《哈利波特2》｜单词注释｜Chapter 13
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
1
The Very Secret Diary
2
Hermione
remained
in the hospital wing for several weeks.
remain /rɪ'meɪn/ v. 逗留
3
There was a
flurry
of rumour about her disappearance when the rest of the school arrived back from their Christmas holidays,
flurry /'flʌrɪ/ n. 骚动
4
because of course everyone thought that she had been attacked.
5
So many students
filed
past the hospital wing trying to catch a glimpse of her that Madam Pomfrey took out her curtains again and placed them around Hermione’s bed,
file /faɪl/ vi. 排成纵队前进
6
to
spare
her the shame of being seen with a furry face.
spare /speə/ v. 免去
7
Harry and Ron went to visit her every evening. When the new term started, they brought her each day’s homework.
8
‘If I’d sprouted whiskers, I’d take a
break
from work,’ said Ron,
tipping
a stack of books onto Hermione’s bedside table one evening.
break /breɪk/ n. 休息
tip /tɪp/ v. 倾倒
9
‘Don’t be silly, Ron, I’ve got to keep up,’ said Hermione
briskly
. Her spirits were greatly improved by the fact that all the hair had gone from her face and her eyes were turning slowly back to brown.
briskly /'briskli/ adv. 迅速地
10
‘I don’t suppose you’ve got any new
leads
?’ she added in a whisper, so that Madam Pomfrey couldn’t hear her.
lead /liːd/ n. 线索
11
‘Nothing,’ said Harry
gloomily
.
gloomily /'glu:mili/ adv. 沮丧地
12
‘I was so sure it was Malfoy,’ said Ron, for about the hundredth time.
13
‘What’s that?’ asked Harry, pointing to something gold sticking out from under Hermione’s pillow.
14
‘Just a Get Well card,’ said Hermione hastily, trying to poke it out of sight, but Ron was too quick for her. He pulled it out,
flicked
it open and read aloud:
flick /flɪk/ v. （使）突然快速移动
15
‘To Miss Granger, wishing you a speedy recovery, from your concerned teacher, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart,
16
Order of Merlin, Third Class,
Honorary
Member of the Dark Force Defence League and five times winner of Witch Weekly’s Most-Charming-Smile Award.’
honorary /'ɒn(ə)(rə)rɪ/ adj. 荣誉的
17
Ron looked up at Hermione,
disgusted
.
disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/ v. 厌恶
18
‘You sleep with this under your pillow?’
19
But Hermione was
spared
answering by Madam Pomfrey
sweeping
over with her evening
dose
of medicine.
spare /speə/ v. 免去
sweep /swiːp/ v. 大模大样地走
dose /dəʊs/ n. 剂量
20
‘Is Lockhart the
smarmiest
bloke
you’ve ever met, or what?’ Ron said to Harry as they left the dormitory and started up the stairs towards Gryffindor Tower.
smarmy /ˈsmɑːmi/ adj. <口>逢迎的
bloke /bləʊk/ n. [俚]家伙
21
Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in the sixth year before he finished it.
22
Ron was just saying he wished he had asked Hermione how many rat tails you were supposed to add to a
Hair-Raising Potion
, when an angry
outburst
from the floor above reached their ears.
Hair-Raising Potion 生发药剂
outburst /ˈaʊtbɜːst/ n. （火山、情感等的）爆发
23
‘That’s Filch,’ Harry muttered, as they hurried up the stairs and paused, out of sight, listening hard.
24
‘You don’t think someone else’s been attacked?’ said Ron tensely.
25
They stood still, their heads inclined towards Filch’s voice, which sounded quite
hysterical
.
hysterical /hɪˈsterɪkl/ adj. 歇斯底里般的
26
‘… even more work for me! Mopping all night, like I haven’t got enough to do! No, this is the final
straw
, I’m going to Dumbledore …’
straw /strɔː/ n. 稻草
27
His footsteps
receded
and they heard a distant door
slam
.
recede /rɪˈsiːd/ vi. 减弱
slam /slæm/ vt. & vi. 砰地关上(门或窗)
28
They poked their heads around the corner. Filch had clearly been
manning
his usual
lookout post
: they were once again on the spot where Mrs Norris had been attacked.
man /mæn/ v. 在……岗位上工作
lookout post 哨岗
29
They saw at a glance what Filch had been shouting about.
30
A great flood of water
stretched
over half the corridor, and it looked as though it was still
seeping
from under the door of Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom.
stretch /stretʃ/ v. 延伸
seep /siːp/ vi. 渗出
31
Now Filch had stopped shouting, they could hear Myrtle’s wails echoing off the bathroom walls.
32
‘Now what’s up with her?’ said Ron.
33
‘Let’s go and see,’ said Harry, and holding their robes over their ankles they stepped through the great
wash
of water to the door
bearing
its ‘Out of Order’ sign, ignored it as always, and entered.
wash /wɔʃ/ n. 浅水浅滩
bear /beə(r)/ v. 刻有
34
Moaning Myrtle was crying, if possible, louder and harder than ever before.
35
She seemed to be hiding down her usual toilet. It was dark in the bathroom, because the candles had been
extinguished
in the great
rush
of water that had left both walls and floor
soaking
wet
.
extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ v. 熄灭
rush /rʌʃ/ n. 急流
soaking /ˈsəʊkɪŋ/ adj. 湿透的
wet /wet/ n. 湿地
36
‘What’s up, Myrtle?’ said Harry.
37
‘Who’s that?’
glugged
Myrtle miserably. ‘Come to throw something else at me?’
glug /glʌg/ vt. 〈口〉发汩汩声
38
Harry waded across to her cubicle and said, ‘Why would I throw something at you?’
