When they had left the shop, he said, “Hagrid, what’s Quidditch?”

301

“Blimey, Harry, I keep forgettin’ how little yeh know — not knowin’ about Quidditch!”

302

“Don’t make me feel worse,” said Harry. He told Hagrid about the pale boy in Madam Malkin’s.

303

“— and he said people from Muggle families shouldn’t even be allowed in —”

304

“Yer not from a Muggle family. If he’d known who yeh were — he’s grown up knowin’ yer name if his parents are wizardin’ folk. you saw ’em in the Leaky Cauldron

305

Anyway, what does he know about it, some o’ the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in ’em in a long line o’ Muggles — look at yer mum! Look what she had fer a sister!”

306

“So what is Quidditch?”

307

“It’s our sport. Wizard sport. It’s like — like football in the Muggle world — everyone follows Quidditch — played up in the air on broomsticks and there’s four balls — sorta hard ter explain the rules.”

308

“And what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?”

309

“School Houses. There’s four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o’?

duffers

, but —”

duffer /'d?f?/ n.?笨蛋

310

“I bet I’m in Hufflepuff,” said Harry gloomily.

311

“Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin,” said Hagrid darkly. “There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one.”

312

“Vol-, sorry — You-Know-Who was at Hogwarts?”

313

“Years an’ years ago,” said Hagrid.

314

They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as?

paving stones

?

bound

?in leather;

paving stones n.?鋪路石

bind /ba?nd/ vt.?裝訂

315

books the size of postage stamps in covers of?

silk

; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.

silk /s?lk/ n.?絲綢

316

Even Dudley, who never read anything, would have been wild to get his hands on some of these.

317

Hagrid almost had to drag Harry away from?

Curses

?and Counter-curses?

curse /k?s/ vt. & vi.?詛咒

318

(Bewitch Your Friends and?

Befuddle

?Your Enemies with the Latest?

Revenges

: Hair Loss,?

Jelly

-Legs, Tongue-

Tying

and Much, Much More) by Professor Vindictus Viridian.

befuddle /b??f?dl/ vt.?使迷惑

revenge /r??vend?/ n.?復(fù)仇

jelly /?d?eli/ n.?果凍

tying /'ta???/ n.?結(jié)子

319

“I was trying to find out how to curse Dudley.”

320

“I’m not sayin’ that’s not a good idea, but yer not ter use magic in the Muggle world except in very special circumstances,” said Hagrid.

321

“An’ anyway, yeh couldn’ work any of them curses yet, yeh’ll need a lot more study before yeh get ter that level.”

322

Hagrid wouldn’t let Harry buy a solid gold cauldron, either (“It says pewter on yer list”), but they got a nice set of scales for weighing potion?

ingredients

?and a?

collapsible

?brass?

telescope

.

ingredient /?n?ɡri?di?nt/ n. (混合物的)組成部分

collapsible /k?'l?ps?bl/ adj.?可折疊的

telescope /?tel?sko?p/ n.?望遠(yuǎn)鏡

323

Then they visited the?

Apothecar

y, which was?

fascinating

?enough to?

make up

?for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and?

rotted

?cabbages.

apothecary /?'pɑθ?'k?ri/ n.?藥店

fascinating /?f?s?ne?t??/ adj.?有極大吸引力的

make up v.?彌補(bǔ)

rot /rɑ?t/ vt. & vi. (使)腐爛

324

Barrels of?

slimy

?stuff stood on the floor;?

jars

?of?

herbs

, dried roots, and bright?

powders

?lined the walls;?

slimy /?sla?mi/ adj.?黏滑的

jar /d?ɑ?r/ n.?罐子

herb /??rb/ n.?藥草

powder /?pa?d?r/ n.?粉末

325

bundles

?of feathers, strings of?

fangs,

?and?

snarled

?claws hung from the ceiling.

bundle /?b?ndl/ n.?捆

fang /f??/ n. (尤指狗和狼的)長而尖的牙

snarled /sna:rld/ adj.?糾纏不清的

326

While Hagrid asked the man behind the counter for a supply of some basic potion?

ingredients

?for Harry,

ingredient /?n?ɡri?di?nt/ n. (混合物的)組成部分

327

Harry himself examined silver unicorn?

horns

?at twenty-one Galleons each and?

minuscule

,?

glittery

-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a?

scoop

).

horn /h?:n/ n.?角制品

minuscule /'m?n?skjul/ n.?小寫字

glittery /'ɡl?t?ri/ adj.?閃光的

scoop /skup/ n.?一勺[鏟]之量

328

Outside the Apothecary, Hagrid checked Harry’s list again.

