《哈利波特1》｜單詞注釋｜Chapter 15
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
1
THE FORBIDDEN FOREST
2
Things couldn’t have been worse.
3
Filch took them down to Professor McGonagall’s?
study
?on the first floor, where they sat and waited without saying a word to each other. Hermione was trembling.
study /'st?di/ n.?書房
4
Excuses,?
alibis
, and wild?
cover-up
?stories chased each other around Harry’s brain, each more?
feeble
?than the last. He couldn’t see how they were going to get out of trouble this time. They were?
cornered
.
alibi /'?l?ba?/ n.?不在場證明或辯解
cover-up /?k?v???p/ n.?掩飾
feeble /?fi?bl/ adj.?無效的
cornered /'k?rn?d/ adj.?被困得走投無路的
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How could they have been so stupid as to forget the Cloak?
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There was no reason on earth that Professor McGonagall would accept for their being out of bed and?
creeping
around the school in the?
dead
?of night,
creep /kri?p/ vi.?慢慢地移動
dead /d?d/ n.?深夜
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let alone being up the tallest?
Astronomy
?Tower, which was?
out-of-bounds
?except for classes.
astronomy /??strɑ?n?mi/ n.?天文學(xué)
out-of-bounds /?a?t?v?ba?ndz/ adj.?禁止入內(nèi)的
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Add Norbert and the Invisibility Cloak, and they might as well be packing their bags already.
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Had Harry thought that things couldn’t have been worse? He was wrong. When Professor McGonagall appeared, she was leading Neville.
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“Harry!” Neville burst out, the moment he saw the other two. “I was trying to find you to warn you, I heard Malfoy saying he was going to catch you, he said you had a drag —”
11
Harry shook his head?
violently
?to shut Neville up, but Professor McGonagall had seen. She looked more likely to?
breathe
?fire than Norbert as she?
towered
?over the three of them.
violently /'va??l?ntli/ adv.?強(qiáng)烈地
breathe /bri?e/ v.?吐出
tower /'ta??/ v.?屹立
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“I would never have believed it of any of you. Mr. Filch says you were up in the Astronomy Tower. It’s one o’clock in the morning. Explain yourselves.”
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It was the first time Hermione had ever failed to answer a teacher’s question. She was staring at her?
slippers
, as still as a statue.
slipper /?sl?p?r/ n.?拖鞋
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“I think I’ve got a good idea of what’s been going on,” said Professor McGonagall.
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“It doesn’t take a genius to work it out. You?
fed
?Draco Malfoy some?
cock-and-bull
?story about a dragon, trying to get him out of bed and into trouble. I’ve already caught him.
feed /fid/ v.?提供（意見或信息等
cock-and-bull /?kɑk?n?b?l/ adj.?荒唐的
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I suppose you think it’s funny that Longbottom here heard the story and believed it, too?”
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Harry caught Neville’s eye and tried to tell him without words that this wasn’t true, because Neville was looking?
stunned
?and?
hurt
.
stunned /st?nd/ adj.?受驚的
hurt /h??rt/ adj.?痛苦的
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Poor,?
blundering
?Neville — Harry knew what it must have?
cost
?him to try and find them in the dark, to warn them.
blundering /'bl?nd?r??/ adj.?粗笨的
cost /k??st/ v.?使付出努力
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“I’m?
disgusted
,” said Professor McGonagall.
disgusted /d?s'ɡ?st?d/ adj.?厭煩的
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“Four students out of bed in one night! I’ve never heard of such a thing before! You, Miss Granger, I thought you had more sense. As for you, Mr. Potter, I thought Gryffindor meant more to you than this.
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All three of you will receive?
detentions
?— yes, you too, Mr. Longbottom, nothing gives you the right to walk around school at night, especially these days, it’s very dangerous —?
detention /d??ten?n/ n.?監(jiān)禁
22
and fifty points will be taken from Gryffindor.”
23
“Fifty?” Harry gasped — they would lose the?
lead
, the lead he’d won in the last Quidditch match.
lead /li?d/ n.?領(lǐng)先地位
24
“Fifty points each,” said Professor McGonagall, breathing heavily through her long, pointed nose.
25
“Professor — please —”
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“You can’t —”
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“Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do, Potter. Now get back to bed, all of you. I’ve never been more?
ashamed
?of Gryffindor students.”
ashamed /???e?md/ adj.?恥于……的
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A hundred and fifty points lost. That put Gryffindor in last?
place
. In one night, they’d?
ruined
?any chance Gryffindor had had for the House Cup.
place /ples/ n.?排名
ruin /?ru??n/ vt.?毀掉
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Harry felt as though the bottom had dropped out of his stomach. How could they ever make up for this?
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Harry didn’t sleep all night. He could hear Neville sobbing into his pillow for what seemed like hours.
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Harry couldn’t think of anything to say to comfort him. He knew Neville, like himself, was?
dreading
?the?
dawn
.
dread /dred/ vt.?懼怕
dawn /d??n/ n.?黎明
32
What would happen when the rest of Gryffindor found out what they’d done?
33
At first, Gryffindors passing the giant?
hourglasses
?that recorded the House points the next day thought there’d been a mistake.?
hourglass /'a??ɡl?s/ n.?沙漏
34
How could they suddenly have a hundred and fifty points fewer than yesterday?
35
And then the story started to spread: Harry Potter, the famous Harry Potter, their hero of two Quidditch matches, had lost them all those points, him and a couple of other stupid first years.
