《哈利波特与魔法石》第1章-大难不死的男孩（1）

 

  孙亮

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.  

Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills.   Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors.  The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in theiropinion there was no finer boy anywhere. 

It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar -- a cat reading a map. 

 

A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you'd have thought he'd just popped out of the ground.  

He was wearing long robes,a purple cloak that swept the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots.This man's name was Albus Dumbledore. 

"Fancy seeing you here, Professor McGonagall." 

"My dear Professor, I 've never seen a cat sit so stiffly."

"You'd be stiff if you'd been sitting on a brick wall all day," said Professor McGonagall. 

一，老词新意：

1. drive：机动车道（非机动车道bike lane；人行道pavement）

2. director：主管（导演）

二，熟记生词：

1. crane：抻脖子（作为名词是仙鹤和起重机）

2. stiffly：僵硬的

三，识记生词：

1. drill：钻机

2. blonde：金发的

3. fence：栅栏

4. peculiar：奇怪的

5. cloak：长斗篷

 

四，句型知识：

否定词+比较级=最高级

1. there is no finer boy anywhere。no+finer=the finest

2. I like nothing better。nothing+better=the best

五，话题讨论：

既然flick是动词、表示“弹”，为何flicker不是名词呢？

 

《哈利波特与魔法石》第1章-大难不死的男孩（2）

 

"A fine thing it would be if, on the very day You-Know-Who seems to have disappeared at last, the Muggles found out about us all. I suppose he really has gone, Dumbledore?"

"It certainly seems so," said Dumbledore. "We have much to be thankful for. Would you care for a lemon drop? "Dumbledore, who was unsticking two lemon drops, seemed not to notice."My dear Professor, surely a sensible person like yourself can call him by his name? All this 'You-Know-Who' nonsense—for eleven years I have been trying to persuade people to call him by his proper name: Voldemort."

Dumbledore bowed his head. Professor McGonagall gasped.

 

"Lily and James... I can't believe it... I didn't want to believe it... Oh, Albus..." 

Dumbledore reached out and patted her on the shoulder. "I know... I know..." he said heavily. 

一，英美不同：

1. a lemon drop 一块儿柠檬糖 

2. a lemon sherbet 一根儿柠檬雪糕

二，熟记生词：

1. drop：硬糖块儿

2. unstick：掰开

3. bow：低头表示同意（鞠躬；下跪）

4. gasp：因震惊或痛苦而叹气

5. pat：轻拍

三，识记生词：

1. Muggles：普通人

2. rumor：流言蜚语

3. flinch：害怕

4. proper：真正的

5. unstick：剥离开

6. exasperate：生气

7. flatter：奉承

8. noble：高贵的

9. fix：紧紧地盯着

10. earmuff：耳套

四，句型知识：

care for：喜欢

1. Would you care for something？

2. I don't care for that color.

《哈利波特与魔法石》第1章-大难不死的男孩（3）

 

"I've come to bring Harry to his aunt and uncle. They're the only family he has left now. 

"Dumbledore -- you can't. I've been watching them all day. You couldn't find two people who are less like us. And they've got this son -- I saw him kicking his mother all the way up the street, screaming for sweets. Harry Potter come and live here!" 

"Really, Dumbledore, you think you can explain all this in a letter? These people will never understand him! He'll be famous -- a legend -- I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in the future -- there will be books written about Harry -- every child in our world will know his name!" 

"Exactly," said Dumbledore, "It would be enough to turn any boy's head. Famous before he can walk and talk! Famous for something he won't even remember! Can't you see how much better off he'll be, growing up away from all that until he's ready to take it?" 

"Yes -- yes, you're right, of course. But how is the boy getting here, Dumbledore?" She eyedhis cloak suddenly as though she thought he might be hiding Harry underneath it. 

Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning. 

 

"Yes," said Dumbledore. "He'll have that scar forever." "Even if I could, I wouldn't. Scars can come in handy. I have one myself above my left knee that is a perfect map of the London Underground. "Well," said Dumbledore finally, "that's that. We've no business staying here. We may as well go and join the celebrations."

He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter -- the boy who lived!

一，英美不同：

1. 永远

美版：forever（句中、句末均可用）

英版：for ever（只能用在句尾）

2. 迟早有用

美版：come in handy（handy方便的）

英版：come in useful

二，老词新意：

eye：用眼睛仔细打量（动词）

三，熟记生词：

1. tuft：一撮儿

2.lightning：闪电

3. handy：方便的

四，识记生词：

1. legend：传奇

2. faintly：虚弱的

3. swallow：咽下

4. grudgingly 

5. rumbling：轰隆声

6. bend：弯腰

7. blanket：毯子

8. wipe：擦干

9. breeze：微风

10. hushed：寂静的

五，句型知识：

1. 某人有某物

（1）someone have something=someone have got something。如：I have a book.=I have got a book.

（2）someone have got something=someone got something（美式）如：I have got a book.=I got a book.

2. （状况和过去相比）有所改善

be better off doing something

3.  让某人晕头转向

turn someone's head