《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 9
CHAPTER NINE
1
THE MIDNIGHT DUEL
2
Harry had never believed he would meet a boy he hated more than Dudley, but that was before he met Draco Malfoy.
3
Still
, first-year Gryffindors only had Potions with the Slytherins, so they didn’t have to
put up with
Malfoy much.
still /stɪl/ conj. 但是
put up with 忍受
4
Or at least, they didn’t until they spotted a notice pinned up in the Gryffindor common room which made them all groan.
5
Flying lessons would be starting on Thursday — and Gryffindor and Slytherin would be learning together.
6
“
Typical
,” said Harry darkly. “Just what I always wanted. To
make a fool of myself
on a broomstick in front of Malfoy.”
typical /ˈtɪpɪkl/ adj. 不出所料
make a fool of myself 出丑
7
He had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else.
8
“You don’t know that you’ll make a fool of yourself,” said Ron
reasonably
. “Anyway, I know Malfoy’s always going on about how good he is at Quidditch, but I bet that’s all
talk
.”
reasonably /ˈriz n..əblɪ/ adv. 理性地
talk /tɔːk/ n. 空谈
9
Malfoy certainly did talk about flying a lot.
10
He complained loudly about first years never getting on the House Quidditch teams and told long,
boastful
stories which always seemed to
end with
him
narrowly
escaping Muggles in
helicopters
.
boastful /'bostfl/ adj. 自夸的
end with 以......结束
narrowly /'næroli/ adv. 刚好
helicopter /ˈhelɪkɑːptər/ n. 直升机
11
He wasn’t the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he’d spent most of his childhood
zooming
around the countryside on his broomstick.
zoom /zuːm/ v. 快速移动
12
Even Ron would tell anyone who’d listen about the time he’d almost hit a
hang glider
on Charlie’s old broom.
hang glider 悬挂式滑翔机
13
Everyone from wizarding families talked about Quidditch constantly.
14
Ron had already had a big argument with Dean Thomas, who
shared
their
dormitory
, about football. Ron couldn’t
see
what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly.
share /ʃer/ v. 合用
dormitory /ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ n. 集体宿舍
see /si/ vt. & vi. 理解
15
Harry had caught Ron
prodding
Dean’s poster of
West Ham
soccer team, trying to make the players move.
prod /prɑːd/ vt. & vi. 戳
West Ham 西汉姆(英国地名)
16
Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one.
17
Privately, Harry felt she’d had good
reason
, because Neville managed to have an
extraordinary
number of
accidents even with both feet on the ground.
reason /ˈrizən/ n. 道理
extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/ adj. 特大(或多)的
number of 许多
18
Hermione Granger was almost as nervous about flying as Neville was.
19
This was something you couldn’t learn by heart out of a book —
not that
she hadn’t tried.
not that 并非
20
At breakfast on Thursday she
bored
them all stupid with flying
tips
she’d gotten out of a library book called Quidditch
Through the Ages
.
bore /bɔːr/ vt. 令人厌烦
tip /tɪp/ n. 诀窍
Through the Ages 古往今来
21
Neville was
hanging on
to her every word,
desperate for
anything that might help him hang on to his broomstick
later
,
hang on 牢牢抓住
desperate 渴望
later /ˈleɪtər/ adv. 过些时间
22
but everybody else was very pleased when Hermione’s
lecture
was interrupted by the arrival of the post.
lecture /ˈlektʃər/ n. 演讲
23
Harry hadn’t had a single letter since Hagrid’s note, something that Malfoy had been quick to notice, of course.
24
Malfoy’s eagle owl was always bringing him packages of sweets from home, which he opened
gloatingly
at the Slytherin table.
gloatingly /'gləutiŋli/ adv. 沾沾自喜地
25
A barn owl brought Neville a small package from his grandmother.
26
He opened it excitedly and showed them a glass ball the size of a large marble, which seemed to be full of white smoke.
27
“It’s a
Remembrall
!” he explained.
remembrall 记忆球
28
“Gran knows I forget things — this tells you if there’s something you’ve forgotten to do. Look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red — oh . . .”
29
His face fell, because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed
scarlet
, “. . . you’ve forgotten something . . .”
scarlet /ˈskɑːrlət/ n. 鲜红色
30
Neville was trying to remember what he’d forgotten when Draco Malfoy, who was passing the Gryffindor table, snatched the Remembrall out of his hand.
31
Harry and Ron jumped to their feet.
32
They were half hoping for a reason to fight Malfoy, but Professor McGonagall, who could spot trouble quicker than any teacher in the school, was there in a flash.
33
“What’s going on?”
34
“Malfoy’s got my Remembrall, Professor.”
35
Scowling
, Malfoy quickly dropped the Remembrall back on the table.
scowl /skaʊl/ vi. 怒视
36
“
Just looking
,” he said, and he
sloped
away with Crabbe and Goyle behind him.
just looking 只是看看
slope /sloʊp/ v. 溜
37
At three-thirty that afternoon, Harry, Ron and the other Gryffindors hurried down the front steps into the grounds for their first flying lesson.
38
It was a clear,
breezy
day and the grass
rippled
under their feet as they marched down the
sloping
lawns towards a
smooth
lawn
breezy /'brizi/ adj. 有微风的
ripple /ˈrɪpl/ v. （使）如波浪般起伏
sloping /slopɪŋ/ adj. 成斜坡的
smooth /smuːð/ adj. 平坦的
39
on the opposite side of the grounds to the Forbidden Forest, whose trees were
swaying
darkly
in the distance.
sway /sweɪ/ vi. 摇摆
darkly /'dɑ:kli/ adv. 黑暗地
40
The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground.
