《哈利波特1》｜单词注释｜Chapter 12
CHAPTER TWELVE
1
THE MIRROR OF ERISED
2
Christmas was coming. One morning in
mid-December
, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.
mid-December 十二月中旬
3
The lake
froze
solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around,
bouncing off
the back of his turban.
froze /froz/ v. 冻结（freeze的过去式形式）
bounce off 从......弹跳出来
4
The few owls that managed to
battle
their way through the
stormy
sky to deliver post had to be
nursed
back to
health
by Hagrid before they could fly off again.
battle /ˈbætl/ v. 搏斗
stormy /ˈstɔːrmi/ adj. 暴风雨的
nurse /nɜːrs/ vi. 照料
health /hɛlθ/ n. 身体状况
5
No one could wait for the holidays to start.
6
While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the
drafty
corridors had become
icy
and a
bitter
wind
rattled
the windows in the classrooms.
drafty /'dræfti/ adj. 有缝隙风吹入的
icy /ˈaɪsi/ adj. 冰冷的
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ adj. 刺骨的
rattle /ˈrætl/ vi. 发出卡嗒卡嗒声
7
Worst of all were Professor Snape’s classes down in the
dungeons
, where their breath rose in a
mist
before them and they kept as close as possible to their hot
cauldrons
.
dungeons /'dʌndʒən/ n. 地下城（dungeon复数）
mist /mɪst/ n. 薄雾
cauldron /'kɔldrən/ n. 大汽锅
8
“I do feel so sorry,” said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, “for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they’re not wanted at home.”
9
He was looking over at Harry as he spoke. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled. Harry, who was
measuring
out powdered
spine
of
lionfish
, ignored them.
measure /ˈmeʒər/ v. 测量
spine /spaɪn/ n. 脊柱
lionfish /ˈlaɪənˌfɪʃ/ n. 狮子鱼
10
Malfoy had been even more unpleasant than usual since the Quidditch match.
11
Disgusted
that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a
wide-mouthed
tree frog
would be
replacing
Harry as Seeker next.
disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/ v. 使憎恶
wide-mouthed 大口的
tree frog 树蛙
replace /rɪˈpleɪs/ vt. 代替
12
Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to
stay
on his
bucking
broomstick.
stay /ste/ vt. & vi. 维持
buck /bʌk/ v. 猛烈颠簸
13
So Malfoy,
jealous
and angry, had gone back to
taunting
Harry about having no
proper
family.
jealous /ˈdʒeləs/ adj. 妒忌的
taunt /tɔːnt/ v. 嘲弄(多指故意用语言招惹或激怒某人)
proper /ˈprɑpɚ/ adj. 像样的
14
It was true that Harry wasn’t going back to Privet Drive for Christmas.
15
Professor McGonagall had come around
the week before
, making a list of students who would be staying for the holidays, dand Harry had
signed up
at once.
the week before 前一周
sign up 报名
16
He didn’t feel sorry for himself at all; this would probably be the best Christmas he’d ever had.
17
Ron and his brothers were staying, too, because Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were going to Romania to visit Charlie.
18
When they left the dungeons at the end of Potions, they found a large
fir tree
blocking the corridor ahead.
fir tree n. 枞树(冷杉)
19
Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud
puffing
sound told them that Hagrid was behind it.
puff /pʌf/ v. 喘息
20
“Hi, Hagrid, want any help?” Ron asked, sticking his head through the branches.
21
“Nah, I’m all right, thanks, Ron.”
22
“Would you mind moving
out of the way
?” came Malfoy’s cold
drawl
from behind them.
out of the way 不挡道
drawl /drɔːl/ n. 拖长腔调慢吞吞的说话方式
23
“Are you trying to earn some extra money, Weasley?
24
Hoping to be
gamekeeper
yourself when you leave Hogwarts, I suppose — that
hut
of Hagrid’s must seem like a palace compared to what your family’s used to.”
gamekeeper /ˈɡemˌkipɚ/ n. (私人土地上防止偷猎的)猎场看守人
hut /hʌt/ n. 小屋
25
Ron
dived
at Malfoy just as Snape came up the stairs.
dive /daɪv/ v. 扑向
26
“WEASLEY!”
27
Ron
let go of
the front of Malfoy’s robes.
let go of 松手放开
28
“He was
provoked
, Professor Snape,” said Hagrid, sticking his huge
hairy
face out from behind the tree. “Malfoy was
insultin’
his family.”
provoke /prəˈvoʊk/ v. 挑衅
hairy /'hɛri/ adj. 多毛的
insult /ɪnˈsʌlt/ vt. 侮辱
29
“
Be that as it may
, fighting is against Hogwarts rules, Hagrid,” said Snape
silkily
. “Five points from Gryffindor, Weasley, and be
grateful
it isn’t more. Move
along
, all of you.”
be that as it may 尽管如此
silkily /'silkili/ adv.（谈吐等）温和的
grateful /ˈɡreɪtfl/ adj. 感谢的
along /ə'lɔŋ/ adv. 向前
30
Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle pushed
roughly
past the tree,
scattering
needles
everywhere and
smirking
.
roughly /ˈrʌfli/ adv. 粗鲁地
scatter /ˈskætər/ vt. （使）散开
needle /ˈniːdl/ n. 针状物
smirk /smɜːrk/ v. 幸灾乐祸地笑
31
“I’ll
get
him,” said Ron,
grinding
his teeth at Malfoy’s back, “one of these days, I’ll get him —”
get /ɡet/ v. 杀死
grind /ɡraɪnd/ v. 用力挤压
32
“I hate them both,” said Harry, “Malfoy and Snape.”
