《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 7
CHAPTER SEVEN
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THE SORTING HAT
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The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there.
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She had a very stern face and Harry’s first thought was that this was not someone to
cross
.
cross v. 反对
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“The firs’ years, Professor McGonagall,” said Hagrid.
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“Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here.”
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She pulled the door
wide
.
wide /waɪd/ adv. 充分地
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The entrance hall was so big you could have
fit
the whole of the Dursleys’ house in it.
fit /fɪt/ v. 可容纳
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The stone walls were lit with flaming
torches
like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to
make out
, and a
magnificent
marble
staircase
facing them led to the upper floors.
torch /tɔːrtʃ/ n. 火把
make out 托福 vt. (勉强地)辨认
magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj. 壮丽的
staircase /ˈsterkeɪs/ n. 楼梯
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They followed Professor McGonagall
across
the
flagged
stone floor.
across /ə'krɔs/ adv. 朝
flagged /flæɡd/ adj. 铺石板的
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Harry could hear the
drone
of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right — the rest of the school must already be here —
drone /droʊn/ n. 嗡嗡的声音
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but Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty
chamber
off
the hall.
chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbər/ n. 房间
off /ɔf/ prep. 靠近
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They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously.
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“Welcome to Hogwarts,” said Professor McGonagall.
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“The start-of-term
banquet
will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your Houses.
banquet /ˈbæŋkwɪt/ n. 宴会
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The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your House will be something like your family
within
Hogwarts.
within /wɪˈðɪn/ prep. 在…之内
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You will have classes with the rest of your House, sleep in your House
dormitory
, and spend free time in your House
common room
.
dormitory /ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ n. 集体宿舍
common room 公共休息室
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The four Houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each House has its own
noble
history and each has produced
outstanding
witches and wizards.
noble /ˈnoʊbl/ adj. 卓越的
outstanding /aʊtˈstændɪŋ/ adj. 杰出的
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While you are at Hogwarts, your
triumphs
will
earn
your House points, while any rule-breaking will lose House points.
triumph /ˈtraɪʌmf/ n. 重大胜利
earn /ɜːrn/ v. 赢得
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At the end of the year, the House with the most points is
awarded
the House Cup, a great honor.
award /əˈwɔːrd/ vt. 授予
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I hope each of you will be a
credit
to whichever House becomes yours.
credit /ˈkredɪt/ n. 荣誉
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The Sorting Ceremony will
take place
in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all
smarten
yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.”
take place 举行
smarten /'smɑrtn/ vt. 使漂亮潇洒
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Her eyes
lingered
for a moment on Neville’s cloak, which was
fastened
under his left ear, and on Ron’s
smudged
nose.
linger /ˈlɪŋɡər/ vi. 逗留
fasten /ˈfæsn/ v. 记牢
smudge /smʌdʒ/ n. 五点
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Harry nervously tried to
flatten
his hair.
flatten /ˈflætn/ vt. 使……平坦
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“I shall return when we are ready for you,” said Professor McGonagall. “Please wait quietly.”
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She left the chamber. Harry swallowed.
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“How exactly do they sort us into Houses?” he asked Ron.
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“Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking.”
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Harry’s heart gave a
horrible
jolt
. A test? In front of the whole school? But he didn’t know any magic
yet
— what on earth would he have to do?
horrible /ˈhɔːrəbl/ adj. 可怕的
jolt /dʒoʊlt/ n. 震惊
yet /jɛt/ adv. 到目前为止
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He hadn’t expected something like this the moment they arrived.
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He looked around anxiously and saw that everyone else looked
terrified
, too.
terrified /'tɛrɪfaɪd/ adj. 很害怕的
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No one was talking much except Hermione Granger, who was whispering very fast about all the spells she’d learned and wondering which one she’d need.
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Harry tried hard not to listen to her. He’d never been more nervous, never, not even when he’d had to take a
school report
home to the Dursleys saying that he’d somehow turned his teacher’s wig blue.
school report n. 学生成绩报告单
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He kept his eyes fixed on the door. Any second now, Professor McGonagall would come back and lead him to his doom.
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Then something happened which made him jump about a foot in the air — several people behind him screamed.
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“What the — ?”
