Harry Potter Chapter 1

1、 nonsense：n. 胡说; 废话;愚蠢的行为; 无聊的事物

原文：....because they just didn’t  hold with such nonsense.无法承受这样的荒唐行径

2、beefy：adj. 象牛肉的；结实的；健壮的

原文：He was a big, beefy man

3、shudder：n. 震动；发抖；战栗;     vi. 发抖；战栗

原文：The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potters arrived in the street.

4、tantrum：n. 发脾气；发怒

原文：Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls.

5、stunt：n. 绝技；噱头，手腕

原文：But then it struck Mr. Dursley that this was probably some silly stunt.....

6、bakery：面包房

7、slam：vt. & vi. 砰地关上(门或窗)

原文：a car door slammed on the next street.

8、rummage：vt. 检查；搜出；仔细搜查；翻找出

原文：He was busy rummaging in his cloak.

9、bun：n. 圆形的小面包或点心

10、clutch：vt. 抓住；紧握

原文：It was on his way back past them, clutching a large doughnut in a bag

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1、He was tall, thin, and very old, judging by the silver of his hair and beard, which were both long enough to tuck into his belt.

2、He was wearing long robes, a purple cloak that swept the ground, and high-heeled, buckled boots. His blue eyes were light, bright, and sparkling behind half-moon spectacles and his nose was very long and crooked, as though it had been broken at least twice.

这个章节的内容在电影中只是简单带过，通过电影中的对话体现。并没有像文章一样详细地介绍来龙去脉。该章节主要讲了麻瓜家庭的情况，引出了邓不利多出现并介绍了伏地魔的死和活着的哈里波特。