【英语原著】哈利·波特与魔法石 （25）

‘Well,’ said Dumbledore finally, ‘that’s that. We’ve no business staying here. We may as well go and join the celebrations.’
‘Yeah,’ said Hagrid in a very muffled voice. ‘I’d best get this bike away. G’night, Professor McGonagall – Professor Dumbledore, sir.’
Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleeve, Hagrid swung himself on to the motorbike and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night.
‘I shall see you soon, I expect, Professor McGonagall,’ said Dumbledore, nodding to her. Professor McGonagall blew her nose in reply.
Dumbledore turned and walked back down the street. On the corner he stopped and took out the silver Put-Outer. He clicked it once and twelve balls of light sped back to their street lamps so that Privet Drive glowed suddenly orange and he could make out a tabby cat slinking around the corner at the other end of the street. He could just see the bundle of blankets on the step of number four.
‘Good luck, Harry,’ he murmured. He turned on his heel and with a swish of his cloak he was gone.
A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours’ time by Mrs Dursley’s scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley … 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!’

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Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . Bloomsbury. Kindle Edition.

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• ⇒ muffled [adjective]
  A muffled sound is quiet or not clear.

• Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleeve, Hagrid swung himself on to the motorbike and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night.
  ⇒ wipe [verb]
  If you wipe dirt or liquid from something, you remove it, for example by using a cloth or your hand.
  ⇒ streaming eyes ~ watering eyes

  
  
  

  streaming eyes
  
  

  ⇒ sleeve [noun]
  The sleeves of a coat, shirt, or other item of clothing are the parts that cover your arms.

  
  
  

  sleeve
  
  ⇒ swing [verb]
  swing有“摇摆；摇晃”的意思，用画面感想象骑上摩托车的动作。骑上自行车的时候一开始是不是也是左摇右晃的。
  ⇒ kick the engine into life
  启动摩托车引擎“into life”，很形象生动，就像给发动机赋予了生命。
  ⇒ with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night
  

  伴随着一阵“嗡嗡”声，它升入空中随即消失在黑夜里。

• ‘I shall see you soon, I expect, Professor McGonagall,’ said Dumbledore, nodding to her. Professor McGonagall blew her nose in reply.
  ⇒ below one's nose
  to clean your nose by forcing air through it

  
  
  

  below one‘s nose

• Dumbledore turned and walked back down the street. On the corner he stopped and took out the silver Put-Outer. He clicked it once and twelve balls of light sped back to their street lamps so that Privet Drive glowed suddenly orange and he could make out a tabby cat slinking around the corner at the other end of the street. He could just see the bundle of blankets on the step of number four.
  ⇒ Dumbledore又拿出了Put-Outer，他按了一下12盏立刻重新亮了起来。Professor McGonagall又变回“tabby cat”悄悄地溜走了。Dumbledore又回头看了看4号门牌台阶上放着的那一捆毛毯。
  ⇒ glow [verb]
  to produce a continuous light and sometimes heat
  ⇒ make out
  If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.
  ⇒ slink [verb]
  to walk away from somewhere quietly so that you are not noticed

• ‘Good luck, Harry,’ he murmured. He turned on his heel and with a swish of his cloak he was gone.
  ⇒ murmur [verb]
  to speak or say something very quietly
  ⇒ turn on one's heel
  to turn around abruptly
  ⇒ swish [noun]
  a quick movement through the air, making a soft sound

• A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen.
  ⇒ ruffle [verb]
  When the wind ruffles something such as the surface of the sea, it causes it to move gently in a wave-like motion.
  ⇒ hedge [noun]
  a line of bushes or small trees planted very close together, especially along the edge of a garden, field, or road

  
  
  

  hedge
  
  

  ⇒ inky [adjective]
  very dark
  ⇒ 网络翻译：微风拂动着女贞路两旁整洁的树篱，街道在漆黑的天空下寂静无声，一尘不染，谁也不会想到这里会发生骇人听闻的事情。

• Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours’ time by Mrs Dursley’s scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley …
  ⇒ roll over
  If you are lying down and you roll over, you turn your body so that a different part of you is facing upward.
  ⇒ put out
  If you put out things that will be needed, you place them somewhere ready to be used.
  ⇒ prod [verb]
  If you prod someone or something, you give them a quick push with your finger or with a pointed object.
  ⇒ pinch [verb]
  If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.

• 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!’
  ⇒ hushed [adjective] ~ quiet

  
  
  

  hush
  
  

  ⇒ ‘To Harry Potter – the boy who lived!’

  
  
  

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