《哈利波特2》｜单词注释｜Chapter 15
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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Aragog
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Summer was creeping over the grounds around the castle; sky and lake
alike
turned
periwinkle
blue and flowers large as cabbages
burst into bloom
in the greenhouses.
alike /əˈlaɪk/ adv. 同样地
periwinkle /'perɪwɪŋk(ə)l/ n. 长春花
burst into bloom 开花
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But with no Hagrid
visible
from the castle windows,
striding
the grounds with Fang at his heels, the scene didn’t look right to Harry;
visible /ˈvɪzəbl/ adj. 看得见的
stride /straɪd/ vt. 大踏步走过
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no better, in fact, than the inside of the castle, where things were so
horribly
wrong.
horribly /'hɒrəblɪ/ adv. 非常地
5
Harry and Ron had tried to visit Hermione, but visitors were now
barred
from the hospital wing.
bar /bɑː(r)/ v. 阻挡
6
‘We’re taking no more chances,’ Madam Pomfrey told them
severely
through a crack in the hospital door. ‘No, I’m sorry, there’s every chance the attacker might come back to finish these people off …’
severely /si'viəli/ adv. 严厉地
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With Dumbledore gone, fear had spread as never before, so that the sun warming the castle walls outside seemed to stop at the
mullioned
windows.
mullioned /'mʌliənd/ adj. 有竖框的
8
There was barely a face to be seen in the school that didn’t look worried and tense, and any laughter that rang through the corridors sounded shrill and
unnatural
and was quickly
stifled
.
unnatural /ʌn'nætʃ(ə)r(ə)l/ adj. 反常的
stifle /ˈstaɪfl/ v. 抑制
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Harry constantly repeated Dumbledore’s final words to himself. ‘I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me … Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.’
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But what good were these words? Who exactly were they supposed to ask for help, when everyone was just as confused and scared as they were?
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Hagrid’s hint about the spiders was far easier to understand – the trouble was, there didn’t seem to be a single spider left in the castle to follow.
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Harry looked everywhere he went, helped (rather
reluctantly
) by Ron.
reluctantly /ri'lʌktəntli/ adv. 不情愿地
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They were
hampered
, of course, by the fact that they weren’t allowed to wander off on their own, but had to move around the castle
in a pack
with the other Gryffindors.
hamper /ˈhæmpə(r)/ vt. 妨碍
in a pack 在一群
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Most of their fellow students seemed glad that they were being
shepherded
from class to class by teachers, but Harry found it very
irksome
.
shepherd /ˈʃepəd/ v. 护送
irksome /ˈɜːksəm/ adj. 令人厌烦的
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One person, however, seemed to be
thoroughly
enjoying the
atmosphere
of terror and suspicion. Draco Malfoy was strutting around the school as though he had just been
appointed
Head Boy.
thoroughly /'θʌrəli/ adv. 完全地
atmosphere /ˈætməsfɪə(r)/ n. 气氛
appoint /əˈpɔɪnt/ vt. 任命
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Harry didn’t realise what he was so pleased about until the Potions lesson about a fortnight after Dumbledore and Hagrid had left, when, sitting right behind Malfoy,
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Harry overheard him
gloating
to Crabbe and Goyle.
gloat /ɡləʊt/ vi. 幸灾乐祸
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‘I always thought Father might be the one who got rid of Dumbledore,’ he said, not
troubling
to keep his voice down.
trouble /ˈtrʌbl/ v. 费神
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‘I told you he thinks Dumbledore’s the worst Headmaster the school’s ever had. Maybe we’ll get a decent Headmaster now. Someone who won’t want the Chamber of Secrets closed.
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McGonagall won’t last long, she’s only
filling in
…’
fill in 替代
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Snape swept past Harry, making no
comment
about Hermione’s empty seat and cauldron.
comment /ˈkɒment/ n. 评论
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‘Sir,’ said Malfoy loudly. ‘Sir, why don’t you
apply
for the Headmaster’s job?’
apply /əˈplaɪ/ vi. 申请
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‘
Now
, now, Malfoy,’ said Snape, though he couldn’t
suppress
a
thin-lipped
smile. ‘Professor Dumbledore has only been
suspended
by the governors. I dare say he’ll be back with us soon enough.’
now /naʊ/ adv. （用于引起注意或用于转换话题）好了
suppress /səˈpres/ v. 克制(感情或反应)
thin-lipped 薄嘴唇地
suspend /səˈspend/ v. 使暂时停职（或停学等）
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‘Yeah, right,’ said Malfoy, smirking. ‘I expect you’d have father’s
vote
, sir, if you wanted to apply for the job. I’ll tell father you’re the best teacher here, sir …’
vote /vəʊt/ n. 选票
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Snape smirked as he swept off around the dungeon,
fortunately
not spotting Seamus Finnigan, who was
pretending
to
vomit
into his cauldron.
fortunately /'fɔrtʃənətli/ adv. 幸运地
pretend /prɪˈtend/ vt. & vi. 假装
vomit /'vɒmɪt/ vi. 呕吐
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‘I’m quite surprised the Mudbloods haven’t all packed their bags by now,’ Malfoy went on. ‘bet you five Galleons the next one dies.