33
“Come on, cheer up, it’s nearly Christmas,” said Hagrid. “Tell yeh what, come with me an’ see the Great Hall, looks a
treat
.”
treat /trit/ n. 享受
34
So the three of them followed Hagrid and his tree off to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy with the Christmas decorations.
35
“Ah, Hagrid, the last tree — put it in the
far
corner, would you?”
far /fɑr/ adj. 另一边的
36
The hall looked
spectacular
.
spectacular /spekˈtækjələr/ adj. 壮观的
37
Festoons
of
holly
and
mistletoe
hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve
towering
Christmas trees stood around the room,
festoon /fɛ'stʊn/ n. 花彩(装饰)
holly /'hɑli/ n. 冬青树（等于holm oak）
mistletoe /'mɪslto/ n. 槲寄生
towering /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/ adj. 高耸的
38
some
sparkling
with tiny
icicles
, some
glittering
with hundreds of candles.
sparkling /'spɑrklɪŋ/ adj. 闪耀的
icicle /ˈaɪsɪkl/ n. 冰柱
glittering /'ɡlɪtərɪŋ/ adj. 闪闪发光的
39
“How many days you got left until yer holidays?” Hagrid asked.
40
“Just one,” said Hermione. “And that reminds me — Harry, Ron, we’ve got half an hour before lunch, we should be in the library.”
41
“Oh yeah, you’re right,” said Ron,
tearing
his eyes away from Professor Flitwick, who had golden
bubblesblossoming
out of his wand and was
trailing
them over the branches of the new tree.
tear /tɪr/ v. 扯下
bubble /ˈbʌbl/ n. 气泡
blossom /ˈblɑːsəm/ vi. 开花
trail /treɪl/ vt. & vi. (使某物)被拖在后面
42
“The library?” said Hagrid, following them out of the hall. “Just before the holidays? Bit
keen
, aren’t yeh?”
keen /kiːn/ adj.（兴趣或感情）浓厚的
43
“Oh, we’re not working,” Harry told him
brightly
. “Ever since you mentioned Nicolas Flamel we’ve been trying to find out who he is.”
brightly /ˈbraɪtlɪ/ adv. 欢快地
44
“You what?” Hagrid looked shocked. “Listen here — I’ve told yeh —
drop
it. It’s nothin’ to you what that dog’s guardin’.”
drop /drɑːp/ v. 停止
45
“We just want to know who Nicolas Flamel is, that’s all,” said Hermione.
46
“Unless you’d like to tell us and
save
us the trouble?” Harry added.
save /seɪv/ v. 减少
47
“We must’ve been through hundreds of books already and we can’t find him anywhere — just give us a
hint
— I know I’ve read his name somewhere.”
hint /hɪnt/ n. 暗示
48
“I’m sayin’ nothin’,” said Hagrid
flatly
.
flatly /ˈflætɪ/ adv. 直截了当地
49
“Just have to find out for ourselves, then,” said Ron, and they left Hagrid looking
disgruntled
and hurried off to the library.
disgruntled /dɪsˈɡrʌntld/ adj. 不高兴的
50
They had indeed been searching books for Flamel’s name ever since Hagrid had
let it slip
, because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to steal?
let it slip 透露消息
51
The trouble was, it was very hard to know where to begin, not knowing what Flamel might have done to get himself into a book.
52
He wasn’t in Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century, or
Notable
Magical Names of Our Time;
notable /ˈnoʊtəbl/ adj. 著名的
53
he was
missing
, too, from Important Modern Magical Discoveries, and A
Study
of Recent Developments in Wizardry.
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ adj. 找不到的
study /'stʌdi/ n. 研究
54
And then, of course, there was the
sheer
size
of the library;
tens of thousands
of books; thousands of shelves; hundreds of
narrow
rows.
sheer /ʃɪr/ adj. 数量大的
size /saɪz/ n. 规模
tens of thousands 成千上万
narrow /ˈnæroʊ/ adj. 狭窄的
55
Hermione took out a list of subjects and
titles
she had decided to search while Ron
strode
off down a row of books and started pulling them off the shelves
at random
.
title /ˈtaɪtl/ n. （书籍、诗歌、图画、乐曲等的）名称
strode /strod/ v. 大步走（stride的过去式）
at random 随便地
56
Harry wandered over to the
Restricted
Section
. He had been wondering for a while if Flamel wasn’t somewhere in there.
restricted /rɪ'strɪktɪd/ adj. 不对公众开放的
section /ˈsekʃn/ n. 地区
57
Unfortunately, you needed a specially
signed
note from one of the teachers to look in any of the restricted books, and he knew he’d never get one.
signed /saɪnd/ adj. 已签字地
58
These were the books containing powerful Dark Magic never taught at Hogwarts, and only read by older students studying
advanced
Defense Against the Dark Arts.
advanced /ədˈvænst/ adj. 高等的
59
“What are you looking for, boy?”
60
“Nothing,” said Harry.
61
Madam Pince the
librarian
brandished
a feather
duster
at him.
librarian /laɪˈbreriən/ n. 图书馆馆长; 图书馆管理员
brandish /'brændɪʃ/ vt. 挥舞
duster /'dʌstɚ/ n. 掸子
62
“You’d better get out, then. Go on — out!”
63
Wishing
he’d been a bit quicker at thinking up some story, Harry left the library.
wish /wɪʃ/ v. 真希望
64
He, Ron, and Hermione had already agreed they’d better not ask Madam Pince where they could find Flamel.
65
They were sure she’d be able to tell them, but they couldn’t
risk
Snape hearing what they were
up to
.
risk /rɪsk/ v. 冒......的危险
up to 在做......
