CHAPTER SEVEN

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Mudbloods and Murmurs

2

Harry spent a lot of time over the next few days dodging out of sight whenever he saw Gilderoy Lockhart coming down a corridor.

3

Harder to avoid was Colin Creevey, who seemed to have memorised Harry’s timetable.

4

Nothing seemed to give Colin a bigger?

thrill

?than to say, ‘All right, Harry?’ six or seven times a day and hear, ‘Hullo, Colin,’ back,?

however

?

exasperated

?Harry sounded when he said it.

thrill /θr?l/ n.?強烈的興奮、恐懼或快樂感

however /ha?'ev?/ adv.?不管到什么程度

exasperate /?ɡ?z?sp?re?t/ vt.?激怒

5

Hedwig was still angry with Harry about the?

disastrous

?car journey and Ron’s wand was still?

malfunctioning

,

disastrous /d??zɑ?str?s/ adj.?災(zāi)難性的

malfunction /?m?l?f??k?n/ n.?故障

6

surpassing

?itself on Friday morning by shooting out of Ron’s hand in Charms and hitting tiny old Professor Flitwick?

squarely

?between the eyes,

surpass /s??pɑ?s/ vt.?勝過，優(yōu)于；超越；非…所能辦到或理解

squarely /?skwe?li:/ adv.?正好

7

creating a large,?

throbbing

?green?

boil

?where it had struck.

throbbing /'θr?bi?/ adj.?跳動的

boil /b??l/ n.?癤子

8

So, with one thing and another, Harry was quite glad to reach the weekend. He, Ron and Hermione were planning to visit Hagrid on Saturday morning.

9

Harry, however, was?

shaken

?awake several hours earlier than he would have liked by Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

shake /?e?k/ v.?搖動

10

‘Whassamatter?’ said Harry?

groggily

.

groggily /'grɑg?li/ adv.?無力地

11

‘Quidditch practice!’ said Wood. ‘Come on!’

12

Harry squinted at the window. There was a thin mist hanging across the pink and gold sky. Now he was awake, he couldn’t understand how he could have slept through the?

racket

?the birds were making.

racket /'r?k?t/ n.?吵鬧聲

13

‘Oliver,’ Harry?

croaked

, ‘it’s the?

crack of dawn

.’

croak /kr??k/ vi.?發(fā)牢騷

crack of dawn n.?破曉

14

‘Exactly,’ said Wood. He was a tall and?

burly

?sixth-year and, at the moment, his eyes were gleaming with a?

madenthusiasm

.

burly /'b??l?/ adj. (指人)魁梧的

mad /m?d/ adj.?狂熱的

enthusiasm /?n?θju?zi?z?m/ n.?熱情

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‘It’s part of our new training?

programme

. Come on, grab your broom and let’s go,’ said Wood?

heartily

. ‘None of the other teams have started training yet, we’re going to?

be first off the mark

?this year …’

programme /'pr?uɡr?m/ n.?計劃

heartily /'hɑ?t?l?/ adv.?勁頭十足地

be first off the mark?獲得最初的領(lǐng)先地位

16

Yawning and shivering slightly, Harry climbed out of bed and tried to find his Quidditch robes.

17

‘Good man,’ said Wood. ‘Meet you on the pitch in fifteen minutes.’

18

When he’d found his scarlet team robes and pulled on his cloak for?

warmth

,

warmth /w??mθ/ n.?暖和

19

Harry scribbled a note to Ron explaining where he’d gone and went down the?

spiral

?staircase to the common room, his Nimbus Two Thousand on his shoulder.

spiral /?spa?r?l/ adj.?螺旋形的

20

He had just reached the portrait hole when there was a?

clatter

?behind him and Colin Creevey came dashing down the spiral staircase,

clatter /'kl?t?/ n.?嘈雜的談笑聲

21

his camera swinging?

madly

?around his neck and something clutched in his hand.

madly /'m?dl?/ adv.?非常地

22

‘I heard someone saying your name on the stairs, Harry! Look what I’ve got here! I’ve had it developed, I wanted to show you –’

23

Harry looked?

bemusedly

?at the photograph Colin was?

brandishing

?under his nose.

bemused /b??mju?zd/ adj.?困惑的

brandish /'br?nd??/ vt.?揮舞

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A moving, black and white Lockhart was?

tugging

?hard on an arm Harry recognised as his own.

tug /t?ɡ/ vt. & vi. (用力地)?拽

25

He was pleased to see that his photographic self was?

putting up a good fight

?and refusing to be dragged into view.

put up a fight?奮勇戰(zhàn)斗

26

As Harry watched, Lockhart gave up and slumped, panting, against the white edge of the picture.

27

‘Will you sign it?’ said Colin eagerly.

28

‘No,’ said Harry?

flatly

, glancing around to check that the room was really deserted. ‘Sorry, Colin, I’m in a hurry – Quidditch practice.’

flatly /'fl?tli/ adv.?斷然地

29

He climbed through the portrait hole.

30

‘Oh wow! Wait for me! I’ve never watched a Quidditch game before!’

31

Colin?

scrambled

?through the hole after him.

scramble /?skr?mbl/ vi.?快速爬行

32

‘It’ll be really boring,’ Harry said quickly, but Colin ignored him, his face shining with excitement.

33

‘You were the youngest house player in a hundred years, weren’t you, Harry? Weren’t you?’ said Colin,?

trotting

alongside him.

trot /tr?t/ vi.（人）慢跑

34

‘You must be brilliant. I’ve never flown. Is it easy? Is that your own broom? Is that the best one there is?’

