《哈利波特2》｜单词注释｜Chapter 17
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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The Heir of Slytherin
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He was standing at the end of a very long, dimly lit chamber.
3
Towering stone
pillars
entwined
with more carved serpents rose to support a ceiling lost in darkness, casting long black shadows through the odd, greenish
gloom
that filled the place.
pillar /ˈpɪlə(r)/ n. 柱子
entwine /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ vt. 缠绕
4
His heart beating very fast, Harry stood listening to the
chill
silence. Could the
basilisk
be
lurking
in a shadowy corner, behind a pillar? And where was Ginny?
chill /tʃɪl/ n. 寒意
gloom /ɡluːm/ n. 幽暗
lurk /lɜːk/ vi. 潜伏
5
He pulled out his wand and moved forward between the
serpentine
columns
. Every careful footstep echoed loudly off the shadowy walls.
serpentine /ˈsɜːpəntaɪn/ adj. 像蛇般蜷曲的
column /ˈkɒləm/ n. 圆柱
6
He kept his eyes narrowed, ready to
clamp
them shut at the smallest sign of movement.
clamp /klæmp/ vt. 夹紧
7
The hollow eye
sockets
of the stone snakes seemed to be following him. More than once, with a
jolt
of the stomach, he thought he saw one
stir
.
socket /ˈsɒkɪt/ n. （人体的）窝
jolt /dʒəʊlt/ vt. & vi. (使)摇动
stir /stɜː(r)/ n. 微动
8
Then, as he drew
level
with the last pair of pillars, a statue high as the Chamber itself
loomed
into view, standing against the back wall.
level /ˈlevl/ n. 水平线
loom /luːm/ vi. 可怕地出现
9
Harry had to crane his neck to look up into the giant face above:
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it was ancient and monkey-like, with a long thin beard that fell almost to the bottom of the wizard’s sweeping stone robes,
11
where two enormous grey feet stood on the
smooth
chamber floor.
smooth /smuːð/ adj. 光滑的
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And between the feet, face down, lay a small, black-robed figure with
flaming
red hair.
flaming /'fleɪmɪŋ/ adj. 明亮的
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‘Ginny!’ Harry muttered, sprinting to her and dropping to his knees. ‘Ginny! don’t be dead! please don’t be dead!’
14
He flung his wand aside, grabbed Ginny’s shoulders and turned her over.
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Her face was white as marble, and as cold, yet her eyes were closed, so she wasn’t Petrified. But then she must be …
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‘Ginny, please wake up,’ Harry muttered desperately, shaking her. Ginny’s head
lolled
hopelessly
from side to side
.
loll /lɒl/ vi. 尤指头或舌）耷拉
from side to side 左右(摇摆)
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‘She won’t wake,’ said a soft voice.
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Harry jumped and spun around on his knees.
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A tall, black-haired boy was leaning against the nearest pillar, watching.
20
He was strangely blurred around the edges, as though Harry was looking at him through a
misted
window. But there was no mistaking him.
mist /mɪst/ vt. & vi. (使)蒙上薄雾
21
‘Tom – Tom Riddle?’
22
Riddle nodded, not taking his eyes off Harry’s face.
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‘What d’you mean, she won’t wake?’ Harry said desperately. ‘She’s not – she’s not –?’
24
‘She’s still alive,’ said Riddle. ‘But only just.’
25
Harry stared at him. Tom Riddle had been at Hogwarts fifty years ago, yet here he stood, a weird, misty light shining about him, not a day older than sixteen.
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‘Are you a ghost?’ Harry said uncertainly.
27
‘A memory,’ said Riddle quietly. ‘
Preserved
in a diary for fifty years.’
preserve /prɪˈzɜːv/ vt. 保存
28
He pointed towards the floor near the statue’s giant toes.
29
Lying open there was the little black diary Harry had found in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
30
For a second, Harry wondered how it had got there – but there were more
pressing
matters to deal with.
pressing /ˈpresɪŋ/ adj. 紧迫的
31
‘You’ve got to help me, Tom,’ Harry said, raising Ginny’s head again. ‘We’ve got to get her out of here. There’s a Basilisk … I don’t know where it is, but it could be
along
any moment. please, help me …’
along /ə'lɒŋ/ adv. (前)来
32
Riddle didn’t move. Harry, sweating, managed to
hoist
Ginny half off the floor, and bent to pick up his wand again.
hoist /hɔɪst/ vt. 升起
33
But his wand had gone.
34
‘Did you see –?’
35
He looked up. Riddle was still watching him –
twirling
Harry’s wand between his long fingers.
twirl /twɜːl/ vt. & vi. (使)快速转动
36
‘Thanks,’ said Harry, stretching out his hand for it.
37
A smile curled the corners of Riddle’s mouth. He continued to stare at Harry, twirling the wand
idly
.
idly /ˈaɪdli/ adv. 漫不经心地
38
‘Listen,’ said Harry urgently, his knees
sagging
with Ginny’s dead weight, ‘we’ve got to go! If the
Basilisk
comes …’
sag /sæɡ/ v. （尤指由于承重或受压）中间下垂
basilisk /'bæzɪlɪsk/ n. 蛇怪
39
‘It won’t come until it is
called
,’ said Riddle calmly.
call /kɔːl/ v. 召唤
40
Harry lowered Ginny back onto the floor, unable to hold her up any longer.
41
‘What d’you mean?’ he said. ‘Look, give me my wand, I might need it.’
42
Riddle’s smile
broadened
.
broaden /ˈbrɔːdn/ vi. 变宽
43
‘You won’t be needing it,’ he said.
44
Harry stared at him.
45
‘What d’you mean, I won’t be –?’