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From being one of the most popular and admired people at the school, Harry was suddenly the most hated.
37
Even Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs?
turned on
?him, because everyone had been?
longing
?to see Slytherin lose the House Cup.
turn on?斥責(zé)
long /l??/ vi.?渴望
38
Everywhere Harry went, people pointed and didn’t trouble to lower their voices as they?
insulted
?him.
insult /?n?s?lt/ vt.?侮辱
39
Slytherins, on the other hand, clapped as he walked past them,?
whistling
?and?
cheering
, “Thanks Potter, we owe you one!”
whistle /?w?sl/ v.?吹口哨
cheer /t??r/ vi.?歡呼
40
Only Ron stood by him.
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“They’ll all forget this in a few weeks. Fred and George have lost loads of points in all the time they’ve been here, and people still like them.”
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“They’ve never lost a hundred and fifty points?
in one go
, though, have they?” said Harry?
miserably
.
in one go?一下子
miserably /?m?z?r?bl?/ adv.?痛苦地
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“Well — no,” Ron admitted.
44
It was a bit late to?
repair
?the damage, but Harry swore to himself not to?
meddle
?in things that weren’t his business from now on. He’d had it with sneaking around and spying.
repair /r??per/ vt.?補(bǔ)救
meddle /?medl/ vi.?干涉
45
He felt so ashamed of himself that he went to Wood and?
offered
?to?
resign
?from the Quidditch team.
offer /???f?r/ v.?主動提出
resign /r??za?n/ vt.?辭職
46
“Resign?” Wood?
thundered
. “What good’ll that do? How are we going to get any points back if we can’t win at Quidditch?”
thunder /?θ?nd?r/ vi.?怒喝
47
But even Quidditch had lost its fun. The rest of the team wouldn’t speak to Harry during practice, and if they had to speak about him, they called him “the Seeker.”
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Hermione and Neville were?
suffering
, too. They didn’t have as bad a time as Harry, because they weren’t as well-known, but nobody would speak to them, either.
suffer /?s?f?r/ v.?（因疾病、痛苦、悲傷等）受苦
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Hermione had stopped drawing attention to herself in class, keeping her head down and working in silence.
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Harry was almost glad that the exams weren’t far away.
51
All the?
revision
?he had to do kept his mind off his?
misery
.
revision /r??v??n/ n.?復(fù)習(xí)
misery /?m?z?ri/ n.?苦惱
52
He, Ron, and Hermione?
kept to themselves
, working late into the night,
keep to oneself?不交際
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trying to remember the?
ingredients
?in complicated potions, learn charms and spells?
by heart
,?
memorize
?the dates of magical discoveries and goblin?
rebellions
. . . .
ingredient /?n?ɡri?di?nt/ n.?配料
by heart?記牢
memorize /?mem?ra?z/ vt.?熟記
rebellion /r?'b?lj?n/ n.?叛亂
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Then, about a week before the exams?
were due to
?start, Harry’s new?
resolution
?not to?
interfere
?in anything that didn’t?
concern
?him was put to an unexpected test.
be due to?由于
resolution /?rez??lu??n/ n.?決心
interfere /??nt?r?f?r/ vi.?干預(yù)
concern /k?n?s??rn/ vt.?涉及
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Walking back from the library on his own one afternoon, he heard somebody?
whimpering
?from a classroom up ahead. As he drew closer, he heard Quirrell’s voice.
whimper /?w?mp?r/ vi.?啜泣
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“No — no — not again, please —”
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It sounded as though someone was?
threatening
?him. Harry moved closer.
threaten /?θretn/ vt.?威脅
58
“All right — all right —” he heard Quirrell sob.
59
Next second, Quirrell came hurrying out of the classroom?
straightening
?his turban.
straighten /'stretn/ v.?整理
60
He was pale and looked as though he was about to cry. He?
strode
?out of sight; Harry didn’t think Quirrell had even noticed him.
strode /strod/ v.?大步走（stride的過去式）
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He waited until Quirrell’s footsteps had disappeared, then peered into the classroom. It was empty, but a door stood?
ajar
?at the other end.
ajar /?'d?ɑr/ adv.?微開地
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Harry was halfway toward it before he remembered what he’d promised himself about not?
meddling
.
meddle /?medl/ vi.?干涉
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All the same, he’d have gambled twelve Philosopher’s Stones that Snape had just left the room,
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and from what Harry had just heard, Snape would be walking with a new?
spring
?in his step — Quirrell seemed to have?
given in
?at last.
spring /spr??/ n.?活力
give in?屈服
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Harry went back to the library, where Hermione was testing Ron on Astronomy. Harry told them what he’d heard.
66
“Snape’s done it, then!” said Ron. “If Quirrell’s told him how to break his?
Anti
-Dark Force spell —”
anti /'?nta?/ prep. <非正式>反對，對立
67
“There’s still Fluffy, though,” said Hermione.
68
“Maybe Snape’s found out how to get past him without asking Hagrid,” said Ron, looking up at the thousands of books surrounding them.
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“I bet there’s a book somewhere in here telling you how to get past a giant three-headed dog. So what do we do, Harry?”