35

Harry didn’t know how to get rid of him. It was like having an extremely?

talkative

?shadow.

talkative /?t??k?t?v/ adj.?喜歡說話的

36

‘I don’t really understand Quidditch,’ said Colin breathlessly. ‘Is it true there are four balls? And two of them fly round trying to knock people off their brooms?’

37

‘Yes,’ said Harry heavily,?

resigned

?to explaining the complicated rules of Quidditch.

resign /r??za?n/ v.?勉強接受

38

‘They’re called Bludgers. There are two Beaters on each team, who carry?

clubs

?to beat the Bludgers away from their side.?

club /kl?b/ n.（用作武器的）棍，棒

39

Fred and George Weasley are the Gryffindor Beaters.’

40

‘And what are the other balls for?’ Colin asked, tripping down a couple of steps because he was gazing open-mouthed at Harry.

41

‘Well, the Quaffle – that’s the biggish red one – is the one that scores goals.

42

Three Chasers on each team throw the Quaffle to each other and try and get it through the?

goalposts

?at the end of the pitch – they’re three long poles with?

hoops

?on the end.’

goalpost /?g??p??st/ n. (足球、曲棍球的)球門柱

hoop /hu?p/ n.?鐵環(huán)

43

‘And the fourth ball –’

44

‘– is the Golden Snitch,’ said Harry,

45

‘a(chǎn)nd it’s very small, very fast and difficult to catch.

46

But that’s what the Seeker’s got to do, because a game of Quidditch doesn’t end until the Snitch has been caught.?

47

And whichever team’s Seeker gets the Snitch earns his team an extra hundred and fifty points.’

48

‘And you’re Gryffindor Seeker, aren’t you?’ said Colin in?

awe

.

awe /??/ n.?敬畏

49

‘Yes,’ said Harry, as they left the castle and started across the?

dew

-

drenched

?grass. ‘And there’s the Keeper, too. He guards the goalposts. That’s it, really.’

dew /dju?/ n.?露水

drench /drent?/ vt.?使?jié)裢?/p>

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But Colin didn’t stop questioning Harry all the way down the sloping lawns to the Quidditch pitch, and Harry?

only

shook him off when he reached the changing rooms.

only /'??nl?/ adv.?（除此之外別無可為）只能

51

Colin called after him in a?

piping

?voice, ‘I’ll go and get a good seat, Harry!’ and hurried off to the stands.

piping /'pa?p??/ adj.?尖聲的

52

The rest of the Gryffindor team were already in the changing room.

53

Wood was the only person who looked truly awake.

54

Fred and George Weasley were sitting,?

puffy

-eyed and?

tousle

-haired, next to fourth-year Alicia Spinnet, who seemed to be?

nodding off

?against the wall behind her.

puffy /'p?f?/ adj.?腫脹的

tousle /'ta?z(?)l/ n.?蓬亂的頭發(fā)

nod off?打盹

55

Her fellow Chasers, Katie Bell and Angelina Johnson, were yawning, side by side, opposite them.

56

‘There you are, Harry, what?

kept

?you?’ said Wood briskly.

keep /ki?p/ vt.?耽擱

57

‘Now, I wanted a quick talk with you all before we actually get onto the pitch, because I spent the summer?

devising

?a whole new training programme, which I really think will make all the difference …’

devise /d??va?z/ vt.?想出

58

Wood was holding up a large?

diagram

?of a Quidditch pitch, on which were?

drawn

?many lines, arrows and crosses in different-coloured inks.

diagram /?da??ɡr?m/ n.?圖表

drawn v.畫（draw?的過去分詞）

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He took out his wand, tapped the board and the arrows began to?

wiggle

?over the diagram like?

caterpillars

.

wiggle /?w?ɡl/ v. (使)扭動

caterpillar /?k?t?p?l?(r)/ n.?毛蟲

60

As Wood launched into a speech about his new?

tactics

, Fred Weasley’s head drooped right onto Alicia Spinnet’s shoulder and he began to?

snore

.

tactics /'t?kt?ks/ n.?戰(zhàn)術(shù)

snore /sn??/ vi.?打呼嚕

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The first board took nearly twenty minutes to explain, but there was another board under that, and a third under that one. Harry sank into a?

stupor

?as Wood?

droned

?on and on.

stupor /?stju?p?(r)/ n.?恍惚

drone /dr??n/ v.?（人）絮絮叨叨地說

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‘So,’ said Wood,?

at long last

,?

jerking

?Harry from a?

wistful

?

fantasy

?about what he could be eating for breakfast at this very moment up at the castle, ‘is that clear? Any questions?’

at long last?最后

jerk /d???k/ v.?猝然一動

wistful /?w?stfl/ adj.?渴望的

fantasy /?f?nt?si/ n.?幻想

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‘I’ve got a question, Oliver,’ said George, who had woken?

with a start

. ‘Why couldn’t you have told us all this yesterday when we were awake?’

with a start?嚇一跳地

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Wood wasn’t pleased.

