CHAPTER FIVE

1

DIAGON

?

ALLEY

diagonal /da?'?ɡ?nl/ adj.?對角線的

alley /??li/ n.?小巷

2

Harry woke early the next morning. Although he could tell it was daylight, he kept his eyes shut?

tight

.

tight /ta?t/ adv.?緊緊地

3

“It was a dream,” he told himself firmly. “I dreamed a giant called Hagrid came to tell me I was going to a school for wizards. When I open my eyes I’ll be at home in my cupboard.”

4

There was suddenly a loud tapping noise.

5

And there’s Aunt Petunia knocking on the door, Harry thought, his heart sinking.?

6

But he still didn’t open his eyes. It had been such a good dream.

7

Tap. Tap. Tap.

8

“All right,” Harry mumbled, “I’m getting up.”

9

He sat up and Hagrid’s heavy coat fell off him.

10

The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the?

collapsed

?sofa, and there was an owl?

rapping

?its?

claw

?on the window, a newspaper held in its beak.

collapsed /k??l?pst/ adj.?倒塌的

rap /r?p/ vt.?輕敲

claw /kl??/ n.?爪

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Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was?

swelling

?inside him. He went straight to the window and?

jerked

?it open.

swell /swel/ vi.?膨脹；[病理]腫脹；隆起

jerk /d???rk/ v.?猛推

12

The owl?

swooped

?in and dropped the newspaper on top of Hagrid, who didn’t wake up.?

swoop /swu?p/ vi.?俯沖

13

The owl then fluttered onto the floor and began to attack Hagrid’s coat.

14

“Don’t do that.”

15

Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it?

snapped

?its beak fiercely at him and carried on?

savaging

?the coat.

snap /sn?p/ vt.?猛咬

savage /?s?v?d?/ vt.?撕咬

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“Hagrid!” said Harry loudly. “There’s an owl —”

17

“Pay him,” Hagrid?

grunted

?into the sofa.

grunt /ɡr?nt/ vt.?嘟噥著說

18

“What?”

19

“He wants payin’ fer deliverin’ the paper. Look in the pockets.”

20

Hagrid’s coat seemed to be made of nothing but pockets —?

bunches

?of keys,?

slug pellets

, balls of string,?

peppermint

?humbugs,?

teabags

?. . . finally, Harry pulled out a handful of strange-looking coins.

bunch /b?nt?/ n.?串

slug pellet?除蛞蝓藥

peppermint /'p?p?m?nt/ n.?薄荷

teabag /'ti?b?g/ n.?袋泡茶

21

“Give him five Knuts,” said Hagrid?

sleepily

.

sleepily /'slip?li/ adv.?困倦地

22

“Knuts?”

23

“The little?

bronze

?ones.”

bronze /brɑ?nz/ n.?青銅

24

Harry counted out five little bronze coins, and the owl?

held out

?his leg so Harry could put the money into a small leather?

pouch

?tied to it. Then he flew off through the open window.

hold out?伸出

pouch /pa?t?/ n.?小袋

25

Hagrid yawned loudly, sat up, and?

stretched

.

stretch /stret?/ v.?伸展肢體

26

“Best be off, Harry, lots ter do today, gotta get up ter London an’ buy all yer stuff fer school.”

27

Harry was turning over the wizard coins and looking at them.?

28

He had just thought of something which made him feel as though the happy balloon inside him had got a?

puncture

.

puncture /?p??kt??r/ v.?戳破

29

“Um — Hagrid?”

30

“Mm?” said Hagrid, who was pulling on his huge boots.

31

“I haven’t got any money — and you heard Uncle Vernon last night . . . he won’t pay for me to go and learn magic.”

32

“Don’t worry about that,” said Hagrid, standing up and scratching his head. “D’yeh think yer parents didn’t leave yeh anything?”

33

“But if their house was destroyed —”

34

“They didn’ keep their gold in the house, boy! Nah, first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards’ bank.?

35

Have a sausage, they’re not bad cold — an’ I wouldn’ say no teh a bit o’ yer birthday cake, neither.”

36

“Wizards have banks?”

37

“Just the one. Gringotts. Run by?

goblins

.”

goblins /'ɡ?blin/ n.?小妖精

38

Harry dropped the bit of sausage he was holding.

39

“Goblins?”

40

“Yeah — so yeh’d be mad ter try an’?

rob

?it, I’ll tell yeh that. Never?

mess

?with goblins, Harry.?

rob /rɑ?b/ vt.?搶劫

mess /mes/ v.?玩弄

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Gringotts is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe —’cept maybe Hogwarts.

42

As a matter o’ fact, I gotta visit Gringotts anyway. Fer Dumbledore. Hogwarts business.”

43

Hagrid?

drew himself up

?proudly.?

draw oneself up?挺直身體

44

“He usually gets me ter do important stuff fer him.?

Fetch

in’ you — gettin’ things from Gringotts — knows he can trust me, see.

fetch /fet?/ vt.?接來

45

“Got everythin’? Come on, then.”