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He gasped. So did the people around him. About twenty ghosts had just
streamed
through the back wall.
stream /striːm/ v. 涌动
37
Pearly
-white and slightly
transparent
, they
glided
across the room talking to each other and hardly glancing at the first years. They seemed to be arguing.
pearly /'pɝli/ adj. 珍珠似的
transparent /trænsˈpærənt/ adj. 透明的
glide /ɡlaɪd/ vi. 使滑行
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What looked like a fat little
monk
was saying: “
Forgive
and forget, I say, we ought to give him a second chance —”
monk /mʌŋk/ n. 修道士
forgive /fərˈɡɪv/ vt. & vi. 原谅
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“My dear Friar, haven’t we given Peeves all the chances he
deserves
? He gives us all a bad name and you know, he’s not really even a ghost — I say, what are you all doing here?”
deserve /dɪˈzɜːrv/ vi. 应得
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A ghost wearing a
ruff
and
tights
had suddenly noticed the first years.
ruff /rʌf/ n. 飞边（旧时硬的轮状皱领）
tights /taɪts/ n. 紧身衣
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Nobody answered.
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“New students!” said the Fat Friar, smiling around at them. “About to be Sorted, I suppose?”
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A few people nodded
mutely
.
mutely /mjutlɪ/ adv. 无言地
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“Hope to see you in Hufflepuff!” said the Friar. “My old House, you know.”
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“Move
along
now,” said a sharp voice. “The Sorting Ceremony’s about to start.”
along /ə'lɔŋ/ adv. 向前
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Professor McGonagall had returned. One by one, the ghosts floated away through the opposite wall.
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“Now, form a line,” Professor McGonagall told the first years, “and follow me.”
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Feeling
oddly
as though his legs had turned to
lead
, Harry got into line behind a boy with
sandy
hair, with Ron behind him,
oddly /'ɑdli/ adv. 古怪地
lead /liːd/ n. 铅
sandy /'sændi/ adj. 浅棕色的
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and they walked out of the chamber, back across the hall, and through a pair of
double doors
into the Great Hall.
double door 双开门
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Harry had never even imagined such a strange and
splendid
place.
splendid /ˈsplendɪd/ adj. 辉煌的
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It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting.
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These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and
goblets
.
goblet /ˈɡɑːblət/ n. 高脚酒杯
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At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting.
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Professor McGonagall led the first years up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them.
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The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale
lanterns
in the flickering candlelight.
lantern /ˈlæntərn/ n. 灯笼
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Dotted
here and there among the students, the ghosts shone
misty
silver.
dotted /'dɑtɪd/ v. 点缀
misty /ˈmɪsti/ adj. 模糊的
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Mainly to avoid all the staring eyes, Harry looked upward and saw a
velvety
black ceiling dotted with stars.
velvety /ˈvelvəti/ adj. 天鹅绒般柔软的
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He heard Hermione whisper, “It’s bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History.”
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It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn’t simply open on to the
heavens
.
heaven /ˈhevn/ n. 天空
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Harry quickly looked down again as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard’s hat.
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This hat was
patched
and
frayed
and extremely dirty. Aunt Petunia wouldn’t have let it in the house.
patch /pætʃ/ vi. 打补丁
fray /freɪ/ vi. 被磨损
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Maybe they had to try and get a rabbit out of it, Harry thought wildly, that seemed the sort of thing — noticing that everyone in the hall was now staring at the hat, he stared at it, too.
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For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Then the hat twitched. A
rip
near the
brim
opened wide like a mouth — and the hat began to sing:
rip /rɪp/ n. 裂缝
brim /brɪm/ n. 边缘
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“Oh, you may not think I’m pretty,
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But don’t judge on what you see,
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I’ll eat myself if you can find
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A smarter hat than me.
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You can keep your
bowlers
black,
bowler n. 圆顶礼帽
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Your top hats
sleek
and tall,
sleek /slik/ adj. 光滑的
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For I’m the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
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And I can
cap
them all.
cap /kæp/ vt. 胜过
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There’s nothing hidden in your head
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The Sorting Hat can’t see,
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So try me on and I will tell you
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Where you ought to be.