41
Harry had heard Fred and George Weasley complain about the school brooms, saying that some of them started to
vibrate
if you flew too high, or always flew slightly to the left.
vibrate /ˈvaɪbreɪt/ vi. 颤动
42
Their teacher, Madam Hooch, arrived. She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a
hawk
.
hawk /hɔːk/ n. 鹰
43
“Well, what are you all waiting for?” she barked. “Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up.”
44
Harry glanced down at his
broom
. It was old and some of the
twigs
stuck out at odd angles.
broom /bruːm/ n. 扫帚
twig /twɪɡ/ n. 细枝
45
“Stick out your right hand over your broom,” called Madam Hooch at the front, “and say ‘Up!’”
46
“UP!” everyone shouted.
47
Harry’s broom jumped into his hand at once, but it was one of the few that did.
48
Hermione Granger’s had simply rolled over on the ground, and Neville’s hadn’t moved at all.
49
Perhaps brooms, like horses, could tell when you were afraid, thought Harry; there was a
quaver
in Neville’s voice that said
only too
clearly that he wanted to keep his feet on the ground.
quaver n. 颤抖的嗓音
only too 非常
50
Madam Hooch then showed them how to
mount
their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows
correcting
their
grips
.
mount /maʊnt/ vt. & vi. 骑上
correct /kə'rɛkt/ vt. 纠正
grip /ɡrɪp/ n. 握法
51
Harry and Ron were delighted when she told Malfoy he’d been doing it wrong
for years
.
for years 多年来
52
“Now, when I blow my
whistle
, you kick off from the ground,
hard
,” said Madam Hooch.
whistle /ˈwɪsl/ n. 口哨
hard /hɑːrd/ adv. 用力地
53
Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet, and then come
straight
back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle — three — two —”
straight /stret/ adv. 径直地
54
But Neville, nervous and
jumpy
and
frightened
of being left on the ground, pushed off hard before the whistle had touched Madam Hooch’s lips.
jumpy /ˈdʒʌmpi/ adj. (人)焦虑不安的
frightened /'fraitnd/ adj. 害怕的
55
“Come back, boy!” she shouted, but Neville was rising straight up like a
cork
shot out of a bottle — twelve feet — twenty feet.
cork /kɔːrk/ n. 软木塞
56
Harry saw his
scared
white face look down at the ground falling away, saw him
gasp
, slip
sideways
off the broom and —
scared /skεəd/ adj. 害怕的
gasp /ɡæsp/ vi. 喘气
sideways /ˈsaɪdweɪz/ adv. 向一旁
57
WHAM — a
thud
and a
nasty
crack and Neville lay
facedown
on the grass
in a heap
.
thud /θʌd/ n. 砰的一声
nasty /ˈnæsti/ adj. 危险的
facedown /'fes,daʊn/ adv. 面向下地
in a heap /hiːp/ 重重地（倒下）
58
His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and started to drift
lazily
toward the forbidden forest and out of sight.
lazily /ˈlezɪlɪ/ adv. 慢吞吞地
59
Madam Hooch was bending over Neville, her face as white as his.
60
“Broken wrist,” Harry heard her mutter. “Come on, boy — it’s all right, up you get.”
61
She turned to the rest of the class.
62
“None of you is to move while I take this boy to the
hospital wing
! You leave those brooms where they are or you’ll be out of Hogwarts before you can say ‘Quidditch.’ Come on, dear.”
hospital wing 校医院
63
Neville, his face
tear-streaked
, clutching his wrist,
hobbled
off with Madam Hooch, who had her arm around him.
tear-streaked adj. 布满泪痕的
hobble /ˈhɑːbl/ vi. 跛行
64
No sooner were they out of
earshot
than Malfoy burst into laughter.
earshot /'ɪrʃɑt/ n. 听力所及之范围
65
“Did you see his face, the great
lump
?”
lump /lʌmp/ n. 笨人
66
The other Slytherins
joined
in.
join /dʒɔɪn/ v. 成为......的一员
67
“Shut up, Malfoy,” snapped Parvati Patil.
68
“Ooh,
sticking up for
Longbottom?” said Pansy Parkinson, a
hard-faced
Slytherin girl. “Never thought you’d like fat little
crybabies
, Parvati.”
stick up for 维护
hard-faced /'hɑ:dfeist/ adj. 面貌难看的
crybaby /'kraɪbebi/ n. 爱哭的人
69
“Look!” said Malfoy,
darting
forward and snatching something out of the grass. “It’s that stupid thing Longbottom’s gran sent him.”
dart /dɑːrt/ vi. 向前冲
70
The Remembrall
glittered
in the sun as he held it up.
glitter /ˈɡlɪtər/ vi. 闪光
71
“Give that here, Malfoy,” said Harry
quietly
. Everyone stopped talking to watch.
quietly /ˈk waɪətlɪ/ adv. 低声地
72
Malfoy smiled
nastily
.
nastily /ˈnæstəlɪ/ adv. 肮脏地
73
“I think I’ll leave it somewhere for Longbottom to
collect
— how about — up a tree?”
collect /kə'lɛkt/ v. 领取
74
“Give it here!” Harry yelled, but Malfoy had leapt onto his broomstick and
taken off
.
take off 起飞
75
He hadn’t been lying, he could fly well.