66
Harry waited outside in the corridor to see if the other two had found anything, but he wasn’t very hopeful.
67
They had been looking for two weeks, after all, but as they only had
odd
moments between lessons it wasn’t surprising they’d found nothing.
odd /ɑːd/ adj. 少量的
68
What they really needed was a nice long search without Madam Pince breathing down their necks.
69
Five minutes later, Ron and Hermione joined him, shaking their heads. They went off to lunch.
70
“You will keep looking while I’m away, won’t you?” said Hermione.
71
“And send me an owl if you find anything.”
72
“And you could ask your parents if they know who Flamel is,” said Ron. “It’d be safe to ask them.”
73
“Very safe, as they’re both
dentists
,” said Hermione.
dentist /ˈdentɪst/ n. 牙科医生
74
Once the holidays had started, Ron and Harry were having too good a time to think much about Flamel.
75
They had the
dormitory
to themselves and the common room was far emptier than usual, so they were able to get the good armchairs
by
the fire.
dormitory /ˈdɔːrmətɔːri/ n. 集体宿舍
by /baɪ/ prep. (表示位置)在…近旁
76
They sat by the hour eating anything they could
spear
on a
toasting fork
– bread,
crumpets
,
marshmallows
–
spear /spɪr/ v. 叉
toasting fork n. 长柄烤面包叉
crumpet /'krʌmpɪt/ n. 煎饼
marshmallow /'mɑrʃmɛlo/ n. 棉花软糖
77
and
plotting
ways of getting Malfoy expelled, which were fun to talk about even if they wouldn’t work.
plot /plɑːt/ vt. & vi. 密谋
78
Ron also started teaching Harry wizard
chess
. This was exactly like Muggle chess except that the figures were alive, which made it a lot like directing
troops
in battle.
chess /tʃɛs/ n. 棋
troop /truːp/ n. 军队
79
Ron’s set was very old and
battered
. Like everything else he owned, it had once belonged to someone else in his family — in this case, his grandfather.
battered /'bætɚd/ adj. 磨损的
80
However, old chessmen weren’t a
drawback
at all. Ron knew them so well he never had trouble getting them to do what he wanted.
drawback /ˈdrɔːbæk/ n. 缺点
81
Harry played with chessmen Seamus Finnigan had lent him, and they didn’t trust him at all.
82
He wasn’t a very good player yet and they kept shouting different bits of advice at him, which was
confusing
. “Don’t send me there, can’t you see his
knight
? Send him, we can afford to lose him.”
confusing /kən'fju:ziŋ/ adj. 莫名其妙的
knight /naɪt/ n.（国际象棋中的）马
83
On Christmas
Eve
, Harry went to bed looking forward to the next day for the food and the fun, but not expecting any presents at all.
eve /iːv/ n. (宗教节日或假日的)前日
84
When he woke early in the morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed.
85
“Merry Christmas,” said Ron
sleepily
as Harry
scrambled
out of bed and pulled on his bathrobe.
sleepily /'slipɪli/ adv. 困倦地
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ v. 艰难地(或仓促地)完成
86
“You, too,” said Harry. “Will you look at this? I’ve got some presents!”
87
“What did you expect,
turnips
?” said Ron, turning to his own pile, which was a lot bigger than Harry’s.
turnip /'tɝnɪp/ n. 萝卜
88
Harry picked up the top parcel. It was wrapped in thick brown paper and
scrawled
across it was To Harry, from Hagrid.
scrawl /skrɔːl/ vt. 潦草地写
89
Inside was a
roughly
cut
wooden
flute
. Hagrid had obviously
whittled
it himself. Harry blew it — it sounded a bit like an owl.
roughly /ˈrʌfli/ adv. 粗糙地
cut /kʌt/ vt. & vi. 削减
flute /flut/ n. 长笛
whittle /ˈwɪtl/ vt. 削
90
A second, very small parcel contained a note.
91
We received your message and
enclose
your Christmas present. From Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia.
Sellotaped
to the note was a fifty-
pence
piece
.
enclose /ɪnˈkloʊz/ v. 随信附上
sellotape /'seləuteip/ vt. 用透明胶带粘
pence /pɛns/ n. 便士（penny的复数）
piece /pis/ n. 硬币
92
“That’s friendly,” said Harry.
93
Ron was
fascinated
by the fifty pence.
fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ vt. 深深吸引
94
“Weird!” he said, “What a shape! This is money?”
95
“You can keep it,” said Harry, laughing at how pleased Ron was. “Hagrid and my aunt and uncle — so who sent these?”
96
I think I know who that one’s from,’ said Ron, going a bit pink and pointing to a very
lumpy
parcel.
lumpy /'lʌmpi/ adj. 多块状物的
97
“My mum. I told her you didn’t expect any presents and — oh, no,” he groaned, “she’s made you a Weasley
jumper
.”
jumper /'dʒʌmpɚ/ n. [英] 套头毛衣
98
Harry had
torn
open the parcel to find a thick,
hand-knitted
sweater in emerald green and a large box of
homemadefudge
.
torn /tɔrn/ v. 撕掉（tear的过去分词）
hand-knitted /'hændnit/ adj. 手工编织的
homemade /ˌhomˈmed/ adj. (衣服、食品等)自家制的
fudge /fʌdʒ/ n. 乳脂(巧克力)软糖
99
“Every year she makes us a jumper,” said Ron, unwrapping his own, “and mine’s always
maroon
.”
maroon /mə'run/ n. 褐红色
100
“That’s really nice of her,” said Harry, trying the
fudge
, which was very
tasty
.
fudge /fʌdʒ/ n. 乳脂(巧克力)软糖
tasty /ˈteɪsti/ adj. 美味的
101
His next present also contained sweets — a large box of Chocolate Frogs from Hermione.