39
‘Don’t ask me,’ Myrtle shouted, emerging with a wave of yet more water, which splashed onto the already
sopping
floor.
sopping /'sɒpɪŋ/ adv. & adj. <非正>湿透的(地)
40
‘Here I am,
minding
my own business, and someone thinks it’s funny to throw a book at me …’
mind /maɪnd/ v. 苦恼
41
‘But it can’t hurt you if someone throws something at you,’ said Harry,
reasonably
. ‘I mean, it’d just go right through you, wouldn’t it?’
reasonably /'ri:znəbli/ adv. 明辨道理地
42
He had said the wrong thing. Myrtle
puffed
herself up and shrieked,
puff /pʌf/ vt. 使膨胀
43
‘Let’s all throw books at Myrtle, because she can’t feel it! Ten points if you can get it through her stomach! Fifty points if it goes through her head! Well, ha ha ha! What a
lovely
game, I don’t think!’
lovely /'lʌvlɪ/ adj. 令人愉快的
44
‘Who threw it at you, anyway?’ asked Harry.
45
‘I don’t know … I was just sitting in the
U-bend
, thinking about death, and it fell right through the top of my head,’ said Myrtle, glaring at them. ‘It’s over there, it got
washed
out.’
U-bend 马蹄弯头
wash /wɔʃ/ v. 冲刷
46
Harry and Ron looked under the sink, where Myrtle was pointing.
47
A small, thin book lay there. It had a shabby black cover and was as wet as everything else in the bathroom. Harry stepped forward to pick it up, but Ron suddenly
flung out
an arm to hold him back.
fling out 用力抛出
48
‘What?’ said Harry.
49
‘Are you mad?’ said Ron. ‘It could be dangerous.’
50
‘Dangerous?’ said Harry, laughing. ‘
Come off it
, how could it be dangerous?’
come off it 别胡说
51
‘You’d be surprised,’ said Ron, who was looking
apprehensively
at the book.
apprehensively adv. 担心地
52
‘Some of the books the Ministry’s
confiscated
– Dad’s told me – there was one that
burned
your eyes out.
confiscate /ˈkɒnfɪskeɪt/ vt. 没收
burn /bɜːn/ v. 烧坏
53
And everyone who read
Sonnets
of a Sorcerer spoke in
limericks
for the rest of their lives.
sonnet /'sɒnɪt/ n. 十四行诗
limerick /'limərik/ n. 五行打油诗(通常幽默)
54
And some old witch in
Bath
had a book that you could never stop reading! You just had to
wander
around with your nose in it, trying to do everything one-handed. And –’
Bath 巴斯(英国城市)
wander /ˈwɒndə(r)/ vi. 漫步
55
‘All right, I’ve got the point,’ said Harry.
56
The little book lay on the floor,
nondescript
and
soggy
.
nondescript /'nɒndɪskrɪpt/ adj. 无明显特征的
soggy /ˈsɒɡi/ adj. 浸水的
57
‘Well, we won’t find out unless we look at it,’ he said, and he
ducked
round Ron and picked it off the floor.
duck /dʌk/ v. 回避
58
Harry saw at once that it was a diary, and the faded year on the cover told him it was fifty years old. He opened it eagerly. On the first page he could just make out the name ‘T. M. Riddle’ in
smudged
ink.
smudge /smʌdʒ/ n. 模糊不清的景象（或图像）
59
‘Hang on,’ said Ron, who had approached cautiously and was looking over Harry’s shoulder. ‘I know that name … T. M. Riddle got an award for special services to the school fifty years ago.’
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‘How on earth d’you know that?’ said Harry in amazement.
61
‘Because Filch made me polish his
shield
about fifty times in detention,’ said Ron
resentfully
. ‘That was the one I
burped
slugs all over. If you’d wiped
slime
off a name for an hour, you’d remember it, too.’
shield /ʃiːld/ n. 盾形纹（徽）章
resentfully /ri'zentfuli/ adv. 充满愤恨地
burp /bɜːp/ vi. 打嗝
slime /slaɪm/ n. 黏液
62
Harry peeled the wet pages apart. They were completely blank. There wasn’t the
faintest
trace
of writing on any of them, not even ‘Auntie Mabel’s birthday’, or ‘
dentist
, half past three’.
faint /feɪnt/ adj. 微小的
trace /treɪs/ n. 痕迹
dentist /ˈdentɪst/ n. 牙科医生
63
‘He never wrote in it,’ said Harry,
disappointed
.
disappointed /dɪsə'pɒɪntɪd/ adj. 失望的
64
‘I wonder why someone wanted to
flush
it away?’ said Ron curiously.
flush /flʌʃ/ v. 冲（抽水马桶）
65
Harry turned to the back cover of the book and saw the printed name of a
newsagent’s
in
Vauxhall
Road, London.
newsagent /ˈnju:zˌeɪdʒɵnt/ n. 报刊经销人
Vauxhall n. 沃克斯豪尔（欧宝的英国分厂）
66
‘He must’ve been Muggle-born,’ said Harry thoughtfully, ‘to have bought a diary from Vauxhall Road …’
67
‘Well, it’s not much use to you,’ said Ron. He dropped his voice. ‘Fifty points if you can get it through Myrtle’s nose.’
68
Harry, however,
pocketed
it.
pocket /ˈpɒkɪt/ vt. 将…放入衣袋
69
Hermione left the hospital wing, de-
whiskered
, tail-less and fur-free, at the beginning of
February
.
whiskered /'hwiskəd/ adj. 有须的
February /'febrʊərɪ/ n. 二月
70
On her first evening back in Gryffindor Tower, Harry showed her T. M. Riddle’s diary and told her the story of how they had found it.
71
‘Oooh, it might have hidden
powers
,’ said Hermione
enthusiastically
, taking the diary and looking at it closely.
power /ˈpaʊə(r)/ n. 某方面的力量(或影响)
enthusiastically /ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪkli/ adv. 满腔热情地
72
‘If it has, it’s hiding them very well,’ said Ron. ‘Maybe it’s shy. I don’t know why you don’t
chuck
it, Harry.’
chuck /tʃʌk/ vt. 丢弃
73
‘I wish I knew why someone did try to chuck it,’ said Harry. ‘I wouldn’t mind knowing how Riddle got an award for special services to Hogwarts, either.’