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You might belong in Gryffindor, Where
dwell
the brave at heart, Their
daring
, nerve, and
chivalry
Set Gryffindors
apart
;
dwell /dwel/ v. 栖身
daring /ˈderɪŋ/ n. 胆量
chivalry /'ʃɪvəlri/ n. 骑士气概
apart /əˈpɑːrt/ adv. 与众不同地
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You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are
just
and
loyal
, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of
toil
;
just /dʒʌst/ adj. 正直的
loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ adj. 忠诚的
toil /tɔɪl/ n. 辛苦
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Or yet in
wise
old Ravenclaw, If you’ve a ready
mind
, Where those of
wit
and
learning
, Will always find their kind;
wise /waɪz/ adj. 明智的
mind /maɪnd/ n. 富有才智的人
wit /wɪt/ n. 智慧
learning /'lɝnɪŋ/ n. 学问
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Or perhaps in Slytherin You’ll make your real friends, Those
cunning
folk use any
means
To achieve their
ends
.
cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ adj. 狡猾的
means /miːnz/ n. 手段
end /end/ n. 目标
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So put me on! Don’t be afraid! And don’t get in a
flap
! You’re in safe hands (though I have none) For I’m a
Thinking
Cap!”
flap /flæp/ n. 忧虑
thinking /'θɪŋkɪŋ/ adj. 有思考力的
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The whole hall burst into
applause
as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.
applause /əˈplɔːz/ n. 热烈鼓掌
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“So we’ve just got to try on the hat!” Ron whispered to Harry. “I’ll kill Fred, he was
going on about
wrestling
a
troll
.”
go on about 长时间谈论某事
wrestle /ˈresl/ vt. 与…搏斗
troll /troʊl/ n. 巨怪
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Harry smiled
weakly
. Yes, trying on the hat was a lot better than having to do a spell, but he did wish they could have tried it on without everyone watching.
weakly /'wikli/ adv. 冷淡地
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The hat seemed to be asking rather a lot; Harry didn’t feel brave or
quick-witted
or any of it at the moment.
quick-witted /ˈkwɪkˌwɪtɪd/ adj. 富有机智的
85
If only the hat had mentioned a House for people who felt a bit
queasy
, that would have been the one for him.
queasy /'kwizi/ adj. 心神不定的
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Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
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“When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted,” she said. “Abbott, Hannah!”
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A
pink
-faced girl with
blonde
pigtails
stumbled
out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down.
pink /pɪŋk/ adj. 脸色发红的
blonde /blɑːnd/ adj. 金黄色的
pigtail /'pɪɡtel/ n.辫子
stumble /ˈstʌmbl/ v. 跌跌撞撞地走
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A moment’s pause — “HUFFLEPUFF!” shouted the hat.
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The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving
merrily
at her.
merrily /'mɛrəli/ adv. 愉快地
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“Bones, Susan!”
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“HUFFLEPUFF!” shouted the hat again, and Susan
scuttled
off to sit next to Hannah.
scuttle /'skʌtl/ vi. 急促地跑
93
“Boot, Terry!”
94
“RAVENCLAW!”
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The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.
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“Brocklehurst, Mandy” went to Ravenclaw too, but “Brown, Lavender” became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron’s twin brothers
catcalling
.
catcall /'kætkɔl/ n. 嘘声
97
“Bulstrode, Millicent” then became a Slytherin. Perhaps it was Harry’s imagination, after all he’d heard about Slytherin, but he thought they looked like an
unpleasant
lot.
unpleasant /ʌn'plɛznt/ adj. 令人不快的
98
He was starting to feel definitely sick now. He remembered being picked for teams during gym at his old school.
99
He had always been last to be chosen, not because he was no good, but because no one wanted Dudley to think they liked him.
100
“Finch-Fletchley, Justin!”
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“HUFFLEPUFF!”
102
Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the House at once, but at others it took a little
while
to decide.
while /waɪl/ n. 一段时间
103
“Finnigan, Seamus,” the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat
declared
him a Gryffindor.
declare /dɪˈkler/ vt. 宣告
104
“Granger, Hermione!”
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Hermione almost ran to the stool and
jammed
the hat eagerly on her head.
jam /dʒæm/ vt. & vi. (使)塞紧
106
“GRYFFINDOR!” shouted the hat.
107
Ron groaned.