329

“Just yer wand left — oh yeah, an’ I still haven’t got yeh a birthday present.”

330

Harry felt himself go red.

331

“You don’t have to —”

332

“I know I don’t have to. Tell yeh what, I’ll get yer animal.?

333

Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh’d be laughed at — an’ I don’ like cats, they make me?

sneeze

.

sneeze /sniz/ vi.?打噴嚏

334

I’ll get yer an owl. All the kids want owls, they’re dead useful, carry yer post an’ everythin’.”

335

Twenty minutes later, they left Eeylops Owl?

Emporium

, which had been dark and full of?

rustling

?and?

flickering

, jewel-bright eyes.

emporium /?m'p?r??m/ n.?商場

rustle /?r?sl/ vt. & vi.?發(fā)出沙沙的聲音

flickering /?fl?k?r??/ adj.?閃爍的

336

Harry now carried a large cage which held a beautiful snowy owl, fast asleep with her head under her wing.?

337

He couldn’t stop stammering his thanks, sounding just like Professor Quirrell.

338

“Don’ mention it,” said Hagrid?

gruffly

. “Don’ expect you’ve had a?

lotta

?presents from them Dursleys. Just Ollivanders left now — only place fer wands, Ollivanders, and yeh gotta have the best wand.”

gruffly /'gr?fli/ adv.?粗聲地

lotta /'lɑt?/ n. [口語]許多（等于lot of）

339

A magic wand . . . this was what Harry had been really looking forward to.

340

The last shop was narrow and?

shabby

.?

Peeling

?gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382?

B.C

.?

shabby /???bi/ adj.?破舊的

peeling /'pil??/ n.?剝蝦的(一塊)皮

B.C abbr.?公元前

341

A single wand lay on a faded purple?

cushion

?in the dusty window.

cushion /?k??n/ n.?墊子

342

A?

tinkling

?bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as they stepped inside.

tinkling /'t??kl??/ n.?叮叮聲

343

It was a tiny place, empty except for a single,?

spindly

?chair which Hagrid sat on to wait.

spindly /?sp?ndli/ adj.?細(xì)長的

344

Harry felt strangely as though he had entered a very?

strict

?library;

strict /str?kt/ adj.?嚴(yán)格的

345

he swallowed a lot of new questions which had just occurred to him and looked instead at the thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling.

346

For some reason, the back of his neck?

prickled

.

prickle /'pr?kl/ vi.?引起刺痛

347

The very dust and silence in here seemed to?

tingle

?with some secret magic.

tingle /'t??ɡl/ vi.?感到刺痛

348

“Good afternoon,” said a soft voice. Harry jumped. Hagrid must have jumped, too, because there was a loud crunching noise and he got quickly off the?

spindly

?chair.

spindly /?sp?ndli/ adj.?細(xì)長的

349

An old man was standing before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like moons through the?

gloom

?of the shop.

gloom /ɡlu?m/ n.?昏暗

350

“Hello,” said Harry?

awkwardly

.

awkwardly /? ?k w?..dl?/ adv.?笨拙地

351

“Ah yes,” said the man.

352

“Yes, yes. I thought I’d be seeing you soon. Harry Potter. It wasn’t a question.”

353

“You have your mother’s eyes. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long,?

swishy

, made of?

willow

. Nice wand for charm work.”

swishy /?sw??i/ adj.?瑟瑟作響的

willow /'w?lo/ n.?柳樹

354

Mr. Ollivander moved closer to Harry. Harry wished he would blink. Those silvery eyes were a bit?

creepy

.

creepy /'kripi/ adj.?令人毛骨悚然的

355

“Your father, on the other hand, favored a?

mahogany

?wand. Eleven inches.?

Pliable

. A little more power and?

excellent

for?

transfiguration

.

mahogany /m?'hɑg?ni/ n.?桃花心木

pliable /?pla??bl/ adj.?柔韌的

excellent /?eks?l?nt/ adj.?卓越的

transfiguration /?tr?nzf?ɡj?'re??n/ n.?變形

356

Well, I say your father favored it — it’s really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course.”