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‘Now, listen here, you?

lot

,’ he said,?

glowering

?at them all, ‘we should have won the Quidditch Cup last year. We’re easily the best team. But unfortunately,?

owing

?to?

circumstances

?beyond our control …’

lot /l?t/ n. <英>全體成員

glower /?ɡla??(r)/ vi.?怒視

owe /??/ v.?歸因于

circumstance /?s??k?mst?ns/ n.?情況

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Harry?

shifted

?guiltily in his seat.

shift /??ft/ v. (使)移動

67

He had been?

unconscious

?in the hospital wing for the final match of the previous year, meaning that Gryffindor had been a player?

short

?and had suffered their worst?

defeat

?in three hundred years.

unconscious /?n?k?n??s/ adj.?失去知覺的

short /??:t/ adv.?缺少

defeat /d??fi?t/ n.?失敗

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Wood took a moment to?

regain control of himself

. Their last defeat was clearly still?

torturing

?him.

regain control of oneself?恢復(fù)自制

torture /?t??t??(r)/ vt.?使痛苦

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‘So, this year, we train harder than ever before … OK, let’s go and put our new?

theories

?into practice!’ Wood shouted, seizing his broomstick and leading the way out of the changing rooms.

theory /?θ??ri/ n.?理論

70

Stiff

-legged and still yawning, his team followed.

stiff /st?f/ adv.?僵硬地

71

They had been in the changing room so long that the sun was up properly now, although?

remnants

?of mist hung over the grass in the?

stadium

.

remnant /?remn?nt/ n.?剩余

stadium /?ste?di?m/ n. (周圍有看臺的)露天大型運動場

72

As Harry walked onto the pitch, he saw Ron and Hermione sitting in the stands.

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‘Aren’t you finished yet?’ called Ron?

incredulously

.

incredulously /in'kredjul?sli/ adv.?不相信地

74

‘Haven’t even started,’ said Harry, looking?

jealously

?at the toast and?

marmalade

?Ron and Hermione had brought out of the Great Hall. ‘Wood’s been teaching us new?

moves

.’

jealously /'d?el?sli/ adv.?妒忌地

marmalade /'mɑ?m?le?d/ n.?果子醬

move /mu?v/ n.?措施

75

He?

mounted

?his broomstick and kicked at the ground, soaring up into the air.

mount /ma?nt/ vt. & vi.?騎上

76

The cool morning air?

whipped

?his face, waking him far more effectively than Wood’s long talk. It felt wonderful to be back on the Quidditch pitch.

whip /w?p/ v.?（柔韌性的物體、雨、風(fēng)等）拍打

77

He soared right around the stadium at full speed,?

racing

?Fred and George.

race /re?s/ vt.?和…競賽

78

‘What’s that funny?

clicking

?noise?’ called Fred, as they?

hurtled

?around the corner.

click /kl?k/ vt.?使發(fā)咔噠聲

hurtle /?h??tl/ vi.?疾飛

79

Harry looked into the stands. Colin was sitting in one of the highest seats, his camera raised, taking picture after picture, the sound strangely?

magnified

?in the deserted stadium.

magnify /?m?ɡn?fa?/ vt.?放大

80

‘Look this way, Harry! This way!’ he cried?

shrilly

.

shrilly /'?rili/ adv.?尖聲地

81

‘Who’s that?’ said Fred.

82

‘No idea,’ Harry lied, putting on a?

spurt

?of speed that took him as far away as possible from Colin.

spurt /sp??t/ n.?沖刺

83

‘What’s going on?’ said Wood, frowning, as he?

skimmed

?through the air towards them.?

skim /sk?m/ v.?掠過

84

‘Why’s that first-year taking pictures? I don’t like it. He could be a Slytherin?

spy

, trying to find out about our new training programme.’

spy /spa?/ n.?間諜

85

‘He’s in Gryffindor,’ said Harry quickly.

86

‘And the Slytherins don’t need a spy, Oliver,’ said George.

87

‘What makes you say that?’ said Wood?

testily

.

testily /'testili/ adv.?惱火地

88

‘Because they’re here?

in person

,’ said George, pointing.

in person?親自

89

Several people in green robes were walking onto the pitch, broomsticks in their hands.

90

‘I don’t believe it!’ Wood hissed in?

outrage

. ‘I?

booked

?the pitch for today! We’ll see about this!’

outrage /?a?tre?d?/ n.?憤怒

book /b?k/ vt. & vi.?預(yù)訂

91

Wood shot towards the ground, landing rather harder than he meant to in his anger,?

staggering

?slightly as he?

dismounted

. Harry, Fred and George followed.

stagger /?st?ɡ?(r)/ v.?搖搖晃晃地走

dismount /d?s'ma?nt/ v.?下（馬、車等）

92

‘Flint!’ Wood bellowed at the Slytherin captain. ‘This is our practice time! We got up?

specially

! You can?

clear off

?now!’

specially /'spe??l?/ adv.?特意

clear off?走開

93

Marcus Flint was even larger than Wood. He had a look of?

trollish

?

cunning

?on his face as he replied, ‘Plenty of room for all of us, Wood.’

trollish adj.?網(wǎng)絡(luò)噴子般地

cunning /?k?n??/ n.?狡猾

94

Angelina, Alicia and Katie had come over, too. There were no girls on the Slytherin team – who stood, shoulder to shoulder, facing the Gryffindors,?

leering

?to a man.

leer /l??(r)/ v.?斜睨

95

‘But I booked the pitch!’ said Wood,?

positively

?

spitting

?with?

rage

. ‘I booked it!’

positively /?p?z?t?vl?/ adv.?堅定地

spit /sp?t/ v.?怒斥

rage /re?d?/ n.?憤怒

96

‘Ah,’ said Flint,

97

‘but I’ve got a specially signed note here from Professor Snape.?