74
‘Could’ve been anything,’ said Ron. ‘Maybe he got thirty O.W.Ls or saved a teacher from the giant
squid
. Maybe he murdered Myrtle, that would’ve
done everyone a favour
…’
squid /skwɪd/ n. 鱿鱼
do sb a favour 帮某人一个忙
75
But Harry could tell from the
arrested
look on Hermione’s face that she was thinking what he was thinking.
arrest /əˈrest/ vt. 吸引
76
‘What?’ said Ron, looking from one to the other.
77
‘Well, the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago, wasn’t it?’ he said. ‘That’s what Malfoy said.’
78
‘Yeah …’ said Ron slowly.
79
‘And this diary is fifty years old,’ said Hermione, tapping it excitedly.
80
‘So?’
81
‘Oh, Ron, wake up,’ snapped Hermione.
82
‘We know the person who opened the Chamber last time was expelled fifty years ago.
83
We know T. M. Riddle got an award for special services to the school fifty years ago. Well, what if Riddle got his special award for catching the heir of Slytherin?
84
His diary would probably tell us everything: where the Chamber is, and how to open it, and what sort of creature lives in it.
85
The person who’s behind the attacks this time wouldn’t want that lying around, would they?’
86
‘That’s a brilliant
theory
, Hermione,’ said Ron, ‘with just one tiny little
flaw
. There’s nothing written in his diary.’
theory /ˈθɪəri/ n. 推测
flaw /flɔː/ n.缺点
87
But Hermione was pulling her wand out of her bag.
88
‘It might be invisible ink!’ she whispered.
89
She tapped the diary three times and said, ‘Aparecium!’
90
Nothing happened.
Undaunted
, Hermione shoved her hand back into her bag and pulled out what appeared to be a bright red
eraser
.
undaunted /ʌn'dɔːntɪd/ adj. 百折不挠的
eraser /ɪ'reɪzə/ n. 橡皮
91
‘It’s a
Revealer
, I got it in Diagon Alley,’ she said.
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ vt. 显示
92
She
rubbed
hard on ‘
January
the first’. Nothing happened.
rub /rʌb/ vi. 擦
January /ˈdʒænjuəri/ n. 一月
93
‘I’m telling you, there’s nothing to find in there,’ said Ron. ‘Riddle just got a diary for Christmas and couldn’t be
bothered filling
it in.’
bother doing 懒得做
94
Harry couldn’t explain, even to himself, why he didn’t just throw Riddle’s diary away.
95
The fact was that even though he knew the diary was blank, he kept
absent-mindedly
picking it up and turning the pages, as though it was a story he wanted to finish.
absent-mindedly /'æbsənt'maindidli/ adv. 心不在焉地
96
And while Harry was sure he had never heard the name T. M. Riddle before, it still seemed to mean something to him,
97
almost as though Riddle was a friend he’d had when he was very small, and
half-forgotten
.
half-forgotten. adj. 遗忘大半的
98
But this was
absurd
. He’d never had friends before Hogwarts, Dudley had made sure of that.
absurd /əbˈsɜːd/ adj. 荒谬的
99
Nevertheless
, Harry was determined to find out more about Riddle,
nevertheless /ˌnevəðəˈles/ conj. 尽管如此
100
so, next day at break, he headed for the
trophy
room to examine Riddle’s special award,
accompanied
by an interested Hermione and a
thoroughly
unconvinced
Ron,
trophy /ˈtrəʊfi/ n. 奖品
accompany /əˈkʌmpəni/ vt. 陪同
thoroughly /'θʌrəli/ adv. 完全地
unconvinced /ˌʌnkənˈvɪnst/ adj. 怀疑的
101
who told them he’d seen enough of the trophy room to
last
him a lifetime.
last /lɑːst/ vi. 够用
102
Riddle’s burnished gold
shield
was
tucked
away in a corner cabinet. It didn’t
carry
details of why it had been given to him (‘Good thing, too, or it’d be even bigger and I’d still be polishing it,’ said Ron).
shield /ʃiːld/ n. 盾形纹（徽）章
tuck /tʌk/ v. 收藏
carry /'kærɪ/ v. 标有
103
However, they did find Riddle’s name on an old
Medal
for Magical
Merit
, and on a list of old
Head Boys
.
medal /ˈmedl/ n. 奖章
merit /ˈmerɪt/ n. <英>(成绩等级)良好
head boy (英）男班长
104
‘He sounds like Percy,’ said Ron, wrinkling his nose in disgust. ‘Prefect, Head Boy – probably top of every class.’
105
‘You say that like it’s a bad thing,’ said Hermione, in a slightly hurt voice.
106
The sun had now begun to
shine
weakly on Hogwarts again. Inside the castle, the mood had grown more
hopeful
.
shine /ʃaɪn/ vi. 发光
hopeful /ˈhəʊpfl/ adj. 满怀希望的
107
There had been no more attacks since those on Justin and Nearly Headless Nick,
108
and Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the Mandrakes were becoming
moody
and
secretive
, meaning that they were fast leaving childhood.
moody /ˈmuːdi/ adj. 喜怒无常的
secretive /ˈsiːkrətɪv/ adj. 惯于掩藏自己的
109
‘The moment their
acne
clears up, they’ll be ready for re-
potting
again,’ Harry heard her telling Filch kindly one afternoon.
acne /'æknɪ/ n. 粉刺
repot /ri:'pɔt/ vt. 移植
110
‘And after that, it won’t be long until we’re cutting them up and
stewing
them. You’ll have Mrs Norris back in no time.’
stew /stjuː/ vt. 炖
111
Perhaps the heir of Slytherin had lost his or her nerve, thought Harry.