108
A horrible thought
struck
Harry, as horrible thoughts always do when you’re very nervous.
strike /straɪk/ vi. 侵袭
109
What if he wasn’t chosen at all?
110
What if he just sat there with the hat over his eyes for ages, until Professor McGonagall jerked it off his head and said there had obviously been a mistake and he’d better get back on the train?
111
When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool.
112
The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, “GRYFFINDOR,” Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to
jog
back
amid
gales
of laughter to give it to “MacDougal, Morag.”
jog /dʒɑːɡ/ vt. & vi. 慢跑
amid /əˈmɪd/ prep. 在其间
gale /ɡel/ n. (突发的)一阵
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Malfoy
swaggered
forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had
barely
touched his head when it screamed, “SLYTHERIN!”
swagger /ˈswæɡər/ vi. 大摇大摆
barely /ˈberli/ adv. 几乎不
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Malfoy went to join his friends Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased with himself.
115
There weren’t many people left now.
116
“Moon” . . . , “Nott” . . . , “Parkinson” . . . , then a pair of twin girls, “Patil” and “Patil” . . . , then “Perks, Sally-Anne” . . . , and then, at last — “Potter, Harry!”
117
As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fires all over the hall.
118
“Potter, did she say?”
119
“The Harry Potter?”
120
The last thing Harry saw before the hat dropped over his eyes was the hall full of people
craning
to get a good look at him. Next second he was looking at the black inside of the hat. He waited.
crane /kreɪn/ vi. 伸着脖子看
121
“Hmm,” said a small voice in his ear.
122
“Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of
courage
, I see. Not a bad mind either. There’s talent, oh my goodness, yes — and a nice
thirst
to prove yourself, now that’s interesting. . . . So where shall I put you?”
courage /ˈkɜːrɪdʒ/ n. 勇气
thirst /θɜːrst/ n. 渴望
123
Harry gripped the edges of the stool and thought, Not Slytherin, not Slytherin.
124
“Not Slytherin, eh?” said the small voice.
125
“Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to
greatness
, no doubt about that — no? Well, if you’re sure — better be GRYFFINDOR!”
greatness /ˈɡretnɪs/ n. 伟大
126
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. He took off the hat and walked
shakily
toward the Gryffindor table.
shakily /'ʃeikəli/ adv. 颤抖地
127
He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, he hardly noticed that he was getting the
loudest
cheer yet.
loud /laʊd/ adj. 响亮的
128
Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand
vigorously
, while the Weasley twins yelled, “We got Potter! We got Potter!”
vigorously /'vɪgərəsli/ adv. 精神旺盛地
129
Harry sat down opposite the ghost in the ruff he’d seen earlier. The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he’d just
plunged
it into a bucket of ice-cold water.
plunge /plʌndʒ/ vt. 使投入
130
He could see the
High Table
properly
now.
high table n. (宴会上的)贵宾席
properly /'prɑpɚli/ adv. 完全地
131
At the end nearest him sat Hagrid, who caught his eye and gave him the
thumbs up
. Harry grinned back.
thumbs up n. (表示赞成或满意)翘拇指
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And there, in the center of the High Table, in a large gold chair, sat Albus Dumbledore.
133
Harry recognized him at once from the card he’d gotten out of the Chocolate Frog on the train. Dumbledore’s silver hair was the only thing in the whole hall that shone as brightly as the ghosts.
134
Harry spotted Professor Quirrell, too, the nervous young man from the Leaky Cauldron. He was looking very peculiar in a large purple turban.
135
And now there were only three people left to be sorted.
136
Turpin, Lisa’ became a Ravenclaw and then it was Ron’s turn. He was pale green by now. Harry crossed his fingers under the table and a second later the hat had shouted, ‘GRYFFINDOR!’
137
Harry clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the chair next to him.
138
“Well done, Ron, excellent,” said Percy Weasley
pompously
across Harry as “Zabini, Blaise,” was made a Slytherin. Professor McGonagall
rolled up
her
scroll
and took the Sorting Hat away.
pompously /'pɔmpəsli/ adv. 盛大壮观地
roll up 卷起
scroll /skrol/ n. (常用于录写正式文件的)纸卷
139
Harry looked down at his empty gold plate. He had only just realized how hungry he was. The
pumpkin
pasties
seemed ages ago.
pumpkin /ˈpʌmpkɪn/ n. 南瓜
pasty /'pæsti/ n. 肉馅饼
140
Albus Dumbledore had
gotten to his feet
. He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there.
get to one's feet 站起来
141
“Welcome!” he said. “Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are:
Nitwit
!