98

I, Professor S. Snape, give the Slytherin team permission to practise today on the Quidditch pitch,?

owing

?to the need to train their new Seeker.’

owe /??/ v.?應(yīng)給予

99

‘You’ve got a new Seeker?’ said Wood,?

distracted

. ‘Where?’

distract /d??str?kt/ vt.?分心

100

And from behind the six large figures before them came a seventh, smaller boy, smirking all over his pale, pointed face. It was Draco Malfoy.

101

‘Aren’t you Lucius Malfoy’s son?’ said Fred, looking at Malfoy with dislike.

102

‘Funny you should mention Draco’s father,’ said Flint, as the whole Slytherin team smiled still more?

broadly

. ‘Let me show you the?

generous

?gift he’s made to the Slytherin team.’

broadly /?br ?:dl?/ adv. (笑容)開懷地

generous /?d?en?r?s/ adj.?慷慨的

103

All seven of them held out their broomsticks.

104

Seven?

highly

?

polished

, brand-new handles and seven sets of fine gold lettering spelling the words ‘Nimbus Two Thousand and One’ gleamed?

under the Gryffindors’ noses

?in the early-morning sun.

highly /?ha?li/ adv.?非常

polished /'p?l??t/ adj.?擦亮的

under one’s nose?在某人眼皮底下

105

‘Very latest model. Only came out last month,’ said Flint?

carelessly

, flicking a?

speck

?of dust from the end of his own.

carelessly /'k??lisli/ adv.?漫不經(jīng)心地

speck /spek/ n.?小顆粒

106

‘I believe it?

outstrips

?the old Two Thousand series by a?

considerable

?amount. As for the old Cleansweeps,’

outstrip /?a?t?str?p/ vt.?做得比…更好

considerable /k?n?s?d?r?bl/ adj.?相當(dāng)大(或多)的

107

he smiled nastily at Fred and George, who were both clutching Cleansweep Fives, ‘sweeps the board with them.’

108

None of the Gryffindor team could think of anything to say for a moment. Malfoy was smirking so broadly his cold eyes were?

reduced to

?

slits

.

reduce to?變成

slit n.?狹縫

109

‘Oh look,’ said Flint. ‘A?

pitch invasion

.’

pitch invasion?涌入比賽場地

110

Ron and Hermione were crossing the grass to see what was going on.

111

‘What’s happening?’ Ron asked Harry. ‘Why aren’t you playing? And what’s he doing here?’

112

He was looking at Malfoy, taking in his Slytherin Quidditch robes.

113

‘I’m the new Slytherin Seeker, Weasley,’ said Malfoy,?

smugly

. ‘Everyone’s just been?

admiring

?the brooms my father’s bought our team.’

smugly /'sm?gli/ adv.?自鳴得意地

admiring /?d'ma?r??/ adj.?羨慕的

114

Ron gaped, open-mouthed, at the seven?

superb

?broomsticks in front of him.

superb /su??p??b/ adj.?極好的

115

‘Good, aren’t they?’ said Malfoy?

smoothly

.

smoothly /smu: el?/ adv.?自信地

116

‘But perhaps the Gryffindor team will be able to?

raise

?some gold and get new brooms, too. You could?

raffle off

?those Cleansweep Fives, I expect a?

museum

?would bid for them.’

raise /re?z/ v.?籌款

raffle off?抽彩出售

museum /mju:'zi?m/ n.?博物館

117

The Slytherin team howled with laughter.

118

‘At least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in,’ said Hermione sharply. ‘They got in on pure?

talent

.’

talent /?t?l?nt/ n.?才能

119

The?

smug

?look on Malfoy’s face?

flickered

.

smug /sm?ɡ/ adj.?自以為是的

flicker /?fl?k?(r)/ v.?（感覺或情緒的）閃現(xiàn)

120

‘No one asked your opinion, you?

filthy

?little Mudblood,’ he?

spat

.

filthy /'f?lθ?/ adj.?十分骯臟的

spat /sp?t/ v.?怒斥(spit的過去式)

121

Harry knew at once that Malfoy had said something really bad because there was an instant?

uproar

?at his words.

uproar /??pr??(r)/ n.?騷亂

122

Flint had to dive in front of Malfoy to stop Fred and George?

jumping

?on him, Alicia shrieked, ‘How dare you!’

jump /d??mp/ v.?猛地?fù)湎?某人)

123

and Ron?

plunged

?his hand into his robes, pulled out his wand, yelling, ‘You’ll pay for that one, Malfoy!’ and pointed it furiously under Flint’s arm at Malfoy’s face.

plunge /pl?nd?/ v.?猛插

124

A loud bang echoed around the stadium and a jet of green light shot out of the wrong end of Ron’s wand, hitting him in the stomach and sending him?

reeling

?backwards onto the grass.

reel /ri?l/ v.?踉蹌著后退

125

‘Ron! Ron! Are you all right?’ squealed Hermione.

