Harry Potter Chapter 2

1、blond：adj. 淡黄色的, 亚麻色的; (皮肤)白皙的; (人)白肤金发碧眼的

原文：a large blond boy

2、shrill：adj. (声音)尖锐的;刺耳的;高频率的

原文：........her shrill voice.......

3、roll：vt. & vi. (使)打滚, (使)转动, 滚动

原文：He rolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had been having.

4、bacon：n. 熏猪肉；咸肉；腌肉

5、punch：vt. 用拳猛击; n. 猛击, 拳打  

    punching bag:  练习拳击用的吊袋

原文：Dudley’s favorite punching bag was Harry.

6、tantrum：n. 发脾气；发怒

原文：Harry, who could see a huge Dudley tantrum coming on.......

7、unwrap：vt. 打开

At that moment the telephone rang and Aunt Petunia went to answer it while Harry and Uncle Vernon watched Dudley unwrap the racing bike, a video camera, a remote control airplane, sixteen new computer games, and a VCR.

8、hedge：n. 树篱；障碍

原文：A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive........

9、glumly：adv. 忧郁地；闷闷不乐地（glum的副词）

原文：Dumbledore nodded glumly.

10、slam：vt. & vi. 砰地关上(门或窗)

It didn’t so much as quiver when a car door slammed......

sentence:

1、He looked even smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had to wear were old clothes of Dudley’s, and Dudley was about four times bigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes.

2、He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel — Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.

哈利在姨妈家生活到10来岁，哈利的日子并不好过。姨妈姨夫不待见他，姨妈的儿子很强壮，总是欺负哈利。哈利会蛇语、能与蛇对话证实了哈利身上遗传了魔法，拉开了魔法世界的序幕。