left /l?ft/ adj.?剩余的

155

Now, yer mum an’ dad were as good a witch an’ wizard as I ever knew.?

Head

?boy an’ girl at Hogwarts in their day!

head /hed/ n.?領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人

156

Suppose the myst’ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get ’em on his side before . . . probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want anythin’ ter do with the Dark Side.

157

Maybe he thought he could persuade ’em . . . maybe he just wanted ’em?

outta

?the way.

outta prep. (非正式,非規(guī)范)離開(kāi)(同out of)

158

All anyone knows is, he?

turned up

?in the village where you was all living, on?

Halloween

?ten years ago. You was just a year old. He came ter yer house an’— an’— ”

turn up?出現(xiàn)

Halloween /?h?l?u'i:n/ n.?萬(wàn)圣節(jié)前夕

159

Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty, spotted handkerchief and blew his nose with a sound like a?

foghorn

.

foghorn /'f?ɡh?rn/ n.?霧喇叭(向霧中的船只發(fā)警告)

160

“Sorry,” he said.?

161

“But it’s that sad — knew yer mum an’ dad, an’ nicer people yeh couldn’t find — anyway . . . You-Know-Who killed ’em.?

162

An’ then — an’ this is the real myst’ry of the thing — he tried to kill you, too.

163

Wanted ter make a clean job of it, I suppose, or maybe he just liked killin’ by then.?

164

But he couldn’t do it.

165

Never wondered how you got that mark on yer forehead? That was no?

ordinary

?

cut

.

ordinary /???rdneri/ adj.?普通的

cut /k?t/ n.?傷口

166

That’s what yeh get when a powerful, evil?

curse

?touches yeh — took care of yer mum an’ dad an’ yer house, even — but it didn’t?

work

?on you, an’ that’s why yer famous, Harry.

curse /k??rs/ n.?咒語(yǔ)

work /w??rk/ v.?奏效

167

No one ever lived after he decided ter kill ’em, no one except you,

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an’ he’d killed some o’ the best witches an’ wizards of the?

age

?— the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts — an’ you was only a baby, an’ you lived.”

age /ed?/ n.?時(shí)代

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Something very painful was going on in Harry’s mind.

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As Hagrid’s story came to a close, he saw again the?

blinding

?flash of green light, more clearly than he had ever remembered it before?

blinding /'bla?nd??/ adj.?使人炫目的

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and he remembered something else, for the first time in his life: a?

high

, cold,?

cruel

?laugh.

high /ha?/ adj.?聲音尖銳地

cruel /?kru??l/ adj.?殘忍的

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Hagrid was watching him sadly. “Took yeh from the ruined house myself, on Dumbledore’s orders. Brought yeh ter this lot . . .”

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“

Load of

?old?

tosh

,” said Uncle Vernon.

a load of?許多

tosh /tɑ?/ n. [英口]胡說(shuō)

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Harry jumped; he had almost forgotten that the Dursleys were there.

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Uncle Vernon certainly seemed to have got back his courage. He was glaring at Hagrid and his fists were?

clenched

.

clench /klent?/ vt.?緊握

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“Now, you listen here, boy,” he?

snarled

,

snarl /snɑ?rl/ vi.?咆哮

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“I?

accept

?there’s something strange about you, probably nothing a good beating wouldn’t have?

cured

accept /?k's?pt/ vt.?承認(rèn)

cure /kj?r/ vt.?治愈

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— and as for all this about your parents, well, they were?

weirdos

, no denying it, and the world’s better off without them in my opinion?

weirdo /'w?rdo/ n.?怪人

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— asked for all they got,?

getting mixed up with

?these wizarding types — just what I expected, always knew they’d come to a?

sticky

?end —”

get mixed up with sb?與某人混在一起

sticky /?st?ki/ adj.?棘手的

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But at that moment, Hagrid leapt from the sofa and drew a?

battered

?pink umbrella from inside his coat.

battered /'b?t?d/ adj.?破舊的

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Pointing this at Uncle Vernon like a?

sword

, he said, “I’m warning you, Dursley — I’m warning you — one more word . . .”

sword /s??rd/ n.?劍

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In danger of being?

speared

?on the end of an umbrella by a bearded giant, Uncle Vernon’s courage failed again; he?

flattened

?himself against the wall and fell silent.

spear /sp?r/ v.?（用尖利的東西）刺

flatten /?fl?tn/ vt.?擊敗

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“That’s better,” said Hagrid, breathing heavily and sitting back down on the sofa, which this time?

sagged

?right down to the floor.

sag /s?ɡ/ vi.?向下凹或中間下陷

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Harry, meanwhile, still had questions to ask, hundreds of them.