70
The light of adventure was?
kindling
?again in Ron’s eyes, but Hermione answered before Harry could.
kindle /?k?ndl/ v.?激起
71
“Go to Dumbledore. That’s what we should have done ages ago. If we try anything ourselves we’ll be?
thrown out
?for sure.”
throw out?開除
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“But we’ve got no?
proof
!” said Harry.
proof /pru?f/ n.?證據(jù)
73
“Quirrell’s too scared to?
back us up
. Snape’s only got to say he doesn’t know how the troll got in at Halloween and that he was nowhere near the third floor — who do you think they’ll believe, him or us?
back sb up?支持某人
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It’s?
not exactly
?a secret we hate him, Dumbledore’ll think we made it up to get him?
sacked
.
not exactly?不全是
sack /s?k/ v. <非正式>?開除
75
Filch wouldn’t help us if his life depended on it, he’s too friendly with Snape, and the more students get thrown out, the better, he’ll think.
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And don’t forget, we’re not supposed to know about the Stone or Fluffy. That’ll take a lot of explaining.”
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Hermione looked?
convinced
, but Ron didn’t.
convince /k?n?v?ns/ vt.?說服
78
“If we just do a bit of?
poking
?around —”
poke vi.?閑蕩
79
“No,” said Harry?
flatly
, “we’ve done?
enough
?poking around.”
flatly /?fl?t?/ adv.?干脆地
enough /?'n?f/ adv.?足夠地
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He pulled a map of?
Jupiter
?toward him and started to learn the names of its?
moons
.
Jupiter /'d??p?t?/ n.?木星
moon /mun/ n.?衛(wèi)星
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The following morning, notes were delivered to Harry, Hermione, and Neville at the breakfast table. They were all the same:
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Your detention will?
take place
?at eleven o’clock tonight.
take place?進(jìn)行
83
Meet Mr. Filch in the entrance hall.
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Professor McGonagall
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Harry had forgotten they still had detentions to do in the?
furor
?over the points they’d lost.
furor /?fj?r??r/ n.?狂怒
86
He half expected Hermione to complain that this was a whole night of studying lost, but she didn’t say a word. Like Harry, she felt they?
deserved
?what they’d got.
deserved /d?'z?vd/ adj.?應(yīng)得的
87
At eleven o’clock that night, they said good-bye to Ron in the common room and went down to the entrance hall with Neville.
88
Filch was already there — and so was Malfoy. Harry had also forgotten that Malfoy had gotten a detention, too.
89
“Follow me,” said Filch, lighting a lamp and leading them outside.
90
“I bet you’ll think twice about breaking a school rule again, won’t you, eh?” he said,?
leering
?at them.
leer /l?r/ vi.?斜眼看
91
“Oh yes . . . hard work and pain are the best teachers if you ask me. . . . It’s just a?
pity
?they let the old punishments die out . . . hang you by your wrists from the ceiling for a few days,
pity /'p?ti/ n.?遺憾
92
I’ve got the chains still in my office, keep ’em well oiled in case they’re ever needed. . . . Right, off we go, and don’t think of running off, now, it’ll be worse for you if you do.”
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They marched off across the dark grounds. Neville kept sniffing.
94
Harry wondered what their punishment was going to be. It must be something really horrible, or Filch wouldn’t be sounding so delighted.
95
The moon was bright, but clouds?
scudding
?across it kept throwing them into darkness. Ahead, Harry could see the lighted windows of Hagrid’s hut. Then they heard a distant shout.
scud /sk?d/ vi.?順風(fēng)行駛
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“Is that you, Filch? Hurry up, I want ter get started.”
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Harry’s heart?
rose
; if they were going to be working with Hagrid it wouldn’t be so bad.
rise /ra?z/ v. (感情或情緒）?變得強(qiáng)烈
98
His relief must have showed in his face, because Filch said,
99
“I suppose you think you’ll be enjoying yourself with that?
oaf
? Well, think again, boy — it’s into the forest you’re going and I’m much?
mistaken
?if you’ll all come out?
in one piece
.”
oaf /of/ n.?白癡
mistaken /m??ste?k?n/ adj. (行動、想法、判斷等)錯誤的
in one piece?未受傷的
100
At this, Neville let out a little moan, and Malfoy stopped dead in his tracks.
101
“The forest?” he repeated, and he didn’t sound quite as cool as usual. “We can’t go in there at night — there’s all sorts of things in there —?
werewolves
, I heard.”
werewolf /'w?rw?lf/ n.?狼人
102
Neville clutched the sleeve of Harry’s robe and made a?
choking
?noise.
choking /?t?ok??/ adj.?令人窒息的
103
“That’s your problem, isn’t it?” said Filch, his voice?
cracking
?with?
glee
. “Should’ve thought of them werewolves before you got in trouble, shouldn’t you?”
crack /kr?k/ vt. & vi. (使)發(fā)出爆裂聲
glee /ɡli?/ n.?快樂
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Hagrid came striding toward them out of the dark, Fang at his?
heel
. He was carrying his large?
crossbow
, and a?
quiver
?of arrows hung over his shoulder.
heel /hi?l/ n.?后跟
crossbow /'kr?s'bo/ n.?弩
quiver /?kw?v?r/ n.?箭袋
105
“Abou’ time,” he said. “I bin waitin’ fer half an hour already. All right, Harry, Hermione?”
106
“I shouldn’t be too friendly to them, Hagrid,” said Filch coldly, “they’re here to be punished, after all.”