46

Harry followed Hagrid out onto the rock.

47

The sky was quite clear now and the sea gleamed in the sunlight.?

48

The boat Uncle Vernon had?

hired

?was still there, with a lot of water in the bottom after the storm.

hire /?ha??r/ vt.?租用

49

“How did you get here?” Harry asked, looking around for another boat.

50

“Flew,” said Hagrid.

51

“Flew?”

52

“Yeah — but we’ll go back in this. Not s’pposed ter use magic?

now

?I’ve got yeh.”

now /na?/ conj.?既然

53

They settled down in the boat, Harry still staring at Hagrid, trying to imagine him flying.

54

“Seems a?

shame

?ter?

row

, though,” said Hagrid, giving Harry another of his sideways looks. “If I was ter — er —?

speed

?things up a bit, would yeh mind not mentionin’ it at Hogwarts?”

shame /?em/ n.?令人惋惜的事

row /ro/ vi.?劃船

speed /spid/ vt.?加快...的速度

55

“Of course not,” said Harry, eager to see more magic.?

56

Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and they sped off toward land.

57

“Why would you be mad to try and rob Gringotts?” Harry asked.

58

“Spells —?

enchantments

,” said Hagrid, unfolding his newspaper as he spoke.

enchantment / ?n?t??ntm?nt/ n.?施魔法

59

“They say there’s dragons?

guardin’

?the?

high-security

?

vaults

.

guard /ɡɑ?rd/ v.?看守

high-security adj.?戒備級別高的

vault /v?:lt/ n.?保管庫

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And then yeh gotta find yer way — Gringotts is hundreds of miles under London, see. Deep under the?

Underground

.

underground /??nd?r?ɡra?nd/ n.?地鐵

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Yeh’d die of hunger tryin’ ter get out, even if yeh did manage ter?

get yer hands on

?

summat

.”

get your hands on?獲得......

summat pron.?〈英〉〈方〉某東西

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Harry sat and thought about this while Hagrid read his newspaper, the?

Daily

?

Prophet

.

daily /?de?li/ n.?日報

prophet /?prɑ?f?t/ n.?預言家

63

Harry had learned from Uncle Vernon that people liked to be?

left alone

?while they did this,?

left alone?一人獨處

64

but it was very difficult, he’d never had so many questions in his life.

65

“Ministry o’ Magic messin’ things up?

as usual

,” Hagrid muttered, turning the page.

as usual?像往常一樣

66

“There’s a?

Ministry

?of Magic?” Harry asked, before he could stop himself.

ministry /?m?n?stri/ n.?（政府的）部門

67

“’Course,” said Hagrid.

68

“They wanted Dumbledore fer Minister, o’ course, but he’d never leave Hogwarts, so old Cornelius Fudge got the job.

69

Bungler

?if ever there was one.?

bungler /'b??gl?/ n.?笨拙者

70

So he?

pelts

?Dumbledore with owls every morning, askin’ fer advice.”

pelt /pelt/ vt. (連續(xù)地)投擲

71

“But what does a Ministry of Magic do?”

72

“Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there’s still witches an’ wizards up an’ down the country.”

73

“Why?”

74

“Why??

Blimey

, Harry, everyone’d be wantin’ magic solutions to their problems. Nah, we’re best left alone.”

blimey /'bla?mi/ int.?啊呀!

75

At this moment the boat?

bumped

?

gently

?into the harbor wall. Hagrid folded up his newspaper, and they?

clambered

up the stone steps onto the street.

bump /b?mp/ v.?顛簸

gently /'d??ntli/ adv.?輕輕地

clamber /?kl?mb?r/ vi.?攀登

76

Passersby

?stared a lot at Hagrid as they walked through the little town to the station.

passerby /?p?s??ba?/ n.?行人

77

Harry couldn’t blame them.?

78

Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly?

ordinary

?things like?

parking meters

and saying loudly,

ordinary /???rdneri/ adj.?普通的；平常的；平凡的

parking meter?停車記時器

79

“See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?”

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“Hagrid,” said Harry,?

panting

?a bit as he ran to?

keep up

, “did you say there are dragons at Gringotts?”

pant /p?nt/ vi.?喘息

keep up?跟上

81

“Well, so they say,” said Hagrid. “

Crikey

, I’d like a dragon.”

crikey /'kra?ki/ int.?唉呀!

82

“You’d like one?”

83

“Wanted one ever since I was a kid — here we go.”

84

They had reached the station. There was a train to London in five minutes’ time.?

85

Hagrid, who didn’t understand “Muggle money,” as he called it, gave the?

notes

?to Harry so he could buy their tickets.

note /no?t/ n.?紙幣

86

People stared?

more than ever

?on the train.?

more than ever adv.?更加

87

Hagrid?

took up

?two seats and sat?

knitting

?what looked like a?

canary

-yellow circus?

tent

.

take up?占據(jù)(時間、地方)

knit /n?t/ v.?編織

canary /k??neri/ n.?淡黃色

tent /tent/ n.?帳篷

88

“Still got yer letter, Harry?” he asked as he counted?

stitches

.

stitch /st?t?/ n.?一針

89

Harry took the parchment envelope out of his pocket.