357

Mr. Ollivander had come so close that he and Harry were almost nose to nose. Harry could see himself reflected in those?

misty

?eyes.

misty /?m?sti/ adj.?模糊的

358

“And that’s where . . .” Mr. Ollivander touched the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead with a long, white finger.

359

“I’m sorry to say I sold the wand that did it,” he said softly.

360

“Thirteen-and-a-half inches.?

Yew

. Powerful wand, very powerful, and in the wrong hands . . . well, if I’d known what that wand was going out into the world to do. . . .”

yew /ju/ n.?紫杉

361

He shook his head and then, to Harry’s relief,?

spotted

?Hagrid.

spot /spɑ?t/ vt.?認(rèn)出

362

“Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again. . . .?

Oak

, sixteen inches, rather?

bendy

, wasn’t it?”

oak /o?k/ n.?橡木

bendy /'b?ndi/ adj.?易彎曲的

363

“It was, sir, yes,” said Hagrid.

364

“Good wand, that one. But I suppose they snapped it in half when you got expelled?” said Mr. Ollivander, suddenly stern.

365

“Er — yes, they did, yes,” said Hagrid, shuffling his feet.?

366

“I’ve still got the pieces, though,” he added brightly.

367

“But you don’t use them?” said Mr. Ollivander sharply.

368

“Oh, no, sir,” said Hagrid quickly.?

369

Harry noticed he?

gripped

?his pink umbrella very tightly as he spoke.

grip /ɡr?p/ vt. & vi.?緊握

370

“Hmmm,” said Mr. Ollivander, giving Hagrid a?

piercing

?look.?

piercing /?p?rs??/ adj. (眼睛或目光)敏銳的

371

“Well, now — Mr. Potter. Let me see.” He pulled a long?

tape measure

?with silver markings out of his pocket. “Which is your wand arm?”

tape measure?卷尺

372

“Er — well, I’m right-handed,” said Harry.

373

“Hold out your arm. That’s it.” He measured Harry from shoulder to finger, then?

wrist

?to?

elbow

, shoulder to floor, knee to?

armpit

?and round his head.

wrist /r?st/ n.?腕

elbow /?elbo?/ n.?肘部

armpit /'ɑrm'p?t/ n.?腋窩

374

As he measured, he said,

375

“Every Ollivander wand has a?

core

?of a powerful magical substance, Mr. Potter.

core /k??r/ n.?核心

376

We use unicorn hairs,?

phoenix

?tail feathers, and the?

heartstrings

?of dragons.?

phoenix /?fi?n?ks/ n.?鳳凰

heartstring /?hɑrt?str??/ n.?心弦

377

No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are quite the same.

378

And of course, you will never get such good results with another wizard’s wand.”

379

Harry suddenly realized that the tape measure, which was measuring between his?

nostrils,

?was doing this on its own. Mr. Ollivander was?

flitting

?around the shelves, taking down boxes.

nostril /'nɑstr?l/ n.?鼻孔

flit v.?不停地移動

380

“That will do,” he said, and the tape measure?

crumpled

?into?

a heap

?on the floor.

crumple /?kr?mpl/ v.?弄皺

a heap?一堆

381

“Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one.?

Beechwood

?and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and?

flexible

. Just take it and give it a wave.”

beechwood /'bit?,w?d/ n.?山毛櫸材

flexible /?fleks?bl/ adj.?柔韌的

382

Harry took the wand and (feeling foolish) waved it around a bit, but Mr. Ollivander snatched it out of his hand almost at once.

383

“

Maple

?and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite?

whippy

. Try —”

maple /?me?pl/ n.?槭樹

whippy /'hw?pi/ adj.?有彈性的

384

Harry tried — but he had hardly raised the wand when it, too, was snatched back by Mr. Ollivander.

385

“No, no — here,?

ebony

?and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches,?

springy

. Go on, go on, try it out.”

ebony /'?b?ni/ n.?黑檀

springy /'spr??i/ adj.?有彈力〔性〕的

386

Harry tried. And tried. He had no idea what Mr. Ollivander was waiting for.