Hovering
level with the topmost branches of an oak he called, “Come and get it, Potter!”
hover /ˈhʌvər/ v. 盘旋
76
Harry grabbed his broom.
77
“No!” shouted Hermione Granger. “Madam Hooch told us not to move — you’ll get us all into trouble.”
78
Harry ignored her. Blood was pounding in his ears.
79
He mounted the broom and kicked hard
against
the ground and up, up he
soared
; air
rushed
through his hair, and his robes
whipped
out behind him —
against /ə'ɡɛnst/ prep. 碰
soar /sɔːr/ v. 升空
rush /rʌʃ/ v. 急流
whip /wɪp/ vt. 煽动
80
and in
a rush of
fierce
joy
he realized he’d found something he could do without being taught — this was easy, this was wonderful.
a rush of 一阵
fierce /fɪrs/ adj. （动作或情感）强烈的
joy /dʒɔɪ/ n. 欢欣
81
He pulled his broomstick up a little to take it even higher, and heard screams and gasps of girls back on the ground and an admiring
whoop
from Ron.
whoop /wuːp/ n. 大叫
82
He turned his broomstick
sharply
to face Malfoy in midair. Malfoy looked
stunned
.
sharply /ˈʃ ɑrplɪ/ adv. 迅疾而突然地
stunned /stʌnd/ adj. （因惊讶、震惊而）目瞪口呆的
83
“Give it here,” Harry called, “or I’ll knock you off that broom!”
84
“Oh, yeah?” said Malfoy, trying to sneer, but looking
worried
.
worried /'wɝɪd/ adv. 担心的
85
Harry knew,
somehow
, what to do. He leaned forward and grasped the broom tightly in both hands, and it shot toward Malfoy like a
javelin
.
somehow /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ adv. 不知为什么
javelin /'dʒævlɪn/ n. 标枪
86
Malfoy only just
got out of the way
in time; Harry
made a sharp about turn
and held the broom steady. A few people below were
clapping
.
get out of the way 避开
make a sharp turn 急转弯
clap /klæp/ vi. 鼓掌
87
“No Crabbe and Goyle up here to
save your neck
, Malfoy,” Harry called.
save one's neck v. 免于遭难
88
The same thought seemed to have
struck
Malfoy.
strike /straɪk/ v. 突然意识到
89
“Catch it if you can, then!” he shouted, and he threw the glass ball high into the air and
streaked
back toward the ground.
streak /striːk/ vi. 疾驰
90
Harry saw, as though in
slow motion
, the ball rise up in the air and then start to fall.
slow motion 慢动作
91
He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down — next second he was
gathering speed
in a
steep dive
,
racing
the ball — wind whistled in his ears,
mingled
with the screams of people watching —
gather speed 加速
steep dive 大角度俯冲
race /reɪs/ vt. 和...竞赛
mingle /ˈmɪŋɡl/ vt. & vi. 混合, 混入
92
he stretched out his hand — a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he
toppledgently
onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his
fist
.
topple /ˈtɑːpl/ vi. 倾倒
gently /'dʒɛntli/ adv. 轻轻地
fist /fɪst/ n. 拳头
93
“HARRY POTTER!”
94
His heart sank faster than he’d just dived. Professor McGonagall was running toward them. He got to his feet, trembling.
95
“Never — in all my time at Hogwarts —”
96
Professor McGonagall was almost
speechless
with shock, and her glasses
flashed
furiously
, “— how dare you — might have broken your neck —”
speechless /'spitʃləs/ adj. (由于强烈的感情)说不出话的
flash /flæʃ/ vi. 闪光
furiously /ˈfjʊərɪəslɪ/ adv. 猛烈地
97
“It wasn’t his fault, Professor —”
98
“Be quiet, Miss Patil —”
99
“But Malfoy —”
100
“That’s enough, Mr. Weasley. Potter, follow me, now.”
101
Harry
caught sight
of Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle’s
triumphant
faces as he left, walking
numbly
in Professor McGonagall’s wake
as she strode toward the castle.
catch sight 瞥见
triumphant adj. （因胜利或成功而）洋洋得意的
numbly /'nʌmli/ adv. 无知觉地
in one's wake 尾随......
102
He was going to be expelled, he just knew it.
103
He wanted to say something to
defend
himself, but there seemed to be something wrong with his voice.
defend /dɪˈfend/ vt. 辩护
104
Professor McGonagall was
sweeping
along without even looking at him; he had to
jog
to
keep up
.
sweep /swiːp/ v. 步态轻盈地走
jog /dʒɑːɡ/ vt. & vi. 慢跑
keep up 不落后
105
Now he’d done it. He hadn’t even
lasted
two weeks. He’d be packing his bags
in
ten minutes. What would the Dursleys say when he turned up on the doorstep?
last /læst/ v. 持续
in prep. 在......以后
106
Up the front steps, up the marble staircase inside, and still Professor McGonagall didn’t say a word to him. She
wrenched
open doors and
marched
along corridors with Harry
trotting
miserably
behind her.
wrench /rentʃ/ vt. 拧
march /mɑːrtʃ/ v. 快步走
trot /trɑt/ v. 人(慢跑)
miserably /ˈmɪzərəblɪ/ v. 悲惨地
107
Maybe she was taking him to Dumbledore. He thought of Hagrid, expelled but allowed to stay on as
gamekeeper
. Perhaps he could be Hagrid’s
assistant
.
gamekeeper /ˈɡemˌkipɚ/ n. 猎场看守人
assistant /əˈsɪstənt/ n. 助手
108
His stomach twisted as he imagined it, watching Ron and the others becoming wizards while he
stumped
around the grounds carrying Hagrid’s bag.
stump /stʌmp/ vi. 笨重地行走
109
Professor McGonagall stopped outside a classroom. She opened the door and poked her head inside.