90

“Good,” said Hagrid. “There’s a list there of everything yeh need.”

91

Harry unfolded a second piece of paper he hadn’t noticed the night before, and read:

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HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

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UNIFORM

94

First-year students will require:

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1. Three?

sets

?of plain work?

robes

?(black)

set /set/ n.?一套

robe /rob/ n.?長袍

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2. One plain?

pointed

?hat (black) for?

day

?

wear

pointed /'p??nt?d/ adj.?尖的

day /de/ adj.?日間的

wear /w?r/ n.?（特定人群、場合或用途穿的）服裝

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3. One pair of?

protective

?gloves (dragon?

hide

?or?

similar

)

protective /pr??tekt?v/ adj.?防護的

hide /ha?d/ n.?獸皮

similar /'s?m?l?/ n.?類似物

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4. One?

winter

?cloak (black, silver?

fastenings

)

winter /'w?nt?/ adj.?用于冬天的

fastening /'f?sn??/ n. (尤指衣服的)扣處

99

Please note that all?

pupils’

?clothes should carry name tags

pupil /?pju?pl/ n.?學生

100

Set BOOKS

set book n.?指定課本

101

All students should have a copy of each of the?

following

:

following /?fɑ?lo???/ n.?下列

102

The?

Standard

?Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

standard /?st?nd?rd/ adj.?標準的

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A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

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Magical?

Theory

?by Adalbert Waffling

theory /?θi??ri/ n.?理論

105

A?

Beginners

’ Guide to?

Transfiguration

?by Emeric Switch

beginner /b?'g?n?/ n.?初學者

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

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One Thousand Magical?

Herbs

?and?

Fungi

?by Phyllida Spore

herb /??rb/ n.?藥草

fungi /?f??ɡi?，?f??ɡa?，?f?nd?a?/ n.?真菌

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Magical?

Draughts

?and?

Potions

?by Arsenius Jigger

draught /drɑft/ n.?藥劑

potion /'po??n/ n.?魔藥

108

Fantastic

?Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

fantastic /f?n't?st?k/ adj.?奇異的

109

The Dark Forces: A Guide to?

Self-Protection

?by Quentin Trimble

self-protection /'selfpr?'tek??n/ n.?自衛(wèi)

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OTHER EQUIPMENT

111

1 wand

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1?

cauldron

?(

pewter

, standard size 2)

cauldron /'k?ldr?n/ n.?大鍋

pewter /'pj?t?/ n.?錫鉛合金

113

1 set glass or?

crystal

?

phials

crystal /?kr?stl/ adj.?水晶的

phial /'fa??l/ n.?小藥瓶

114

1?

telescope

telescope /?tel?sko?p/ n.?望遠鏡

115

1 set?

brass

?

scales

brass /br?s，brɑs/ n.?黃銅

scale /ske?l/ n.?天平

116

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

117

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

118

“Can we buy all this in London?” Harry wondered aloud.

119

“If yeh know where to go,” said Hagrid.

120

Harry had never been to London before. Although Hagrid seemed to know where he was going, he was obviously not used to getting there in an ordinary way.

121

He got?

stuck

?in the?

ticket barrier

?on the Underground, and complained loudly that the seats were too small and the trains too slow.

stuck /st?k/ adj.?被卡住的

ticket barrier?檢票口

122

“I don’t know how the Muggles?

manage

?without magic,”?

manage /?m?n?d?/ vi.?處理

123

he said as they climbed a?

broken-down

?

escalator

?that?

led

?up to a?

bustling

?road lined with shops.

broken-down /?brok?n?da?n/ adj.?故障的

escalator /'?sk?'let?/ n.?自動扶梯

lead /li?d/ v.?通往

bustling /'b?sli?/ adj.?熙熙攘攘的

124

Hagrid was so huge that he?

parted

?the crowd easily; all Harry had to do was keep close behind him.

part /pɑ?rt/ v. (使)分開

125

They passed book shops and music stores, hamburger bars and cinemas, but nowhere that looked as if it could sell you a magic wand.

126

This was just an ordinary street full of ordinary people.

127

Could there really be?

piles of

?wizard gold buried miles beneath them?

piles of?成堆的

128

Were there really shops that sold spell books and broomsticks?

129

Might this not all be some huge joke that the Dursleys had?

cooked up

?

cook up?偽造

130

If Harry hadn’t known that the Dursleys had no sense of humor, he might have thought so;

131

yet somehow, even though everything Hagrid had told him so far was unbelievable, Harry couldn’t help trusting him.

132

“This is it,” said Hagrid, coming to a?

halt

, “the?

Leaky

?