46
‘I’ve waited a long time for this, Harry Potter,’ said Riddle. ‘For the chance to see you. To speak to you.’
47
‘Look,’ said Harry, losing patience, ‘I don’t think you get it. We’re in the Chamber of Secrets. We can talk later.’
48
‘We’re going to talk now,’ said Riddle, still smiling broadly, and he pocketed Harry’s wand.
49
Harry stared at him. There was something very funny going on here.
50
‘How did Ginny get like this?’ he asked slowly.
51
‘Well, that’s an interesting question,’ said Riddle pleasantly.
52
‘And quite a long story. I suppose the real reason Ginny Weasley’s like this is because she opened her heart and spilled all her secrets to an invisible stranger.’
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‘What are you talking about?’ said Harry.
54
‘The diary,’ said Riddle.
55
‘My diary. Little Ginny’s been writing in it for months and months, telling me all her
pitiful
worries and
woes
:
pitiful /ˈpɪtɪfl/ adj. 可怜的
woe /wəʊ/ n. 悲痛
56
how her brothers tease her, how she had to come to school with second-hand robes and books, how –’
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Riddle’s eyes glinted ‘– how she didn’t think famous, good, great Harry Potter would ever like her …’
58
All the time he spoke, Riddle’s eyes never left Harry’s face. There was an almost
hungry
look in them.
hungry /'hʌŋgrɪ/ adj. 渴望的
59
‘It’s very boring, having to listen to the
silly
little troubles of an eleven-year-old girl,’ he went on.
silly /'sɪlɪ/ adj. 可笑的
60
‘But I was patient. I wrote back, I was
sympathetic
, I was kind. Ginny simply loved me.
sympathetic /ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ adj. 表示同情的
61
No one’s ever understood me like you, Tom … I’m so glad I’ve got this diary to
confide
in … It’s like having a friend I can carry round in my pocket …’
confide /kənˈfaɪd/ vi. 吐露秘密
62
Riddle laughed, a high, cold laugh that didn’t
suit
him. It made the hairs stand up on the back of Harry’s neck.
suit /suːt/ vt. 相配
63
‘If I say it myself, Harry, I’ve always been able to
charm
the people I needed.
charm /tʃɑːm/ v. 迷住
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So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I wanted. I grew stronger and stronger
on a diet of
her deepest fears, her darkest secrets.
on a diet of 以……为主食
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I grew powerful, far more powerful than little Miss Weasley. Powerful enough to start
feeding
Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start
pouring
a little of my soul back into her …’
feed /fiːd/ v. 提供(意见或信息等）
pour /pɔː(r)/ v. 倾诉
66
‘What d’you mean?’ said Harry, whose mouth had gone very dry.
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‘Haven’t you guessed yet, Harry Potter?’ said Riddle softly.
68
‘Ginny Weasley opened the Chamber of Secrets.
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She
strangled
the school roosters and
daubed
threatening messages on the walls. She set the
serpent
of Slytherin on four Mudbloods, and the
Squib’s
cat.’
strangle /ˈstræŋɡl/ vt. 扼死
daub /dɔːb/ vt. 涂抹
serpent /'sɜːp(ə)nt/ n. 蛇（尤指大蛇或毒蛇）
squib /skwɪb/ n. 哑炮
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‘No,’ Harry whispered.
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‘Yes,’ said Riddle, calmly.
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‘Of course, she didn’t know what she was doing at first. It was very amusing. I wish you could have seen her new diary
entries
… far more interesting, they became … Dear Tom,’
entry /ˈentri/ n. 条目
73
he
recited
, watching Harry’s horrified face,
recite /rɪˈsaɪt/ vi. 背诵
74
‘I think I’m losing my memory. There are rooster feathers all over my robes and I don’t know how they got there.
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Dear Tom, I can’t remember what I did on the night of Hallowe’en, but a cat was attacked and I’ve got paint all down my
front
.
front /frʌnt/ n. (衣服的)前胸部分
76
Dear Tom, Percy keeps telling me I’m pale and I’m not myself. I think he suspects me … there was another attack today and I don’t know where I was.
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Tom, what am I going to do? I think I’m going mad … I think I’m the one attacking everyone, Tom!’
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Harry’s fists were clenched, the nails digging deep into his
palms
.
palm /pɑːm/ n. 手掌
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‘It took a very long time for stupid little Ginny to stop trusting her diary,’ said Riddle.
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‘But she finally became suspicious and tried to
dispose
of it.
dispose /dɪˈspəʊz/ v. 丢掉
81
And that’s where you came in, Harry. You found it, and I couldn’t have been more delighted. Of all the people who could have picked it up, it was you, the very person I was most
anxious
to meet …’
anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ adj. 渴望的
82
‘And why did you want to meet me?’ said Harry. Anger was
coursing
through him and it was an effort to keep his voice steady.
course /kɔːs/ v. （感情、思想）涌动
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‘Well, you see, Ginny told me all about you, Harry,’ said Riddle.
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‘Your whole
fascinating
history.’ His eyes
roved
over the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead, and his expression grew hungrier.
fascinating /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ adj. 迷人的
rove /rəʊv/ v. （眼睛)扫掠
85
‘I knew I must find out more about you, talk to you, meet you if I could. So I decided to show you my famous
capture
of that great
oaf
, Hagrid, to gain your trust.’
capture /ˈkæptʃə(r)/ n. 捕获
oaf /əʊf/ n. 白痴
86
‘Hagrid’s my friend,’ said Harry, his voice now shaking. ‘And you
framed
him, didn’t you? I thought you made a mistake, but –’
frame /freɪm/ vt. 陷害
87
Riddle laughed his high laugh again.