112
It must be getting riskier and riskier to open the Chamber of Secrets, with the school so
alert
and suspicious.
alert /əˈlɜːt/ vt. 使警觉
113
Perhaps the monster, whatever it was, was even now settling itself down to
hibernate
for another fifty years …
hibernate /ˈhaɪbəneɪt/ vi. (某些动物)冬眠
114
Ernie Macmillan of Hufflepuff didn’t take this cheerful
view
.
view /vjuː/ n. 观点
115
He was still convinced that Harry was the guilty one, that he had ‘
given himself away
’ at the Duelling Club.
give away 泄露
116
Peeves wasn’t helping matters: he kept popping up in the crowded corridors singing ‘Oh Potter, you
rotter
…’, now with a
dance-routine
to
match
.
rotter /'rɒtə/ n. 坏蛋
dance-routine 一套舞蹈动作
match /mætʃ/ n. 匹配
117
Gilderoy Lockhart seemed to think he himself had made the attacks stop. Harry
overheard
him telling Professor McGonagall so while the Gryffindors were
lining
up for Transfiguration.
overhear /ˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r)/ vt. 无意中听到
line /laɪn/ vt. 沿…形成行(或列、排)
118
‘I don’t think there’ll be any more trouble, Minerva,’ he said, tapping his nose
knowingly
and winking. ‘I think the Chamber has been locked for good this time.
knowingly /ˈnəʊɪŋlɪ/ adv. 会意地
119
The culprit must have known it was only a matter of time before I caught them. Rather
sensible
to stop now, before I
came down hard on
them.
sensible /ˈsensəbl/ adj. 明智的
come down on 申斥
120
‘You know, what the school needs now is a
morale
-
booster
. Wash away the memories of last term! I won’t say any more just now, but I think I know
just the thing
…’
morale /məˈrɑːl/ n. 士气
booster /'buːstə/ n. 起促进或激励作用的事物
just the thing 正是想要的
121
He tapped his nose again and strode off.
122
Lockhart’s idea of a morale-booster became
clear
at breakfast time on
February
the fourteenth.
clear /klɪə(r)/ adj. 清楚的
February /'febrʊərɪ/ n. 二月
123
Harry hadn’t had much sleep because of a late-
running
Quidditch practice the night before, and he hurried down to the Great Hall slightly late.
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ adj. 连续的
124
He thought, for a moment, that he’d walked through the wrong doors.
125
The walls were all covered with large,
lurid
pink flowers. Worse
still
, heart-shaped
confetti
was falling from the pale blue ceiling.
lurid /'l(j)ʊərɪd/ adj. 血红的
still /stɪl/ adv. 更
confetti /kən'fetɪ/ n.（婚礼、狂欢节中抛撒的）五彩纸屑
126
Harry went over to the Gryffindor table, where Ron was sitting looking
sickened
, and Hermione seemed to have
come over
rather
giggly
.
sickened /'sikən/ adj. 恶心的
come over 逐渐变得
giggly /'ɡɪɡlɪ/ adj. 傻笑的
127
‘What’s going on?’ Harry asked them, sitting down, and wiping confetti off his
bacon
.
bacon /ˈbeɪkən/ n. 熏猪肉
128
Ron pointed to the teachers’ table, apparently too disgusted to speak.
129
Lockhart, wearing
lurid
pink robes to
match
the
decorations
, was waving for silence. The teachers on either side of him were looking
stony
-faced.
lurid /'l(j)ʊərɪd/ adj. 血红的
match /mætʃ/ vt. 使相配
decoration /ˌdekəˈreɪʃn/ n. 装饰品
stony /ˈstəʊni/ adj. （表情或态度）冷冰冰的
130
From where he sat, Harry could see a muscle going in Professor McGonagall’s cheek. Snape looked as though someone had just fed him a large
beaker
of
Skele-Gro
.
beaker /'biːkə/ n. 大口杯
Skele-Gro 生骨灵
131
‘Happy Valentine’s Day!’ Lockhart shouted. ‘And may I thank the forty-six people who have so far sent me cards! Yes, I have
taken the liberty
of arranging this little surprise for you all – and it doesn’t end here!’
taken the liberty 擅自
132
Lockhart clapped his hands and through the doors to the Entrance Hall marched a dozen
surly
-looking
dwarfs
.
surly /ˈsɜːli/ adj. 阴沉的
dwarf /dwɔːf/ n. 矮子
133
Not just any dwarfs, however. Lockhart had them all wearing golden wings and carrying
harps
.
harp /hɑːp/ n. 竖琴
134
‘My friendly, card-carrying
cupids
!’ beamed Lockhart.
Cupid /'kju:pid/ n. (罗马神话中的爱神)丘比特
135
‘They will be
roving
around the school today delivering your
Valentines
! And the fun doesn’t stop here!
rove /rəʊv/ v. 漫游于
valentine /'væləntaɪn/ n. 情人
136
I’m sure my
colleagues
will want to
enter into the spirit of
the occasion!
colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/ n. 同事
enter into the spirit of 开始像周围的人一样感到快乐
137
Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to
whip
up a
Love Potion
!
whip /wɪp/ v. 搅打
Love Potion 春药
138
And while you’re at it, Professor Flitwick knows more about
Entrancing
Enchantments than any wizard I’ve ever met, the sly old dog!’
entrancing /in'trɑ:nsiŋ/ adj. 使人神魂颠倒的
139
Professor Flitwick buried his face in his hands. Snape was looking as though the first person to ask him for a Love Potion would be force-fed poison.
140
‘Please, Hermione, tell me you weren’t one of the forty-six,’ said Ron, as they left the Great Hall for their first lesson.
141
Hermione suddenly became very interested in searching her bag for her timetable and didn’t answer.