Cauldron

. It’s a famous place.”

halt /h??lt/ n.?立定

leaky /'liki/ adj.?漏的

cauldron /'k?ldr?n/ n.?大釜

133

It was a tiny,?

grubby

-looking pub. If Hagrid hadn’t pointed it out, Harry wouldn’t have noticed it was there.

grubby /'ɡr?bi/ adj.?骯臟的

134

The people hurrying?

by

?didn’t glance at it. Their eyes slid from the big book shop on one side to the?

record

?shop on the other as if they couldn’t see the Leaky Cauldron at all.

by adv.?經(jīng)過

record n.?唱片

135

In fact, Harry had the most peculiar feeling that only he and Hagrid could see it. Before he could mention this, Hagrid had?

steered

?him inside.

steer /st?r/ v.?帶領(某人去某地)

136

For a famous place, it was very dark and?

shabby

.

shabby /???bi/ adj.?破舊的

137

A few old women were sitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of?

sherry

. One of them was smoking a long?

pipe

.

sherry /???ri/ n.?雪利酒

pipe /pa?p/ n.?煙斗

138

A little man in a top hat was talking to the old?

bartender

, who was quite?

bald

?and looked like a?

toothless

?

walnut

.

bartender /?bɑ?rtend?r/ n.?酒吧間男招待

bald /b??ld/ adj.?禿頂?shù)?/p>

toothless /'tuθl?s/ adj.?無牙齒的

walnut /'w?ln?t/ n.?核桃

139

The low?

buzz

?of?

chatter

?stopped when they walked in.

buzz /b?z/ n.?嘰嘰喳喳聲

chatter /'t??t?/ n.?閑聊

140

Everyone seemed to know Hagrid; they waved and smiled at him, and the bartender reached for a glass, saying, “

The usual

, Hagrid?”

the usual [非正式]?常喝的飲料（尤指酒）（the usual）

141

“Can’t, Tom, I’m?

on Hogwarts business

,” said Hagrid,?

clapping

?his great hand on Harry’s shoulder and making Harry’s knees?

buckle

.

on business?為了公事

clap /kl?p/ v.?使……砰然相擊

buckle /?b?kl/ vi.?使彎曲

142

“Good Lord,” said the bartender, peering at Harry, “is this — can this be — ?”

143

The Leaky Cauldron had suddenly gone completely?

still

?and silent.

still /st?l/ adj.?靜止的

144

“

Bless my soul

,” whispered the old bartender, “Harry Potter . . . what an honor.”

bless my soul?我的天哪

145

He hurried out from behind the bar, rushed toward Harry and seized his hand,?

tears

?in his eyes.

tear /t?r/ v.?流眼淚

146

“Welcome back, Mr. Potter, welcome back.”

147

Harry didn’t know what to say. Everyone was looking at him. The old woman with the pipe was?

puffing

?on it without realizing it had?

gone out

. Hagrid was beaming.

puff /p?f/ v.?抽(煙、煙斗等)

go out?熄滅

148

Then there was a great?

scraping

?of chairs and the next moment, Harry found himself shaking hands with everyone in the Leaky Cauldron.

scraping /?skrep??/ n.?刮擦聲

149

“Doris Crockford, Mr. Potter, can’t believe I’m meeting you at last.”

150

“So proud, Mr. Potter, I’m just so proud.”

151

“Always wanted to shake your hand — I’m all of a?

flutter

.”

flutter /?fl?t?r/ n. [英，非正式]?激動

152

“

Delighted

, Mr. Potter, just can’t?

tell

?you, Diggle’s the name, Dedalus Diggle.”

delighted /d?'la?t?d/ adj.?高興的

tell /t?l/ v.?表達

153

“I’ve seen you before!” said Harry, as Dedalus Diggle’s top hat fell off in his excitement. “You bowed to me once in a shop.”

154

“He remembers!” cried Dedalus Diggle, looking around at everyone. “Did you hear that? He remembers me!”

155

Harry shook hands again and again — Doris Crockford kept coming back for more.

156

A pale young man?

made his way

?forward, very nervously. One of his eyes was?

twitching

.

make one's way?前進

twitch /tw?t?/ vt. & vi.(使)顫動

157

“Professor Quirrell!” said Hagrid. “Harry, Professor Quirrell will be one of your teachers at Hogwarts.”

158

“P-P-Potter,”?

stammered

?Professor Quirrell,?

grasping

?Harry’s hand, “c-can’t t-tell you how p-pleased I am to meet you.”

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

grasp /ɡr?sp/ vt.?抓住

159

“What sort of magic do you teach, Professor Quirrell?”

160

“

D-Defense Against

?the?

D-D-Dark Arts

,” muttered Professor Quirrell, as though he’d rather not think about it.

defense against?防御

dark art?黑魔法

161

“N-not that you n-need it, eh, P-P-Potter?” He laughed nervously.