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‘It was my word
against
Hagrid’s, Harry. Well, you can imagine how it looked to old Armando Dippet.
against /ə'genst/ prep. 对……造成伤害（威胁，不利）
89
On the one hand, Tom Riddle, poor but brilliant, parentless but so brave, school Prefect,
model
student;
model /ˈmɒdl/ adj. 模范的
90
on the other hand, big,
blundering
Hagrid, in trouble every other week, trying to raise werewolf
cubs
under his bed, sneaking off to the Forbidden Forest to
wrestle
trolls.
blundering /'blʌndərɪŋ/ adj. 笨拙的
cub /kʌb/ n. 幼兽
wrestle /ˈresl/ vt. 与…搏斗
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But I admit, even I was surprised how well the plan worked. I thought someone must realise that Hagrid couldn’t possibly be the heir of Slytherin.
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It had taken me five whole years to find out everything I could about the Chamber of Secrets and discover the secret entrance … as though Hagrid had the brains, or the power!
93
‘Only the Transfiguration teacher, Dumbledore, seemed to think Hagrid was
innocent
. He persuaded Dippet to keep Hagrid and
train
him as gamekeeper.
innocent /ˈɪnəsnt/ adj. 无罪的
train /treɪn/ v. 训练
94
Yes, I think Dumbledore might have guessed. Dumbledore never seemed to like me as much as the other teachers did …’
95
‘I bet Dumbledore
saw right through
you,’ said Harry, his teeth
gritted
.
see through 看穿
grit /ɡrɪt/ v. 咬紧牙关
96
‘Well, he certainly kept an
annoyingly
close watch on me after Hagrid was expelled,’ said Riddle
carelessly
.
annoyingly /ə'nɔiiŋli/ adv. 烦人地
carelessly /'kɛəlisli/ adv. 漫不经心地
97
‘I knew it wouldn’t be safe to open the Chamber again while I was still at school. But I wasn’t going to waste those long years I’d spent searching for it.
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I decided to leave behind a diary, preserving my sixteen-year-old self in its pages, so that one day, with luck, I would be able to lead another in my footsteps, and finish Salazar Slytherin’s noble work.’
99
‘Well, you haven’t finished it,’ said Harry
triumphantly
. ‘No one’s died this time, not even the cat. In a few hours the Mandrake Draught will be ready and everyone who was Petrified will be all right again.’
triumphantly /trai'ʌmfəntli/ adv. 得意扬扬地
100
‘Haven’t I already told you,’ said Riddle quietly, ‘that killing Mudbloods doesn’t matter to me any more? For many months now, my new target has been – you.’
101
Harry stared at him.
102
‘Imagine how angry I was when the next time my diary was opened, it was Ginny who was writing to me, not you. She saw you with the diary, you see, and
panicked
.
panic /ˈpænɪk/ vi. 十分惊慌
103
What if you found out how to work it, and I
repeated
all her secrets to you?
repeat /rɪ'piːt/ v. 转告
104
What if, even worse, I told you who’d been strangling roosters? So the foolish little
brat
waited until your dormitory was deserted and stole it back.
brat /bræt/ n. 乳臭未干的小孩
105
But I knew what I must do. It was clear to me that you were
on the trail of
Slytherin’s heir.
on the trail of 跟踪追赶
106
From everything Ginny had told me about you, I knew you would
go to any lengths
to solve the mystery – particularly if one of your best friends was attacked.
go to any lengths 竭尽全力
107
And Ginny had told me the whole school was
buzzing
because you could speak Parseltongue …
buzz /bʌz/ v. 充满嘈杂声
108
‘So I made Ginny write her own
farewell
on the wall and come down here to wait. She struggled and cried and became very boring.
farewell /ˌfeəˈwel/ n. 告别
109
But there isn’t much life left in her: she put too much into the diary, into me. Enough to let me leave its pages at last.
110
I have been waiting for you to appear since we arrived here. I knew you’d come. I have many questions for you, Harry Potter.’
111
‘Like what?’ Harry
spat
, fists still clenched.
spit /spɪt/ v. 怒斥
112
‘Well,’ said Riddle, smiling pleasantly,
113
‘how is it that a baby with no
extraordinary
magical talent managed to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar, while Lord Voldemort’s powers were destroyed?’
extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːdnri/ adj. 特别的
114
There was an odd red gleam in his hungry eyes now.
115
‘Why do you care how I escaped?’ said Harry slowly. ‘Voldemort was after your time.’
116
‘Voldemort,’ said Riddle softly, ‘is my past, present and future, Harry Potter …’
117
He pulled Harry’s wand from his pocket and began to
trace
it through the air, writing three
shimmering
words:
trace /treɪs/ v. （尤指用手指、脚趾）画（图，线）
shimmer /'ʃɪmə/ vi. 闪闪发光
118
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
119
Then he waved the wand once, and the letters of his name re-arranged themselves:
120
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT
121
‘You see?’ he whispered.
122
‘It was a name I was already using at Hogwarts, to my most intimate friends only, of course.
123
You think I was going to use my
filthy
Muggle father’s name for ever? I, in whose
veins
runs the blood of Salazar Slytherin himself, through my mother’s side?
filthy /'fɪlθɪ/ adj. 肮脏的
vein /veɪn/ n. 血管
124
I, keep the name of a foul, common Muggle, who abandoned me even before I was born, just because he found out his wife was a witch?
125
No, Harry. I
fashioned
myself a new name, a name I knew wizards everdywhere would one day fear to speak, when I had become the greatest sorcerer in the world!’
fashion /ˈfæʃn/ v. 塑造
126
Harry’s brain seemed to have
jammed
. He stared
numbly
at Riddle, at the
orphaned
boy who had grown up to murder Harry’s own parents, and so many others … At last he forced himself to speak.
jam /dʒæm/ v. 卡住
numbly /'nʌmli/ adv. 麻木地
orphan /ˈɔːfn/ adj. 孤儿的
127
‘You’re not,’ he said, his quiet voice full of
hatred
.
hatred /ˈheɪtrɪd/ n. 怨恨
128
‘Not what?’ snapped Riddle.