Pity
it wasn’t Granger …’
pity /'pɪtɪ/ n. 遗憾的事
27
The bell rang at that moment, which was lucky; at Malfoy’s last words, Ron had leapt off his stool, and in the
scramble
to collect bags and books, his attempts to reach Malfoy went unnoticed.
scramble /ˈskræmbl/ n. （因赶任务出现的）忙乱
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‘Let me
at
him,’ Ron growled, as Harry and Dean hung onto his arms. ‘I don’t care, I don’t need my wand, I’m going to kill him with my
bare hands
–’
at /æt/ prep. (抓)住
bare hand 徒手空拳
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‘Hurry up, I’ve got to take you all to Herbology,’ barked Snape over the class’s heads, and off they went,
crocodilefashion
, with Harry, Ron and Dean bringing up the rear, Ron still trying to get
loose
.
crocodile /ˈkrɒkədaɪl/ 成对纵列行进的人(尤指儿童)
fashion /ˈfæʃn/ n. (做事的)方式
loose /luːs/ v. 释放
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It was only safe to let go of him when Snape had
seen
them out of the castle, and they were making their way across the vegetable patch towards the greenhouses.
see /siː/ v. 陪送
31
The Herbology class was very
subdued
; there were now two missing from their
number
, Justin and Hermione.
subdue /səbˈdjuː/ v. 制服
number /'nʌmbə/ n. 一群人
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Professor Sprout set them all to work pruning the
Abyssinian
Shrivelfigs
.
Abyssinian /ˌæbi'siniən/ adj. 阿比西尼亚的
Shrivelfig 无花果
33
Harry went to tip an
armful
of
withered
stalks
onto the
compost
heap and found himself face to face with Ernie Macmillan.
armful /'ɑːmfʊl/ n. 一抱之量
withered /'wiðəd/ adj. 枯萎的
stalk /stɔːk/ n. （植物的）茎
compost /'kɒmpɒst/ n. 混合肥料
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Ernie took a deep breath and said, very
formally
, ‘I just want to say, Harry, that I’m sorry I ever suspected you.
formally /'fɔːməlɪ/ adv. 正式地
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I know you’d never attack Hermione Granger, and I apologise for all the stuff I said. We’re all
in the same boat
now, and, well –’
in the same boat 面临同样的危险
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He held out a
pudgy
hand, and Harry shook it.
pudgy /'pʌdʒɪ/ adj. 短而粗的
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Ernie and his friend Hannah came to work at the same
Shrivelfig
as Harry and Ron.
Shrivelfig 无花果
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‘That Draco Malfoy character,’ said Ernie,
breaking
off dead
twigs
, ‘he seems very pleased about all this, doesn’t he? D’you know, I think he might be Slytherin’s heir.’
break /breɪk/ v. 折断
twig /twɪg/ n. 细枝
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‘That’s clever of you,’ said Ron, who didn’t seem to have forgiven Ernie as
readily
as Harry.
readily /ˈredɪli/ adv. 容易地
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‘Do you think it’s Malfoy, Harry?’ Ernie asked.
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‘No,’ said Harry, so firmly that Ernie and Hannah stared.
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A second later, Harry spotted something that made him hit Ron over the hand with his pruning
shears
.
shear /ʃɪə(r)/ n. 大剪刀
43
‘Ouch! What’re you –’
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Harry was pointing at the ground a few feet away. Several large spiders were
scurrying
across the
earth
.
scurry /ˈskʌri/ vi. 急跑
earth /ɜːθ/ n. 地面
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‘Oh, yeah,’ said Ron, trying, and failing, to look pleased. ‘But we can’t
follow
them now …’
follow /ˈfɒləʊ/ v. 跟踪
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Ernie and Hannah were listening curiously.
47
Harry watched the spiders running away.
48
‘Looks like they’re heading for the Forbidden Forest …’
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And Ron looked even unhappier about that.
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At the end of the lesson Professor Sprout
escorted
the class to their Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson. Harry and Ron
lagged
behind the others so they could talk out of earshot.
escort /ˈeskɔːt/ vt. 护送
lag /læɡ/ vi. 滞后
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‘We’ll have to use the Invisibility Cloak again,’ Harry told Ron. ‘We can take Fang with us. He’s used to going into the Forest with Hagrid, he might be some help.’
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‘Right,’ said Ron, who was twirling his wand nervously in his fingers.
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‘Er – aren’t there – aren’t there supposed to be werewolves in the Forest?’ he added, as they took their usual places at the back of Lockhart’s classroom.