162

“You’ll be g-getting all your equipment, I suppose? I’ve g-got to p-pick up a new b-book on?

vampires

, m-myself.” He looked terrified?

at the very thought

.

vampire /'v?mpai?/ n.?吸血鬼

at the very thought?一想到

163

But the others wouldn’t let Professor Quirrell keep Harry to himself. It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. At last, Hagrid managed to?

make himself heard

?over the?

babble

.

make oneself heard?讓自己被聽見

babble /'b?bl/ n.?嘈雜的人聲

164

“Must?

get on

?— lots ter buy. Come on, Harry.”

get on?使前進

165

Doris Crockford shook Harry’s hand one last time, and Hagrid led them through the bar and out into a small,?

walledcourtyard

, where there was nothing but a?

dustbin

?and a few weeds.

walled /w ?ld/ adj.?有城墻的

courtyard /?k??rtjɑ?rd/ n.?院子

dustbin /'d?stb?n/ n. (家庭用的)垃圾箱〔桶〕

166

Hagrid grinned at Harry. “Told yeh, didn’t I? Told yeh you was famous. Even Professor Quirrell was tremblin’ ter meet yeh —?

mind

?you, he’s usually tremblin’.”

mind /ma?nd/ v. [英]?注意

167

“Is he always that nervous?”

168

“Oh, yeah. Poor?

bloke

. Brilliant mind. He was fine while he was studyin’ outta books but then he took a year off ter get some first-hand experience. . . .

bloke /blok/ n. [俚]家伙

169

They say he met vampires in the Black Forest, and there was a nasty bit o’ trouble with a?

hag

?— never been the same since.

hag /h?ɡ/ n.?女巫

170

Scared of the students, scared of his own subject — now, where’s me umbrella?”

171

Vampires? Hags? Harry’s head was swimming. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting bricks in the wall above the dustbin.

172

“Three up . . . two across . . .” he muttered. “Right, stand back, Harry.”

173

He tapped the wall three times with the?

point

?of his umbrella.

point /p??nt/ n.?尖端

174

The brick he had touched?

quivered

?— it?

wriggled

?— in the middle, a small hole appeared — it grew wider and wider — a second later they were facing an?

archway

?large enough even for Hagrid,

quiver /?kw?v?r/ vt. & vi.?抖動

wriggle /'r?ɡl/ vi.?扭動

archway /'ɑrt?we/ n.?拱道

175

an archway on to a?

cobbled

?street which?

twisted

?and?

turned

?

out of sight

.

cobbled /'kɑbld/ adj.?鋪有鵝卵石的

twist v.?蜿蜒前進

turn /t??rn/ v.?朝著

out of sight?看不見

176

“Welcome,” said Hagrid, “to Diagon Alley.”

177

He grinned at Harry’s?

amazement

. They stepped through the archway. Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway?

shrink

?

instantly

?back into?

solid

?wall.

amazement /??me?zm?nt/ n.?驚奇

shrink /?r??k/ vt. & vi.?收縮

instantly /??nst?ntli/ adv.?立刻

solid /?sɑ?l?d/ adj.?堅固的

178

The sun shone brightly on a?

stack

?of?

cauldrons

?outside the nearest shop.?

stack /st?k/ n.?堆

cauldron /'k?ldr?n/ n.?大鍋

179

Cauldrons — All Sizes —?

Copper

, Brass,?

Pewter

, Silver — Self-

Stirring

?—?

Collapsible

, said a sign hanging over them.

copper /?kɑ?p?r/ n.?銅

pewter /'pj?t?/ n.?錫鉛合金

stir /st??r/ vt. & vi.?攪拌

collapsible /k?'l?ps?bl/ adj.?可拆卸的

180

“Yeah, you’ll be needin’ one,” said Hagrid, “but we gotta get yer money first.”

181

Harry wished he had about eight more eyes.

182

He turned his head in every direction as they walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping.

183

A?

plump

?woman outside an?

Apothecary

?was shaking her head as they passed, saying, “Dragon?

liver

, sixteen Sickles an?

ounce

, they’re mad. . . .”

plump /pl?mp/ adj.?胖乎乎的

apothecary /?'pɑθ?'k?ri/ n.?藥店

liver /?l?v?r/ n.?肝臟

ounce /a?ns/ n.?盎司

184

A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl?

Emporium

?—?

Tawny

,?

Screech

,?

Barn

, Brown, and Snowy.

emporium /?m'p?r??m/ n.?商場

tawny owl?灰林鸮

screech owl?鳴角鸮

barn owl?倉鸮

185

Several boys of about Harry’s age had their noses pressed against a window with broomsticks in it.

186

“Look,” Harry heard one of them say, “the new Nimbus Two Thousand — fastest?

ever

?—”

ever /'?v?/ adv. (進行比較時用以加強語氣)以往任何時候

187

There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver?

instruments

?Harry had never seen before,

instrument /??nstr?m?nt/ n.?器具

188

windows stacked with?

barrels

?of bat?

spleens

?and?

eels’

?eyes,?

tottering

?piles of spell books,?

barrel /?b?r?l/ n.?桶

spleen /spli?n/ n.?脾臟

eel /il/ n.?鰻魚

totter /?tɑ?t?r/ v.?搖搖晃晃

189

quills,

?and rolls of parchment, potion bottles,?

globes

?of the moon. . . .

quill /kw?l/ n.?羽毛筆

globe /ɡlo?b/ n.?地球儀

190

“Gringotts,” said Hagrid.