387

The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the?

spindly

?chair, but the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become.

spindly /?sp?ndli/ adj.?細(xì)長的

388

“

Tricky

?customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect?

match

?here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination —?

holly

?and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and?

supple

.”

tricky /?tr?ki/ adj.?難對付的

match /m?t?/ n.?相配的人(或物)

holly /'hɑli/ n.?冬青樹（等于holm oak）

supple /?s?pl/ adj.?柔軟的

389

Harry took the wand. He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers.

390

He raised the wand above his head, brought it?

swishing

?down through the dusty air?

swish /sw??/ vi.?嗖地?fù)]動

391

and a?

stream

?of red and gold?

sparks

?shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls.

stream /stri?m/ n.?光線

spark /spɑ?rk/ n.?火花

392

Hagrid whooped and clapped and Mr. Ollivander cried, “Oh,?

bravo

! Yes, indeed, oh, very good. Well, well, well . . . how curious . . . how very curious . . .”

bravo /?brɑ'vo/ int.?好極了

393

He put Harry’s wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper, still muttering, “Curious . . . curious . . .”

394

“Sorry,” said Harry, “but what’s curious?”

395

Mr. Ollivander fixed Harry with his pale stare.

396

“I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other.

397

It is very curious indeed that you should be?

destined

?for this wand when its brother — why, its brother gave you that scar.”

destine /?d?st?n/ v.?注定

398

Harry?

swallowed

.

swallow /?swɑ?lo?/ v. (由于緊張等)做吞咽動作

399

“Yes, thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Curious indeed how these things happen.

400

The wand chooses the wizard, remember. . . . I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter. . . .After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things — terrible, yes, but great.”

401

Harry?

shivered

. He wasn’t sure he liked Mr. Ollivander too much.

shiver /???v?r/ vi.?顫抖

402

He paid seven gold Galleons for his wand, and Mr. Ollivander bowed them from his shop.

403

The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made their way back down Diagon Alley, back through the wall, back through the Leaky Cauldron, now empty.

404

Harry didn’t speak at all as they walked down the road;

405

he didn’t even notice how much people were?

gawking

?at them on the Underground,?

laden

?as they were with all their funny-shaped packages, with the snowy sleeping snowy owl on Harry’s lap.

gawk /ɡ?k/ v.?呆呆地看著

lade /led/ vi.?裝貨

406

Up another escalator, out into?

Paddington

?station; Harry only realized where they were when Hagrid tapped him on the shoulder.

Paddington /'p?di?t?n/?帕丁頓(英國倫敦西部一住宅區(qū))

407

“Got time fer a bite to eat before yer train leaves,” he said.

408

He bought Harry a hamburger and they sat down on?

plastic

?seats to eat them. Harry kept looking around. Everything looked so strange, somehow.

plastic /?pl?st?k/ adj.?塑料的

409

“You all right, Harry? Yer very quiet,” said Hagrid.

410

Harry wasn’t sure he could explain. He’d just had the best birthday of his life — and yet — he chewed his hamburger, trying to find the words.

411

“Everyone thinks I’m special,” he said at last.

412

“All those people in the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Quirrell, Mr. Ollivander . . . but I don’t know anything about magic at all. How can they expect great things?

413

I’m famous and I can’t even remember what I’m famous for. I don’t know what happened when Vol-, sorry — I mean, the night my parents died.”

414

Hagrid leaned across the table. Behind the wild beard and eyebrows he?

wore

?a very kind smile.

wear /w?r/ v.?面帶(某種表情)

415

“Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it’s hard. Yeh’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard.?

416

But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ’smatter of fact.”

417

Hagrid helped Harry on to the train that would take him back to the Dursleys, then handed him an envelope.

418

“Yer ticket fer Hogwarts,” he said.

419

“First o’ September — King’s?

Cross

?— it’s all on yer ticket.?

cross /kr?s/ n.?十字形（或叉形）物

420

Any problems with the Dursleys, send me a letter with yer owl, she’ll know where to find me. . . . See yeh soon, Harry.”

421

The train pulled out of the station. Harry wanted to watch Hagrid until he was out of sight; he?

rose

?in his seat and pressed his nose against the window, but he blinked and Hagrid had gone.

rise /ra?z/ vi.?站起

422