107
“That’s why yer late, is it?” said Hagrid, frowning at Filch. “Bin?
lecturin’
?them, eh? ’Snot your place ter do that. Yeh’ve done yer bit, I’ll?
take over
?from here.”
lecture /?lekt??r/ v.?訓(xùn)斥
take over?接管
108
“I’ll be back at dawn,” said Filch, “for what’s left of them,” he added?
nastily
, and he turned and started back toward the castle, his lamp?
bobbing
?away in the darkness.
nastily /?n?st?l?/ adv.?討厭地
bob /bɑ?b/ vt.?使上下(或來回)快速擺動
109
Malfoy now turned to Hagrid.
110
“I’m not going in that forest,” he said, and Harry was pleased to hear the?
note
?of panic in his voice.
note /no?t/ n.?語氣
111
“Yeh are if yeh want ter stay at Hogwarts,” said Hagrid?
fiercely
. “Yeh’ve done wrong an’ now yeh’ve got ter pay fer it.”
fiercely /?f?rsl?/ adv.?兇猛地
112
“But this is?
servant
?stuff, it’s not for students to do. I thought we’d be writing?
lines
?or something, if my father knew I was doing this, he’d —”
servant /?s??rv?nt/ n.?傭人
113
“— tell yer that’s how it is at Hogwarts,” Hagrid?
growled
.
growl /ɡra?l/ vi.（人）低聲咆哮著說
114
“Writin’ lines! What good’s that ter anyone? Yeh’ll do summat useful or yeh’ll get out. If yeh think yer father’d rather you were expelled, then get back off ter the castle an’ pack. Go on!”
115
Malfoy didn’t move. He looked at Hagrid?
furiously
, but then dropped his?
gaze
.
furiously /?fj??r??sl?/ adv.?狂怒地
gaze /ɡe?z/ vi.?凝視
116
“Right then,” said Hagrid, “now, listen carefully, ’cause it’s dangerous what we’re gonna do tonight, an’ I don’ want no one takin’ risks. Follow me over here a moment.”
117
He led them to the very edge of the forest. Holding his lamp up high, he pointed down a narrow, winding?
earth
?
track
that disappeared into the thick black trees.
earth /?θ/ n.?泥土
track /tr?k/ n.?小道
118
A light breeze lifted their hair as they looked into the forest.
119
“Look there,” said Hagrid,
120
“see that stuff shinin’ on the ground? Silvery stuff? That’s unicorn blood. There’s a unicorn in there bin hurt badly by?
summat
. This is the second time in a week. I found one dead last Wednesday.
summat pron.?〈英〉〈方〉某東西
121
We’re gonna try an’ find the poor thing. We might have ter put it out of its?
misery
.”
misery /?m?z?ri/ n.?痛苦
122
“And what if whatever hurt the unicorn finds us first?” said Malfoy, unable to keep the fear out of his voice.
123
“There’s nothin’ that lives in the forest that’ll hurt yeh if yer with me or Fang,” said Hagrid.
124
“An’ keep ter the path. Right, now, we’re gonna split inter two parties an’ follow the?
trail
?in diff’rent directions. There’s blood all over the place, it must’ve bin?
stagger
in’ around since last night at least.”
trail /tre?l/ n.?痕跡
stagger /?st?ɡ?r/ v.?搖搖晃晃地走
125
“I want Fang,” said Malfoy quickly, looking at Fang’s long teeth.
126
“All right, but I warn yeh, he’s a?
coward
,” said Hagrid.
coward /?ka??rd/ n.?懦夫
127
“So me, Harry, an’ Hermione’ll go one way an’ Draco, Neville, an’ Fang’ll go the other. Now, if any of us finds the unicorn, we’ll send up green sparks, right?
128
Get yer wands out an’ practice now — that’s it — an’ if anyone gets in trouble, send up red sparks, an’ we’ll all come an’ find yeh — so, be careful — let’s go.”
129
The forest was black and silent. A little way into it they reached a?
fork
?in the earth path, and Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid took the left path while Malfoy, Neville, and Fang took the right.
fork /f?rk/ n. (道路或河流的)分岔處
130
They walked in silence, their eyes on the?
ground
. Every now and then a ray of moonlight through the branches above?
lit
?a spot of silver-blue blood on the?
fallen
?leaves.
ground /ɡra?nd/ n.?地面
light /la?t/ v.?照亮
fallen /'f?l?n/ adj.?落下的
131
Harry saw that Hagrid looked very worried.
132
“Could a werewolf be killing the unicorns?” Harry asked.
133
“Not fast enough,” said Hagrid. “It’s not easy ter catch a unicorn, they’re powerful magic creatures. I never knew one ter be hurt before.”
134
They walked past a?
mossy
?tree stump. Harry could hear?
running
?water; there must be a stream somewhere close by.?
mossy /'m?si/ adj.?長滿苔蘚的
running /?r?n??/ adj.?流動的
135
There were still spots of unicorn blood here and there along the winding path.
136
“You all right, Hermione?” Hagrid whispered. “Don’ worry, it can’t’ve gone far if it’s this badly hurt, an’ then we’ll be able ter — GET BEHIND THAT TREE!”
137
Hagrid seized Harry and Hermione and?
hoisted
?them off the path behind a?
towering
?oak.
hoist /h??st/ vt.?把…吊起
towering /?ta??r??/ adj.?高聳的
138
He pulled out an arrow and fitted it into his crossbow, raising it, ready to?
fire
.
fire /?fa??r/ vi.?射擊
139
The three of them listened. Something was?
slithering
?over?
dead
?leaves nearby: it sounded like a cloak?
trailing
?along the ground.
slither /'sl?e?/ vi.?連走帶跑地滑
dead /d?d/ adj.?無生命的
trail /tre?l/ vt. & vi. (使某物)被拖在后面
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Hagrid was?
squinting
?up the dark path, but after a few seconds, the sound faded away.
squint /skw?nt/ vi.?瞇著眼
141
“I knew it,” he murmured. “There’s summat in here that shouldn’ be.”