191

They had reached a snowy white building which?

towered

?over the other little shops. Standing beside its?

burnishedbronze

?doors, wearing a uniform of?

scarlet

?and gold, was —

tower /'ta??/ v.?屹立

burnish /?b??rn??/ vi.?磨光發(fā)亮

bronze /brɑ?nz/ n.?青銅

scarlet /?skɑ?rl?t/ n.?猩紅色

192

“Yeah, that’s a goblin,” said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps toward him.

193

The goblin was about a head shorter than Harry. He had a?

swarthy

, clever face, a pointed?

beard

?and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet.

swarthy /?sw??rei/ adj.?黝黑的

beard /b?rd/ n.?胡須

194

He bowed as they walked inside. Now they were facing a second pair of doors, silver this time, with words?

engraved

upon them:

engrave /?n?ɡre?v/ vt.?雕刻

195

Enter, stranger, but take?

heed

heed /hi?d/ v. [正式]?注意

196

Of what awaits the?

sin

?of?

greed

,

sin /s?n/ n.?罪孽

greed /ɡri?d/ n.?貪婪

197

For those who take, but do not earn,

198

Must?

pay

?most?

dearly

?

in their turn

.

pay /pe?/ v.?付出代價

dearly /'d?rli/ adv.?昂貴地

in one's turn?輪到某人

199

So if you?

seek

?beneath our floors

seek /si?k/ vi.?尋找

200

A?

treasure

?that was never yours,

treasure /'tr???/ n.?金銀財寶

201

Thief

, you have been warned,?

beware

thief /θi?f/ n.?小偷

beware /b??wer/ vi.?當心

202

Of finding more than treasure there.

203

“Like I said, yeh’d be mad ter try an’ rob it,” said Hagrid.

204

A pair of goblins bowed them through the silver doors and they were in a?

vast

?marble hall.

vast /v?st/ adj.?巨大的

205

About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high?

stools

?behind a long?

counter

,?

scribbling

?in large?

ledgers

, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses.

stool /stu?l/ n.?凳子

counter /?ka?nt?r/ n.?柜臺

scribble /?skr?bl/ vt.?潦草地書寫

ledge /l?d?/ n.?壁架

206

There were too many doors to count leading off the hall, and yet more goblins were showing people in and out of these.?

207

Hagrid and Harry made for the counter.

208

“Morning,” said Hagrid to a?

free

?goblin. “We’ve come ter take some money outta Mr. Harry Potter’s?

safe

.”

free /fri?/ adj.?空閑的

safe /se?f/ n.?保險箱

209

“You have his key, sir?”

210

“Got it here somewhere,” said Hagrid, and he started emptying his pockets onto the counter,?

scattering

?a?

handful

?of?

moldy

?dog biscuits over the goblin’s book of numbers.

scatter /?sk?t?r/ v.?撒

handful /?h?ndf?l/ n.?一把

moldy /?mo?ldi/ adj.?發(fā)霉的

211

The goblin wrinkled his nose. Harry watched the goblin on their right weighing a pile of?

rubies

?as big as?

glowingcoals

.

ruby /'rubi/ n.?紅寶石

glowing /?ɡlo???/ adj.?發(fā)紅光的

coal /ko?l/ n.?煤塊

212

“Got it,” said Hagrid at last, holding up a tiny golden key.

213

The goblin looked at it?

closely

. “That seems to?

be in order

.”

closely /?klosl?/ adv.?仔細地

be in order n.?正常工作狀況

214

“An’ I’ve also got a letter here from Professor Dumbledore,” said Hagrid?

importantly

, throwing out his chest. “It’s about the You-Know-What in?

vault

?seven hundred and thirteen.”

importantly /?m?p??rtntli/ adv.?重要地

vault /v??lt/ n.?（尤指銀行的）金庫

215

The goblin read the letter carefully.

216

“Very well,” he said, handing it back to Hagrid, “I will have someone take you down to both vaults. Griphook!”

217

Griphook was yet another goblin.?

218

Once Hagrid had crammed all the dog biscuits back inside his pockets, he and Harry followed Griphook toward one of the doors leading off the hall.

219

“What’s the You-Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen?” Harry asked.

220

“Can’t tell yeh that,” said Hagrid mysteriously. “Very secret. Hogwarts business. Dumbledore’s trusted me. More’n my job’s worth ter tell yeh that.”

221

Griphook held the door open for them. Harry, who had expected more marble, was surprised.