54
Preferring
not to answer that question, Harry said, ‘There are good things in there, too. The centaurs are all right, and the unicorns.’
prefer /prɪˈfɜː(r)/ vt. 更喜欢
55
Ron had never been into the Forbidden Forest before. Harry had entered it only once, and had hoped never to do so again.
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Lockhart
bounded
into the room and the class stared at him. Every other teacher in the place was looking
grimmer
than usual, but Lockhart appeared nothing
short of
buoyant
.
bound /baʊnd/ v. 蹦跳着走
grim /ɡrɪm/ adj. 严肃的
short of 除……以外
buoyant /ˈbɔɪənt/ adj. 愉快而自信的
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‘Come now,’ he cried, beaming around him, ‘why all these long faces?’
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People
swapped
exasperated
looks, but nobody answered.
swap /swɒp/ vt. & vi. 交换
exasperate /ɪɡˈzæspəreɪt/ vt. 触怒
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‘Don’t you people realise,’ said Lockhart, speaking slowly, as though they were all a bit dim, ‘the danger has passed! The
culprit
has been taken away.’
culprit /ˈkʌlprɪt/ n. 罪犯
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‘Says who?’ said Dean Thomas loudly.
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‘My dear young man, the Minister of Magic wouldn’t have taken Hagrid if he hadn’t been one hundred per cent sure that he was guilty,’
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said Lockhart, in the tone of someone explaining that one and one made two.
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‘Oh, yes he would,’ said Ron, even more loudly than Dean.
64
‘I
flatter
myself I know a
touch
more about Hagrid’s
arrest
than you do, Mr Weasley,’ said Lockhart in a
self-satisfied
tone.
flatter /ˈflætə(r)/ v. 自认为
touch /tʌtʃ/ n. 稍微
arrest /əˈrest/ n. 逮捕
self-satisfied /'self'sætisfaid/ adj. 自鸣得意的
65
Ron started to say that he didn’t think so, somehow, but stopped in mid-sentence when Harry kicked him hard under the desk.
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‘We weren’t there, remember?’ Harry
muttered
.
mutter /ˈmʌtə(r)/ vt. & vi. 轻声低语
67
But Lockhart’s disgusting
cheeriness
, his hints that he had always thought Hagrid was no good,
cheery /'tʃɪərɪ/ adj. 愉快的
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his
confidence
that the whole business was now at an end,
irritated
Harry so much that he
yearned
to throw
Gadding
with Ghouls right in Lockhart’s stupid face.
confidence /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/ n. 自信
irritate /ˈɪrɪteɪt/ vt. 激怒
yearn /jɜːn/ vi. 渴望
gad /gæd/ v. 闲逛
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Instead he
contented
himself with scrawling a note to Ron: ‘Let’s do it tonight.’
content /ˈkɒntent/ v. 使满意
70
Ron read the message, swallowed hard and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. The sight seemed to
stiffen
his
resolve
, and he nodded.
stiffen /ˈstɪfn/ vt. & vi. 变坚定
resolve /rɪˈzɒlv/ n. <正式>决心
71
The Gryffindor common room was always very crowded these days, because from six o’clock
onwards
, the Gryffindors had nowhere else to go.
onward /ˈɒnwəd/ adv.（从某时起）一直
72
They also had plenty to talk about, with the result that the common room often didn’t empty until past midnight.
73
Harry went to get the Invisibility Cloak out of his trunk right after dinner, and spent the evening sitting on it, waiting for the room to clear.
74
Fred and George
challenged
Harry and Ron to a few games of Exploding Snap and Ginny sat watching them, very
subdued
in Hermione’s usual chair.
challenge /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/ vt. 挑战
subdue /səbˈdjuː/ vt. 抑制
75
Harry and Ron kept losing on purpose, trying to finish the games quickly, but even so, it was well past midnight when Fred, George and Ginny finally went to bed.
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Harry and Ron waited for the distant sounds of two dormitory doors closing before seizing the Cloak, throwing it over themselves, and climbing through the portrait hole.
77
It was another difficult
journey
through the castle, dodging all the teachers.
journey /'dʒɜːnɪ/ n. 行程
78
At last they reached the Entrance Hall, slid back the lock on the oak front doors, squeezed between them, trying to stop any creaking, and stepped out into the
moonlit
grounds.
moonlit /'muːnlɪt/ adj. 月光照耀的
79
‘Course,’ said Ron
abruptly
, as they strode across the black grass,
abruptly /ə'brʌptli/ adv. 突然地
80
‘we might get to the Forest and find there’s nothing to follow. Those spiders might not’ve been going there at all. I know it looked like they were moving in that sort of
general
direction, but …’
general /ˈdʒenərəl/ adj. 大体的
81
His voice
tailed away
hopefully.