129
‘Not the greatest sorcerer in the world,’ said Harry, breathing fast.
130
‘Sorry to
disappoint
you, and all that, but the greatest wizard in the world is Albus Dumbledore. Everyone says so.
disappoint /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ vt. 使(人)失望
131
Even when you were strong, you didn’t dare try and take over at Hogwarts. Dumbledore saw through you when you were at school and he still frightens you now, wherever you’re hiding these days.’
132
The smile had gone from Riddle’s face, to be replaced by a very ugly look.
133
‘Dumbledore’s been
driven out
of this castle by the
mere
memory of me!’ he hissed.
drive out 驱赶
mere /mɪə(r)/ adj. 仅仅
134
‘He’s not as gone as you might think!’ Harry
retorted
. He was speaking
at random
, wanting to
scare
Riddle, wishing rather than believing it to be true.
retort /rɪˈtɔːt/ vt. 反驳
at random 随意地
scare /skeə(r)/ vt. 惊吓
135
Riddle opened his mouth, but froze.
136
Music was coming from somewhere. Riddle
whirled
around to stare down the empty chamber.
whirl /wɜːl/ v. 猛地转动
137
The music was growing louder. It was
eerie
,
spine-tingling
,
unearthly
; it lifted the hair on Harry’s
scalp
and made his heart feel as though it was swelling to twice its normal size.
eerie /ˈɪəri/ adj. (因阴森怪诞而)引起恐惧的
spine-tingling adj. 扣人心弦的
unearthly /ʌnˈɜːθli/ adj. 超自然的
scalp /skælp/ n. 头皮
138
Then, as the music reached such a
pitch
that Harry felt it
vibrating
inside his own ribs, flames erupted at the top of the nearest pillar.
pitch /pɪtʃ/ n. 音高
vibrate /vaɪˈbreɪt/ vi. 振动
139
A
crimson
bird the size of a
swan
had appeared,
piping
its weird music to the
vaulted
ceiling.
crimson /ˈkrɪmzn/ adj. 深红的
swan /swɒn/ n. 天鹅
pipe /paɪp/ v. 播送（音乐、录音
vaulted /ˈvɔːltɪd/ adj. 拱形的
140
It had a glittering golden tail as long as a
peacock’s
and gleaming golden
talons
, which were gripping a ragged
bundle
.
peacock /'piːkɒk/ n. (雄)孔雀
talon /'tælən/ n. (尤指猛禽的)爪
bundle /ˈbʌndl/ n. 包
141
A second later, the bird was flying straight at Harry. It dropped the ragged thing it was carrying at his feet, then landed heavily on his shoulder.
142
As it
folded
its great wings, Harry looked up and saw it had a long, sharp golden beak and beady black eyes.
fold /fəʊld/ vt. 合拢
143
The bird stopped singing. It sat still and warm next to Harry’s cheek, gazing steadily at Riddle.
144
‘That’s a phoenix …’ said Riddle, staring
shrewdly
back at it.
shrewdly /'ʃru:dli/ adv. 精明干练地
145
‘Fawkes?’ Harry breathed, and he felt the bird’s golden claws
squeeze
his shoulder gently.
squeeze /skwiːz/ vt. & vi. 捏
146
‘And that –’ said Riddle, now eyeing the ragged thing that Fawkes had dropped, ‘that’s the old school Sorting Hat.’
147
So it was. Patched,
frayed
and dirty, the Hat lay
motionless
at Harry’s feet.
fray /freɪ/ vi. 被磨损
motionless /ˈməʊʃənlɪs/ adj. 静止的
148
Riddle began to laugh again. He laughed so hard that the dark chamber
rang with
it, as though ten Riddles were laughing at once.
ring with 回荡着
149
‘This is what Dumbledore sends his
defender
! A songbird and an old hat! Do you feel brave, Harry Potter? Do you feel safe now?’
defender /dɪˈfendə(r)/ n. 保护者
150
Harry didn’t answer. He might not see what use Fawkes or the Sorting Hat were, but he was no longer alone, and he waited with
mounting
courage for Riddle to stop laughing.
mounting /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/ adj. 逐渐增加的
151
‘To business, Harry,’ said Riddle, still smiling
broadly
.
broadly /ˈbr ɔ:dlɪ/ adv. (笑容)开怀地
152
‘Twice – in your past, in my future – we have met. And twice I failed to kill you. How did you survive? Tell me everything. The longer you talk,’ he added softly, ‘the longer you stay alive.’
153
Harry was thinking fast, weighing his chances.
154
Riddle had the wand. He, Harry, had Fawkes and the Sorting Hat, neither of which would be much good in a duel. It looked bad, all right.
155
But the longer Riddle stood there, the more life was
dwindling
out of Ginny … and in the meantime, Harry noticed suddenly, Riddle’s outline was becoming clearer, more solid.
dwindle /ˈdwɪndl/ vi. 逐渐变少或变小
156
If it had to be a fight between him and Riddle, better sooner than later.
157
‘No one knows why you lost your powers when you attacked me,’ said Harry abruptly.
158
‘I don’t know myself. But I know why you couldn’t kill me. Because my mother died to save me. My
common
Muggle-born mother,’ he added, shaking with suppressed rage.
common /'kɒmən/ adj. 普通的
159
‘She stopped you killing me. And I’ve seen the real you, I saw you last year. You’re a wreck. You’re barely alive.