222

They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming?

torches

. It?

sloped

?

steeply

?downward and there were little?

railway tracks

?on the floor.

torch /t?:t?/ n.?火把

slope /slo?p/ vi.?傾斜

steeply /?st?pl?/ adv.?陡峭地

railway track?鐵路軌道

223

Griphook?

whistled

?and a small?

cart

?came?

hurtling

?up the tracks toward them.

whistle /?w?sl/ vt.?吹口哨

cart /kɑ?rt/ n.?手推車

hurtle /?h??rtl/ vi.?猛沖

224

They climbed in — Hagrid with some difficulty — and were off.

225

At first they just hurtled through a?

maze

?of twisting?

passages

. Harry tried to remember, left, right, right, left, middle?

fork

, right, left, but it was impossible.

maze /me?z/ n.?迷宮

passage /?p?s?d?/ n.?通路

fork /f?rk/ n.?岔路

226

The rattling cart seemed to know its own way, because Griphook wasn’t steering.

227

Harry’s eyes?

stung

?as the cold air rushed past them, but he kept them?

wide

?open.

sting /st??/ vi.?刺痛

wide /wa?d/ adv.?充分地

228

Once, he thought he saw a?

burst

?of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon,

burst /b??rst/ n.?突發(fā)

229

but too late — they?

plunged

?even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge?

stalactites

?and?

stalagmites

grew from the ceiling and floor.

plunge /pl?nd?/ vi.?投入

stalactite /st?'l?kta?t/ n.?鐘乳石

stalagmite /st?'l?ɡm(xù)a?t/ n.?石筍

230

“I never?

know

,” Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, “what’s the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?”

know /no/ v.?能區(qū)分

231

“Stalagmite’s got an ‘m’ in it,” said Hagrid. “An’ don’ ask me questions just now, I think I’m gonna be?

sick

.”

sick /s?k/ adj.?想吐的

232

He did look very green, and when the cart stopped at last beside a small door in the passage wall, Hagrid got out and had to lean against the wall to stop his knees from trembling.

233

Griphook?

unlocked

?the door. A lot of green smoke came?

billowing

?out, and as it cleared, Harry gasped. Inside were mounds of gold coins.?

Columns

?of silver. Heaps of little bronze Knuts.

unlock /'?n'lɑk/ vt.?開鎖

billow /'b?lo/ vi.?翻騰

column /?kɑ?l?m/ n.?圓柱

234

“All yours,” smiled Hagrid.

235

All Harry’s — it was incredible.

236

The Dursleys couldn’t have known about this or they’d have had it from him faster than blinking.

237

How often had they complained how much Harry cost them to keep? And all the time there had been a small?

fortune

belonging to him, buried deep under London.

fortune /?f??rt??n/ n.?財富

238

Hagrid helped Harry pile some of it into a bag.

239

“The gold ones are Galleons,” he explained.

240

“Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it’s easy?

enough

. Right, that should be enough fer a couple o’ terms, we’ll keep the rest safe for yeh.”

enough /?'n?f/ adv.?足夠地

241

He turned to Griphook. “Vault seven hundred and thirteen now, please, and can we go more slowly?”

242

“One speed only,” said Griphook.

243

They were going even deeper now and gathering speed. The air became colder and colder as they hurtled round?

tight

?corners.

tight /ta?t/ adj.?過于狹小的

244

They went?

rattling

?over an underground?

ravine

, and Harry leaned over the side to try to see what was down at the dark bottom, but Hagrid groaned and pulled him back by the scruff of his neck.

rattle /?r?tl/ vt.?使發(fā)出咯咯聲

ravine /r?'vin/ n.?既深又狹、坡度很大的山谷

245

Vault seven hundred and thirteen had no keyhole.

246

“Stand back,” said Griphook importantly. He?

stroked

?the door gently with one of his long fingers and it simply?

melted

away.

stroke /stro?k/ v.?輕觸

melted /meltid/ adj.?融化的；溶解的

247

“If anyone but a Gringotts goblin tried that, they’d be?

sucked

?through the door and trapped in there,” said Griphook.

suck /s?k/ vt. & vi.?吸

248

“How often do you check to see if anyone’s inside?” Harry asked.

249

“About once every ten years,” said Griphook with a rather nasty grin.

250

Something really?

extraordinary

?had to be inside this top security vault, Harry was sure,?

extraordinary /?k?str??rd?neri/ adj.?非同尋常的

251

and he leaned forward eagerly, expecting to see?

fabulous

?

jewels

?at the very least — but at first he thought it was empty.

fabulous /?f?bj?l?s/ adj.?非凡的

jewel /?d?u??l/ n.?珠寶

252

Then he noticed a grubby little package wrapped up in brown paper lying on the floor.?

253

Hagrid picked it up and tucked it deep inside his coat. Harry?

longed to

?know what it was, but knew better than to ask.

long to?渴望

254

“Come on, back in this?

infernal

?cart, and don’t talk to me on the way back, it’s best if I keep me mouth shut,” said Hagrid.

infernal /?n?f??rnl/ adj.?可憎的

255

One wild cart ride later they stood blinking in the sunlight outside Gringotts.