tail away 减弱
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They reached Hagrid’s house, sad and sorry-looking with its
blank
windows.
blank /blæŋk/ adj. 空着的
83
When Harry pushed the door open, Fang went mad with joy
at the sight of
them.
at the sight of 一看见……就
84
Worried he might wake everyone at the castle with his deep,
booming
barks, they
hastily
fed him
treacle
fudge
from a tin on the mantelpiece, which glued his teeth together.
booming /'bu:miŋ/ adj. (声音)低沉洪亮的
hastily /'heistili/ adv. 急速地
treacle /'triːk(ə)l/ n. 糖蜜
fudge /fʌdʒ/ n. 乳脂(巧克力)软糖
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Harry left the Invisibility Cloak on Hagrid’s table. There would be no need for it in the
pitch-dark
Forest.
pitch-dark /'pitʃ'dɑ:k/ adj. 漆黑的
86
‘C’mon, Fang, we’re going for a
walk
,’ said Harry, patting his leg,
walk /wɔːk/ n. 散步
87
and Fang bounded happily out of the house behind them, dashed to the edge of the Forest and lifted his leg against a large sycamore tree.
88
Harry took out his wand, murmured, ‘
Lumos
!’ and a tiny light appeared at the end of it, just enough to let them watch the path for signs of spiders.
Lumos n. 魔杖照明咒（《哈利波特》中的咒语名）
89
‘Good thinking,’ said Ron. ‘I’d light mine too, but you know – it’d probably blow up or something …’
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Harry tapped Ron on the shoulder, pointing at the grass. Two
solitary
spiders were hurrying away from the wandlight into the shade of the trees.
solitary /ˈsɒlətri/ adj. （人或动物）独处的
91
‘OK,’ Ron sighed, as though
resigned
to the worst, ‘I’m ready. Let’s go.’
resign /rɪˈzaɪn/ v. (使)听从
92
So, with Fang
scampering
around them, sniffing tree roots and leaves, they entered the Forest. By the
glow
of Harry’s wand, they followed the steady
trickle
of spiders moving along the path.
scamper /ˈskæmpə(r)/ vi. 蹦蹦跳跳地跑
glow /ɡləʊ/ n. 微弱稳定的光
trickle /ˈtrɪkl/ n. 慢速移动
93
They walked for about twenty minutes, not speaking, listening hard for noises other than breaking twigs and
rustling
leaves.
rustle /ˈrʌsl/ vt. & vi. 发出沙沙的声音
94
Then, when the trees had become
thicker
than ever, so that the stars overhead were no longer visible, and Harry’s wand shone alone in the sea of dark, they saw their spider guides leaving the
path
.
thick /θɪk/ adj. 茂密的
path /pɑːθ/ n. 小路
95
Harry paused, trying to see where the spiders were going, but everything outside his little
sphere
of light was pitch black.
sphere /sfɪə(r)/ n. 范围
96
He had never been this deep into the Forest before. He could
vividly
remember Hagrid advising him not to leave the Forest path last time he’d been in here.
vividly /'vividli/ adv. 强烈地
97
But Hagrid was miles away now, probably sitting in a
cell
in Azkaban, and he had also said to follow the spiders.
cell /sel/ n. 小牢房
98
Something wet touched Harry’s hand and he jumped backwards,
crushing
Ron’s foot, but it was only Fang’s nose.
crush /krʌʃ/ v. 压坏
99
‘What d’you
reckon
?’ Harry said to Ron, whose eyes he could just make out, reflecting the light from his wand.
reckon /ˈrekən/ vt. 认为
100
‘We’ve come this far,’ said Ron.
101
So they followed the
darting
shadows of the spiders into the trees. They couldn’t move very quickly now; there were tree roots and stumps in their way, barely visible in the near blackness.
dart /dɑːt/ v. 飞奔
102
Harry could feel Fang’s hot breath on his hand. More than once, they had to stop, so that Harry could crouch down and find the spiders in the wandlight.
103
They walked for what seemed like at least half an hour, their robes
snagging
on
low-slung
branches and
brambles
.
snag /snæg/ v. (在带尖的东西上)钩住
low-slung adj. 矮的
bramble /'bræmb(ə)l/ n. 荆棘
104
After a while, they noticed that the ground seemed to be sloping
downwards
, though the trees were as thick as ever.
downward /ˈdaʊnwəd/ adv. 向下
105
Then Fang suddenly let loose a great, echoing bark, making both Harry and Ron
jump out of their skins
.
jump out of skin 吓得魂飞魄散
106
‘What?’ said Ron loudly, looking around into the pitch dark, and gripping Harry’s elbow very hard.
107
‘There’s something moving over there,’ Harry breathed. ‘Listen … Sounds like something big.’