160
That’s where all your power got you. You’re in hiding. You’re ugly, you’re foul!’
161
Riddle’s face
contorted
. Then he forced it into an awful smile.
contort /kənˈtɔːt/ vt. & vi. 扭曲
162
‘So. Your mother died to save you. Yes, that’s a powerful counter-charm. I can see now – there is nothing special about you, after all. I wondered, you see.
163
Because there are strange
likenesses
between us, Harry Potter. Even you must have noticed.
likeness /'laɪknɪs/ n. 相象
164
Both half-bloods,
orphans
, raised by Muggles. Probably the only two Parselmouths to come to Hogwarts since the great Slytherin himself. We even look something alike …
orphan /ˈɔːfn/ n. 孤儿
165
But after all, it was merely a lucky chance that saved you from me. That’s all I wanted to know.’
166
Harry stood, tense, waiting for Riddle to raise his wand. But Riddle’s twisted smile was
widening
again.
widen /ˈwaɪdn/ vt. & vi. 程度加深
167
‘Now, Harry, I’m going to teach you a little lesson. Let’s match the powers of Lord Voldemort, heir of Salazar Slytherin, against famous Harry Potter, and the best weapons Dumbledore can give him.’
168
He cast an amused eye over Fawkes and the Sorting Hat, then walked away.
169
Harry, fear spreading up his numb legs, watched Riddle stop between the high pillars and look up into the stone face of Slytherin, high above him in the half-darkness.
170
Riddle opened his mouth wide and hissed – but Harry understood what he was saying.
171
‘Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts Four.’
172
Harry wheeled around to look up at the statue, Fawkes
swaying
on his shoulder.
sway v. 摇晃
173
Slytherin’s gigantic stone face was moving. Horror-struck, Harry saw his mouth opening, wider and wider, to make a huge black hole.
174
And something was stirring inside the statue’s mouth. Something was
slithering
up from its depths.
slither /'slɪðə/ v. 滑行
175
Harry backed away until he hit the dark Chamber wall, and as he shut his eyes tight he felt Fawkes’s wing sweep his cheek as he took flight.
176
Harry wanted to shout, ‘Don’t leave me!’ but what chance did a phoenix have against the king of serpents?
177
Something huge hit the stone floor of the chamber, Harry felt it shudder. He knew what was happening, he could sense it, could almost see the giant serpent
uncoiling
itself from Slytherin’s mouth.
uncoil /ʌn'kɒɪl/ vi. 展开
178
Then he heard Riddle’s hissing voice: ‘Kill him.’
179
The basilisk was moving towards Harry, he could hear its heavy body
slithering
ponderously
across the dusty floor.
slither /'slɪðə/ v. 滑行
ponderous /ˈpɒndərəs/ adj. 笨重的
180
Eyes still tightly shut, Harry began to run
blindly
sideways, his hands
outstretched
,
feeling his way
.
blindly /ˈblaɪndlɪ/ adv. 盲目地
outstretch /aʊt'stretʃ/ v. 伸出
feel one's way v. 摸索着走
181
Riddle was laughing …
182
Harry tripped. He fell hard onto the stone and tasted blood.
183
The serpent was barely feet from him, he could hear it coming.
184
There was a loud,
explosive
spitting
sound right above him and then something heavy hit Harry so hard that he was smashed against the wall.
explosive /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/ adj. 爆炸的
spit /spɪt/ v. 发出噼啪声
185
Waiting for fangs to sink through his body he heard more mad hissing, something
thrashing
wildly off the pillars.
thrash /θræʃ/ v. 鞭打
186
He couldn’t help it. He opened his eyes wide enough to squint at what was going on.
187
The enormous serpent, bright,
poisonous
green, thick as an oak trunk, had raised itself high in the air and its great
blunt
head was
weaving
drunkenly
between the pillars.
poisonous /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ adj. 有毒的
blunt /blʌnt/ adj. 钝的
weave /wiːv/ v. 穿行（以避开障碍）
drunken /ˈdrʌŋkən/ adv. 酒醉地
188
As Harry trembled, ready to close his eyes if it turned, he saw what had distracted the snake.
189
Fawkes was
soaring
around its head, and the Basilisk was snapping furiously at him with fangs long and thin as
sabres
.
soar /sɔː(r)/ vi. 翱翔
sabre /'seɪbə/ n. 军刀
190
Fawkes dived. His long golden beak sank out of sight and a sudden shower of dark blood spattered the floor.
191
The snake’s tail thrashed,
narrowly missing
Harry, and before Harry could shut his eyes, it turned.
narrowly miss 勉强躲过
192
Harry looked straight into its face, and saw that its eyes, both its great
bulbous
yellow eyes, had been
punctured
by the phoenix; blood was streaming to the floor and the snake was
spitting
in
agony
.
bulbous /'bʌlbəs/ adj. 球棍状地
puncture /ˈpʌŋktʃə(r)/ vt. 刺穿(某物)
spit /spɪt/ vt. & vi. 发出呼噜呼噜声
agony /ˈæɡəni/ n. 极大的痛苦
193
‘No!’ Harry heard Riddle screaming. ‘Leave the bird! Leave the bird! The boy is behind you! You can still smell him! Kill him!’
194
The blinded serpent
swayed
, confused, still deadly. Fawkes was
circling
its head,
piping
his
eerie
song,
sway /sweɪ/ vi. 摇摆
circle /'sɜːk(ə)l/ vt. 围绕
pipe /paɪp/ v. 播送（音乐、录音）
eerie /ˈɪəri/ adj. (因阴森怪诞而)引起恐惧的
195
jabbing
here and there at the Basilisk’s
scaly
nose as the blood poured from its
ruined
eyes.
jab /dʒæb/ vt. (用尖物)戳
scaly /'skeɪlɪ/ adj. (动物)多鳞的
ruined /'ruɪnd/ adj. 毁坏的
196
‘Help me, help me,’ Harry muttered wildly, ‘someone, anyone!’