102
This only left one parcel. Harry picked it up and felt it. It was very light. He unwrapped it.
103
Something
fluid
and silvery gray went
slithering
to the floor where it lay in
gleaming
folds
. Ron gasped.
fluid /ˈfluːɪd/ adj. 流体的
slither /'slɪðɚ/ v. 滑行
gleaming / ˈɡlimɪŋ/ n. 微弱的闪光
fold /foʊld/ n. 褶皱
104
“I’ve heard of those,” he said in a
hushed
voice, dropping the box of Every Flavor Beans he’d gotten from Hermione. “If that’s what I think it is — they’re really rare, and really valuable.”
hushed /hʌʃt/ adj. 安静的
105
“What is it?”
106
Harry picked the shining, silvery cloth off the floor.
107
It was strange to the touch, like water
woven
into
material
.
woven /'wovn/ vt. & vi. 织成(weave的过去分词)
material /məˈtɪriəl/ n. 材料
108
“It’s an
Invisibility
Cloak,” said Ron, a look of
awe
on his face. “I’m sure it is — try it on.”
invisibility /in,vizə'biləti/ n. 看不见的东西
awe /ɔː/ n. 敬畏
109
Harry threw the Cloak around his shoulders and Ron gave a yell.
110
“It is! Look down!”
111
Harry looked down at his feet, but they were gone. He dashed to the mirror. Sure enough, his
reflection
looked back at him, just his head
suspended
in midair, his body completely invisible.
reflection /rɪˈflekʃn/ n. 倒影
suspend /səˈspend/ vi. 悬浮
112
He pulled the Cloak over his head and his reflection vanished completely.
113
“There’s a note!” said Ron suddenly. “A note fell out of it!”
114
Harry pulled off the Cloak and seized the letter. Written in
narrow
,
loopy
writing he had never seen before were the following words:
narrow /ˈnæroʊ/ adj. 狭小的
loopy /'lupi/ adj. 多圈的
115
Your father left this in my
possession
before he died. It is time it was returned to you.
possession /pəˈzeʃn/ n. 持有
116
Use it well.
117
A Very Merry Christmas to you
118
There was no
signature
. Harry stared at the note. Ron was admiring the Cloak.
signature /ˈsɪɡnətʃər/ n. 签名
119
“I’d give anything for one of these,” he said. “Anything. What’s the matter?”
120
“Nothing,” said Harry. He felt very strange. Who had sent the Cloak? Had it really
once
belonged to his father?
once /wʌns/ adv. 曾经
121
Before he could say or think anything else, the dormitory door was
flung open
and Fred and George Weasley
bounded
in.
flung open 推开
bound /baʊnd/ v. 蹦跳着走
122
Harry stuffed the Cloak quickly out of sight. He didn’t feel like sharing it with anyone else yet.
123
“Merry Christmas!”
124
“Hey, look — Harry’s got a Weasley jumper, too!”
125
Fred and George were wearing blue jumpers, one with a large yellow F on it, the other with a G.
126
“Harry’s is better than ours, though,” said Fred, holding up Harry’s jumper. “She obviously makes more of an effort if you’re not family.”
127
“Why aren’t you wearing yours, Ron?” George demanded. “Come on, get it on, they’re
lovely
and warm.”
lovely /'lʌvli/ adj. 可爱的
128
“I hate
maroon
,” Ron moaned
halfheartedly
as he pulled it over his head.
maroon /mə'run/ n. 褐红色
halfheartedly /'hæf'hɑrtɪdli/ adv. 无兴趣地
129
“You haven’t got a
letter
on yours,” George
observed
. “I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid — we know we’re called Gred and Forge.”
letter /ˈletər/ n. 字母
observe /əbˈzɜːrv/ v. 观察
130
“What’s all this noise?”
131
Percy Weasley stuck his head through the door, looking
disapproving
. He had clearly gotten
halfway
through unwrapping his presents as he, too, carried a lumpy sweater over his arm, which Fred seized.
disapproving / ˌdɪsəˈpruvɪŋ/ adj. 不满的
halfway /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ adv. 在中途
132
“P for prefect! Get it on, Percy, come on, we’re all wearing ours, even Harry got one.”
133
“I — don’t — want —” said Percy
thickly
, as the twins forced the jumper over his head, knocking his glasses
askew
.
thickly /ˈ θɪklɪ/ adv. 声音不清的
askew /əˈskjuː/ adv. 歪斜地
134
“And you’re not sitting with the prefects today,
either
,” said George. “Christmas is a time for family.”
either /'iðɚ/ adv. 而且
135
They
frog-marched
Percy from the room, his arms
pinned
to his side by his jumper.
frog-march /ˈfrɔgmɑːtʃ/ vt. 使(犯人)面朝下由四人提着四肢行走
pin /pɪn/ v. 使不能动弹
136
Harry had never in all his life had such a Christmas dinner.