108
They listened. Some distance to their right, the something big was snapping branches as it
carved
a path through the trees.
carve /kɑːv/ vt. 开创
109
‘Oh no,’ said Ron. ‘Oh no, oh no, oh –’
110
‘Shut up,’ said Harry
frantically
. ‘It’ll hear you.’
frantically /'fræntikəli/ adv. 疯狂地
111
‘Hear me?’ said Ron in an
unnaturally
high voice. ‘It’s already heard Fang!’
unnaturally /ʌn'nætʃərəli/ adv. 不自然地
112
The darkness seemed to be
pressing
on their eyeballs as they stood, terrified, waiting. There was a strange
rumbling
noise and then silence.
press /pres/ v. 逼迫
rumble /ˈrʌmbl/ n. 隆隆声
113
‘What d’you think it’s doing?’ said Harry.
114
‘Probably getting ready to
pounce
,’ said Ron.
pounce /paʊns/ vi. 猛扑
115
They waited, shivering, hardly daring to move.
116
‘D’you think it’s gone?’ Harry whispered.
117
‘Dunno –’
118
Then, to their right, came a sudden blaze of light, so bright in the darkness that both of them
flung
up their hands to
shield
their eyes.
fling /flɪŋ/ v. 猛动(身体部位)
shield /ʃiːld/ v. 遮挡
119
Fang yelped and tried to run, but got
lodged
in a tangle of
thorns
and
yelped
even louder.
lodge /lɒdʒ/ v. (使)卡住
thorn /θɔːn/ n. 荆棘
yelp /jelp/ n. (因痛苦、气愤、兴奋等的)短而尖的叫声
120
‘Harry!’ Ron shouted, his voice
breaking
with relief. ‘Harry, it’s our car!’
break /breɪk/ v. （因强烈的情绪）声调突变
121
‘What?’
122
‘Come on!’
123
Harry blundered after Ron towards the light,
stumbling
and tripping, and a moment later they had emerged into a clearing.
stumble /ˈstʌmbl/ vi. 绊脚
124
Mr Weasley’s car was
standing,
empty, in the middle of a circle of thick trees under a roof of
dense
branches, its headlamps
ablaze
.
standing /'stændɪŋ/ adj. 固定的
dense /dens/ adj. 稠密的
ablaze /əˈbleɪz/ adj. 闪耀的
125
As Ron walked, open-mouthed, towards it, it moved slowly towards him, exactly like a large,
turquoise
dog greeting its owner.
turquoise /'tə:kwɔiz/ adj. 蓝绿色的
126
‘It’s been here all the time!’ said Ron delightedly, walking around the car. ‘Look at it. The Forest’s turned it wild …’
127
The wings of the car were scratched and
smeared
with mud. Apparently it had
taken to
trundling
around the Forest on its own.
smear /smɪə(r)/ vt. 弄脏
take to 形成…的习惯
trundle /'trʌnd(ə)l/ v. （车）缓慢地移动
128
Fang didn’t seem at all keen on it; he kept close to Harry, who could feel him quivering. His breathing
slowing down
again, Harry stuffed his wand back into his robes.
slow down 减速
129
‘And we thought it was going to attack us!’ said Ron, leaning against the car and patting it. ‘I wondered where it had gone!’
130
Harry squinted around on the
floodlit
ground for signs of more spiders, but they had all
scuttled
away from the
glare
of the headlights.
floodlit /'flʌdlit/ adj. 照明的
scuttle /'skʌt(ə)l/ vi. 逃避
glare /ɡleə(r)/ n. 强光
131
‘We’ve lost the
trail
,’ he said. ‘C’mon, let’s go and find them.’
trail /treɪl/ n. 踪迹
132
Ron didn’t speak. He didn’t move. His eyes were fixed on a point some ten feet above the Forest floor, right behind Harry. His face was
livid
with terror.
livid /'lɪvɪd/ adj. 青灰色的
133
Harry didn’t even have time to turn around.
134
There was a loud clicking noise and suddenly he felt something long and
hairy
seize him around the middle and lift him off the ground, so that he was hanging, face down.
hairy /'heərɪ/ adj. 多毛的
135
Struggling, terrified, he heard more clicking, and saw Ron’s legs leave the ground too, heard Fang
whimpering
and howling – next moment, he was being
swept
away into the dark trees.
whimper /ˈwɪmpə(r)/ vi. 呜咽
sweep /swiːp/ vt. （快速地）带走
136
Head hanging, Harry saw that what had hold of him was marching on six
immensely
long, hairy legs, the front two clutching him tightly below a pair of shining black
pincers
.
immensely /ɪˈmensli/ adv. 非常
pincer /'pinsə(r)/ n. 钳子
137
Behind him, he could hear another of the creatures, no doubt carrying Ron.
138
They were moving into the very heart of the Forest.
