“Mum and Dad were in it, too. I don’t know what they’ll say if I’m not. I don’t suppose Ravenclaw would be too bad, but imagine if they put me in Slytherin.”

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“That’s the House Vol-, I mean, You-Know-Who was in?”

302

“Yeah,” said Ron. He?

flopped

?back into his seat, looking depressed.

flop /flɑp/ v.?（尤指疲勞時(shí)）撲通坐下

303

“You know, I think the ends of Scabbers’?

whiskers

?are a bit lighter,” said Harry, trying to take Ron’s mind off Houses.?

whiskers /'hwisk?z/ n.?腮須

304

“So what do your oldest brothers do now that they’ve left, anyway?”

305

Harry was wondering what a wizard did once he’d finished school.

306

“Charlie’s in Romania studying dragons, and Bill’s in Africa doing something for Gringotts,” said Ron.

307

“Did you hear about Gringotts? It’s been all over the Daily Prophet, but I don’t suppose you get that with the Muggles — someone tried to rob a high security vault.”

308

Harry stared.

309

“Really? What happened to them?”

310

“Nothing, that’s why it’s such big news.

311

They haven’t been caught.?

312

My dad says it must’ve been a powerful Dark wizard to?

get round

?Gringotts, but they don’t think they took anything, that’s what’s odd.

get round?避開

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Course, everyone gets scared when something like this happens in case You-Know-Who’s behind it.”

314

Harry turned this news over in his mind. He was starting to get a?

prickle

?of fear every time You-Know-Who was mentioned.

prickle /'pr?kl/ n.?刺痛

315

He supposed this was all part of entering the magical world, but it had been a lot more comfortable saying “Voldemort” without worrying.

316

“What’s your Quidditch team?” Ron asked.

317

“Er — I don’t know any,” Harry?

confessed

.

confess /k?n?fes/ vt.?承認(rèn)

318

“What!” Ron looked?

dumbfounded

. “Oh, you wait, it’s the best game in the world —”

dumbfounded /d?m'fa?nd?d/ adj.?驚呆的

319

And he was off, explaining all about the four balls and the positions of the seven players, describing famous games he’d been to with his brothers and the broomstick he’d like to get if he had the money.

320

He was just taking Harry through the finer points of the game when the compartment door slid open yet again, but it wasn’t Neville the toadless boy, or Hermione Granger this time.

321

Three boys entered, and Harry recognized the middle one at once: It was the pale boy from Madam Malkin’s robe shop.

322

He was looking at Harry with a lot more interest than he’d shown back in Diagon Alley.

323

“Is it true?” he said. “They’re saying all down the train that Harry Potter’s in this compartment. So it’s you, is it?”

324

“Yes,” said Harry. He was looking at the other boys. Both of them were?

thickset

?and looked extremely?

mean

. Standing on either side of the pale boy, they looked like?

bodyguards

.

thickset /θ?k's?t/ adj.?矮胖的

mean /mi?n/ adj.?刻薄的

bodyguard /?bɑ?diɡɑ?rd/ n.?保鏢

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“Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle,” said the pale boy?

carelessly

, noticing where Harry was looking. “And my name’s Malfoy, Draco Malfoy.”

carelessly /?k ?rl?sl?/ adv.?漫不經(jīng)心地

326

Ron gave a slight?

cough

, which might have been hiding a?

snigger

.

cough /k?f/ n.?咳嗽

snigger /'sn?ɡ?/ n.?暗笑(聲)

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Draco Malfoy looked at him. “Think my name’s funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford.”

328

He turned back to Harry. “You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.”

329

He held out his hand to shake Harry’s, but Harry didn’t take it.

330

“I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly.

331

Draco Malfoy didn’t go red, but a pink?

tinge

?appeared in his pale cheeks.

tinge /t?nd?/ n.?淡色

332

“I’d be careful if I were you, Potter,” he said slowly.

333

“

Unless

?you’re a bit politer you’ll go the same way as your parents. They didn’t know what was good for them, either. You hang around with?

riffraff

?like the Weasleys and that Hagrid, and it’ll?

rub off on you

.”

unless /?n'l?s/ conj.?除非

riffraff /?r?f?r?f/ n.〈方〉渣滓

rub off on sb?影響某人

334

Both Harry and Ron stood up.

335

Ron said, his face as red as his hair. “Say that again,”?

336

“Oh, you’re going to fight us, are you?” Malfoy?

sneered

.

sneer /sn?r/ vi.?冷笑

337

“Unless you get out now,” said Harry, more bravely than he felt, because Crabbe and Goyle were a lot bigger than him or Ron.

338

“But we don’t feel like leaving, do we, boys? We’ve eaten all our food and you still seem to have some.”

339

Goyle reached toward the Chocolate Frogs next to Ron — Ron leapt forward, but before he’d?

so much as

?touched Goyle, Goyle let out a horrible yell.

so much as?連......都不

340

Scabbers the rat was hanging off his finger, sharp little teeth sunk deep into Goyle’s?

knuckle

?— Crabbe and Malfoy backed away as Goyle?

swung

?Scabbers round and round, howling,

knuckle /'n?kl/ n. (指人)指關(guān)節(jié)

swing /sw??/ vt.?揮舞

341

and when Scabbers finally flew off and hit the window, all three of them disappeared at once.