142
All day long
, the dwarfs kept
barging
into their classes to deliver
Valentines
, to the
annoyance
of the teachers,
all day long adv. 整天
barge /bɑːdʒ/ vi. 闯
valentine /'væləntaɪn/ n. 情人节贺卡
annoyance /ə'nɒɪəns/ n. 烦恼
143
and late that afternoon, as the Gryffindors were walking upstairs for Charms, one of them
caught up with
Harry.
catch up with 追上
144
‘Oy, you! ’Arry Potter!’ shouted a particularly
grim
-looking dwarf,
elbowing
people out of the way to get to Harry.
grim /ɡrɪm/ adj. 严酷的
elbow /ˈelbəʊ/ vt. 用手肘推开
145
Hot all over at the thought of being given a Valentine in front of a
queue
of first-years, which happened to include Ginny Weasley, Harry tried to escape.
queue /kjuː/ n. 队列
146
The dwarf, however,
cut
his way through the crowd by kicking people’s
shins
, and reached him before he’d gone two paces.
cut /kʌt/ v. 抄近路
shin /ʃɪn/ n. 胫骨
147
‘I’ve got a musical message to deliver to ’Arry Potter
in person
,’ he said,
twanging
his
harp
in a
threatening
sort of way.
in person 亲自
twang /twæŋ/ vi. 发拨弦声
harp /hɑːp/ n. 竖琴
threatening /ˈθretnɪŋ/ adj. 威胁(性)的
148
‘Not here,’ Harry hissed, trying to escape.
149
‘Stay still!’ grunted the dwarf,
grabbing hold of
Harry’s bag and pulling him back.
grab hold of vt. 控制(抓住）
150
‘Let me go!’ Harry
snarled
,
tugging
.
snarl /snɑːl/ vi. 咆哮
tug /tʌɡ/ vt. & vi. 猛扯
151
With a loud
ripping
noise, his bag split in two. His books, wand, parchment and quill spilled onto the floor and his ink bottle
smashed
over the lot.
ripping /'rɪpɪŋ/ adj. 撕的
smash /smæʃ/ vt. & vi. 打碎
152
Harry scrambled around, trying to pick it all up before the dwarf started singing, causing something of a
hold-up
in the corridor.
hold-up 阻碍
153
‘What’s going on here?’ came the cold,
drawling
voice of Draco Malfoy. Harry started stuffing everything
feverishly
into his ripped bag, desperate to get away before Malfoy could hear his musical Valentine.
drawling /'drɔ:liŋ/ adj. 有气无力的
feverishly /'fi:vəriʃli/ adv. 紧张忙乱地
154
‘What’s all this
commotion
?’ said another familiar voice, as Percy Weasley arrived.
commotion /kə'məʊʃ(ə)n/ n. 骚动
155
Losing his head
, Harry tried to make a
run for it
, but the dwarf seized him around the knees and brought him crashing to the floor.
lose head 丧失理智
run for it 快跑躲避
156
‘Right,’ he said, sitting on Harry’s ankles, ‘here is your singing Valentine:
157
‘His eyes are as green as a fresh
pickled
toad
,
pickled /'pɪk(ə)ld/ adj. 腌制的
toad /təʊd/ n. 癞蛤蟆
158
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
159
I wish he was mine, he’s really
divine
,
divine /dɪˈvaɪn/ adj. 极好的
160
The hero who
conquered
the Dark Lord.’
conquer /ˈkɒŋkə(r)/ v. 征服
161
Harry would have given all the gold in Gringotts to
evaporate
on the spot.
evaporate /ɪˈvæpəreɪt/ vi. 消失
162
Trying
valiantly
to laugh along with everyone else, he got up, his feet
numb
from the weight of the dwarf, as Percy Weasley did his best to
disperse
the crowd, some of whom were crying with
mirth
.
valiantly /'væljəntli/ adv. 勇敢地
numb /nʌm/ v. 使麻木
disperse /dɪˈspɜːs/ vt. & vi. (使)散开
mirth /mɜːθ/ n. <书>欢笑
163
‘
Off you go
, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now,’ he said,
shooing
some of the younger students away. ‘And you, Malfoy.’
off you go 你走吧
shoo /ʃuː/ vt. 发出嘘声将…赶走
164
Harry, glancing over, saw Malfoy stoop and snatch up something.
Leering
, he showed it to Crabbe and Goyle, and Harry realised that he’d got Riddle’s diary.
leer /lɪə(r)/ vi. 斜眼看
165
‘Give that back,’ said Harry quietly.
166
‘Wonder what Potter’s written in this?’ said Malfoy, who obviously hadn’t noticed the year on the cover, and thought he had Harry’s own diary.
167
A hush fell over the
onlookers
. Ginny was staring from the diary to Harry, looking
terrified
.
onlooker /'ɒnlʊkə/ n. 旁观者
terrified /'terɪfaɪd/ adj. 很害怕的
168
‘
Hand it over
, Malfoy,’ said Percy sternly.
hand over 交出
169
‘When I’ve had a look,’ said Malfoy, waving the diary
tauntingly
at Harry.
tauntingly /'tɔ:ntiŋli/ adv. 嘲笑地
170
Percy said, ‘As a school Prefect –’, but Harry had
lost his temper
.
lose temper 发脾气
171
He pulled out his wand and shouted, ‘Expelliarmus!’ and just as Snape had
disarmed
Lockhart, so Malfoy found the diary shooting out of his hand into the air. Ron, grinning
broadly
, caught it.
disarm /dɪsˈɑːm/ v. 缴…械
broadly /ˈbr ɔ:dlɪ/ adv. (笑容)开怀地
172
‘Harry!’ said Percy loudly. ‘No magic in the corridors. I’ll have to report this, you know!’
173
But Harry didn’t care, he’d
got one over on
Malfoy, and that was worth five points from Gryffindor
any day
.
get one over on 使某人成为恶作剧的受害者
any day 不论怎样
174
Malfoy was looking
furious
, and as Ginny passed him to enter her classroom, he yelled
spitefully
after her, ‘I don’t think Potter liked your Valentine much!’
furious /ˈfjʊəriəs/ adj. 狂怒的
spitefully /'spaitfuli/ adv. 怀恨地
175
Ginny covered her face with her hands and ran into class. Snarling, Ron pulled out his wand, too, but Harry pulled him
away
. Ron didn’t need to spend the whole of Charms belching slugs.
away /ə'weɪ/ adv. 移走
176
It wasn’t until they had reached Professor Flitwick’s class that Harry noticed something rather odd about Riddle’s diary.