142
“A werewolf?” Harry suggested.
143
“That wasn’ no werewolf an’ it wasn’ no unicorn, neither,” said Hagrid?
grimly
. “Right, follow me, but careful, now.”
grimly /?ɡr?ml?/ adv.?冷酷地
144
They walked more slowly, ears?
straining
?for the faintest sound. Suddenly, in a?
clearing
?ahead, something definitely moved.
strain /stre?n/ vi.?盡力
clearing /?kl?r??/ n.?空地
145
“Who’s there?” Hagrid called. “Show yerself — I’m armed!”
146
And into the clearing came — was it a man, or a horse? To the?
waist
, a man, with red hair and beard, but below that was a horse’s?
gleaming
?
chestnut
?body with a long,?
reddish
?tail.
waist /we?st/ n.?腰
gleaming / ?ɡlim??/ adj.?閃閃發(fā)光的
chestnut /'t??sn?t/ n.?栗色馬
reddish /'r?d??/ adj.略帶紅色的
147
Harry and Hermione’s?
jaws
?dropped.
jaw /d???/ n.?下巴
148
“Oh, it’s you, Ronan,” said Hagrid in relief. “How are yeh?”
149
He walked forward and shook the?
centaur
’s hand.
centaur /'s?nt?r/ n. (希臘神話中)半人半馬怪物
150
“Good evening to you, Hagrid,” said Ronan. He had a deep,?
sorrowful
?voice. “Were you going to shoot me?”
sorrowful /'sɑrofl/ adj.?悲傷的
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“Can’t be too careful, Ronan,” said Hagrid, patting his crossbow.
152
“There’s summat bad?
loose
?in this forest. This is Harry Potter an’ Hermione Granger, by the way. Students up at the school. An’ this is Ronan, you two. He’s a centaur.”
loose /lu?s/ n.?在逃
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“We’d noticed,” said Hermione faintly.
154
“Good evening,” said Ronan. “Students, are you? And do you learn much, up at the school?”
155
“Erm —”
156
“A bit,” said Hermione?
timidly
.
timidly /?t?m?dl?/ adv.?羞怯地
157
“A bit. Well, that’s something.” Ronan sighed. He?
flung back
?his head and stared at the sky. “Mars is bright tonight.”
fling back?向后甩
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“Yeah,” said Hagrid, glancing up, too. “Listen, I’m glad we’ve run inter yeh, Ronan, ’cause there’s a unicorn bin hurt — you seen anythin’?”
159
Ronan didn’t answer immediately. He stared unblinkingly upward, then sighed again.
160
“Always the?
innocent
?are the first?
victims
,” he said. “So it has been for ages past, so it is now.”
innocent /??n?snt/ adj.?無辜的
victim /?v?kt?m/ n.?受害者
161
“Yeah,” said Hagrid, “but have yeh seen anythin’, Ronan? Anythin’ unusual?”
162
“Mars is bright tonight,” Ronan repeated, while Hagrid watched him impatiently. “Unusually bright.”
163
“Yeah, but I was meanin’ anythin’ unusual a bit nearer home,” said Hagrid. “So yeh haven’t noticed anythin’ strange?”
164
Yet again, Ronan took a while to answer. At last, he said, “The forest hides many secrets.”
165
A movement in the trees behind Ronan made Hagrid raise his bow again, but it was only a second centaur, black-haired and -bodied and wilder-looking than Ronan.
166
“Hullo, Bane,” said Hagrid. “All right?”
167
“Good evening, Hagrid, I hope you are well?”
168
“
Well enough
. Look, I’ve jus’ bin askin’ Ronan, you seen anythin’ odd in here lately? There’s a unicorn bin?
injured
?— would yeh know anythin’ about it?”
well enough?還可以
injure /??nd??r/ vt.?傷害(指身體上造成的任何傷害)
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Bane walked over to stand next to Ronan. He looked skyward.
170
“Mars is bright tonight,” he said simply.
171
“We’ve heard,” said Hagrid?
grumpily
. “Well, if either of you do see anythin’, let me know, won’t yeh? We’ll be off, then.”
grumpily /'gr?mpili/ adv.?脾氣粗暴地
172
Harry and Hermione followed him out of the clearing, staring over their shoulders at Ronan and Bane until the trees blocked their view.
173
“Never,” said Hagrid?
irritably
, “try an’ get a straight answer out of a centaur.?
Ruddy
?
stargazers
. Not interested in anythin’ closer’n the moon.”
irritably /??r?t?bl?/ adv.?暴躁地
ruddy /?r?di/ adj. (表示生氣)討厭的
stargazer /'stɑrɡez?/ n. <非正式>天文學(xué)家
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“Are there many of them in here?” asked Hermione.
175
“Oh, a fair few. . . . Keep themselves to themselves mostly, but they’re good enough about?
turnin’ up
?if ever I want a?
word
. They’re deep, mind, centaurs . . . they know things . . . jus’ don’?
let on
?much.”
turn up?出現(xiàn)
word /w??rd/ n.?談話
let on?泄漏
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“D’you think that was a centaur we heard earlier?” said Harry.