110
“Excuse me, Professor Flitwick, could I borrow Wood for a moment?”
111
Wood? thought Harry,
bewildered
; was Wood a
cane
she was going to use on him?
bewilder /bɪˈwɪldər/ vt. 使迷惑
cane /keɪn/ n. 藤条
112
But Wood turned out to be a person, a
burly
fifth-year boy who came out of Flitwick’s class looking
confused
.
burly /'bɝli/ adj. (指人)魁梧的
confused /kən'fjuzd/ adj. 困惑的
113
“Follow me, you two,” said Professor McGonagall, and they marched on up the corridor, Wood looking
curiously
at Harry.
curiously /'kjʊrɪəsli/ adv. 好奇地
114
“In here.”
115
Professor McGonagall pointed them into a classroom that was empty except for Peeves, who was busy writing rude words on the blackboard.
116
“Out, Peeves!” she barked. Peeves threw the
chalk
into a
bin
, which
clanged
loudly, and he
swooped
out cursing.
chalk /tʃɔːk/ n. 粉笔
bin /bɪn/ n. 垃圾桶
clang /klæŋ/ n. 叮当声
swoop /swuːp/ vi. 猛冲
117
Professor McGonagall slammed the door behind him and turned to face the two boys.
118
“Potter, this is Oliver Wood. Wood — I’ve found you a
Seeker
.”
seeker /'sikɚ/ 找球手
119
Wood’s expression changed from
puzzlement
to delight.
puzzlement /'pʌzlmənt/ n. 迷惑
120
“Are you serious, Professor?”
121
“Absolutely,” said Professor McGonagall
crisply
. “The boy’s a
natural
. I’ve never seen anything like it. Was that your first time on a broomstick, Potter?”
crisply /ˈkrɪsplɪ/ adv. 爽快地
natural /'nætʃrəl/ n. 有天赋的人
122
Harry nodded silently. He didn’t have a
clue
what was going on, but he didn’t seem to be being expelled, and some of the
feeling
started coming back to his legs.
clue /kluː/ n. 想法
feeling /'filɪŋ/ n. 知觉
123
“He caught that thing in his hand after a fifty-
foot
dive,” Professor McGonagall told Wood. “Didn’t even
scratch
himself. Charlie Weasley couldn’t have done it.”
foot /fʊt/ n. 英尺
scratch /skrætʃ/ v. (尤指意外地)擦破
124
Wood was now looking as though all his dreams had come true at once.
125
“Ever seen a game of Quidditch, Potter?” he asked excitedly.
126
“Wood’s
captain
of the Gryffindor team,” Professor McGonagall explained.
captain /ˈkæptɪn/ n. 队长
127
“He’s just the
build
for a Seeker, too,” said Wood, now walking around Harry and staring at him.
build /bɪld/ n. 体形
128
“Light — speedy — we’ll have to get him a
decent
broom, Professor — a Nimbus Two Thousand or a Cleansweep Seven, I’d say.”
decent /ˈdiːsnt/ adj. 像样的
129
“I shall speak to Professor Dumbledore and see if we can’t
bend
the first-year rule.
bend /bend/ v. 通融
130
Heaven knows
, we need a better team than last year.
Flattened
in that last match by Slytherin, I couldn’t look Severus Snape
in the face
for weeks. . . .”
Heaven knows 天知道
flatten /ˈflætn/ vt. 击败
in the face 面对
131
Professor McGonagall peered
sternly
over her glasses at Harry.
sternly /ˈstə..nlɪ/ adv. 严厉地
132
“I want to hear you’re training hard, Potter, or I may change my mind about punishing you.”
133
Then she suddenly smiled.
134
“Your father would have been proud,” she said. “He was an excellent Quidditch player himself.”
135
“You’re joking.”
136
It was dinnertime. Harry had just finished telling Ron what had happened when he’d left the grounds with Professor McGonagall.
137
Ron had a piece of
steak and kidney pie
halfway to his mouth, but he’d forgotten all about it.
steak and kidney pie 牛排腰子饼
138
“Seeker?” he said. “But first years never — you must be the youngest House player in about —”
139
“— a century,” said Harry,
shoveling
pie into his mouth. He felt particularly hungry after the excitement of the afternoon. “Wood told me.”
shovel /'ʃʌvl/ vt. 把...胡乱塞入
140
Ron was so amazed, so
impressed
, he just sat and
gaped
at Harry.
impressed /ɪmˈprest/ adj. (对...)钦佩
gape /ɡeɪp/ v 目瞪口呆地凝视
141
“I start training next week,” said Harry. “Only don’t tell anyone, Wood wants to keep it a secret.”
142
Fred and George Weasley now came into the hall, spotted Harry, and hurried over.
143
“Well done,” said George in a low voice. “Wood told us. We’re on the team too —
Beaters
.”
beater /'bitɚ/ n. 击球手
144
“I tell you, we’re going to win that Quidditch Cup
for sure
this year,” said Fred.
for sure adv. 毫无疑问地
145
“We haven’t won since Charlie left, but this year’s team is going to be brilliant. You must be good, Harry, Wood was almost skipping when he told us.”