177
All his other books were
drenched
in scarlet ink.
drench /drentʃ/ vt. 使湿透
178
The diary, however, was as clean as it had been before the
ink bottle
had smashed all over it.
ink bottle 墨水瓶
179
He tried to point this out to Ron, but Ron was having trouble with his wand again; large purple
bubbles
were
blossoming
out of the end, and he wasn’t much interested in anything else.
bubble /ˈbʌbl/ n. 气泡
blossom /ˈblɒsəm/ vi. 兴旺
180
Harry went to bed before anyone else in his dormitory that night.
181
This was partly because he didn’t think he could stand Fred and George singing, ‘His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad’, one more time,
182
and partly because he wanted to examine Riddle’s diary again, and knew that Ron thought he was wasting his time.
183
Harry sat on his four-poster and
flicked
through the blank pages, not one of which had a trace of scarlet ink on it.
flick /flɪk/ v. 快速翻阅
184
Then he pulled a new bottle out of his
bedside cabinet
, dipped his quill into it, and dropped a
blot
onto the first page of the diary.
bedside cabinet [家具]床头柜
blot /blɒt/ n. 墨水渍
185
The ink shone brightly on the paper for a second and then, as though it was being sucked into the page, vanished. Excited, Harry
loaded
up his quill a second time and wrote, ‘My name is Harry Potter.’
load /ləʊd/ v. 装上
186
The words shone
momentarily
on the page and they too sank without trace. Then, at last, something happened.
momentarily /ˈməʊməntrəli/ adv. 顷刻之间
187
Oozing
back out of the page, in his
very
own ink, came words Harry had never written.
ooze /uːz/ vi. (浓液等)慢慢地冒出
very /ˈveri/ adj. 正是
188
‘Hello, Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you
come by
my diary?’
come by vt. 得到
189
These words, too, faded away, but not before Harry had started to
scribble
back.
scribble /ˈskrɪbl/ v. 潦草地写
190
‘Someone tried to flush it down a toilet.’
191
He waited eagerly for Riddle’s reply.
192
‘Lucky that I
recorded
my memories in some more
lasting
way than ink. But I always knew that there would be those who would not want this diary read.’
record /ˈrekɔːd/ vt. & vi. 记录
lasting /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/ adj. 持久的
193
‘What do you mean?’ Harry scrawled,
blotting
the page in his excitement.
blot /blɒt/ vi. 把墨水溅到（纸上）
194
‘I mean that this diary holds memories of terrible things. Things which were covered up. Things which happened at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.’
195
‘That’s where I am now,’ Harry wrote quickly. ‘I’m at Hogwarts, and horrible stuff’s been happening. Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?’
196
His heart was hammering. Riddle’s reply came quickly, his writing becoming untidier, as though he was hurrying to tell all he knew.
197
‘Of course I know about the Chamber of Secrets. In my day, they told us it was a legend, that it did not exist.
198
But this was a lie. In my fifth year, the Chamber was opened and the monster attacked several students, finally killing one. I caught the person who’d opened the Chamber and he was expelled.
199
But the Headmaster, Professor Dippet,
ashamed
that such a thing had happened at Hogwarts,
forbade
me to tell the truth. A story was
given out
that the girl had died in a
freak
accident.
ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/ adj. 耻于……的
forbid /fəˈbɪd/ vt. 阻止
give out 公布
freak /friːk/ adj. 怪异的
200
They gave me a nice, shiny,
engraved
trophy for my
trouble
and warned me to keep my mouth shut. But I knew it could happen again.
engrave /ɪnˈɡreɪv/ vt. 雕刻
trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ n. 额外努力（或工作）
201
The monster lived on, and the one who had the power to release it was not
imprisoned
.’
imprison /ɪmˈprɪzn/ vt. 关押
202
Harry nearly
upset
his ink bottle in his hurry to write back.
upset /ʌpˈset/ v. 打翻
203
‘It’s happening again now. There have been three attacks and no one seems to know who’s behind them. Who was it last time?’
204
‘I can show you, if you like,’ came Riddle’s reply. ‘You don’t have to
take
my word for it. I can take you inside my memory of the night when I caught him.’
take /teɪk/ v. 相信(某人说的话)
205
Harry hesitated, his quill
suspended
over the diary. What did Riddle mean? How could he be taken inside somebody else’s memory? He glanced nervously at the door to the dormitory, which was growing dark.
suspend /səˈspend/ v. 悬
206
When he looked back at the diary, he saw
fresh
words forming.
fresh /freʃ/ adj. 新的
207
‘Let me show you.’
208
Harry paused for a
fraction
of a second and then wrote two letters.
fraction /ˈfrækʃn/ n. 小部分
209
‘OK.’
210
The pages of the diary began to blow as though
caught
in a high wind, stopping halfway through the month of June.
catch /kætʃ/ v. (风或火)裹挟
211
Mouth hanging open, Harry saw that the little square for June the thirteenth seemed to have turned into a
minuscule
television screen.
minuscule /'mɪnəskjuːl/ adj. 极小的
212
His hands trembling slightly, he raised the book to press his eye against the little window, and before he knew what was happening, he was
tilting
forwards;
tilt /tɪlt/ vi. 倾斜
213
the window was widening, he felt his body leave his bed and he was
pitched
headfirst through the
opening
in the page, into a
whirl
of colour and shadow.
pitch /pɪtʃ/ v. (使)跌倒
opening /ˈəʊpnɪŋ/ n. 开口
whirl /wɜːl/ n. 旋转
214
He felt his feet hit solid ground, and stood, shaking, as the blurred shapes around him
came suddenly into focus
.
come into focus 清晰
215
He knew immediately where he was. This circular room with the sleeping portraits was Dumbledore’s office – but it wasn’t Dumbledore who was sitting behind the desk.
216
A
wizened
,
frail
-looking wizard, bald except for a few wisps of white hair, was reading a letter by
candlelight
.
wizened /ˈwɪznd/ adj. (尤指因年岁大了而)干瘦的
frail /freɪl/ adj. 虚弱的
candlelight /'kænd(ə)llaɪt/ n. 烛光
217
Harry had never seen this man before.