137
A hundred fat, roast turkeys, mountains of roast and boiled potatoes,
platters
of fat
chipolatas
,
tureens
of
buttered
peas,
platter /'plætɚ/ n. 大浅盘
chipolata /ˌtʃɪpə'lɑtə/ n. 小香肠盘菜
tureen /tju'rin/ n. 焙盘
buttered /'bʌtə/ adj. 涂奶油的
138
silver boats of
thick
,
rich
gravy
and
cranberry sauce
thick /θɪk/ adj. 浓的
rich /rɪtʃ/ adj. 肥沃的
gravy /'ɡrevi/ n. 肉卤
cranberry sauce 酸果曼沙司
139
— and
stacks of
wizard
crackers
every
few feet along the table.
stacks of 许多
cracker /ˈkrækər/ n. 饼干
every /'ɛvri/ adj. 每隔…的
140
These
fantastic
crackers were nothing like the
feeble
Muggle ones the Dursleys usually bought, with their little plastic toys and their
flimsy
paper hats.
fantastic /fæn'tæstɪk/ adj. 奇异的
feeble /ˈfiːbl/ adj. 虚弱的, 衰弱的, 无力的
flimsy /ˈflɪmzi/ adj. 易损坏的
141
Harry pulled a wizard cracker with Fred and it didn’t just
bang
, it went off with a
blast
like a cannon and
engulfed
them all in a cloud of blue smoke,
bang /bæŋ/ vi. 发出砰的一声
blast /blæst/ n. 爆炸
engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ vt. 吞没
142
while from the inside exploded a
rear admiral’s
hat and several live, white mice.
rear admiral 海军少将
143
Up on the High Table, Dumbledore had
swapped
his pointed wizard’s hat for a flowered
bonnet
, and was chuckling
merrily
at a
joke
Professor Flitwick had just read him.
swap /swɑːp/ v. 把......换成
bonnet /'bɑnət/ n. 软帽
merrily /'mɛrəli/ adv. 快乐地
joke /dʒok/ n. 笑话
144
Flaming
Christmas puddings followed the turkey. Percy nearly broke his teeth on a silver
Sickle
embedded
in his
slice
.
flaming /'flemɪŋ/ adj. 火红的
sickle /'sɪkl/ n. 镰刀
embed /ɪmˈbed/ vt. 使嵌入
slice /slaɪs/ n. （蛋糕等的）小块
145
Harry watched Hagrid getting redder and redder in the face as he called for more
wine
,
wine /waɪn/ n. 葡萄酒
146
finally kissing Professor McGonagall on the cheek, who, to Harry’s
amazement
,
giggled
and blushed, her top hat
lopsided
.
amazement /əˈmeɪzmənt/ n. 惊奇
giggle /ˈɡɪɡl/ vi. 咯咯地笑
lopsided /ˌlɑːpˈsaɪdɪd/ adj. 不平衡的
147
When Harry finally left the table, he was
laden
down with a stack of things out of the crackers,
lade /led/ vt. 装载
148
including a pack of non-explodable,
luminous
balloons, a Grow-Your-Own-
Warts
kit
, and his own new wizard chess set.
luminous /ˈluːmɪnəs/ adj. 夜光的
wart /wɔrt/ n. 疣
kit /kɪt/ n. 成套设备
149
The white mice had disappeared and Harry had a
nasty
feeling they were going to end up as Mrs. Norris’s Christmas dinner.
nasty /ˈnæsti/ adj. 令人担忧的
150
Harry and the Weasleys spent a happy afternoon having a furious snowball fight on the grounds.
151
Then, cold, wet, and
gasping
for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing
spectacularly
to Ron.
gasp /ɡæsp/ vi. 喘息；喘气；渴望
spectacular /spekˈtækjələr/ adj. 令人惊叹的
152
He suspected he wouldn’t have lost so badly if Percy hadn’t tried to help him so much.
153
After a
meal
of turkey sandwiches,
crumpets
,
trifle
, and Christmas cake, everyone felt too full and sleepy to do much before bed except
meal /mil/ n. 一餐所吃的食物
crumpet /'krʌmpɪt/ n. 松脆饼
trifle /ˈtraɪfl/ n. 蛋糕
154
sit and watch Percy chase Fred and George all over Gryffindor Tower because they’d stolen his prefect
badge
.
badge /bædʒ/ n. 徽章
155
It had been Harry’s best Christmas day ever. Yet something had been
nagging
at
the back of his mind
all day.
nag /næɡ/ vi. 不断地唠叨
the back of his mind 潜意识
156
Not until he climbed into bed was he free to think about it: the Invisibility Cloak and whoever had sent it.
157
Ron, full of turkey and cake and with nothing
mysterious
to bother him, fell asleep almost as soon as he’d drawn the curtains of his four-poster.
mysterious /mɪˈstɪriəs/ adj. 神秘的
158
Harry leaned over the side of his own bed and pulled the Cloak out from under it.
159
His father’s . . . this had been his father’s. He let the material flow over his hands, smoother than
silk
, light as air. Use it well, the note had said.
silk /sɪlk/ n. 丝织物
160
He had to try it, now. He slipped out of bed and wrapped the Cloak around himself. Looking down at his legs, he saw only moonlight and shadows. It was a very funny feeling.
161
Use it well.
162
Suddenly, Harry felt
wide
-awake. The whole of Hogwarts was open to him in this Cloak. Excitement flooded through him as he stood there in the dark and silence.
wide /waɪd/ adv. 充分地
163
He could go anywhere in this, anywhere, and Filch would never know.
164
Ron grunted in his sleep. Should Harry wake him? Something
held him back
— his father’s Cloak — he felt that this time — the first time — he wanted to use it alone.
hold sb back 拖某人的后腿
165
He crept out of the dormitory, down the stairs, across the common room, and climbed through the portrait hole.
166
“Who’s there?”
squawked
the Fat Lady. Harry said nothing. He walked quickly down the corridor.
squawk /skwɔk/ vi. 发出粗厉的叫声
167
Where should he go? He stopped, his heart racing, and thought.
168
And then it
came
to him. The Restricted Section in the library. He’d be able to read as long as he liked, as long as it took to find out who Flamel was.
come /kʌm/ v. (思想、回忆等)进入脑海
169
He set off, drawing the Invisibility Cloak tight around him as he walked.