126

Ron opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. Instead he gave an?

almighty

?

belch

?and several slugs?

dribbled

?out of his mouth onto his lap.

almighty /??l?ma?ti/ adj.?有強大力量地

belch /belt?/ n.?打嗝

dribble /'dr?b(?)l/ vt. & vi. (使液體)滴下或作細(xì)流

127

The Slytherin team were?

paralysed

?with laughter. Flint was?

doubled up

, hanging on to his new broomstick for support. Malfoy was?

on all fours

, banging the ground with his fist.

paralysed /'p?r?la?zd/?驚呆的

double up?（因大笑、劇痛等）彎腰

on all fours?四腳著地地

128

The Gryffindors were gathered around Ron, who kept?

belching

?large,?

glistening

?slugs. Nobody seemed to want to touch him.

belch /belt?/ vi.?噴出

glistening /'gli:sni?/ adj.?閃亮的

129

‘We’d better get him to Hagrid’s, it’s nearest,’ said Harry to Hermione, who nodded bravely, and the pair of them pulled Ron up by the arms.

130

‘What happened, Harry? What happened? Is he ill? But you can?

cure

?him, can’t you?’ Colin had run down from his seat and was now?

dancing

?alongside them as they left the pitch.

cure /kj??(r)/ vt.?治療

dance /dɑ?ns/ v.?跳躍

131

Ron gave a huge?

heave

?and more slugs dribbled down his front.

heave /hi?v/ n. (劇烈的)起伏

132

‘Oooh,’ said Colin, fascinated and raising his camera. ‘Can you hold him still, Harry?’

133

‘Get out of the way, Colin!’ said Harry angrily. He and Hermione supported Ron out of the stadium and across the grounds towards the edge of the Forest.

134

‘Nearly there, Ron,’ said Hermione, as the gamekeeper’s cabin came into view. ‘You’ll be all right in a minute … almost there …’

135

They were within twenty feet of Hagrid’s house when the front door opened, but it wasn’t Hagrid who emerged. Gilderoy Lockhart, wearing robes of?

palest

?

mauve

?today, came striding out.

pale /pe?l/ adj.?淡色的

mauve /m??v/ n.?淡紫色

136

‘Quick, behind here,’ Harry hissed, dragging Ron behind a nearby bush. Hermione followed,?

somewhat

?

reluctantly

.

somewhat /?s?mw?t/ adv.?有點

reluctantly /ri'l?kt?ntli/ adv.?不情愿地

137

‘It’s a simple matter if you know what you’re doing!’ Lockhart was saying loudly to Hagrid.

138

‘If you need help, you know where I am! I’ll let you have a copy of my book – I’m surprised you haven’t already got one. I’ll sign one tonight and send it over. Well, goodbye!’?

139

And he strode away towards the castle.

140

Harry waited until Lockhart was out of sight, then pulled Ron out of the bush and up to Hagrid’s front door. They knocked urgently.

141

Hagrid appeared at once, looking very?

grumpy

, but his expression?

brightened

?when he saw who it was.

grumpy /?ɡr?mpi/ adj.?生氣的

brighten /'bra?t(?)n/ vi.?快樂高興

142

‘Bin wonderin’ when you’d come ter see me – come in, come in – thought you mighta bin Professor Lockhart back again.’

143

Harry and Hermione?

supported

?Ron over the?

threshold

, into the one-roomed cabin, which had an enormous bed in one corner, a fire crackling?

merrily

?in another.

support /s??p??t/ vt.?撐扶

threshold /?θre?h??ld/ n.?門檻

merrily /'mer?l?/ adv.?愉快地

144

Hagrid didn’t seem?

perturbed

?by Ron’s slug problem, which Harry?

hastily

?explained as he lowered Ron into a chair.

perturb /p?'t??b/ vt.?使(某人)煩惱

hastily /'heistili/ adv.?匆忙地

145

‘Better out than in,’ he said cheerfully,?

plonking

?a large?

copper

?

basin

?in front of him. ‘Get ’em all up, Ron.’

plonk /pl??k/ vt.?用力丟下或放下

copper /?k?p?(r)/ n.?銅

basin /?be?sn/ n.?盆

146

‘I don’t think there’s anything to do except wait for it to stop,’ said Hermione anxiously, watching Ron bend over the basin. ‘That’s a difficult curse to work at the best of times, but with a broken wand …’

147

Hagrid was?

bustling

?around, making them tea. His?

boarhound

, Fang, was?

slobbering

?over Harry.

bustle /?b?sl/ vi.?忙亂

boarhound /'b??ha?nd/ n.?用以獵野豬的大獵狗

slobber /?sl?b?(r)/ vi.?流口水

148

‘What did Lockhart want with you, Hagrid?’ Harry asked,?

scratching

?Fang’s ears.

scratch /skr?t?/ v.?（用指甲）撓

149

‘Givin’ me advice on gettin’?

kelpies

?out of a?

well

,’ growled Hagrid, moving a half-

plucked

?rooster off his?

scrubbed

table and setting down the teapot.

kelpy /'kelpi/ n.?馬形水鬼（等于kelpie）

well /wel/ n.?水井

pluck /pl?k/ v.?拔去（雞或鳥的毛）

scrub /skr?b/ vt.?用力擦洗

150

‘Like I don’ know. An’?

bangin’ on abou

t some?