197
The snake’s tail
whipped
across the floor again. Harry ducked. Something soft hit his face.
whip /wɪp/ vt. 抽打
198
The Basilisk had swept the Sorting Hat into Harry’s arms.
199
Harry seized it. It was all he had left, his only chance. He
rammed
it onto his head and threw himself flat onto the floor as the Basilisk’s tail swung over him again.
ram /ræm/ v. 硬塞
200
‘Help me … help me …’ Harry thought, his eyes
screwed
tight under the Hat. ‘Please help me!’
screw /skruː/ v. 眯起(眼睛)
201
There was no answering voice. Instead, the Hat
contracted
, as though an invisible hand was squeezing it very tightly.
contract /ˈkɒntrækt/ v. 缩小
202
Something very hard and heavy thudded onto the top of Harry’s head, almost
knocking him out
.
knock out 使不省人事
203
Stars winking in front of his eyes, he grabbed the top of the Hat to pull it off and felt something long and hard beneath it.
204
A gleaming silver sword had appeared inside the Hat, its
handle
glittering with
rubies
the size of eggs.
handle /ˈhændl/ n. 柄
ruby /'ruːbɪ/ n. 红宝石
205
‘Kill the boy! Leave the bird! The boy is behind you! Sniff – smell him!’
206
Harry was on his feet, ready. The basilisk’s head was falling, its body
coiling
around, hitting pillars as it twisted to face him.
coil /kɔɪl/ vt. 盘绕
207
He could see the
vast
, bloody eye sockets, see the mouth stretching wide, wide enough to swallow him whole, lined with fangs long as his sword,
thin
, glittering,
venomous
…
vast /vɑːst/ adj. 巨大的
thin /θɪn/ adj. 薄的
venomous /ˈvenəməs/ adj. 有毒的
208
It
lunged
blindly. Harry dodged and it hit the Chamber wall. It lunged again, and its
forked
tongue
lashed
Harry’s side. He raised the sword in both his hands.
lunge /lʌndʒ/ v. 猛冲
forked /fɔːkt/ adj. 有叉的
lash /læʃ/ vt. 鞭打
209
The Basilisk
lunged
again, and this time its aim was true. Harry threw his whole weight behind the sword and drove it to the
hilt
into the
roof
of the serpent’s mouth.
lunge /lʌndʒ/ v. 猛冲
hilt /hɪlt/ n. 刀把
roof /ruːf/ n. 顶部
210
But as warm blood
drenched
Harry’s arms, he felt a
searing
pain just above his elbow.
drench /drentʃ/ vt. 使湿透
searing /'sɪərɪŋ/ adj. 灼热的
211
One long, poisonous fang was sinking deeper and deeper into his arm and it
splintered
as the basilisk
keeled
over sideways and fell, twitching, to the floor.
splinter /'splɪntə/ vi. 分裂
keel /kiːl/ vi. 翻倒
212
Harry slid down the wall. He gripped the fang that was spreading
poison
through his body and wrenched it out of his arm.
poison /ˈpɔɪzn/ n. 毒物
213
But he knew it was too late.
White-hot
pain was spreading slowly and
steadily
from the
wound
.
white-hot /'hwait'hɔt/ adj. 狂热的
steadily /ˈstedəli/ adv. 逐渐地
wound /wuːnd/ n. 伤口
214
Even as he dropped the fang and watched his own blood
soaking
his robes, his vision went
foggy
. The Chamber was dissolving in a whirl of dull colour.
soak /səʊk/ vi. 渗透
foggy /ˈfɒɡi/ adj. 模糊的
215
A patch of
scarlet
swam
past and Harry heard a soft
clatter
of claws beside him.
a patch of 一片
swim /swɪm/ vi. 使渡过
clatter /'klætə/ n. 咔嗒声
216
‘Fawkes,’ said Harry
thickly
. ‘You were brilliant, Fawkes …’ He felt the bird lay its beautiful head on the spot where the serpent’s fang had
pierced
him.
thickly /'θikli/ adv. 声音沙哑地
pierce /pɪəs/ vt. & vi. 刺入
217
He could hear echoing footsteps and then a dark shadow moved in front of him.
218
‘You’re dead, Harry Potter,’ said Riddle’s voice above him. ‘Dead. Even Dumbledore’s bird knows it. Do you see what he’s doing, Potter? He’s crying.’
219
Harry blinked. Fawkes’s head slid in and out of focus. Thick,
pearly
tears were
trickling
down the
glossy
feathers.
pearly /'pɜːlɪ/ adj. 珍珠似的
trickle /ˈtrɪkl/ vi. 滴
glossy /ˈɡlɒsi/ adj. 光洁的
220
‘I’m going to sit here and watch you die, Harry Potter.
Take your time
. I’m in no hurry.’
take one’s time 不急不忙
221
Harry felt
drowsy
. Everything around him seemed to be
spinning
.
drowsy /ˈdraʊzi/ adj. 使人昏昏欲睡的
spin /spɪn/ vi. 旋转
222
‘So ends the famous Harry Potter,’ said Riddle’s distant voice.
223
‘Alone in the Chamber of Secrets,
forsaken
by his friends, defeated at last by the Dark Lord he so
unwisely
challenged.
forsake /fəˈseɪk/ v. 抛弃
unwisely /'ʌn'waizli/ adv. 不明智地
224
You’ll be back with your dear Mudblood mother soon, Harry … She bought you twelve years of
borrowed
time … but Lord Voldemort got you in the end, as you knew he must.’
borrowed /'bɑro/ adj. 借来的
225
If this is dying, thought Harry, it’s not so bad. Even the pain was leaving him …
226
But was this dying? Instead of
going black
, the Chamber seemed to be coming back into focus.
go black 变得一片黑暗
227
Harry gave his head a little shake and there was Fawkes, still resting his head on Harry’s arm. A pearly patch of tears was shining all around the wound – except that there was no wound.