170
The library was
pitch-black
and very
eerie
.
pitch-black /ˈpɪtʃˈblæk/ adj. 漆黑的
eerie /ˈɪri/ adj. 诡异的
171
Harry lit a lamp to see his way along the rows of books.
172
The lamp looked as if it was floating along in midair, and even though Harry could feel his arm
supporting
it, the sight gave him the
creeps
.
support /səˈpɔːrt/ vt. 托住
creeps /kri:ps/ n. 毛骨悚然的感觉
173
The Restricted Section was right at the back of the library. Stepping carefully over the rope which separated these books from the rest of the library, he held up his lamp to read the titles.
174
They didn’t tell him much. Their peeling, faded gold letters
spelled
words in languages Harry couldn’t understand. Some had no title at all.
spell /spel/ vt. & vi. 拼写
175
One book had a dark
stain
on it that looked
horribly
like blood.
stain /steɪn/ n. 污点
horribly /ˈh ɔrəblɪ/ adv. 可怕地
176
The hairs on the back of Harry’s neck
prickled
.
prickle /'prɪkl/ vi. 感到刺痛
177
Maybe he was imagining it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be.
178
He had to start somewhere. Setting the lamp down carefully on the floor, he looked along the bottom shelf for an interesting-looking book.
179
A large black and silver
volume
caught his eye. He pulled it out with difficulty, because it was very heavy, and, balancing it on his knee, let it fall open.
volume /ˈvɑːljuːm/ n. 书（较大的)
180
A
piercing
,
bloodcurdling
shriek
split the silence — the book was screaming!
piercing /ˈpɪrsɪŋ/ adj. (指声音等)尖锐的
bloodcurdling /ˈblʌdˌkɚdlɪŋ/ adj. 令人毛骨悚然的
shriek /ʃriːk/ n. 尖叫声
181
Harry
snapped
it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken,
earsplitting
note
.
snap /snæp/ vi. 咯嗒一声关上
earsplitting /'ɪr,splɪtɪŋ/ adj. 震耳欲聋的
note /noʊt/ n. 音调
182
He
stumbled
backward and knocked over his lamp, which
went out
at once.
stumble /ˈstʌmbl/ vi. 绊脚
go out 熄灭
183
Panicking
, he heard footsteps
coming
down the corridor outside — stuffing the
shrieking
book back on the shelf, he ran for it.
panic /ˈpænɪk/ n. 恐慌
come /kʌm/ vi. 出现（被听到、察觉或经历）
shriek /ʃriːk/ vt. & vi. 尖叫
184
He
passed
Filch in the doorway;
pass vi. 经过
185
Filch’s pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch’s
outstretched
arm and
streaked
off up the corridor, the book’s shrieks still ringing in his ears.
outstretched /ˏautˈstretʃt/ adj. 伸出的
streak /striːk/ vi. 飞跑
186
He came to a sudden
halt
in front of a tall suit of
armor
.
halt /hɔːlt/ n. 停止
armor /ˈɑːmər/ n. 盔甲
187
He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn’t paid attention to where he was going.
188
Perhaps because it was dark, he didn’t recognize where he was at all.
189
There was a suit of armor near the kitchens, he knew, but he must be five
floors
above there.
floor /flɔr/ n. 楼层
190
“You asked me to come directly to you, Professor, if anyone was wandering around at night, and somebody’s been in the library — Restricted Section.”
191
Harry felt the blood
drain
out of his face. Wherever he was, Filch must know a
shortcut
, because his
soft
,
greasy
voice was getting nearer, and to his horror, it was Snape who replied,
drain /dreɪn/ vi. 流干
shortcut /'ʃɔrt,kʌt/ n. 捷径
soft /sɔft/ adj. 虚弱的
greasy /'grisi/ adj. 油腻的
192
“The Restricted Section? Well, they can’t be far, we’ll catch them.”
193
Harry stood
rooted
to the spot as Filch and Snape came around the corner ahead.
rooted /'rutɪd/ adj. (因为惧怕或吃惊而)钉在原地
194
They couldn’t see him, of course, but it was a narrow corridor and if they came much nearer they’d knock right into him — the Cloak didn’t stop him from being solid.
195
He backed away as quietly as he could.
196
A door stood
ajar
to his left. It was his only hope. He squeezed through it, holding his breath, trying not to move it, and to his relief he managed to get inside the room without their noticing anything.
ajar /ə'dʒɑr/ adv. 微开地
197
They walked straight past, and Harry leaned against the wall, breathing deeply, listening to their footsteps dying away.
198
That had been
close
, very close.
close /kloʊz/ adj. （通常指危险的情况几乎发生）差一点儿
199
It was a few seconds before he noticed anything about the room he had hidden in.
200
It looked like an unused classroom.
201
The dark shapes of desks and chairs were piled against the walls, and there was an
upturned
wastepaper basket
—
upturned /ʌp'tə:nd/ adj. 翻过来的
wastepaper basket 废纸篓
202
but
propped
against the wall facing him was something that didn’t look as if it belonged there, something that looked as if someone had just put it there to keep it out of the way.
prop /prɑːp/ v. 倚靠
203
It was a
magnificent
mirror, as high as the ceiling, with an
ornate
gold frame, standing on two clawed feet. There was an
inscription
carved
around the top: Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.
magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/ adj. 壮丽的
ornate /ɔːrˈneɪt/ adj. 华丽的
inscription /ɪn'skrɪpʃən/ n. (作者)题词
carve /kɑːrv/ v. 雕刻
204
His panic
fading
now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but see no reflection again. He stepped in front of it.
fading /'fedɪŋ/ n. 衰退
205
He had to clap his hands to his mouth to stop himself screaming.