139
Harry could hear Fang fighting to free himself from a third monster,
whining
loudly, but Harry couldn’t have yelled even if he had wanted to; he seemed to have left his voice back with the car in the clearing.
whine /waɪn/ vi. 发呜呜声
140
He never knew how long he was in the creature’s clutches; he only knew that the darkness suddenly lifted enough for him to see that the leaf-
strewn
ground was now swarming with spiders.
strew /struː/ vt. 撒满
141
Craning
his neck
sideways
, he realised that they had reached the
rim
of a vast
hollow
,
crane /kreɪn/ vi. 伸着脖子看
sideways /ˈsaɪdweɪz/ adv. 向一旁
rim /rɪm/ n. 边缘
hollow /ˈhɒləʊ/ n. 山谷
142
a hollow which had been cleared of trees, so that the stars shone brightly onto the worst scene he had ever
clapped eyes upon
.
clap eyes on 看见
143
Spiders. Not tiny spiders like those
surging
over the leaves below. Spiders the size of
carthorses
, eight-eyed, eight-legged, black, hairy, gigantic.
surge /sɜːdʒ/ v. 汹涌
carthorse /ˈkɑ:tˌhɔ:s/ n. 拖货车的马
144
The massive specimen that was carrying Harry made its way down the
steep
slope
, towards a misty
domed
web in the very centre of the hollow,
steep /stiːp/ adj. 陡峭的
slope /sləʊp/ n. 斜坡
domed /domd/ adj. 半球形的
145
while its fellows closed in all around it, clicking their pincers excitedly at the sight of its
load
.
load /ləʊd/ n. 负载
146
Harry fell to the ground on all fours as the spider released him. Ron and Fang
thudded
down next to him.
thud /θʌd/ vi. 砰然下落
147
Fang wasn’t howling any more, but
cowering
silently on the spot.
cower /ˈkaʊə(r)/ vi. 抖缩
148
Ron looked exactly like Harry felt. His mouth was stretched wide in a kind of silent scream and his eyes were popping.
149
Harry suddenly realised that the spider which had dropped him was saying something. It had been hard to tell, because he clicked his pincers with every word he spoke.
150
‘Aragog!’ it called. ‘Aragog!’
151
And from the middle of the misty domed web, a spider the size of a small
elephant
emerged, very slowly.
elephant /'elɪf(ə)nt/ n. 大象
152
There was grey in the black of his body and legs, and each of the eyes on his ugly, pincered head was milky white. He was
blind
.
blind /blaɪnd/ adj. 瞎的
153
‘What is it?’ he said, clicking his pincers rapidly.
154
‘Men,’
clicked
the spider who had caught Harry.
click /klɪk/ v. 发出咔嗒声
155
‘Is it Hagrid?’ said Aragog, moving closer, his eight milky eyes wandering
vaguely
.
vaguely /'veigli/ adv. 茫然地
156
‘Strangers,’ clicked the spider who had brought Ron.
157
‘Kill them,’ clicked Aragog
fretfully
. ‘I was sleeping …’
fretfully /'fretfəli/ adv. 焦躁地
158
‘We’re friends of Hagrid’s,’ Harry shouted. His heart seemed to have left his chest to pound in his throat.
159
Click, click, click went the pincers of the spiders all around the hollow.
160
Aragog paused.
161
‘Hagrid has never sent men into our hollow before,’ he said slowly.
162
‘Hagrid’s in trouble,’ said Harry, breathing very fast. ‘That’s why we’ve come.’
163
‘In trouble?’ said the aged spider, and Harry thought he heard
concern
beneath the clicking pincers. ‘But why has he sent you?’
concern /kənˈsɜːn/ n. 关心
164
Harry thought of getting to his feet, but decided
against
it; he didn’t think his legs would
support
him. So he spoke from the ground, as calmly as he could.
against /ə'genst/ prep. 靠
support /səˈpɔːt/ vt. 支撑
165
‘They think, up at the school, that Hagrid’s been
setting a – a – something on
students. They’ve taken him to Azkaban.’
set on 唆使
166
Aragog clicked his pincers furiously, and all around the hollow the sound was echoed by the crowd of spiders; it was like applause, except applause didn’t usually make Harry feel sick with fear.
167
‘But that was years ago,’ said Aragog
fretfully
.
fretfully /'fretfəli/ adv. 焦躁地
168
‘Years and years ago. I remember it well. That’s why they made him leave the school.
169
They believed that I was the monster that dwells in what they call the Chamber of Secrets. They thought that Hagrid had opened the Chamber and set me free.’
170
‘And you … you didn’t come from the Chamber of Secrets?’ said Harry, who could feel cold sweat on his forehead.
171
‘I!’ said Aragog, clicking angrily.
172
‘I was not born in the castle. I come from a distant land.