177
“Did that sound like?
hooves
?to you? Nah, if yeh ask me, that was what’s bin killin’ the unicorns — never heard anythin’ like it before.”
hoof /huf/ n.?（馬等動物的）蹄
178
They walked on through the?
dense,
?dark trees.
dense /dens/ adj.?濃密的
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Harry kept looking nervously over his shoulder. He had the?
nasty
?feeling they were being watched. He was very glad they had Hagrid and his crossbow with them.
nasty /?n?sti/ adj.?險惡的
180
They had just passed a?
bend
?in the path when Hermione grabbed Hagrid’s arm.
bend n.?（路）轉(zhuǎn)彎
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“Hagrid! Look! Red sparks, the others are in trouble!”
182
“You two wait here!” Hagrid shouted. “Stay on the path, I’ll come back for yeh!”
183
They heard him?
crashing
?away through the?
undergrowth
?and stood looking at each other, very scared, until they couldn’t hear anything but the rustling of leaves around them.
crash /kr??/ v.?發(fā)出巨響
undergrowth /'?nd?ɡroθ/ n.?灌木叢
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“You don’t think they’ve been hurt, do you?” whispered Hermione.
185
“I don’t care if Malfoy has, but if something’s got Neville . . . it’s our fault he’s here?
in the first place
.”
in the first place?首先
186
The minutes dragged by. Their ears seemed sharper than usual. Harry’s seemed to be picking up every sigh of the wind, every cracking?
twig
. What was going on? Where were the others?
twig /tw?ɡ/ n.?細(xì)枝
187
At last, a great?
crunching
?noise announced Hagrid’s return. Malfoy, Neville, and Fang were with him.
crunch /kr?nt?/ v. (使)發(fā)出碎裂聲
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Hagrid was?
fuming
. Malfoy, it seemed, had sneaked up behind Neville and grabbed him for a?
joke
. Neville had?
panicked
?and sent up the sparks.
fume /fju?m/ vi.?發(fā)怒
joke /d?ok/ n.?惡作劇
panic /?p?n?k/ adj.?恐慌的
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“We’ll be lucky ter catch anythin’ now, with the?
racket
?you two were makin’. Right, we’re changin’ groups — Neville, you stay with me an’ Hermione, Harry, you go with Fang an’ this idiot. I’m sorry,”
racket /'r?k?t/ n.?吵鬧聲
190
Hagrid added in a whisper to Harry, “but he’ll have a harder time frightenin’ you, an’ we’ve gotta get this done.”
191
So Harry set off into the heart of the forest with Malfoy and Fang.
192
They walked for nearly half an hour, deeper and deeper into the forest, until the path became almost impossible to?
follow
?because the trees were so thick.
follow /?fɑ?lo?/ vt. & vi.?沿著（道路、標(biāo)志等）
193
Harry thought the blood seemed to be getting thicker. There were?
splashes
?on the roots of a tree, as though the poor creature had been?
thrashing
?around in pain close by.
splash /spl??/ n.?光斑
thrash /θr??/ vi.?輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)
194
Harry could see a clearing ahead, through the tangled branches of an ancient oak.
195
“Look —” he murmured, holding out his arm to stop Malfoy.
196
Something bright white was gleaming on the ground. They?
inched
?closer.
inch /?nt?/ vi.?慢慢前進(jìn)
197
It was the unicorn all right, and it was dead. Harry had never seen anything so beautiful and sad.
198
Its long, slender legs were stuck out at odd angles where it had?
fallen
?and its?
mane
?was?
spread
?
pearly
-white on the dark leaves.
fall /f??l/ v.?陣亡
mane /men/ n.?（馬等的）鬃毛
spread /spr?d/ v.?鋪開
pearly /'p?li/ adj.?珍珠似的
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Harry had taken one step toward it when a?
slithering
?sound made him freeze where he stood. A?
bush
?on the edge of the clearing quivered. . . .
slither /'sl?e?/ vi.?連走帶跑地滑
bush /b??/ n.?灌木(叢)
200
Then, out of the shadows, a?
hooded
?figure came?
crawling
?across the ground like some?
stalking
?beast.
hooded /'h?d?d/ adj.?有罩蓋的
crawl /kr??l/ vi.?爬行
stalking /'st?:ki?/ n.?圍捕
201
Harry, Malfoy, and Fang stood?
transfixed
. The cloaked figure reached the unicorn, it lowered its head over the?
wound
in the animal’s side, and began to drink its blood.
transfix /tr?ns'f?ks/ vt.?使驚恐
wound /wund/ n.?傷口
202
“AAAAAAAAAAARGH!”
203
Malfoy let out a terrible scream and?
bolted
?— so did Fang.
bolt /bo?lt/ vi.?逃跑
204
The hooded figure raised its head and looked right at Harry — unicorn blood was?
dribbling
?down its front. It got to its feet and came?
swiftly
?towards him — he couldn’t move for fear.
dribble /'dr?bl/ vt. & vi. (使液體)滴下或作細(xì)流
swiftly /?s w?ftl?/ adv.?敏捷地
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Then a pain?
pierced
?his head like he’d never felt before, it was as though his scar was on fire – half-
blinded
, he?
staggered
?backwards.
pierced /p?rst/ v.?穿通（pierce的過去分詞形式）
blind /bla?nd/ adj.?瞎的
stagger /?st?ɡ?r/ v.?搖搖晃晃地走
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He heard?
hooves
?behind him,?
galloping
, and something jumped?
clean
?over Harry,?
charging
?at the figure.
hoof /huf/ n.?（馬等動物的）蹄
gallop /?ɡ?l?p/ v.?（馬）飛跑
clean /klin/ adv.?完全地
charge /t?ɑ?rd?/ vi.?向前沖
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The pain in Harry’s head was so bad he fell to his knees.