206
He
whirled
around. His heart was pounding
far
more
furiously
than when the book had screamed — for he had seen not only himself in the mirror, but a whole crowd of people standing right behind him.
whirl /wɜːrl/ v. 猛地转动
far /fɑr/ adv. 到很大程度
furiously /ˈfjʊərɪəslɪ/ adv. 猛烈地
207
But the room was empty. Breathing very fast, he turned slowly back to the mirror.
208
There he was, reflected in it, white and scared-looking, and there, reflected behind him, were at least ten others. Harry looked over his shoulder — but still, no one was there.
209
Or were they all invisible, too? Was he in fact in a room full of invisible people and this mirror’s
trick
was that it reflected them, invisible or not?
trick /trɪk/ n. 把戏
210
He looked in the mirror again. A woman standing right behind his reflection was smiling at him and waving.
211
He reached out a hand and felt the air behind him. If she was really there, he’d touch her, their reflections were so close together, but he felt only air — she and the others existed only in the mirror.
212
She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes — her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought,
edging
a little closer to the glass.
edge /edʒ/ vi. 缓缓移动
213
Bright green — exactly the same shape, but then he noticed that she was crying; smiling, but crying at the same time.
214
The tall, thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her. He wore glasses, and his hair was very untidy. It stuck up at the back, just as Harry’s did.
215
Harry was so close to the mirror now that his nose was nearly touching that of his reflection.
216
“Mum?” he whispered. “Dad?”
217
They just looked at him, smiling.
218
And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror,
219
and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his, even a little old man who looked as though he had Harry’s
knobbly
knees —
knobbly /'nɑbli/ adj. 多疙瘩的
220
Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life.
221
The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared
hungrily
back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was
hoping
to fall right through it and reach them.
hungrily /ˈh ʌ ŋɡrɪlɪ/ adv. 渴望地
hoping v. 希望（hope的ing形式）
222
He had a powerful kind of
ache
inside him, half
joy
, half
terrible
sadness
.
ache /eɪk/ vi. 疼痛
joy /dʒɔɪ/ n. 高兴
terrible /'tɛrəbl/ adj. 极度的
sadness /'sædnis/ n. 悲痛
223
How long he stood there, he didn’t know. The reflections did not fade and he looked and looked until a distant noise brought him back to his senses.
224
He couldn’t stay here, he had to find his way back to bed.
225
He tore his eyes away from his mother’s face, whispered, “I’ll come back,” and hurried from the room.
226
“You could have woken me up,” said Ron,
crossly
.
crossly /ˈkr ɑslɪ/ adv. 生气地
227
“You can come tonight, I’m going back, I want to show you the mirror.”
228
“I’d like to see your mum and dad,” Ron said eagerly.
229
“And I want to see all your family, all the Weasleys, you’ll be able to show me your other brothers and everyone.”
230
“You can see them any old time,” said Ron.
231
“Just
come round
my house this summer. Anyway, maybe it only shows dead people.
Shame
about not finding Flamel, though. Have some bacon or something, why aren’t you eating anything?”
come round 拜访
shame /ʃem/ n. 羞愧
232
Harry couldn’t eat. He had seen his parents and would be seeing them again tonight.
233
He had almost forgotten about Flamel. It didn’t seem very important anymore. Who cared what the three-headed dog was guarding? What did it matter if Snape stole it, really?
234
“Are you all right?” said Ron. “You look odd.”
235
What Harry
feared
most was that he might not be able to find the mirror room again. With Ron covered in the Cloak, too, they had to walk much more slowly the next night.
fear /fɪr/ vt. 担心
236
They tried
retracing
Harry’s route from the library,
wandering
around the dark
passageways
for nearly an hour.
retrace /rɪˈtreɪs/ vt. 重走(别人走过的路线)
wander /ˈwɑːndər/ vi. 漫步
passageway /'pæsɪdʒ,we/ n. (尤指两面有墙的)通道
237
“I’m freezing,” said Ron. “Let’s forget it and go back.”
238
“No!” Harry
hissed
. “I know it’s here somewhere.”
hiss /hɪs/ v. 低声呵斥
239
They passed the ghost of a tall witch
gliding
in the opposite direction, but saw no one else. Just as Ron started moaning that his feet were
dead
with cold, Harry spotted the suit of armor.
glide /ɡlaɪd/ n. 滑翔
dead /dɛd/ adj. (身体部位)无知觉的
240
“It’s here — just here — yes!”
241
They pushed the door open. Harry dropped the Cloak from around his shoulders and ran to the mirror.
242
There they were. His mother and father
beamed
at the
sight
of him.
beam /biːm/ vi. 面露喜色
sight /saɪt/ n. 看见
243
“See?” Harry whispered.
244
“I can’t see anything.”
245
“Look! Look at them all . . . there are
loads of
them. . . .”
loads of 许多
246
“I can only see you.”
247
“Look in it
properly
, go on, stand where I am.”
properly /'prɑpɚli/ adv. 正确地
248
Harry stepped aside, but with Ron in front of the mirror, he couldn’t see his family anymore, just Ron in his
paisleypajamas
.
Paisley /ˈpezli/ (苏格兰)佩斯利涡纹旋花呢(的)
pajamas /pə'dʒæməz/ n. 睡衣
249
Ron, though, was staring
transfixed
at his image.
transfix /træns'fɪks/ vt. 使呆住
250
“Look at me!” he said.
251
“Can you see all your family standing around you?”