Blubber
!
Oddment
!
Tweak
! “Thank you!”
nitwit /'nɪtwɪt/ n. 傻子
blubber /'blʌbɚ/ n. 哭泣
oddment /'ɑdmənt/ n. 碎屑
tweak /twiːk/ n. 拧
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He sat back down. Everybody clapped and cheered. Harry didn’t know whether to laugh or not.
143
“Is he — a bit mad?” he asked Percy
uncertainly
.
uncertainly /ʌnˈsə..t n..lɪ/ adv. 犹豫地
144
“Mad?” said Percy
airily
. “He’s a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes. Potatoes, Harry?”
airily /'ɛrəli/ adv. 活波地
145
Harry’s mouth
fell open
.
fall open 不知不觉地张开了
146
The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken,
pork
chops
and lamb chops, sausages,
bacon
and
steak
,
pork /pɔrk/ n. 猪肉
chop /tʃɑːp/ n. (羊或猪）排
bacon /ˈbeɪkən/ n. 熏猪肉
steak /steɪk/ n. 牛排
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boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots,
gravy
,
ketchup
, and, for some strange reason,
mint
humbugs
.
gravy /'ɡrevi/ n. 肉汁
ketchup /'kɛtʃəp/ n. 番茄酱
mint /mɪnt/ n. 薄荷
humbug /'hʌmbʌɡ/ n. 薄荷硬糖
148
The Dursleys had never exactly
starved
Harry, but he’d never been allowed to eat as much as he liked. Dudley had always taken anything that Harry really wanted, even if it made him sick.
starve /stɑːrv/ vt. & vi. (使)挨饿
149
Harry
piled
his plate with a bit of everything except the humbugs and began to eat. It was all delicious.
pile /paɪl/ v. 堆放
150
“That does look good,” said the ghost in the ruff
sadly
, watching Harry cut up his steak.
sadly /'sædli/ adv. 忧愁地
151
“Can’t you — ?”
152
“I haven’t eaten for nearly five hundred years,” said the ghost.
153
“I don’t need to, of course, but one does miss it. I don’t think I’ve introduced myself? Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
at your service
.
Resident
ghost of Gryffindor Tower.”
at your service 听候吩咐
resident /ˈrezɪdənt/ adj. 常驻的
154
“I know who you are!” said Ron suddenly. “My brothers told me about you — you’re Nearly Headless Nick!”
155
“I
would prefer
you to call me
Sir
Nicholas de Mimsy —” the ghost began
stiffly
, but sandy-haired Seamus Finnigan interrupted. “Nearly Headless? How can you be nearly headless?”
would prefer 更喜欢
Sir /sɝ/ n. （对爵士或男爵前的尊称）爵士
stiffly /ˈstɪflɪ/ adv. 拘谨地
156
Sir Nicholas looked extremely
miffed
, as if their little chat wasn’t going at all the way he wanted.
miffed /mift/ adj. 有点生气
157
“Like this,” he said
irritably
.
irritably /ˈɪrətəblɪ/ adv. 性急地
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He seized his left ear and pulled. His whole head swung off his neck and fell onto his shoulder as if it was on a
hinge
.
hinge /hɪndʒ/ n. 铰链
159
Someone had obviously tried to
behead
him, but not done it
properly
.
behead /bɪ'hɛd/ vt. 砍(某人的)头
properly /'prɑpɚli/ adv. 彻底地
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Looking pleased at the
stunned
looks on their faces, Nearly Headless Nick
flipped
his head back onto his neck,
coughed
, and said,
stunned /stʌnd/ adj. 受惊的
flip /flɪp/ v. （使）快速翻转
cough /kɔf/ vi. 咳嗽
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“So — new Gryffindors! I hope you’re going to help us win the House Championship this year? Gryffindors have never gone so long without winning. Slytherins have got the Cup six years
in a row
!
in a row 连续
162
The Bloody Baron’s becoming almost
unbearable
— he’s the Slytherin ghost.”
unbearable /ʌn'bɛrəbl/ adj. 不能忍受的
163
Harry looked over at the Slytherin table and saw a horrible ghost sitting there, with blank
staring
eyes, a
gaunt
face, and robes
stained
with silver blood.
staring /'stɛrɪŋ/ adj. 目不转睛的
gaunt /ɡɔːnt/ adj. 枯瘦的
stain /steɪn/ vi. 被染污
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He was right next to Malfoy who, Harry was pleased to see, didn’t look too pleased with the seating arrangements.