208
It took a minute or two to pass. When he looked up, the figure had gone. A centaur was standing over him, not Ronan or Bane; this one looked younger; he had white-
blond
?hair and a?
palomino
?body.
blond /blɑnd/ adj.?淡黃色的
palomino /?p?l?'mino/ n. [動]帕洛米諾馬
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“Are you all right?” said the centaur, pulling Harry to his feet.
210
“Yes — thank you — what was that?”
211
The centaur didn’t answer. He had astonishingly blue eyes, like?
pale
?
sapphires
.
pale /pe?l/ adj.?（顏色）淡的
sapphire /'s?fa??/ n.?藍(lán)寶石
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He looked carefully at Harry, his eyes?
lingering
?on the scar that?
stood out
,?
livid
, on Harry’s forehead.
linger /?l??ɡ?r/ vi.?逗留
stand out?突出
livid /'l?v?d/ adj.?青灰色的
213
“You are the Potter boy,” he said. “You had better get back to Hagrid. The forest is not safe at this time — especially for you. Can you ride? It will be quicker this way.
214
“My name is Firenze,” he added, as he lowered himself on to his front legs so that Harry could clamber onto his back.
215
There was suddenly a sound of more?
galloping
?from the other side of the clearing. Ronan and Bane came bursting through the trees, their?
flanks
?
heaving
?and sweaty.
gallop /?ɡ?l?p/ v.?（馬）飛跑
flank /fl??k/ n.?脅腹
heave /hi?v/ vi.?起伏
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“Firenze!” Bane thundered. “What are you doing? You have a human on your back! Have you no shame? Are you a?
common
?
mule
?”
common /'kɑm?n/ adj.?普通的
mule /mju?l/ n.?騾子
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“Do you realize who this is?” said Firenze. “This is the Potter boy. The quicker he leaves this forest, the better.”
218
“What have you been telling him?”?
growled
?Bane. “Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the?
heavens.
?Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?”
growl /ɡra?l/ vt.?低聲咆哮著說
heaven /?hevn/ n.?神
219
Ronan?
pawed
?the ground nervously. “I’m sure Firenze thought he was acting?
for the best
,” he said in his?
gloomy
voice.
paw /p??/ v.?用爪子抓（或撓）
for the best?出于好意
gloomy /?ɡlu?mi/ adj. d陰郁的
220
Bane kicked his back legs in anger.
221
“For the best! What is that to do with us? Centaurs are?
concerned
?with what has been?
foretold
! It is not our business to run around like?
donkeys
?after?
stray
?humans in our forest!”
concern /k?n?s??rn/ vt.?使擔(dān)心
foretell /f??r?tel/ vt.?預(yù)言
donkey /?dɑ??ki/ n.?驢子
stray /stre?/ adj.?走失的
222
Firenze suddenly?
reared
?on to his?
hind
?legs in anger, so that Harry had to grab his shoulders to stay on.
rear /r?r/ vi.?暴跳
hind /ha?nd/ adj. (常指動物腿)后面的
223
“Do you not see that unicorn?” Firenze?
bellowed
?at Bane.
bellow /?belo?/ vi.?怒吼
224
“Do you not understand why it was killed? Or have the planets not?
let you in on
?that secret? I?
set myself against
what is?
lurking
?in this forest, Bane, yes, with humans?
alongside
?me if I must.”
let in on vt.?讓......知道(秘密)
set oneself against?堅(jiān)決地反對
lurk /l??rk/ vi.?潛伏
alongside /??l????sa?d/ prep.?與……并肩（工作）
225
And Firenze?
whisked
?around; with Harry?
clutching
?on as best he could, they?
plunged
?off into the trees, leaving Ronan and Bane behind them.
whisk /w?sk/ vi.?飛奔
clutch /kl?t?/ vi.?緊抓
plunge /pl?nd?/ vi.?跳進(jìn)
226
Harry didn’t have a?
clue
?what was going on.
clue /klu?/ n.?理解
227
“Why’s Bane so angry?” he asked. “What was that thing you saved me from, anyway?”
228
Firenze slowed to a walk, warned Harry to keep his head bowed in case of?
low-hanging
?branches, but did not answer Harry’s question.
low-hanging?低懸的
229
They made their way through the trees in silence for so long that Harry thought Firenze didn’t want to talk to him anymore.
230
They were passing through a particularly?
dense
?
patch
?of trees, however, when Firenze suddenly stopped.
dense /dens/ adj.?濃密的
a patch of?一片
231
“Harry Potter, do you know what unicorn blood is used for?”
232
“No,” said Harry,?
startled
?by the odd question. “We’ve only used the horn and tail hair in?