146
“Anyway, we’ve got to go, Lee Jordan reckons he’s found a new secret
passageway
out of the school.”
passageway /'pæsɪdʒ,we/ n. (尤指两面有墙的)通道
147
“Bet it’s that one behind the statue of Gregory the
Smarmy
that we found in our first week. See you.”
smarmy /ˈsmɑːrmi/ adj. [口] 拍马的
148
Fred and George had
hardly
disappeared when someone
far
less
welcome turned up: Malfoy,
flanked
by Crabbe and Goyle.
hardly /'hɑrdli/ adv. 刚刚
far /fɑr/ adv. 非常
less /lɛs/ adv. 程度较低地
flank /flæŋk/ v. 侧面有
149
“Having a last meal, Potter? When are you getting the train back to the Muggles?”
150
“You’re a lot braver now that you’re back on the ground and you’ve got your little friends with you,” said Harry coolly.
151
There was of course
nothing at all
little about Crabbe and Goyle, but as the High Table was full of teachers, neither of them could do more
than
crack their
knuckles
and scowl.
nothing at all 根本没有什么东西
than /ðən/ prep. 除......
knuckle /'nʌkl/ n. (指人)指关节
152
“I’d
take you on
anytime
on my own
,” said Malfoy. “Tonight, if you want. Wizard’s
duel
. Wands only — no contact.
What’s the matter
? Never heard of a wizard’s duel before, I suppose?”
take sb on 同......较量
on my own 独自一人
duel /'dʊəl/ n. 决斗
What’s the matter 怎么了
153
“Of course he has,” said Ron,
wheeling around
. “I’m his
second
, who’s yours?”
wheel around 突然转身
second /'sɛkənd/ n. 助手
154
Malfoy looked at Crabbe and Goyle,
sizing them up
.
size up v. 评估
155
“Crabbe,” he said. “Midnight all right? We’ll meet you in the
trophy room
; that’s always unlocked.”
trophy room 奖杯室
156
When Malfoy had gone, Ron and Harry looked at each other.
157
“What is a wizard’s duel?” said Harry. “And what do you mean, you’re my second?”
158
“Well, a second’s there to
take over
if you die,” said Ron casually, getting started at last on his cold pie.
take over 接管
159
Catching the
look
on Harry’s face, he added quickly,
look /lʊk/ n. 神色
160
“But people only die in
proper
duels, you know, with real wizards. The most you and Malfoy’ll be able to do is send sparks at each other. Neither of you knows enough magic to do any real damage.
proper /ˈprɑpɚ/ adj. 真正的
161
I bet he expected you to refuse, anyway.”
162
“And what if I wave my wand and nothing happens?”
163
“Throw it away and punch him on the nose,” Ron suggested.
164
“Excuse me.”
165
They both looked up. It was Hermione Granger.
They both looked up. It was Hermione Granger.
166
“Can’t a person eat
in peace
in this place?” said Ron.
in peace 安静
167
Hermione ignored him and spoke to Harry.
168
“I couldn’t help
overhearing
what you and Malfoy were saying —”
overhear /ˌoʊvərˈhɪr/ vt. 偷听
169
“
Bet
you could,” Ron muttered.
bet /bet/ v. 确信
170
“— and you mustn’t go wandering around the school at night, think of the points you’ll lose Gryffindor if you’re caught, and you’re
bound
to be. It’s really very selfish of you.”
bound /baʊnd/ adj. 必然的
171
“And it’s really
none of your business
,” said Harry.
none of your business 不关你的事
172
“Good-bye,” said Ron.
173
All the same
, it wasn’t what you’d call the perfect end to the day, Harry thought, as he lay awake much later listening to Dean and Seamus falling asleep (Neville wasn’t back from the hospital wing).
all the same 尽管如此
174
Ron had spent all evening giving him advice such as “If he tries to
curse
you, you’d better dodge it, because I can’t remember how to
block
them.”
curse /kɜːrs/ v. 念咒语诅咒
block /blɑːk/ v. 阻挠
175
There was a very good chance they were going to get caught by Filch or Mrs. Norris, and Harry felt he was
pushing his luck
, breaking another school rule today.
push one's luck 碰运气
176
On the other hand, Malfoy’s
sneering
face kept
looming
up out of the darkness — this was his big chance to beat Malfoy face-to-face.
sneering /'sniriŋ/ adj. 嘲笑的
loom /luːm/ vi. 朦胧地出现
177
He couldn’t miss it.
178
“Half-past eleven,” Ron muttered at last, “we’d better go.”
179
They
pulled on
their
bathrobes
, picked up their wands, and crept across the tower room, down the
spiral staircase
, and into the Gryffindor common room.
pull on 穿
bathrobe 浴袍
spiral staircase n. 螺旋梯
180
A few
embers
were still glowing in the
fireplace
, turning all the armchairs into
hunched
black shadows.
ember /'ɛmbɚ/ n. 余烬
fireplace /ˈfaɪərpleɪs/ n. 壁炉
hunched /hʌntʃt/ adj. 缩成一团的
181
They had almost reached the
portrait
hole
when a voice spoke from the chair nearest them, “I can’t believe you’re going to do this, Harry.”
portrait /ˈpɔːrtrət/ n. 画像
hole /hol/ n. 洞穴
182
A lamp flickered on. It was Hermione Granger, wearing a pink bathrobe and a
frown
.
frown /fraʊn/ vi. 皱眉
183
“You!” said Ron
furiously
. “Go back to bed!”
furiously /ˈfjʊərɪəslɪ/ adv. 狂暴地
184
“I almost told your brother,” Hermione snapped, “Percy — he’s a prefect, he’d
put a stop to
this.”
put a stop to 制止
185
Harry couldn’t believe anyone could be so
interfering
.
interfering adj. 多管闲事的
186
“Come on,” he said to Ron. He pushed open the portrait of the Fat Lady and climbed through the hole.