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“How did he get covered in blood?” asked Seamus with great interest.
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“I’ve never asked,” said Nearly Headless Nick
delicately
.
delicately /ˈd ɛləkətlɪ/ adv. 微妙地
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When everyone had eaten as much as they could, the
remains
of the food faded from the plates, leaving them
sparkling
clean as before.
remains /rɪˈmeɪnz/ n. 残余
sparkling /'spɑrklɪŋ/ adj. 闪亮的
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A moment later the puddings appeared.
Blocks
of ice cream in every flavor you could think of,
block /blɑːk/ n. 块
169
apple pies,
treacle tarts
, chocolate
éclairs
and jam doughnuts,
trifle
, strawberries, Jell-O,
rice pudding
. . .
treacle tart 蜜糖果馅饼(一种甜品糕点)
éclair n. （巧克力）长形泡夫
trifle /ˈtraɪfl/ n. 蛋糕
rice pudding 大米布丁
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As Harry helped himself to a treacle tart, the talk turned to their families.
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“I’m half-and-half,” said Seamus. “Me dad’s a Muggle. Mum didn’t tell him she was a witch ’til after they were married. Bit of a
nasty
shock for him.”
nasty /ˈnæsti/ adj. 造成很大伤害的
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The others laughed.
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“What about you, Neville?” said Ron.
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“Well, my gran brought me up and she’s a witch,” said Neville,
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“but the family thought I was all-Muggle for ages.
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My Great Uncle Algie kept trying to catch me off my
guard
and force some magic out of me —
guard /ɡɑːrd/ n. 警惕
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he pushed me off the end of Blackpool
pier
once, I nearly
drowned
— but nothing happened until I was eight.
pier /pɪr/ n. 码头
drown /draʊn/ vi. 淹死
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Great-uncle Algie
came round
for tea and he was hanging me out of an upstairs window by the ankles when my great-auntie Enid offered him a
meringue
and he
accidentally
let go
.
came round 顺道拜访
meringue /mə'ræŋ/ n. 蛋白酥饼
accidentally /ˌæksɪˈdentəli/ adv. 意外地
let go 松手
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But I bounced — all the way down the garden and into the road.
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They were all really pleased, Gran was crying, she was so happy.
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And you should have seen their faces when I got in here — they thought I might not be magic enough to come, you see. Great Uncle Algie was so pleased he bought me my toad.”
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On Harry’s other side, Percy Weasley and Hermione were talking about lessons
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(“I do hope they start right away, there’s so much to learn, I’m particularly interested in
Transfiguration
, you know, turning something into something else, of course, it’s supposed to be very difficult —”;
transfiguration /ˌtrænzfɪɡjʊ'reʃən/ n. 变形
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“You’ll be starting small, just
matches
into needles and that sort of thing —”).
match /mætʃ/ n. 火柴
185
Harry, who was starting to feel warm and sleepy, looked up at the High Table again.
186
Hagrid was drinking deeply from his goblet.
187
Professor McGonagall was talking to Professor Dumbledore.
188
Professor Quirrell, in his
absurd
turban, was talking to a teacher with
greasy
black hair, a
hooked
nose, and
sallow
skin.
absurd /əbˈsɜːrd/ adj. 可笑的
greasy /'grisi/ adj. 油腻的
hooked /hʊkt/ adj. 钩状的
sallow /'sælo/ adj. 灰黄色的
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It happened very suddenly. The hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell’s turban straight into Harry’s eyes — and a sharp, hot pain shot across the scar on Harry’s forehead.
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“Ouch!” Harry clapped a hand to his head.
191
“What is it?” asked Percy.
192
“N-nothing.”