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“But what happened to Vol-, sorry — I mean, You-Know-Who?”

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“Good question, Harry. Disappeared. Vanished. Same night he tried ter kill you.?

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Makes yeh even more famous. That’s the biggest myst’ry, see . . . he was gettin’ more an’ more powerful — why’d he go?

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Some say he died.?

Codswallop

, in my opinion.?

Dunno

?if he had enough?

human

?left in him to die.?

codswallop /'kɑdzwɑl?p/ n.?〈英俚〉胡言亂語(yǔ),廢話

dunno /d?'no/ vi. [口]我不知道

human /'hjum?n/ adj.?顯示人的本性的

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Some say he’s still out there,?

bidin’ his time

, like, but I don’ believe it.

bide one's time?等待時(shí)機(jī)

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People who was on his side came back ter ours. Some of ’em came outta?

kinda

?

trances

. Don’?

reckon

?they could’ve done if he was comin’ back.

kinda /'kaind?/ adv.?有一點(diǎn)

trance /tr?ns/ n.?恍惚

reckon /?rek?n/ v. [英，非正式]?指望

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Most of us reckon he’s still out there somewhere but lost his powers. Too weak to carry on. ’Cause somethin’ about you finished him, Harry.

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There was somethin’ goin’ on that night he hadn’t?

counted

?on — I?

dunno

?what it was, no one does — but somethin’ about you?

stumped

?him, all right.”

count /ka?nt/ v.?把......算入

dunno /d?'no/ vi. [口]我不知道

stump /st?mp/ v.?把...難住

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Hagrid looked at Harry with warmth and respect?

blazing

?in his eyes, but Harry, instead of feeling pleased and proud, felt quite sure there had been a horrible mistake.

blazing /?ble?z??/ adv.?非常

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A wizard? Him? How could he possibly be?

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He’d spent his life being?

clouted

?by Dudley, and?

bullied

?by Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon;

clout /kla?t/ vt.?猛擊

bully /?b?li/ vt.?威逼

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if he was really a wizard, why hadn’t they been turned into?

warty

?

toads

?every time they’d tried to lock him in his cupboard?

warty /'w?:ti/ adj.?有疣的

toad /tod/ n.?癩蛤蟆

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If he’d once defeated the greatest?

sorcerer

?in the world, how come Dudley had always been able to kick him around like a football?

sorcerer /'s?rs?r?/ n.?男巫士

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“Hagrid,” he said quietly, “I think you must have made a mistake. I don’t think I can be a wizard.”

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To his surprise, Hagrid chuckled. “Not a wizard, eh? Never made things happen when you was scared or angry?”

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Harry looked into the fire.?

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Now he came to think about it . . .

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every?

odd

?thing that had ever made his aunt and uncle furious with him had happened when he, Harry, had been upset or angry . . .

odd /ɑ?d/ adj.?奇怪的

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chased by Dudley’s gang, he had somehow found himself out of their reach . . .

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dreading

?going to school with that ridiculous haircut, he’d managed to make it grow?

back

?. . .

dread /dred/ vt.?擔(dān)心

back /b?k/ adv.?恢復(fù)原狀

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and the very last time Dudley had hit him, hadn’t he got his?

revenge

, without even?

realizing

?he was doing it? Hadn’t he?

set

?a boa constrictor on him?

revenge /r??vend?/ n.?報(bào)復(fù)

realize /'ri?la?z/ vt.?意識(shí)到

set /set/ vt.?放

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Harry looked back at Hagrid, smiling, and saw that Hagrid was?

positively

?

beaming

?at him.

positively /'pɑz?t?vli/ adv.?自信地

beam /bi?m/ vi.?面露喜色

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“See?” said Hagrid. “Harry Potter, not a wizard — you wait, you’ll be right famous at Hogwarts.”