256

Harry didn’t know where to run first now that he had a bag full of money.

257

He didn’t have to know how many Galleons there were to a?

pound

?to know that he was holding more money than he’d had in his whole life — more money than even Dudley had ever had.

pound /pa?nd/ n.?英鎊

258

“Might as well get yer uniform,” said Hagrid, nodding toward Madam Malkin’s Robes for All?

Occasions

.

occasion /??ke??n/ n.?場合

259

“Listen, Harry, would yeh mind if I?

slipped off

?fer a?

pick-me-up

?in the Leaky Cauldron? I hate them Gringotts carts.”

slipe off?溜走

pick-me-up /?p?kmi??p/ n.?提神的酒

260

He did still look a bit sick, so Harry entered Madam Malkin’s shop alone, feeling nervous.

261

Madam Malkin was a?

squat

, smiling witch dressed all in?

mauve

.

squat /skwɑ?t/ adj.?矮胖的

mauve /mov/ n.?淡紫色

262

“Hogwarts, dear?” she said, when Harry started to speak.?

263

“Got the lot here — another young man being?

fitted up

?just now, in fact.”

fit up?裝備

264

In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a?

footstool

?while a second witch?

pinned

?up his long black robes.

footstool /'f?t'st?l/ n.?腳蹬

pin /p?n/ vt.?把...別住

265

Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to him, slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the?

right

length.

right /ra?t/ adj.?恰當?shù)?/p>

266

“Hello,” said the boy, “Hogwarts, too?”

267

“Yes,” said Harry.

268

“My father’s next door buying my books and Mother’s up the street looking at wands,” said the boy. He had a bored,?

drawling

?voice.

drawling /'dr?:li?/ adj.?有氣無力的

269

“Then I’m going to drag them off to look at?

racing

?brooms. I don’t see why first years can’t have their own. I think I’ll?

bully

?Father into getting me one and I’ll?

smuggle

?it in somehow.”

racing /'res??/ adj.?比賽的

bully /?b?li/ vt.?威逼

smuggle /?sm?ɡl/ vt.?不按規(guī)章地偷帶(人或物)

270

Harry was?

strongly

?reminded of Dudley.

strongly /?str ???l?/ adv.?強烈地

271

“Have you got your own broom?” the boy went on.

272

“No,” said Harry.

273

“Play Quidditch at all?”

274

“No,” Harry said again, wondering what on earth Quidditch could be.

275

“I do — Father says it’s a?

crime

?if I’m not picked to play for my House, and I must say, I agree. Know what House you’ll be in yet?”

crime /kra?m/ n.?可恥行為

276

“No,” said Harry, feeling more stupid?

by the minute

.

by the minute?每時每刻

277

“Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I’ll be in Slytherin, all our family have been — imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I’d leave, wouldn’t you?”

278

“Mmm,” said Harry, wishing he could say something a bit more interesting.

279

“I say, look at that man!” said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window.?

280

Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Harry and pointing at two large ice creams to?

show

?he couldn’t come in.

show /?o/ vt.?表明

281

“That’s Hagrid,” said Harry, pleased to know something the boy didn’t. “He works at Hogwarts.”

282

“Oh,” said the boy, “I’ve heard of him. He’s a sort of?

servant

, isn’t he?”

servant /?s??rv?nt/ n.?仆人

283

“He’s the gamekeeper,” said Harry. He was liking the boy less and less every second.

284

“Yes, exactly. I heard he’s a sort of savage — lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he?

gets drunk

, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed.”

get drunk?喝醉

285

“I think he’s brilliant,” said Harry coldly.

286

“Do you?” said the boy, with a?

slight

?

sneer

. “Why is he with you? Where are your parents?”

slight /sla?t/ adj.?輕微的

sneer /sn?r/ n.?嘲笑

287

“They’re dead,” said Harry shortly. He didn’t feel much like going into the matter with this boy.

288

“Oh, sorry,” said the other, not sounding sorry at all. “But they were our kind, weren’t they?”

289

“They were a witch and wizard, if that’s what you mean.”

290

“I really don’t think they should let the other sort in, do you?

291

They’re just not the same, they’ve never?

been brought up

?to know our ways.?

be brought up?長大

292

Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine.

293

I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families. What’s your surname, anyway?”

294

But before Harry could answer, Madam Malkin said, “That’s you done, my dear,” and Harry, not sorry for an excuse to stop talking to the boy, hopped down from the footstool.

295

“Well, I’ll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose,” said the drawling boy.

296

Harry was rather quiet as he ate the ice cream Hagrid had bought him (chocolate and?

raspberry

?with?

chopped

?

nuts

).

raspberry /'r?zb?ri/ n.?覆盆子

chop /t?ɑ?p/ vt.?剁碎

nut /n?t/ n.?堅果

297

“What’s up?” said Hagrid.

298

“Nothing,” Harry lied.

299

They stopped to buy parchment and quills. Harry cheered up a bit when he found a bottle of ink that changed color as you wrote.

300