Banshee

?he?

banished

. If one word of it was true, I’ll eat my kettle.’

bang on about (非正式)喋喋不休

banshee /b?n'?i?/ n.?女鬼

banish /?b?n??/ vt.?驅(qū)逐

151

It was most unlike Hagrid to?

criticise

?a Hogwarts teacher and Harry looked at him in surprise.

criticise /'kr?t?,sa?z/ vt. & vi.?評論

152

Hermione, however, said in a voice somewhat higher than usual, ‘I think you’re being a bit unfair. Professor Dumbledore obviously thought he was the best man for the job –’

153

‘He was the on’y man for the job,’ said Hagrid, offering them a plate of?

treacle

?

toffee

, while Ron coughed?

squelchily

into his basin.

treacle /'tri?k(?)l/ n.?糖蜜

toffee /'t?f?/ n.?太妃糖

squelch /skwelt?/ vt.?使…咯吱咯吱的響

154

‘An’ I mean the on’y one. Gettin’ very difficult ter find anyone fer the Dark Arts job. People aren’t too keen ter?

take it on

, see. They’re startin’ ter think it’s?

jinxed

.?

take on?從事

jinxed /d?i?kst/ adj.?倒霉的

155

No one’s?

lasted

?long fer a while now. So tell me,’

last /lɑ?st/ v.?堅持

156

said Hagrid, jerking his head at Ron, ‘who was he tryin’ ter curse?’

157

‘Malfoy called Hermione something. It must’ve been really bad, because everyone went mad.’

158

‘It was bad,’ said Ron?

hoarsely

, emerging over the table top, looking pale and sweaty. ‘Malfoy called her “Mudblood”, Hagrid –’

hoarsely /'h?:sli/ adv.?嘶啞地

159

Ron dived out of sight again as a fresh?

wave

?of slugs made their appearance. Hagrid looked outraged.

wave /we?v/ n.?涌現(xiàn)的人(或物)

160

‘He didn’!’ he growled at Hermione.

161

‘He did,’ she said. ‘But I don’t know what it means. I could tell it was really rude, of course …’

162

‘It’s about the most?

insulting

?thing he could think of,’ gasped Ron, coming back up.

insulting /?n?s?lt??/ adj.?侮辱的

163

‘Mudblood’s a really?

foul

?name for someone who was Muggle-born – you know, non-magic parents.

foul /fa?l/ adj.?無禮的

164

There are some wizards – like Malfoy’s family – who think they’re better than everyone else because they’re what people call pure-blood.’

165

He gave a small burp, and a single slug fell into his outstretched hand.

166

He threw it into the basin and continued, ‘I mean, the rest of us know it doesn’t make any difference at all. Look at Neville Longbottom – he’s pure-blood and he can hardly?

stand

?a cauldron the right way up.’

stand /st?nd/ v.?使直立

167

‘An’ they haven’t invented a spell our Hermione can’t do,’ said Hagrid proudly, making Hermione go a brilliant shade of?

magenta

.

magenta /m??d?ent?/ n.?品紅

168

‘It’s a disgusting thing to call someone,’ said Ron, wiping his sweaty?

brow

?with a shaking hand.?

brow /bra?/ n.?眉毛

169

‘Dirty blood, see. Common blood. It’s mad. Most wizards these days are half-blood anyway. If we hadn’t married Muggles we’d’ve died out.’

170

He?

retched

?and ducked out of sight again.

retch /ret?/ vi.?干嘔

171

‘Well, I don’ blame yeh fer tryin’ ter curse him, Ron,’ said Hagrid loudly over the?

thuds

?of more slugs hitting the basin.

thud /θ?d/ n.?撲通一聲

172

‘Bu’ maybe it was a good thing yer wand?

backfired

. ’Spect Lucius Malfoy would’ve come?

marchin

’ up ter school if yeh’d cursed his son. Least yer not in trouble.’

backfire /?b?k?fa??(r)/ vi. (槍炮)向后爆發(fā)

march /mɑ?t?/ v.?快步走

173

Harry would have pointed out that trouble didn’t come much worse than having slugs pouring out of your mouth, but he couldn’t; Hagrid’s treacle toffee had?

cemented

?his jaws together.

cement /s??ment/ v.?用（水泥或膠合劑）黏結(jié)

174

‘Harry,’ said Hagrid suddenly, as though struck by a sudden thought, ‘gotta?

bone ter pick

?with yeh. I’ve heard you’ve bin givin’ out signed photos. How come I haven’t got one?’

bone to pick?對某人不滿

175

Furious, Harry?

wrenched

?his teeth apart.

wrench /rent?/ v.?猛拉

176

‘I have not been giving out signed photos,’ he said?

hotly

. ‘If Lockhart’s still putting that about –’

hotly /?h?tli:/ adv.?激烈地

177

But then he saw that Hagrid was laughing.

178

‘I’m on’y jokin’,’ he said, patting Harry?

genially

?on the back and?

sending

?him, face?

first

, into the table. ‘I knew yeh hadn’t really. I told Lockhart yeh didn’ need teh. Yer more famous than him without tryin’.’

genially /'d?i:nj?li/ adv.?親切地

send /send/ v.?使表現(xiàn)出(某種行為)

first /f??st/ adv.?以身體的某一部位（或某人）在先（或為首）

179

‘Bet he didn’t like that,’ said Harry, sitting up and?

rubbing

?his?

chin

.

rub /r?b/ v.?按摩（尤指疼痛部位）

chin /t??n/ n.?下巴

180

‘Don’ think he did,’ said Hagrid, his eyes twinkling. ‘An’ then I told him I’d never read one o’ his books an’ he decided ter go. Treacle toffee, Ron?’ he added, as Ron re-appeared.

181

‘No thanks,’ said Ron weakly. ‘Better not risk it.’