252
“No — I’m alone — but I’m different — I look older — and I’m
Head Boy
!”
Head Boy (英)男班长
253
“What?”
254
“I am — I’m wearing the
badge
like Bill used to — and I’m holding the House Cup and the Quidditch Cup — I’m Quidditch captain, too!”
badge /bædʒ/ n. 徽章
255
Ron tore his eyes away from this
splendid
sight to look excitedly at Harry.
splendid /ˈsplendɪd/ adj. 辉煌的
256
“Do you think this mirror shows the future?”
257
“How can it? All my family are dead — let me have another look —”
258
“You had it to yourself all last night, give me a bit more time.”
259
“You’re only holding the Quidditch Cup, what’s interesting about that? I want to see my parents.”
260
“Don’t push me —”
261
A sudden noise outside in the corridor put an end to their discussion. They hadn’t realized how loudly they had been talking.
262
“Quick!”
263
Ron threw the Cloak back over them as the
luminous
eyes of Mrs. Norris
came round
the door.
luminous /ˈluːmɪnəs/ adj. 发光的
come round 转向
264
Ron and Harry stood quite still, both thinking the same thing — did the Cloak
work
on cats? After what seemed an age, she turned and left.
work /wɜːrk/ v. 奏效
265
“This isn’t safe — she might have gone for Filch, I bet she heard us. Come on.” And Ron pulled Harry out of the room.
266
The snow still hadn’t melted the next morning.
267
“Want to play chess, Harry?” said Ron.
268
“No.”
269
“Why don’t we go down and visit Hagrid?”
270
“No . . . you go . . .”
271
“I know what you’re thinking about, Harry, that mirror. Don’t go back tonight.”
272
“Why not?”
273
“I dunno, I’ve just got a bad feeling about it — and anyway, you’ve had too many
close shaves
already.
close shave 侥幸的脱险
274
Filch, Snape, and Mrs. Norris are wandering around. So what if they can’t see you? What if they walk into you? What if you knock something over?”
275
“You sound like Hermione.”
276
“I’m serious, Harry, don’t go.”
277
But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and Ron wasn’t going to stop him.
278
That third night he found his way more quickly than before. He was walking so fast he
knew
he was making more noise than was
wise
, but he didn’t meet anyone.
know /no/ v. 认识到
wise /waɪz/ adj. 明智的
279
And there were his mother and father smiling at him again, and one of his grandfathers nodding happily.
280
Harry sank down to sit on the floor in front of the mirror. There was nothing to stop him from staying here all night with his family. Nothing at all.
281
Except —
282
“So — back again, Harry?”
283
Harry felt as though his
insides
had turned to ice. He looked behind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore.
inside /'ɪn'saɪd/ n. 里面
284
Harry must have walked straight past him, so
desperate
to get to the mirror he hadn’t noticed him.
desperate /ˈdespərət/ adj. 极渴望的
285
“I — I didn’t see you, sir.”
286
“Strange how
short-sighted
being invisible can make you,” said Dumbledore, and Harry was relieved to see that he was smiling.
short-sighted /ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪtɪd/ adj. 近视的
287
“So,” said Dumbledore, slipping off the desk to sit on the floor with Harry,
288
“you, like hundreds before you, have discovered the
delights
of the Mirror of Erised.”
delight /dɪˈlaɪt/ n. 乐事
289
“I didn’t know it was called that, sir.”
290
“But I expect you’ve realized by now what it does?”
291
“It — well — it shows me my family —”
292
“And it showed your friend Ron himself as Head Boy.”
293
“How did you know — ?”
294
“I don’t need a cloak to become invisible,” said Dumbledore gently. “Now, can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?”
295
Harry shook his head.
296
“Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?”
297
Harry thought. Then he said slowly, “It shows us what we want . . . whatever we want . . .”
298
“Yes and no,” said Dumbledore quietly.
299
“It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most
desperate
desire
of our hearts. You, who have never known your family, see them standing around you.
desperate /ˈdespərət/ adj. 极渴望的
desire /dɪˈzaɪər/ n. 渴望
300
Ronald Weasley, who has always been
overshadowed
by his brothers, sees himself standing alone, the best of all of them.
overshadow /ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/ vt. 使(某人)相形见绌或黯然失色
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However, this mirror will give us neither knowledge or truth. Men have wasted away before it,
entranced
by what they have seen, or been
driven
mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible.
entrance /ˈentrəns/ vt. 使入迷
drive /draɪv/ vt. 驱使
302
The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go looking for it again.
303
If you ever do
run across
it, you will now be prepared. It does not do to
dwell
on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why don’t you put that
admirable
Cloak back on and get off to bed?”
run across 偶然遇到
dwell /dwel/ v. 总是想着
admirable /ˈædmərəbl/ adj. 绝妙的
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Harry stood up.
305
“Sir — Professor Dumbledore? Can I ask you something?”
306
“Obviously, you’ve just done so,” Dumbledore smiled. “You may ask me
one more
thing, however.”
one more 再多一个
307
“What do you see when you look in the mirror?”
308
“I? I see myself holding a pair of thick,
woolen
socks.”
woolen /'wʊlɪn/ adj. 羊毛制的
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Harry stared.
310
“One can never have enough socks,” said Dumbledore. “Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.”
311
It was only when he was back in bed that it struck Harry that Dumbledore might not have been quite
truthful
.
truthful /ˈtruːθfl/ adj. 说实话的
312
But then, he thought, as he
shoved
Scabbers off his
pillow
, it had been quite a personal question.
shove /ʃʌv/ vt. & vi. 推
pillow /ˈpɪloʊ/ n. 枕头
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