228
‘Get away, bird,’ said Riddle’s voice suddenly. ‘Get away from him. I said, get away!’
229
Harry raised his head. Riddle was pointing Harry’s wand at Fawkes; there was a bang like a gun and Fawkes took flight again in a whirl of gold and scarlet.
230
‘Phoenix tears …’ said Riddle quietly, staring at Harry’s arm. ‘Of course …
healing
powers … I forgot …’
healing /'hiːlɪŋ/ adj. 能治愈的
231
He looked into Harry’s face. ‘But it makes no difference. In fact, I prefer it this way. Just you and me, Harry Potter … you and me …’
232
He raised the wand.
233
Then, in a
rush
of wings, Fawkes
soared
back overhead and something fell into Harry’s lap – the diary.
rush /rʌʃ/ n. 匆促
soar /sɔː(r)/ vi. 翱翔
234
For a split second, both Harry and Riddle, wand still raised, stared at it.
235
Then, without thinking, without considering, as though he had meant to do it all along, Harry seized the Basilisk fang on the floor next to him and
plunged
it straight into the
heart
of the book.
plunge /plʌndʒ/ v. 猛插
heart /hɑːt/ n. 中心
236
There was a long, dreadful, piercing scream. Ink
spurted
out of the diary in
torrents
, streaming over Harry’s hands, flooding the floor.
spurt /spɜːt/ vi. 喷出
torrent /ˈtɒrənt/ n. 奔流
237
Riddle was
writhing
and twisting, screaming and
flailing
and then …
writhe /raɪð/ vi. 翻滚
flail /fleɪl/ vt.&vi. （尤指手臂和双腿）乱动
238
He had gone. Harry’s wand fell to the floor with a
clatter
and there was silence.
clatter /'klætə/ n. 咔哒声
239
Silence except for the steady drip drip of ink still
oozing
from the diary. The Basilisk
venom
had burned a
sizzling
hole right through it.
ooze /uːz/ vi. (浓液等)慢慢地冒出
venom /ˈvenəm/ n. (某些蛇、蝎子等分泌的)毒液
sizzling /'sizliŋ/ adj. 极热的
240
Shaking all over, Harry pulled himself up. His head was spinning as though he’d just travelled miles by
Floo powder
.
Floo powder 飞路粉
241
Slowly, he gathered together his wand and the Sorting Hat, and, with a huge tug,
retrieved
the glittering sword from the roof of the Basilisk’s mouth.
retrieve /rɪˈtriːv/ vt. 收回
242
Then came a faint
moan
from the end of the Chamber. Ginny was
stirring
.
moan /məʊn/ n. 呻吟声
fstir /stɜː(r)/ v. (使)微动
243
As Harry hurried towards her, she sat up.
244
Her
bemused
eyes
travelled
from the huge
form
of the dead basilisk, over Harry, in his blood-
soaked
robes, then to the diary in his hand.
bemused /bɪˈmjuːzd/ adj. 茫然的
travel /'træv(ə)l/ vi. (目光)扫视
form /fɔːm/ n. 外形
soaked /səʊkt/ adj. 湿透的
245
She drew a great,
shuddering
gasp and tears began to pour down her face.
shuddering /'ʃudəriŋ/ 发抖的
246
‘Harry – oh, Harry – I tried to tell you at b-breakfast, but I c-couldn’t say it in front of Percy.
247
It was me, Harry – but I – I s-swear I d-didn’t mean to – R-Riddle made me, he
t-took me over
– and – how did you kill that – that thing? W-where’s Riddle?
take over 控制
248
The last thing I r-remember is him coming out of the diary –’
249
‘It’s all right,’ said Harry, holding up the diary, and showing Ginny the fang hole, ‘Riddle’s finished. Look! Him and the Basilisk. C’mon, Ginny, let’s get out of here –’
250
‘I’m going to be expelled!’ Ginny
wept
, as Harry helped her
awkwardly
to her feet.
wept /wept/ v. 哭泣（weep的过去式）
awkwardly /'ɔ:kwə:dli/ adv. 笨拙地
251
‘I’ve looked forward to coming to Hogwarts ever since B-Bill came and n-now I’ll have to leave and – w-what’ll Mum and Dad say?’
252
Fawkes was waiting for them,
hovering
in the Chamber entrance.
hover /ˈhɒvə(r)/ vi. (鸟等)盘旋
253
Harry urged Ginny forward; they stepped over the
motionless
coils
of the dead
basilisk
, through the echoing
gloom
and back into the tunnel.
motionless /ˈməʊʃənlɪs/ adj. 不动的
coil /kɔɪl/ n. 卷
basilisk /'bæzɪlɪsk/ n. 蛇怪
gloom /ɡluːm/ n. 昏暗
254
Harry heard the stone doors close behind them with a soft
hiss
.
hiss /hɪs/ n. 嘶嘶声
255
After a few minutes’
progress
up the dark tunnel, a distant sound of slowly shifting rock reached Harry’s ears.
progress /'prəʊgres/ n. 前进
256
‘Ron!’ Harry yelled, speeding up. ‘Ginny’s OK! I’ve got her!’