182

‘Come an’ see what I’ve bin?

growin

’,’ said Hagrid, as Harry and Hermione finished the last of their tea.

grow vt.?種植

183

In the small vegetable patch behind Hagrid’s house were a dozen of the largest pumpkins Harry had ever seen. Each was the size of a large?

boulder

.

boulder /?b??ld?(r)/ n.?大圓石

184

‘Gettin’ on well, aren’t they?’ said Hagrid happily. ‘Fer the?

Hallowe’en

?feast … should be big enough?

by then

.’

Halloween /?h?l?u'i:n/ n.?萬圣節(jié)前夕

by then?到那時

185

‘What’ve you been feeding them?’ said Harry.

186

Hagrid looked over his shoulder to check that they were alone.

187

‘Well, I’ve bin givin’ them – you know – a bit o’ help.’

188

Harry noticed Hagrid’s?

flowery

?pink umbrella leaning against the back wall of the cabin.

flowery adj.飾以花卉圖形的

189

Harry had had reason to believe before now that this umbrella was not all it looked; in fact, he had the strong impression that Hagrid’s old school wand was?

concealed

?inside it.

conceal /k?n?si?l/ vt.?隱藏

190

Hagrid wasn’t supposed to use magic.

191

He had been expelled from Hogwarts in his third year, but Harry had never found out why –

192

any mention of the matter and Hagrid would clear his throat loudly and become?

mysteriously

?

deaf

?until the subject was changed.

mysteriously /mis'ti?ri?sli/ adv.?故弄玄虛地

deaf /def/ adj.?裝聾的

193

‘An?

Engorgement

?Charm, I suppose?’ said Hermione, halfway between?

disapproval

?and?

amusement

. ‘Well, you’ve done a good job on them.’

engorgement /in'ɡ?:d?m?nt/ n.?腫脹

disapproval /d?s?'pru?vl/ n.?不贊同

amusement /?'mju?zm(?)nt/ n.?樂趣

194

‘That’s what yer little sister said,’ said Hagrid, nodding at Ron.

195

‘Met her jus’ yesterday.’ Hagrid looked sideways at Harry, his beard?

twitching

.

twitch /tw?t?/ vt. & vi.(使)顫動

196

‘Said she was jus’ lookin’ round the grounds, but I reckon she was hopin’ she might?

run inter

?someone else at my house.’ He winked at Harry. ‘If yeh ask me, she wouldn’ say no ter a signed –’

run into vt.?偶然遇見

197

‘Oh, shut up,’ said Harry. Ron snorted with laughter and the ground was?

sprayed

?with slugs.

spray /spre?/ vi.?噴

198

‘Watch it!’ Hagrid roared, pulling Ron away from his precious pumpkins.

199

It was nearly lunchtime and as Harry had only had one bit of treacle toffee since dawn, he was keen to go back to school to eat.

200

They said goodbye to Hagrid and walked back up to the castle, Ron?

hiccoughing

?occasionally, but only bringing up two, very small slugs.

hiccough /'h?k?p/ n. & v.?打嗝

201

They had barely?

set foot

?in the cool Entrance Hall when a voice rang out.

set foot?進(jìn)入到某處

202

‘There you are, Potter, Weasley.’ Professor McGonagall was walking towards them, looking?

stern

. ‘You will both do your detentions this evening.’

stern /st??n/ adj.?嚴(yán)厲的

203

‘What are we doing, Professor?’ said Ron, nervously?

suppressing

?a?

burp

.

suppress /s??pres/ vt.?壓制

burp /b??p/ n.?打嗝

204

‘You will be polishing the silver in the?

trophy

?room with Mr Filch,’ said Professor McGonagall. ‘And no magic, Weasley –?

elbow grease

.’

trophy /?tr??fi/ n.?紀(jì)念品

elbow grease n.?費體力的工作

205

Ron gulped. Argus Filch, the?

caretaker

, was?

loathed

?by every student in the school.

caretaker /'ke?te?k?/ n.?看門人

loathe /l??e/ vt.?厭惡

206

‘And you, Potter, will be helping Professor Lockhart answer his fan mail,’ said Professor McGonagall.

207

‘Oh no – can’t I go and do the trophy room, too?’ said Harry desperately.

208

‘Certainly not,’ said Professor McGonagall, raising her eyebrows. ‘Professor Lockhart?

requested

?you particularly. Eight o’clock?

sharp

, both of you.’

request /r??kwest/ vt.?請求

sharp /?ɑ?p/ adv.?準(zhǔn)時

209

Harry and Ron?

slouched

?into the Great Hall in states of deepest?

gloom

, Hermione behind them, wearing a well-you-did-break-school-rules sort of expression.

slouch /sla?t?/ vi.?無精打采地立、坐或行走

gloom /ɡlu?m/ n.?昏暗

210

Harry didn’t?

fancy

?his?

shepherd

’s pie as much as he’d thought. Both he and Ron felt they’d got the worse?

deal

.

fancy /?f?nsi/ vt.?喜愛

shepherd /??ep?d/ n.?牧羊人

deal /di?l/ n.?待遇

211

‘Filch’ll have me there all night,’ said Ron heavily. ‘No magic! There must be about a hundred cups in that room. I’m no good at Muggle cleaning.’