187
Hermione wasn’t going to
give up
that easily. She followed Ron through the portrait hole,
hissing
at them like an angry goose.
give up 放弃
hiss /hɪs/ v. 带怒气地低声说出(某事)
188
“Don’t you care about Gryffindor, do you only care about yourselves,
189
I don’t want Slytherin to win the House Cup, and you’ll lose all the points I got from Professor McGonagall for knowing about Switching Spells.”
190
“Go away.”
191
“All right, but I warned you, you just remember what I said when you’re on the train
home
tomorrow, you’re so —”
home /hom/ adv. 回家
192
But what they were, they didn’t find out.
193
Hermione had turned to the portrait of the Fat Lady to get back inside and found herself facing an empty painting.
194
The Fat Lady had gone on a nighttime
visit
and Hermione was locked out of Gryffindor Tower.
visit /'vɪzɪt/ n. 拜访
195
“Now what am I going to do?” she asked
shrilly
.
shrilly /ˈʃrɪlɪ/ adv. 尖声地
196
“That’s your problem,” said Ron. “We’ve got to go, we’re going to be late.”
197
They hadn’t even reached the end of the corridor when Hermione
caught up with
them.
catch up with 赶上
198
“I’m coming with you,” she said.
199
“You are not.”
200
“D’you think I’m going to stand out here and wait for Filch to catch me? If he finds all three of us I’ll tell him the truth, that I was trying to stop you, and you can
back me up
.”
back sb up 支持某人
201
“You’ve got some
nerve
—” said Ron loudly.
nerve /nɜːrv/ n. 胆量
202
“Shut up, both of you!” said Harry sharply. “I heard something.”
203
It was a sort of
snuffling
.
snuffling /'snʌfliŋ/ vi. 抽鼻子
204
“Mrs. Norris?” breathed Ron,
squinting
through the dark.
squint /skwɪnt/ vi. 眯眼看
205
It wasn’t Mrs. Norris. It was Neville. He was curled up on the floor, fast asleep, but jerked suddenly awake as they crept nearer.
206
“
Thank goodness
you found me! I’ve been out here for hours, I couldn’t remember the new
password
to get in to bed.”
Thank goodness 谢天谢地
password /ˈpæswɜːrd/ n. (进入房间、建筑或某个地区的)口令
207
“Keep your voice down, Neville. The password’s ‘Pig
snout
’ but it won’t help you now, the Fat Lady’s gone off somewhere.”
snout /snaʊt/ n. 鼻子
208
“How’s your arm?” said Harry.
209
“Fine,” said Neville, showing them. “Madam Pomfrey
mended
it in about a minute.”
mend /mend/ vt. (使)痊愈
210
“Good — well, look, Neville, we’ve got to be somewhere, we’ll see you later —”
211
“Don’t leave me!” said Neville,
scrambling
to his feet, “I don’t want to stay here alone, the Bloody Baron’s been
past
twice already.”
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ vi. 快速爬行
past /pæst/ prep. 经过
212
Ron looked at his watch and then glared
furiously
at Hermione and Neville.
furiously /ˈfjʊərɪəslɪ/ adv. 狂怒地
213
“If either of you get us caught, I’ll never
rest
until I’ve learned that Curse of the
Bogies
Quirrell told us about, and used it on you.”
rest /rɛst/ vt. & vi.（使）休息
bogies n. 妖怪
214
Hermione opened her mouth, perhaps to tell Ron exactly how to use the Curse of the Bogies, but Harry hissed at her to be quiet and
beckoned
them all
forward
.
beckon /ˈbekən/ vt. & vi. (用头或手的动作)示意
forward /ˈfɔːrwərd/ adv. 前进地
215
They
flitted
along corridors
striped
with
bars
of moonlight from the high windows.
flit /flɪt/ vi. 轻快地掠过
stripe /straɪp/ vt. 加条纹与...
bar /bɑːr/ n. 条状物
216
At every
turn
Harry expected to
run into
Filch or Mrs. Norris, but they were lucky.
turn n. 拐弯
run into vt. 偶然遇见
217
They
sped
up a staircase to the third floor and
tiptoed
toward the
trophy room
.
speed /spid/ vi. 快速移动
tiptoe /'tɪpto/ v. 蹑手蹑脚地走
trophy room 奖杯室
218
Malfoy and Crabbe weren’t there yet.
219
The crystal trophy cases
glimmered
where the moonlight
caught
them.
glimmer /ˈɡlɪmər/ vi. 发微光
catch /kætʃ/ v. (光)照射于
220
Cups,
shields
,
plates
, and statues
winked
silver and gold in the darkness.
shield /ʃiːld/ n. 盾
plate /pleɪt/ n. （银质或金质）奖杯
wink /wɪŋk/ vi. 闪烁
221
They
edged
along the walls, keeping their eyes on the doors at either end of the room. Harry took out his wand in case Malfoy leapt in and started at once. The minutes
crept
by.
edge /edʒ/ v. 缓缓移动
creep /kriːp/ vi. 慢慢地移动
222
“He’s late, maybe he’s
chickened out
,” Ron whispered.
chicken out 临阵退缩
223
Then a noise in the next room made them jump. Harry had only just raised his wand when they heard someone speak — and it wasn’t Malfoy.