218
‘I’m sorry,’ he said shakily, ‘I didn’t mean to
butt in
…’
butt in 闯进
219
But the wizard didn’t look up. He continued to read, frowning slightly.
220
Harry
drew nearer
to his desk and
stammered
, ‘Er – I’ll just go, shall I?’
draw near 靠近
stammer /ˈstæmə(r)/ vi. 结结巴巴地说
221
Still the wizard ignored him. He didn’t seem even to have heard him.
222
Thinking that the wizard might be
deaf
, Harry raised his voice.
deaf /def/ adj. 聋的
223
‘Sorry I disturbed you, I’ll go now,’ he half-shouted.
224
The wizard folded up the letter with a sigh, stood up, walked past Harry without glancing at him and went to draw the curtains at his window.
225
The sky outside the window was
ruby red
; it seemed to be
sunset
. The wizard went back to the desk, sat down and
twiddled
his thumbs, watching the door.
ruby red 宝石红
sunset /ˈsʌnset/ n. 日落(时)
twiddle /'twɪd(ə)l/ vt. 捻起来
226
Harry looked around the office. No Fawkes the phoenix; no
whirring
silver
contraptions
.
whir /wɜː/ vi. 作呼呼声
contraption /kən'træpʃ(ə)n/ n. 奇妙的装置
227
This was Hogwarts as Riddle had known it, meaning that this
unknown
wizard was Headmaster, not Dumbledore,
unknown /ʌn'nəʊn/ adj. 陌生的
228
and he, Harry, was little more than a
phantom
, completely invisible to the people of fifty years ago.
phantom /ˈfæntəm/ n. 幽灵
229
There was a knock on the office door.
230
‘Enter,’ said the old wizard in a
feeble
voice.
feeble /ˈfiːbl/ adj. 虚弱的
231
A boy of about sixteen entered, taking off his pointed hat.
232
A silver Prefect’s badge was glinting on his chest. He was much taller than Harry, but he, too, had jet-black hair.
233
‘Ah, Riddle,’ said the Headmaster.
234
‘You wanted to see me, Professor Dippet?’ said Riddle. He looked nervous.
235
‘Sit down,’ said Dippet. ‘I’ve just been reading the letter you sent me.’
236
‘Oh,’ said Riddle. He sat down,
gripping
his hands together very tightly.
grip /ɡrɪp/ vt. & vi. 紧握
237
‘My dear boy,’ said Dippet kindly, ‘I cannot possibly let you stay at school over the summer. Surely you want to go home for the holidays?’
238
‘No,’ said Riddle at once, ‘I’d much rather stay at Hogwarts than go back to that – to that –’
239
‘You live in a Muggle
orphanage
during the holidays, I
believe
?’ said Dippet curiously.
orphanage /ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/ n. 孤儿院
believe /bɪ'liːv/ vi. 猜想
240
‘Yes, sir,’ said Riddle, reddening slightly.
241
‘You are Muggle-born?’
242
‘Half-blood, sir,’ said Riddle. ‘Muggle father, witch mother.’
243
‘And are both your parents –?’
244
‘My mother died just after I was born, sir. They told me at the orphanage she lived just long enough to name me: Tom
after
my father, Marvolo after my grandfather.’
after /'ɑːftə/ adv. 以……命名
245
Dippet
clucked
his tongue
sympathetically
.
cluck /klʌk/ v. （表示遗憾或不赞成）发出啧啧声
sympathetically /ˌsimpə'θetikli/ adv. 悲怜地
246
‘The thing is, Tom,’ he sighed, ‘special arrangements might have been made for you, but in the
current
circumstances …’
current /ˈkʌrənt/ adj. 最近的
247
‘You mean all these attacks, sir?’ said Riddle, and Harry’s heart leapt, and he moved closer, scared of missing anything.
248
‘
Precisely
,’ said the Headmaster.
precisely /prɪˈsaɪsli/ adv. （用于表示完全同意）的确如此
249
‘My dear boy, you must see how foolish it would be of me to allow you to remain at the castle when term ends.
250
Particularly in the light of the recent
tragedy
… the death of that poor little girl … You will be safer
by far
at your orphanage.
tragedy /ˈtrædʒədi/ n. 悲剧
by far 到目前为止
251
As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Magic is even now talking about closing the school. We are no
nearer
locating
the – er – source of all this
unpleasantness
…’
near /nɪə/ adv. 几乎
locate /ləʊˈkeɪt/ vt. 找出
unpleasantness /ʌn'plezntnəs/ n. 不愉快的事
252
Riddle’s eyes had widened.
253
‘Sir – if the person was caught … If it all stopped …’
254
‘What do you mean?’ said Dippet, with a squeak in his voice, sitting up in his chair. ‘Riddle, do you mean you know something about these attacks?’
255
‘No, sir,’ said Riddle quickly.
256
But Harry was sure it was the same sort of ‘no’ that he himself had given Dumbledore.
257
Dippet sank back, looking faintly disappointed.
258
‘You may go, Tom …’
259
Riddle slid off his chair and stumped out of the room. Harry followed him.
260
Down the moving spiral staircase they went, emerging next to the
gargoyle
in the
darkening
corridor. Riddle stopped, and so did Harry, watching him.
gargoyle /ˈɡɑːɡɔɪl/ n. 滴水嘴
darken /ˈdɑːkən/ vt. 使变暗
261
Harry could tell that Riddle was doing some serious thinking. He was biting his lip, his forehead
furrowed
.
furrow /'fʌrəʊ/ v. 蹙(额)
262
Then, as though he had suddenly
reached
a decision, he hurried off, Harry gliding
noiselessly
behind him.
reach /riːtʃ/ v. （经讨论或思考后）达成
noiselessly /'nɔizlisli/ adv. 无声地
263
They didn’t see another person until they reached the Entrance Hall, when a tall wizard with long,
sweeping
auburn
hair and beard called to Riddle from the marble staircase.
sweeping /'swiːpɪŋ/ adj. 弧线的
auburn /'ɔːbən/ n.,adj. 赤褐色(的)
264
‘What are you doing, wandering around this late, Tom?’