257
He heard Ron give a
strangled
cheer and they turned the next bend to see his eager face staring through the
sizeable
gap he had managed to make in the rock fall.
strangle /ˈstræŋɡl/ v. 压制(冲动，行动，声音)
sizeable /ˈsaizəbl/ adj. 相当大的
258
‘Ginny!’ Ron
thrust
an arm through the gap in the rock to pull her through first. ‘You’re alive! I don’t believe it! What happened?’
thrust /θrʌst/ v. 伸出
259
He tried to hug her but Ginny
held him off
, sobbing.
hold off 不使……接近
260
‘But you’re okay, Ginny,’ said Ron, beaming at her. ‘It’s over now, it’s – where did that bird come from?’
261
Fawkes had
swooped
through the gap after Ginny.
swoop /swuːp/ vi. 猛冲
262
‘He’s Dumbledore’s,’ said Harry, squeezing through himself.
263
‘And how come you’ve got a sword?’ said Ron,
gaping
at the glittering weapon in Harry’s hand.
gape /ɡeɪp/ vi. 张口结舌地看
264
‘I’ll explain when we get out of here,’ said Harry, with a
sideways
glance at Ginny.
sideways /ˈsaɪdweɪz/ adv. 向一旁
265
‘But –’
266
‘Later,’ Harry said quickly. He didn’t think it was a good idea to tell Ron yet who’d been opening the Chamber, not in front of Ginny, anyway. ‘Where’s Lockhart?’
267
‘Back there,’ said Ron, grinning and jerking his head up the tunnel towards the pipe. ‘He’s in a bad way. Come and see.’
268
Led by Fawkes, whose wide scarlet wings
emitted
a soft golden glow in the darkness, they walked all the way back to the
mouth
of the pipe.
emit /iˈmɪt/ vt. 放射
mouth /maʊθ/ n. 入口
269
Gilderoy Lockhart was sitting there, humming
placidly
to himself.
placidly /'plæsidli/ adv. 满足地
270
‘His memory’s gone,’ said Ron. ‘The Memory Charm backfired. Hit him instead of us. Hasn’t got a
clue
who he is, or where he is, or who we are. I told him to come and wait here. He’s a danger to himself.’
clue /kluː/ n. 想法
271
Lockhart
peered
good-naturedly
up at them all.
peer /pɪə(r)/ vi. 盯着看
good-naturedly 和蔼地
272
‘Hello,’ he said. ‘Odd sort of place, this, isn’t it? Do you live here?’
273
‘No,’ said Ron, raising his eyebrows at Harry.
274
Harry bent down and looked up the long, dark pipe.
275
‘Have you thought how we’re going to get back up this?’ he said to Ron.
276
Ron shook his head, but Fawkes the phoenix had swooped past Harry and was now fluttering in front of him, his
beady
eyes bright in the dark. He was waving his long golden tail feathers.
beady /'biːdɪ/ adj. 小圆珠般而亮晶晶的
277
Harry looked uncertainly at him.
278
‘He looks like he wants you to grab hold …’ said Ron, looking
perplexed
. ‘But you’re much too heavy for a bird to pull up there.’
perplexed /pəˈplekst/ adj. 困惑的
279
‘Fawkes,’ said Harry, ‘isn’t an ordinary bird.’ He turned quickly to the others. ‘We’ve got to hold on to each other. Ginny, grab Ron’s hand. Professor Lockhart –’
280
‘He means you,’ said Ron sharply to Lockhart.
281
‘You hold Ginny’s other hand.’
282
Harry tucked the sword and the Sorting Hat into his belt, Ron took hold of the back of Harry’s robes, and Harry reached out and took hold of Fawkes’s strangely hot tail feathers.
283
An
extraordinary
lightness
seemed to spread through his whole body, and next second, with a
whoosh
, they were flying upwards through the pipe.
extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːdnri/ adj. 非同寻常的
lightness /ˈlaɪtnɪs/ n. 轻松
whoosh /wʊʃ/ n. （风吹）呼呼
284
Harry could hear Lockhart dangling below him, saying, ‘Amazing! Amazing! This is just like magic!’
285
The
chill
air was
whipping
through Harry’s hair, and before he’d stopped enjoying the ride, it was over –
chill /tʃɪl/ n. 寒冷
whip /wɪp/ v. （柔韧性的物体、雨、风等）拍打
286
all four of them were
hitting
the wet floor of Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom, and as Lockhart
straightened
his hat, the sink that hid the pipe was sliding back into place.
hit /hɪt/ v. 碰撞
straighten /'streɪt(ə)n/ vt. & vi. （使）变正
287
Myrtle
goggled
at them.
goggle /ˈɡɒɡl/ vi. 瞪眼看
288
‘You’re alive,’ she said
blankly
to Harry.
blankly /'blæŋkli/ adv. 茫然地
289
‘There’s no need to sound so
disappointed
,’ he said
grimly
, wiping
flecks
of blood and slime off his glasses.
disappointed /dɪsə'pɒɪntɪd/ adj. 失望的
grimly /'grimli/ adv. 冷酷地
fleck /flek/ n. 斑点
290
‘Oh, well … I’d just been thinking. If you had died, you’d have been welcome to share my toilet,’ said Myrtle,
blushing
silver.
blush /blʌʃ/ vi. 脸红
291
‘Urgh!’ said Ron, as they left the bathroom for the dark, deserted corridor outside. ‘Harry! I think Myrtle’s got
fond of
you! You’ve got
competition
, Ginny!’
fond of 喜欢
competition /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃn/ n. 对手
292
But tears were still
flooding
silently down Ginny’s face.
flood /flʌd/ vt. 溢出
293
‘Where now?’ said Ron, with an anxious look at Ginny. Harry pointed.
294
Fawkes was leading the way, glowing gold along the corridor. They strode after him, and moments later, found themselves outside Professor McGonagall’s office.
295
Harry knocked and pushed the door open.
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