224
“Sniff around, my sweet, they might be lurking in a corner.”
225
It was Filch speaking to Mrs. Norris.
Horror-struck
, Harry waved
madly
at the other three to follow him as quickly as possible; they
scurried
silently toward the door, away from Filch’s voice.
horror-struck /'hɔrəstrʌk/ adj. 惊恐地
madly /'mædli/ adv. 发疯似地
scurry /ˈskɜːri/ v. 碎步急跑
226
Neville’s robes had barely
whipped
round the corner when they heard Filch enter the trophy room.
whip /wɪp/ v. (使朝某一方向)猛然移动
227
“They’re in here somewhere,” they heard him mutter, “probably hiding.”
228
“This way!” Harry
mouthed
to the others and,
petrified
, they began to creep down a long
gallery
full of suits of
armor
.
mouth /maʊθ/ v. 不出声地说
petrify /ˈpetrɪfaɪ/ vt. & vi. 吓呆
gallery /ˈɡæləri/ n. 走廊
armor /ˈɑːmər/ n. 盔甲
229
They could hear Filch getting nearer.
230
Neville suddenly let out a frightened squeak and
broke into a run
—
broke into a run 拔腿狂奔
231
he
tripped
, grabbed Ron around the waist, and the pair of them
toppled
right into a suit of armor.
trip /trɪp/ vi. 绊倒
topple /ˈtɑːpl/ vi. 倾倒
232
The
clanging
and
crashing
were enough to wake the whole castle.
clang /klæŋ/ v. (使)叮当地响
crash /kræʃ/ v. 发出巨响
233
“RUN!” Harry yelled, and the four of them
sprinted
down the gallery, not looking back to see whether Filch was following —
sprint /sprɪnt/ vi. 全速跑
234
they
swung around
the
doorpost
and
galloped
down one corridor then another,
swing around 使转过
doorpost /ˈdɔrˌpost/ n. 门柱
gallop /ˈɡæləp/ vi. 飞驰
235
Harry in the lead, without any idea where they were or where they were going —
236
they
ripped
through a
tapestry
and found themselves in a
hidden
passageway,
hurtled
along it
rip /rɪp/ v. 穿过
tapestry /'tæpəstri/ n. 挂毯
hidden /'hɪdn/ adj. 难以发现的
hurtle /ˈhɜːrtl/ vi. 疾飞
237
and came out near their
Charms
classroom, which they knew was
miles
from the trophy room.
charm /tʃɑːrm/ n. 咒语
miles /mailz/ n. 远远地
238
“I think we’ve
lost
him,” Harry panted, leaning against the cold wall and
wiping
his forehead. Neville was
bent double
, wheezing and
spluttering
.
lose /luz/ v. 甩掉(追赶者)
wipe /waɪp/ v. 擦掉(液体、污垢、印迹)
bent double 弯腰的
splutter /'splʌtɚ/ vi. 语无伦次地说
239
“I — told — you,” Hermione gasped, clutching at the
stitch
in her chest, “I — told — you.”
stitch /stɪtʃ/ n. 缝线
240
“We’ve got to get back to Gryffindor Tower,” said Ron, “quickly as possible.”
241
“Malfoy
tricked
you,” Hermione said to Harry. “You realize that, don’t you? He was never going to meet you — Filch knew someone was going to be in the trophy room, Malfoy must have
tipped him off
.”
trick /trɪk/ vt. 欺骗
tip sb off (向某人)泄露消息
242
Harry thought she was probably right, but he wasn’t going to tell her that.
243
“Let’s go.”
244
It wasn’t going to be that simple. They hadn’t gone more than a
dozen
paces
when a doorknob
rattled
and something came
shooting
out of a classroom in front of them.
dozen n. 十多个
pace /peɪs/ n. 步子
rattle /ˈrætl/ vt. 使发出咯咯声
shoot /ʃuːt/ v. (使)急速移动
245
It was Peeves. He
caught sight of
them and gave a
squeal
of delight.
catch sight of 瞥见
squeal /skwil/ n. 尖叫声
246
“Shut up, Peeves — please — you’ll get us
thrown out
.”
thrown out 赶走
247
Peeves
cackled
.
cackle /'kækl/ v. 嘎嘎地笑
248
“Wandering around at midnight,
Ickle
Firsties?
Tut
, tut, tut.
Naughty
, naughty, you’ll
get caughty
.”
ickle 小（little，非正式）
tut /tʌt/ int. (作书面语或口语，表示不赞成的咂嘴声)啧啧
naughty /ˈnɔːti/ adj. 淘气的
get caught 遭逮捕
249
“Not if you don’t
give us away
, Peeves, please.”
give sb away 出卖
250
“Should tell Filch, I should,” said Peeves in a
saintly
voice, but his eyes glittered
wickedly
. “It’s for your own good, you know.”
saintly /'sentli/ adj. 非常圣洁善良的
wickedly /'wikidli/ adv. 顽皮地
251
“Get out of the way,” snapped Ron, taking a
swipe
at Peeves — this was a big mistake.
swipe /swaɪp/ n. 重击
252
“STUDENTS OUT OF BED!” Peeves
bellowed
, “STUDENTS OUT OF BED DOWN THE CHARMS CORRIDOR!”
bellow /ˈbeloʊ/ vi. 吼叫
253
Ducking
under Peeves, they ran
for their lives
, right to the end of the corridor where they
slammed into
a door — and it was locked.
duck v. (迅速)低头
for one's life 拼命地
slam into 猛烈撞击
254
“This is it!” Ron moaned, as they pushed
helplessly
at the door, “
We’re done for
! This is the end!”
helplessly /ˈh ɛlplɪslɪ/ adv. 无力地,无助地
be done for 完蛋了
255
They could hear
footsteps
, Filch running as fast as he could toward Peeves’s shouts.
footstep /ˈfʊtstep/ n. 脚步声
256
“Oh,
move over
,” Hermione snarled. She grabbed Harry’s wand, tapped the lock, and whispered, “Alohomora!”
move over 挪开
257
The lock clicked and the door swung open — they
piled
through it, shut it quickly, and pressed their ears against it, listening.
pile /paɪl/ v. 蜂拥
258
“Which way did they go, Peeves?” Filch was saying. “Quick, tell me.”