342

Perhaps they thought there were more rats?

lurking

?among the sweets, or perhaps they’d heard footsteps, because a second later, Hermione Granger had come in.

lurk /l??rk/ vi.?潛藏

343

“What has been going on?” she said, looking at the sweets all over the floor and Ron picking up Scabbers by his tail.

344

“I think he’s been knocked out,” Ron said to Harry. He looked closer at Scabbers. “No — I don’t believe it — he’s gone back to sleep.”

345

And so he had.

346

“You’ve met Malfoy before?”

347

Harry explained about their meeting in Diagon Alley.

348

“I’ve heard of his family,” said Ron darkly.

349

“They were some of the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. Said they’d been bewitched.

350

My dad doesn’t believe it. He says Malfoy’s father didn’t need an excuse to go over to the Dark Side.”

351

He turned to Hermione. “Can we help you with something?”

352

“You’d better hurry up and put your robes on, I’ve just been up to the front to ask the conductor, and he says we’re nearly there.

353

You haven’t been fighting, have you? You’ll be in trouble before we even get there!”

You haven’t been fighting, have you??

You’ll be in trouble before we even get there!”

354

“Scabbers has been fighting, not us,” said Ron,?

scowling

?at her. “Would you mind leaving while we change?”

scowl /ska?l/ vi.?怒視(某人或某物)

355

“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very?

childishly

, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a?

sniffy

?voice.

childishly /?t?a?ld??l?/ adv.?幼稚地

sniffy /'sn?fi/ adj.?嗤之以鼻的

356

“And you’ve got dirt on your nose, by the way, did you know?”

357

Ron glared at her as she left.?

358

Harry peered out of the window. It was getting dark. He could see mountains and forests under a deep purple sky. The train did seem to be slowing down.

359

He and Ron took off their jackets and pulled on their long black robes. Ron’s were a bit short for him, you could see his?

sneakers

?underneath them.

sneaker /'snik?/ n.?運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋

360

A voice echoed through the train: “We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes’ time. Please leave your?

luggage

?on the train, it will be taken to the school?

separately

.”

luggage /?l?ɡ?d?/ n.?行李

separately /?s ?p?r?tl?/ adv.?單獨(dú)地

361

Harry’s stomach?

lurched

?with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles. They crammed their pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd?

thronging

?the corridor.

lurch /l??rt?/ v.?胃猛地翻騰

throng /θr???/ vt.?擠滿

362

The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way toward the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. Harry shivered in the cold night air.

363

Then a lamp came?

bobbing

?over the heads of the students, and Harry heard a familiar voice: “Firs’ years! Firs’ years over here! All right there, Harry?”

bob /'bɑb/ vi.?使上下(或來回)快速擺動(dòng)

364

Hagrid’s big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads. “C’mon, follow me — any more firs’ years? Mind yer step, now! Firs’ years follow me!”

365

Slipping and?

stumbling

, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a?

steep

, narrow path. It was so dark on either side of them that Harry thought there must be thick trees there.

stumbling /?st?mbl??/ adj.?跌跌撞撞的

steep /sti?p/ adj.?陡峭的

366

Nobody spoke much. Neville, the boy who kept losing his toad, sniffed once or twice.

367

“Yeh’ll get yer firs’ sight o’ Hogwarts in a sec,” Hagrid called over his shoulder, “jus’ round this?

bend

?here.”

bend /bend/ n.?（道路或河流的）拐彎

368

There was a loud “Oooooh!”

369

The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake.

370

Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows?

sparkling

?in the?

starry

?sky, was a vast castle with many?

turrets

?and towers.

starry /'stɑri/ adj.?布滿星星的

sparkle /?spɑ?rkl/ vi.?閃耀

turret /'t??t/ n.?角樓

371

“No more’n four to a boat!” Hagrid called, pointing to a?

fleet

?of little boats sitting in the water by the shore.?

fleet /fli?t/ n.?艦隊(duì)

372

Harry and Ron were followed into their boat by Neville and Hermione.

373

“Everyone in?” shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself. “Right then — FORWARD!”

374

And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once,?

gliding

?across the lake, which was as?

smooth

?as glass.

glide /ɡla?d/ vi.?使滑行

smooth /smu?e/ adj.?光滑的

375

Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the?

cliff

?on which it stood.

cliff /kl?f/ n.?懸崖

376

“Heads down!” yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a?

curtain

?of?

ivy

?that hid a wide?

opening

?in the cliff face.

curtain /?k??rtn/ n.?窗簾

ivy /'a?vi/ n.?常春藤

opening /?o?pn??/ n.?洞

377

They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground?

harbor

, where they clambered out onto rocks and?

pebbles

.

harbor /?hɑ?rb?r/ n.?海港

pebble /?pebl/ n.?卵石

378

“Oy, you there! Is this your toad?” said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them.

379

“Trevor!” cried Neville?

blissfully

, holding out his hands.

blissfully /'blisfuli/ adv.?充滿喜悅地

380

Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid’s lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.

381

They walked up?

a flight of

?stone steps and?

crowded

?around the huge, oak front door.

a flight of?一段(樓梯)

crowd /kra?d/ vt. & vi.?群集

382

“Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?”

383

Hagrid raised a gigantic?

fist?

and knocked three times on the castle door.

fist /f?st/ n.?拳頭

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