173
A traveller gave me to Hagrid when I was an egg. Hagrid was only a boy, but he cared for me, hidden in a cupboard in the castle, feeding me on
scraps
from the table.
scraps /skræps/ n. 残羹剩饭
174
Hagrid is my good friend, and a good man. When I was
discovered
, and
blamed
for the death of a girl, he protected me.
discover /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/ vt. 发现
blame /bleɪm/ vt. 归咎于
175
I have lived here in the Forest ever since, where Hagrid still visits me.
176
He even found me a wife, Mosag, and you see how our family has grown, all through Hagrid’s
goodness
…’
goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ n. 善良
177
Harry
summoned
what remained of his courage.
summon /ˈsʌmən/ vt. 鼓起
178
‘So you never – never attacked anyone?’
179
‘Never,’ croaked the old spider.
180
‘It would have been my
instinct
, but from respect of Hagrid, I never
harmed
a human.
instinct /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ n. 本能
harm /hɑːm/ vt. 伤害
181
The body of the girl who was killed was discovered in a bathroom. I never saw any part of the castle but the cupboard in which I grew up. Our kind like the dark and the quiet …’
182
‘But then … Do you know what did kill that girl?’ said Harry. ‘Because whatever it is, it’s back and attacking people again –’
183
His words were drowned by a loud
outbreak
of clicking and the rustling of many long legs shifting angrily; large black shapes shifted all around him.
outbreak /ˈaʊtbreɪk/ n. 爆发
184
‘The thing that lives in the castle,’ said Aragog,
185
‘is an ancient creature we spiders fear above all others. Well do I remember how I
pleaded
with Hagrid to let me go, when I sensed the beast moving about the school.’
plead /pliːd/ vi. 恳求
186
‘What is it?’ said Harry urgently.
187
More loud clicking, more rustling; the spiders seemed to be closing in.
188
‘We do not speak of it!’ said Aragog fiercely. ‘We do not
name
it! I never even told Hagrid the name of that
dread
creature, though he asked me, many times.’
name /neɪm/ vt. 说出…的名字
dread /dred/ adj. 可怕的
189
Harry didn’t want to
press
the subject, not with the spiders pressing closer on all sides.
press /pres/ v. 竭力劝说
190
Aragog seemed to be tired of talking. He was backing slowly into his
domed
web, but his fellow spiders continued to inch slowly towards Harry and Ron.
domed /domd/ adj. 半球形的
191
‘We’ll just go, then,’ Harry called desperately to Aragog, hearing leaves rustling behind him.
192
‘Go?’ said Aragog slowly. ‘I think not …’
193
‘But – but –’
194
‘My sons and daughters do not harm Hagrid, on my
command
. But I cannot
deny
them fresh meat, when it wanders so
willingly
into our
midst
. Goodbye, friend of Hagrid.’
command /kəˈmɑːnd/ n. 命令
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ vt. 拒绝给予
willingly /ˈ wɪlɪ ŋlɪ/ adv. 愿意地
midst /mɪdst/ n. 当中
195
Harry
spun
around. Feet away, towering above him, was a solid wall of spiders, clicking, their many eyes gleaming in their ugly black heads …
spin /spɪn/ v. (使)急转声
196
Even as he reached for his wand, Harry knew it was no
good
, there were too many of them,
good /gʊd/ n. 好结果
197
but as he tried to stand, ready to die fighting, a loud, long note sounded, and a blaze of light flamed through the hollow.
198
Mr Weasley’s car was
thundering
down the slope, headlamps glaring, its
horn
screeching, knocking spiders aside; several were thrown onto their backs, their endless legs waving in the air.
thunder /ˈθʌndə(r)/ v. 轰隆地响
horn /hɔːn/ n. 喇叭
199
The car screeched to a halt in front of Harry and Ron and the doors flew open.
200
‘Get Fang!’ Harry yelled, diving into the front seat; Ron seized the boarhound round the middle and threw him, yelping, into the back of the car. The doors slammed shut.
201
Ron didn’t touch the
accelerator
but the car didn’t need him; the engine roared and they were off, hitting more spiders.
accelerator /ək'seləreɪtə/ n. 油门
202
They sped up the slope, out of the hollow,
203
and they were soon crashing through the Forest, branches
whipping
the windows as the car wound its way cleverly through the widest
gaps
, following a path it obviously
knew
.
whip /wɪp/ vt. 抽打
gap /ɡæp/ n. 缺口
know /nəʊ/ vt. 熟悉
204
Harry looked sideways at Ron. His mouth was still open in the silent scream, but his eyes weren’t popping any more.
205
‘Are you OK?’
206
Ron stared straight ahead, unable to speak.
207
They smashed their way through the
undergrowth
, Fang howling loudly in the back seat, and Harry saw the
wing mirror
snap off as they squeezed past a large oak.
undergrowth /'ʌndəgrəʊθ/ n. 灌木丛
wing mirror 后视镜
208
After ten noisy, rocky minutes, the trees thinned, and Harry could again see
patches
of sky.
patch /pætʃ/ 小块
209
The car stopped so suddenly that they were nearly thrown into the windscreen. They had reached the edge of the Forest.