Potions
.”
startle /?stɑ?rtl/ vi.?驚奇
potion /'po??n/ n. (藥物、毒物或有魔力的)飲料
233
“That is because it is a?
monstrous
?thing, to?
slay
?a unicorn,” said Firenze.
monstrous /?mɑ?nstr?s/ adj.?極可惡的
slay /sle?/ vi.?殺害
234
“Only one who has nothing to lose, and everything to gain, would commit such a crime. The blood of a unicorn will keep you alive, even if you are an inch from death, but at a?
terrible
?price.
terrible /'t?r?bl/ adj.?可怕的
235
You have?
slain
?something?
pure
?and?
defenseless
?to save yourself, and you will have but a half-life, a?
cursed
?life, from the moment the blood touches your lips.”
slain /slen/ v.?殺死（slay的過去分詞）
pure /pj?r/ adj.?純潔的
defenseless /d?'f?nsl?s/ adj. <主美>無保護(hù)的
cursed /k?st/ adj.?被詛咒的
236
Harry stared at the back of Firenze’s head, which was?
dappled
?silver in the moonlight.
dapple /'d?pl/ v. (使)起斑紋
237
“But who’d be that desperate?” he wondered aloud. “If you’re going to be cursed forever, death’s better, isn’t it?”
238
“It is,” Firenze agreed,
239
“unless all you need is to stay alive long enough to drink something else — something that will bring you back to full strength and power — something that will mean you can never die.
240
Mr. Potter, do you know what is hidden in the school?
at this very moment
?”
at this very moment?此時此刻
241
“The Philosopher’s Stone! Of course – the Elixir of Life! But I don’t understand who –”
242
“Can you think of nobody who has waited many years to return to power, who has?
clung
?to life, awaiting their chance?”
cling /kl??/ v.?緊握
243
It was as though an iron fist had clenched suddenly around Harry’s heart.
244
Over the rustling of the trees, he seemed to hear?
once more
?what Hagrid had told him on the night they had met:
once more?再一次
245
“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
dunno /d?'no/ vi. [口]我不知道
human /'hjum?n/ adj.?（尤指缺點(diǎn)或弱點(diǎn)）顯示人的本性的
246
“Do you mean,” Harry?
croaked
, “that was Vol —”
croak /kro?k/ v.?用嘶啞的聲音說
247
“Harry! Harry, are you all right?”
248
Hermione was running toward them down the path, Hagrid?
puffing
?along behind her.
puff v.?氣喘吁吁
249
“I’m fine,” said Harry, hardly knowing what he was saying. “The unicorn’s dead, Hagrid, it’s in that clearing back there.”
250
“This is where I leave you,” Firenze murmured as Hagrid hurried off to?
examine
?the unicorn. “You are safe now.”
examine /?ɡ?z?m?n/ vt.?仔細(xì)檢查
251
Harry?
slid
?off his back.
slide /sla?d/ vi.?滑落
252
“Good luck, Harry Potter,” said Firenze. “The planets have been?
read
?
wrongly
?before now, even by centaurs. I hope this is one of those times.”
read /rid/ v.?解讀
wrongly /?rɑ?l?/ adv.?錯誤地
253
He turned and?
cantered
?back into the depths of the forest, leaving Harry shivering behind him.
canter /'k?nt?/ vi.?慢跑
254
Ron had fallen asleep in the dark common room, waiting for them to return.?
255
He shouted something about Quidditch?
fouls
?when Harry?
roughly
?shook him awake.
foul /fa?l/ n.?犯規(guī)
roughly /?r?fli/ adv.?粗暴地
256
In?
a matter of
?seconds, though, he was wide-eyed as Harry began to tell him and Hermione what had happened in the forest.
a matter of?大約
257
Harry couldn’t sit down. He?
paced
?up and down in front of the fire. He was still shaking.
pace /pe?s/ vt. & vi.?踱步于
258
“Snape wants the Stone for Voldemort . . . and Voldemort’s waiting in the forest . . . and all this time we thought Snape just wanted to get rich. . . .”
259
“Stop saying the name!” said Ron in a terrified whisper, as if he thought Voldemort could hear them.
260
Harry wasn’t listening.
261
“Firenze saved me, but he shouldn’t have done so. . . . Bane was furious . . . he was talking about?
interfering
?with what the planets say is going to happen. . . .?
interfere /??nt?r?f?r/ vi.?干預(yù)
262
They must show that Voldemort’s coming back. . . . Bane thinks Firenze should have let Voldemort kill me. . . . I suppose that’s written in the stars as well.”
263
“Will you stop saying the name!” Ron hissed.
264
“So all I’ve got to wait for now is Snape to steal the Stone,” Harry went on?
feverishly
, “then Voldemort will be able to come and finish me off. . . . Well, I suppose Bane’ll be happy.”
feverishly /?fiv??r??l?/ adv.?狂熱地
265
Hermione looked very frightened, but she had a word of?
comfort
.
comfort /?k?mf?rt/ n.?安慰
266
“Harry, everyone says Dumbledore’s the only one You-Know-Who was ever afraid of. With Dumbledore around, You-Know-Who won’t touch you.
267
Anyway, who says the centaurs are right? It sounds like?
fortune-telling
?to me, and Professor McGonagall says that’s a very?
imprecise
?branch of magic.”
fortune-telling /'f?:t??n,teli?/ n.?算命
imprecise /??mpr??sa?s/ adj.?不精確的
268
The sky had turned light before they stopped talking. They went to bed?
exhausted
, their throats?
sore
. But the night’s surprises weren’t over.
exhausted /?ɡ?z??st?d/ adj.?精疲力盡的
sore /s??r/ adj.?（發(fā)炎）疼痛的
269
When Harry pulled back his sheets, he found his Invisibility Cloak folded neatly underneath them. There was a note pinned to it:
270
Just in case.
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