193
The pain had gone as quickly as it had come. Harder to shake off was the feeling Harry had gotten from the teacher’s look — a feeling that he didn’t like Harry at all.
194
“Who’s that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?” he asked Percy.
195
“Oh, you know Quirrell already, do you? No wonder he’s looking so nervous, that’s Professor Snape. He teaches Potions, but he doesn’t want to — everyone knows
he’s after
Quirrell’s job.
be after 追求
196
Knows an
awful
lot about the Dark Arts, Snape.
awful /'ɔfl/ adj. 非常的
197
Harry watched Snape for a while, but Snape didn’t look at him again.
198
At last, the puddings too disappeared, and Professor Dumbledore got to his feet again.
199
The hall
fell
silent.
fall /fɔːl/ v. 进入(某状态)
200
“Ahem — just a few more words now we are all
fed
and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you.
fed /fid/ v. 吃（feed 的过去式）
201
First years should
note
that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well.”
note /noʊt/ vt. 注意
202
Dumbledore’s twinkling eyes
flashed
in the direction of the Weasley twins.
flash /flæʃ/ v. 掠过
203
“I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the
caretaker
, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the
corridors
.
caretaker /'kɛr'tekɚ/ n. 看门人
corridor /ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/ n. 走廊
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Quidditch
trials
will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone interested in playing for their House teams should contact Madam Hooch.
trial /ˈtraɪəl/ n. 选拔赛
205
And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is
out of bounds
to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death.”
out of bounds adj. 禁止入内的
206
Harry laughed, but he was one of the few who did.
207
“He’s not serious?” he muttered to Percy.
208
“Must be,” said Percy, frowning at Dumbledore.
209
“It’s odd, because he usually gives us a reason why we’re not allowed to go somewhere — the forest’s full of dangerous beasts, everyone knows that. I do think he might have told us prefects, at least.”
210
“And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!” cried Dumbledore. Harry noticed that the other teachers’ smiles had become rather
fixed
.
fixed /fɪkst/ adj. (神情)僵硬的
211
Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick, as if he was trying to get a fly off the end, and a long golden
ribbon
flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself,
snakelike
, into words.
ribbon /ˈrɪbən/ n. 缎带
snakelike /'sneiklaik/ adj. 蛇形的
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“Everyone pick their favorite tune,” said Dumbledore, “and off we go!”
213
And the school
bellowed
:
bellow /ˈbeloʊ/ vi. 吼叫
214
“Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
215
Teach us something please,
216
Whether we be old and bald
217
Or young with
scabby
knees,
scabby /ˈskæbi/ adj. [医]结痂的
218
Our heads could do with filling
219
With some interesting stuff,
220
For now they’re bare and full of air,
221
Dead flies and bits of
fluff
,
fluff /flʌf/ n. (毛毯等落下的)绒毛
222
So teach us things worth
knowing
,
knowing /'noɪŋ/ n. 认识
223
Bring back what we’ve forgot,
224
Just do your best, we’ll do the rest,
225
And learn until our brains all
rot
.”
rot /rɑːt/ n. 腐烂
226
Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow
funeral march
.
funeral march 葬礼进行曲
227
Dumbledore
conducted
their last few
lines
with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.
conduct /kənˈdʌkt/ v. 指挥
line /laɪn/ n. (五线谱中的)谱线
228
“Ah, music,” he said, wiping his eyes. “A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you
trot
!”
trot /trɑt/ vi. [口]快步走
229
The Gryffindor first years followed Percy through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall, and up the marble staircase.
230
Harry’s legs were like lead again, but only because he was so tired and full of food.
231
He was too sleepy even to be surprised that the people in the
portraits
along the corridors whispered and pointed as they passed,
portrait /ˈpɔːrtrət/ n. 肖像
232
or that twice Percy led them through
doorways
hidden behind sliding
panels
and hanging
tapestries
.
doorway /ˈdɔːrweɪ/ n. 门口
panel /ˈpænl/ n. 嵌板
tapestry /'tæpəstri/ n. 绣帷
233
They climbed more staircases, yawning and dragging their feet, and Harry was just wondering how much farther they had to go when they came to a sudden halt.