212

‘I’d swap any time,’ said Harry?

hollowly

. ‘I’ve had loads of practice with the Dursleys. Answering Lockhart’s fan mail … he’ll be a nightmare …’

hollowly /'hɑloli/ adv.?空心地

213

Saturday afternoon seemed to?

melt away

, and in what seemed like no time, it was five minutes to eight, and Harry was dragging his feet along the second-floor corridor to Lockhart’s office.

melt away v.?消失

214

He?

gritted

?his teeth and knocked.

grit /ɡr?t/ v.?咬緊牙關(guān)

215

The door flew open at once. Lockhart beamed down at him.

216

‘Ah, here’s the?

scallywag

!’ he said. ‘Come in, Harry, come in.’

scallywag /'sk?l?w?g/ n.?調(diào)皮搗蛋的人

217

Shining brightly on the walls by the light of many candles were?

countless

?framed photographs of Lockhart. He had even signed a few of them. Another large pile lay on his desk.

countless /?ka?ntl?s/ adj.?無數(shù)的

218

‘You can address the envelopes!’ Lockhart told Harry, as though this was a huge treat. ‘This first one’s to Gladys Gudgeon, bless her – huge fan of mine.’

219

The minutes?

snailed

?by. Harry let Lockhart’s voice wash over him, occasionally saying, ‘Mmm’ and ‘Right’ and ‘Yeah’.

snail /sne?l/ vi.?緩慢移動

220

Now and then he caught a phrase like ‘Fame’s a?

fickle

?friend, Harry’ or ‘

Celebrity

?is as celebrity does, remember that’.

fickle /?f?kl/ adj.?反復(fù)無常的

celebrity /s??lebr?ti/ n. (尤指娛樂界的)名人

221

The candles burned lower and lower, making the light dance over the many moving faces of Lockhart watching him.

222

Harry moved his aching hand over what felt like the thousandth envelope, writing out Veronica Smethley’s address.?

223

It must be nearly time to leave, Harry thought miserably, please let it be nearly time …

224

And then he heard something – something quite?

apart from

?the?

spitting

?of the dying candles and Lockhart’s?

prattle

about his fans.

apart from?除……之哇

spit /sp?t/ vt. & vi.?發(fā)出呼嚕呼嚕聲

prattle /'pr?t(?)l/ n.?無聊話

225

It was a voice, a voice to?

chill

?the?

bone-marrow

, a voice of?

breath-taking

, ice-cold?

venom

.

chill /t??l/ vt. & vi. (使)冷卻

bone-marrow?骨髓

breath-taking /'breθ 'teiki?/ adj.?驚人的

venom /?ven?m/ n.?憤恨的感情或語言

226

‘Come … come to me … let me?

rip

?you … let me tear you … let me kill you …’

rip /r?p/ vt.?撕

227

Harry gave a huge jump and a large?

lilac

?

blot

?appeared on Veronica Smethley’s street.

lilac /'la?l?k/ n.?淡紫色

blot /bl?t/ n.?墨漬

228

‘What?’ he said loudly.

229

‘I know!’ said Lockhart. ‘Six?

solid

?months at the top of the bestseller list! Broke all records!’

solid /?s?l?d/ adj. (時間)沒有間斷的

230

‘No,’ said Harry?

frantically

. ‘That voice!’

frantically /'fr?ntik?li/ adv.?緊張忙亂地

231

‘Sorry?’ said Lockhart, looking puzzled. ‘What voice?’

232

‘That – that voice that said – didn’t you hear it?’

233

Lockhart was looking at Harry in high?

astonishment

.

astonishment /??st?n??m?nt/ n.?驚奇

234

‘What are you talking about, Harry? Perhaps you’re getting a little?

drowsy

? Great Scott – look at the time! We’ve been here nearly four hours! I’d never have believed it – the time’s flown, hasn’t it?’

drowsy /?dra?zi/ adj.?使人昏昏欲睡的

235

Harry didn’t answer. He was straining his ears to hear the voice again, but there was no sound now?

except

?for Lockhart telling him he mustn’t expect a treat like this every time he got detention.

except /?k'sept/ prep.?除…外

236

Feeling?

dazed

, Harry left.

dazed /de?zd/ adj.?茫然的

237

It was so late that the Gryffindor common room was almost empty.

238

Harry went straight up to the dormitory. Ron wasn’t back yet. Harry pulled on his?

pyjamas

, got into bed and waited.

pyjamas /p?'d?ɑ?m?z/ n.?睡衣

239

Half an hour later, Ron arrived,?

nursing

?his right arm and bringing a strong smell of polish into the darkened room.

nurse /n??s/ vt.?護(hù)理

240

‘My muscles have all?

seized up

,’ he groaned, sinking on his bed.

seize up?失靈

241

‘Fourteen times he made me?

buff

?up that Quidditch Cup before he was?

satisfied

. And then I had another slug attack all over a Special Award for Services to the School. Took ages to shift the?

slime

?…

buff /b?f/ v.?（用軟布）擦亮

satisfy /'s?t?sfa?/ vt. & vi.?使?jié)M意

slime /sla?m/ n.?黏液

242

How was it with Lockhart?’

243

Keeping his voice low so as not to wake Neville, Dean and Seamus, Harry told Ron exactly what he had heard.

244

‘And Lockhart said he couldn’t hear it?’ said Ron. Harry could see him frowning in the moonlight. ‘D’you think he was lying? But I don’t get it –?

even

?someone invisible would’ve had to open the door.’

even /'i?v(?)n/ adv.?即使

245

‘I know,’ said Harry, lying back in his four-poster and staring at the?

canopy

?above him. ‘I don’t get it, either.’

canopy /?k?n?pi/ n.?遮篷

246