210
Fang flung himself at the window in his anxiety to get out and when Harry opened the door, he shot off through the trees to Hagrid’s house, tail between his legs.
211
Harry got out too, and after a minute or so, Ron seemed to regain the feeling in his
limbs
and followed, still stiff-necked and staring.
limbs /lɪmz/ 四肢
212
Harry gave the car a grateful pat as it reversed back into the Forest and disappeared from view.
213
Harry went back into Hagrid’s cabin to get the Invisibility Cloak. Fang was trembling under a
blanket
in his basket. When Harry got outside again, he found Ron being
violently
sick
in the pumpkin patch.
blanket /ˈblæŋkɪt/ n. 毯子
violently /ˈvaɪələntlɪ/ adv. 强烈地
sick /sɪk/ v. <英，非正式> 呕吐
214
‘Follow the spiders,’ said Ron weakly, wiping his mouth on his sleeve. ‘I’ll never forgive Hagrid. We’re lucky to be alive.’
215
‘I bet he thought Aragog wouldn’t hurt friends of his,’ said Harry.
216
‘That’s exactly Hagrid’s problem!’ said Ron,
thumping
the wall of the cabin. ‘He always thinks monsters aren’t as bad as they’re
made out
, and look where it’s got him! A
cell
in Azkaban!’
thump /θʌmp/ vt. & vi. 重击
make out 理解
cell /sel/ n. 小牢房
217
He was shivering uncontrollably now. ‘What was the point of sending us in there? What have we found out, I’d like to know?’
218
‘That Hagrid never opened the Chamber of Secrets,’ said Harry, throwing the cloak over Ron and prodding him in the arm to make him walk. ‘He was
innocent
.’
innocent /ˈɪnəsnt/ adj. 无辜的
219
Ron gave a loud
snort
. Evidently,
hatching
Aragog out in a cupboard wasn’t his idea of being innocent.
snort /snɔːt/ n. (表示气愤或被逗乐)喷鼻息
hatch /hætʃ/ v. 孵出
220
As the castle
loomed
nearer Harry
twitched
the Cloak to make sure their feet were hidden, then pushed the creaking front doors ajar.
loom /luːm/ vi. 隐约可见
twitch /twɪtʃ/ v. 猛拉
221
They walked carefully back across the Entrance Hall and up the marble staircase, holding their breath as they passed corridors where watchful
sentries
were walking.
sentry /ˈsentri/ n. 哨兵
222
At last they reached the safety of the Gryffindor common room, where the fire had
burned itself
into glowing ash. They took off the Cloak and climbed the winding staircase to their dormitory.
burn oneself 自焚
223
Ron fell onto his bed without bothering to get undressed. Harry, however, didn’t feel very sleepy. He sat on the edge of his four-poster, thinking hard about everything Aragog had said.
224
The creature that was lurking somewhere in the castle, he thought, sounded like a sort of monster Voldemort – even other monsters didn’t want to name it.
225
But he and Ron were no closer to finding out what it was, or how it Petrified its
victims
. Even Hagrid had never known what was in the Chamber of Secrets.
victim /ˈvɪktɪm/ n. 受害人
226
Harry swung his legs up onto his bed and
leaned
back against his pillows, watching the moon
glinting
at him through the tower window.
lean /liːn/ vi. 倚靠
glint /glɪnt/ vi. 闪烁
227
He couldn’t see what else they could do. They had hit
dead ends
everywhere.
dead end 死胡同
228
Riddle had caught the wrong person, the heir of Slytherin had got off, and no one could tell whether it was the same person, or a different one, who had opened the Chamber this time.
229
There was nobody else to ask. Harry lay down, still thinking about what Aragog said.
230
He was becoming
drowsy
when what seemed like their very last hope occurred to him and he suddenly sat
boltupright
.
drowsy /ˈdraʊzi/ adj. 欲睡的
bolt /bəʊlt/ adv. 突然地
upright /ˈʌpraɪt/ adv. 直立地
231
‘Ron,’ he hissed through the dark. ‘Ron!’
232
Ron woke with a yelp like Fang’s, stared
wildly
around and saw Harry.
wildly /'waildli/ adv. 失控地
233
‘Ron – that girl who died. Aragog said she was found in a bathroom,’ said Harry, ignoring Neville’s
snuffling
snores from the corner.
snuffle /'snʌf(ə)l/ vi. (吸气时)发出响声
234
‘What if she never left the bathroom? What if she’s still there?’
235
Ron rubbed his eyes, frowning through the moonlight. And then he understood.
236
‘You don’t think – not Moaning Myrtle?’
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