259
“Say ‘please.’”
260
“Don’t
mess
with me, Peeves, now where did they go?”
mess /mes/ v. 玩弄
261
“
Shan’t
say nothing if you don’t say please,” said Peeves in his annoying
singsong
voice.
shan't /ʃænt/ abbr. shall not 不应该的(口语的
singsong /'sɪŋsɔŋ/ n. 抑扬顿挫的说话腔调
262
“All right — please.”
263
“NOTHING! Ha haaa! Told you I wouldn’t say nothing if you didn’t say please! Ha ha! Haaaaaa!” And they heard the sound of Peeves
whooshing
away and Filch
cursing
in
rage
.
whoosh /wʊʃ/ vi. 飞快地移动
curse /kɜːrs/ v. 咒骂
rage /reɪdʒ/ n. 愤怒
264
“He thinks this door is locked,” Harry whispered. “I think we’ll be okay — get off, Neville!”
265
For Neville had been
tugging
on the sleeve of Harry’s bathrobe for the last minute. “What?”
tug /tʌɡ/ vt. & vi. 猛扯
266
Harry turned around — and saw, quite clearly, what. For a moment, he was sure he’d walked into a
nightmare
— this was
too much
,
on top of
everything that had happened
so far
.
nightmare /ˈnaɪtmer/ n. 噩梦
too much [口] 太过分
on top of 紧接着
so far 到目前为止
267
They weren’t in a room, as he had supposed. They were in a corridor. The forbidden corridor on the third floor. And now they knew why it was forbidden.
268
They were looking straight into the eyes of a
monstrous
dog, a dog which filled the whole space between ceiling and floor.
monstrous /ˈmɑːnstrəs/ adj. 大得古怪的
269
It had three heads. Three pairs of rolling,
mad
eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three
drooling
mouths,
saliva
hanging in
slippery
ropes from yellowish fangs.
mad /mæd/ adj. 生气的
drool /druːl/ vi. 流口水
saliva /sə'laɪvə/ n. 唾液
slippery /ˈslɪpəri/ adj. 湿滑的
270
It was standing quite still, all six eyes staring at them, and Harry knew that the only reason they weren’t already dead was that their sudden appearance had taken it by surprise,
271
but it was quickly
getting over
that, there was no mistaking what those
thunderous
growls
meant.
get over 恢复
thunderous /'θʌndərəs/ adj. 雷鸣般的; 声音很大的
growl /ɡraʊl/ v. （动物）低沉吼叫
272
Harry
groped
for the doorknob — between Filch and death, he’d take Filch.
grope /ɡroʊp/ vt. & vi. 摸索
273
They fell backward — Harry slammed the door shut, and they ran, they almost flew, back down the corridor.
274
Filch must have hurried off to look for them somewhere else, because they didn’t see him anywhere, but they hardly cared —
275
all they wanted to do was put as much space as possible between them and that monster.
276
They didn’t stop running until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady on the seventh floor.
277
“Where on earth have you all been?” she asked, looking at their bathrobes hanging off their shoulders and their
flushed
, sweaty faces.
flushed /fl ʌʃt/ adj. 脸红的
278
“Never mind that — pig snout, pig snout,” panted Harry, and the portrait swung forward. They
scrambled
into the common room and collapsed, trembling, into armchairs.
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ v. 慌忙前往
279
It was a while before any of them said anything. Neville, indeed, looked as if he’d never speak again.
280
“What do they think they’re doing, keeping a thing like that locked up in a school?” said Ron finally. “If any dog needs exercise, that one does.”
281
Hermione had got both her breath and her bad
temper
back again.
temper /ˈtempər/ n. 脾气
282
“You don’t use your eyes, any of you, do you?” she snapped. “Didn’t you see what it was standing on?”
283
“The floor?” Harry suggested. “I wasn’t looking at its feet, I was too busy with its heads.”
284
“No, not the floor. It was standing on a
trapdoor
. It’s obviously guarding something.”
trapdoor /'træpdɔr/ n. 活板门
285
She stood up,
glaring
at them.
glare /ɡler/ vt. & vi. 怒目而视
286
“I hope you’re pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed — or worse, expelled. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to bed.”
287
Ron stared after her, his mouth open.
288
“No, we don’t mind,” he said. “You’d think we dragged her along, wouldn’t you?”
289
But Hermione had given Harry something else to
think about
as he climbed back into bed.
think about 认真考虑
290
The dog was guarding something. . . .
291
What had Hagrid said? Gringotts was the safest place in the world for something you wanted to hide — except perhaps Hogwarts.
292
It looked as though Harry had found out where the
grubby
little package from vault seven hundred and thirteen was.
grubby /'ɡrʌbi/ adj. 肮脏的
293