234
A bundle of
walking sticks
was floating in midair ahead of them, and as Percy took a step toward them they started throwing themselves at him.
a bundle of 一束
walking stick 手杖
235
“Peeves,” Percy whispered to the first years. “A
poltergeist
.” He raised his voice, “Peeves —
show yourself
.”
poltergeist /'poltɚ'gaɪst/ n. 敲击作响闹恶作剧的鬼
show yourself 现身
236
A loud, rude sound, like the air being let out of a balloon, answered.
237
“Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?”
238
There was a
pop
, and a little man with
wicked
, dark eyes and a wide mouth appeared, floating
cross-legged
in the air, clutching the walking sticks.
pop /pɑːp/ n. (发出)砰的一声
wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/ adj. 邪恶的
cross-legged /ˈkrɔsˈlɛɡɪd/ adj. 盘着腿的
239
“Oooooooh!” he said, with an
evil
cackle
. “Ickle Firsties! What fun!”
evil /ˈiːvl/ adj. 邪恶的
cackle /'kækl/ v. 躲避
240
He swooped suddenly at them. They all
ducked
.
duck /dʌk/ vi. 闪避
241
“Go away, Peeves, or the Baron’ll hear about this,
I mean it
!” barked Percy.
I mean it 我是认真的
242
Peeves
stuck out
his tongue and vanished, dropping the walking sticks on Neville’s head. They heard him
zooming
away,
rattling
coats of
armor
as he passed.
stick out 伸出来
zoom /zuːm/ v. 快速移动
rattling /'rætlɪŋ/ adj. 咔嗒咔嗒的
armor /ˈɑːmər/ n. 盔甲
243
“You want to
watch out
for Peeves,” said Percy, as they
set off
again. “The Bloody Baron’s the only one who can control him, he won’t even listen to us prefects. Here we are.”
watch out 小心
set off v. 出发
244
At the very end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink
silk
dress.
silk /sɪlk/ n. 蚕丝
245
“Password?” she said.
246
“
Caput
Draconis
,” said Percy, and the portrait swung forward to
reveal
a round hole in the wall.
caput /'kepət/ n. 头
Draconis /drə'kəunis/ adj. 天龙星座的
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ vt. 露出
247
They all scrambled through it — Neville needed a leg up — and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a
cozy
, round room full of
squashy
armchairs
.
cozy /ˈkoʊzi/ adj. 舒适的
squashy /'skwɔʃi/ adj. 柔软的
armchair /'ɑrmtʃɛr/ n. 扶手椅
248
Percy directed the girls through one door to their
dormitory
and the boys through another.
dormitory /ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ n. 集体宿舍
249
At the top of a
spiral
staircase
— they were obviously in one of the towers — they found their beds at last: five
four-posters
hung with deep-red,
velvet
curtains.
spiral /ˈspaɪrəl/ adj. 螺旋形的
staircase /ˈsterkeɪs/ n. 楼梯
four-posters n. 四柱床
velvet /ˈvelvɪt/ adj. 天鹅绒的
250
Their trunks had already been brought up.
251
Too tired to talk much, they pulled on their
pajamas
and fell into bed.
pajamas /pə'dʒæməz/ n. 睡衣
252
“Great food, isn’t it?” Ron muttered to Harry through the
hangings
. “Get off, Scabbers! He’s chewing my
sheets
.”
hanging /ˈhæŋɪŋ/ n. 幔帐
sheet /ʃiːt/ n. 床单
253
Harry was going to ask Ron if he’d had any of the treacle tart, but he fell asleep almost at once.
254
Perhaps Harry had eaten a bit too much, because he had a very strange dream.
255
He was wearing Professor Quirrell’s turban, which kept talking to him, telling him he must
transfer
to Slytherin at once, because it was his
destiny
.
transfer /trænsˈfɜːr/ vi. 转移
destiny /ˈdestəni/ n. 命运
256
Harry told the turban he didn’t want to be in Slytherin; it got heavier and heavier; he tried to pull it off but it tightened painfully — and there was Malfoy, laughing at him as he
struggled
with it —
struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/ vi. 挣扎
257
then Malfoy turned into the hook-nosed teacher, Snape, whose laugh became high and cold — there was a burst of green light and Harry woke,
sweating
and shaking.
sweat /swet/ vi. 出汗
258
He rolled over and fell asleep again, and when he woke next day, he didn’t remember the dream at all.
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