265
Harry gaped at the wizard. He was
none other than
a fifty-year-younger Dumbledore.
none other than 正是
266
‘I had to see the Headmaster, sir,’ said Riddle.
267
‘Well, hurry off to bed,’ said Dumbledore, giving Riddle exactly the kind of
penetrating
stare Harry knew so well.
penetrating /ˈpenətreɪtɪŋ/ adj. 敏锐的
268
‘Best not to
roam
the corridors these days. Not since …’
roam /rəʊm/ vi. 漫步
269
He sighed heavily,
bade
Riddle goodnight and strode off. Riddle watched him out of sight and then, moving quickly, headed straight down the stone steps to the dungeons, with Harry in hot
pursuit
.
bade /beɪd/ v. 向(某人)问候
pursuit /pəˈsjuːt/ n. 追赶
270
But to Harry’s disappointment, Riddle led him not into a hidden passageway or a secret tunnel but the very dungeon in which Harry had Potions with Snape.
271
The torches hadn’t been lit, and when Riddle pushed the door almost closed, Harry could only just see Riddle, standing
stock-still
by the door, watching the passage outside.
stock-still /'stɔk'stil/ adj. 静止的
272
It felt to Harry that they were there for at least an hour. All he could see was the
figure
of Riddle at the door, staring through the crack, waiting like a statue.
figure /ˈfɪɡə(r)/ n. (远处的)人影
273
And just when Harry had stopped feeling
expectant
and tense, and started wishing he could return to the
present
, he heard something move beyond the door.
expectant /ɪk'spekt(ə)nt/ adj. 期待的
present /ˈpreznt/ n. 现在
274
Someone was
creeping
along the passage. He heard whoever it was pass the dungeon where he and Riddle were hidden.
creep /kriːp/ vi. 慢慢地移动
275
Riddle, quiet as a shadow, edged through the door and followed, Harry tiptoeing behind him, forgetting that he couldn’t be heard.
276
For perhaps five minutes they followed the footsteps, until Riddle stopped suddenly, his head inclined in the direction of new noises.
277
Harry heard a door creak open, and then someone speaking in a hoarse whisper.
278
‘C’mon … gotta get yeh outta here … c’mon now … in the box …’
279
There was something familiar about that voice.
280
Riddle suddenly jumped around the corner. Harry stepped out behind him. He could see the dark
outline
of a huge boy who was crouching in front of an open door, a very large box next to it.
outline /ˈaʊtlaɪn/ n. 轮廓
281
‘Evening, Rubeus,’ said Riddle sharply.
282
The boy slammed the door shut and stood up.
283
‘What yer doin’ down here, Tom?’
284
Riddle stepped closer.
285
‘It’s all over,’ he said. ‘I’m going to have to
turn you in
, Rubeus. They’re talking about closing Hogwarts if the attacks don’t stop.’
turn in 告发
286
‘What d’yeh –’
287
‘I don’t think you meant to kill anyone. But monsters don’t
make
good pets. I suppose you just let it out for exercise and –’
make /meɪk/ vt. 成为
288
‘It never killed no one!’ said the large boy, backing against the closed door. From behind him, Harry could hear a funny
rustling
and clicking.
rustle /ˈrʌsl/ vt. & vi. 发出沙沙的声音
289
‘Come on, Rubeus,’ said Riddle, moving yet closer. ‘The dead girl’s parents will be here tomorrow. The
least
Hogwarts can do is make sure that the thing that killed their daughter is
slaughtered
…’
least /liːst/ adv. 最少
slaughter /ˈslɔːtə(r)/ vt. 屠杀
290
‘It wasn’ him!’ roared the boy, his voice echoing in the dark passage. ‘He wouldn’! He never!’
291
‘Stand aside,’ said Riddle, drawing out his wand.
292
His spell lit the corridor with a sudden flaming light. The door behind the large boy flew open with such force it knocked him into the wall
opposite
.
opposite /ˈɒpəzɪt/ adv. 在对面
293
And out of it came something that made Harry let out a long,
piercing
scream no one but he seemed to hear.
piercing /ˈpɪəsɪŋ/ adj. (指声音等)尖锐的
294
A vast,
low-slung
,
hairy
body and a tangle of black legs; a gleam of many eyes and a pair of
razor-sharp
pincers
–
low-slung adj. 矮的
hairy /'heərɪ/ adj. 多毛的
razor-sharp /'reizəʃɑ:p/ adj. 锋利的
pincer /'pinsə(r)/ n. 钳子
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Riddle raised his wand again, but he was too late.
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The thing
bowled
him over as it
scuttled
away,
tearing
up the corridor and out of sight.
bowl /bəʊl/ vi. 平稳快速移动
scuttle /'skʌt(ə)l/ vi. 急促地跑
tear /tɪə(r)/ v.（非正式）狂奔
297
Riddle
scrambled
to his feet, looking after it; he raised his wand, but the huge boy leapt on him, seized his wand and threw him back down, yelling, ‘NOOOOOOO!’
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ v. 匆忙地移动
298
The scene whirled, the darkness became complete, Harry felt himself falling and, with a crash, he landed
spread-eagled
on his four-poster in the Gryffindor dormitory, Riddle’s diary lying open on his stomach.
spread-eagle /'spred,i:ɡl/ adj. vi. 手脚伸展
299
Before he had had time to
regain
his breath, the dormitory door opened and Ron came in.
regain /rɪ'geɪn/ v. 恢复
300
‘There you are,’ he said.
301
Harry sat up. He was sweating and shaking.
302
‘What’s up?’ said Ron, looking at him with concern.
303
‘It was Hagrid, Ron. Hagrid opened the Chamber of Secrets fifty years ago.’
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