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But Uncle Vernon wasn’t going to?

give in

?without a fight.

give in?屈服

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“Haven’t I told you he’s not going?” he?

hissed

.

hiss /h?s/ vi.?帶怒氣地低聲說(shuō)出(某事)

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“He’s going to Stonewall High and he’ll be grateful for it. I’ve read those letters and he needs all sorts of rubbish — spell books and wands and —”

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“If he wants ter go, a great Muggle like you won’t stop him,” growled Hagrid.

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“Stop Lily an’ James Potter’s son goin’ ter Hogwarts! Yer mad.?

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His name’s been down ever since he was born. He’s off ter the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world.

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Seven years there and he won’t know himself. He’ll be with youngsters of his own?

sort

, fer a change, an’ he’ll be under the greatest headmaster Hogwarts ever had, Albus Dumbled —”

sort /s??rt/ n.?某一種(或某一類)人

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“I AM NOT PAYING FOR SOME?

CRACKPOT

?OLD FOOL TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!” yelled Uncle Vernon.

crackpot /?kr?kpɑ?t/ n.?怪人

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But he had finally gone too far.?

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Hagrid seized his umbrella and?

whirled

?it over his head, “NEVER —” he thundered, “—?

INSULT

?— ALBUS — DUMBLEDORE — IN — FRONT — OF — ME!”

whirl /w??rl/ vt. & vi. (使)飛快移動(dòng)

insult /?n?s?lt/ vt.?侮辱

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He brought the umbrella?

swishing

?down through the air to point at Dudley —?

swish /sw??/ vi.?嗖地?fù)]動(dòng)

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there was a flash of violet light, a sound like a?

firecracker

, a sharp?

squeal

,

firecracker /'fa??kr?k?/ n.?鞭炮

squeal /skwil/ n.?尖叫聲

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and the next second, Dudley was dancing?

on the spot

?with his hands?

clasped

?over his fat bottom, howling in pain.

on the spot?立刻

clasp /kl?sp/ vt.?緊抱

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When he turned his back on them, Harry saw a curly pig’s tail?

poking

?through a hole in his?

trousers

.

poke /po?k/ vi.?伸出

trousers /'tra?z?z/ n.?褲子

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Uncle Vernon roared.?

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Pulling Aunt Petunia and Dudley into the other room, he?

cast

?one last?

terrified

?look at Hagrid and slammed the door behind them.

cast /k?st/ vt. & vi.?投

terrified /'t?r?fa?d/ adj.?極度驚慌的

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Hagrid looked down at his umbrella and?

stroked

?his beard.

stroke /stro?k/ vt.?輕撫

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“Shouldn’ta?

lost me temper

,” he said?

ruefully

,?

lose temper?發(fā)火

ruefully /?ruf?l?/ adv.?悔恨地

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“but it didn’t work anyway. Meant ter turn him into a pig, but I suppose he was so much like a pig anyway there wasn’t much left ter do.”

227

He cast a sideways look at Harry under his bushy eyebrows.

228

“Be?

grateful

?if yeh didn’t mention that ter anyone at Hogwarts,” he said.

grateful /?ɡre?tfl/ adj.?感謝的

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“I’m — er — not supposed ter do magic,?

strictly

?speakin’.?

strictly /?str?ktli/ adv.?嚴(yán)格地

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I was allowed ter do a bit ter follow yeh an’ get yer letters to yeh an’ stuff — one o’ the reasons I was so?

keen

?ter take on the job”

keen /ki?n/ adj.?熱心的

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“Why aren’t you supposed to do magic?” asked Harry.

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“Oh, well — I was at Hogwarts meself but I — er — got expelled, ter tell yeh the truth.

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In me third year. They snapped me wand in half an’ everything. But Dumbledore let me stay on as gamekeeper. Great man, Dumbledore.”

234

“Why were you expelled?”

235

“It’s gettin’ late and we’ve got lots ter do tomorrow,” said Hagrid loudly.?

236

“Gotta get up ter town, get all yer books an’ that.”

237

He took off his thick black coat and threw it to Harry.

238

“You can?

kip

?under that,” he said. “Don’ mind if it?

wriggles

?a bit, I think I still got a couple o’?

dormice

?in one o’ the pockets.”

kip /k?p/ vi.?躺下睡覺(jué)

wriggle /'r?ɡl/ v.?扭動(dòng)

dormice /?d?r,ma?s/ n.?睡鼠（dormouse的復(fù)數(shù)）

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