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Chapter Two The Vanishing Glass
消失的玻璃
语境词汇
Only the photographs on the mantelpiece really showed how much time had passed.
mantelpiece ['mænt(ə)lpiːs]
n.壁炉架；壁炉台
Ten years ago, there had been lots of pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearing different-colored bonnets — but Dudley Dursley was no longer a baby, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding his first bicycle, on a carousel at the fair, playing a computer game with his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother.
bonnet ['bɒnɪt]
n.[机] 阀盖；软帽
vt.给…装上罩；给…戴上帽子
carousel [,kærə'sel; -'zel]
n.旋转木马；行李传送带；轮播
Harry groaned.
groan /ɡrəʊn/
vi. 呻吟；抱怨；发吱嘎声vt. 呻吟；抱怨
n. 呻吟；叹息；吱嘎声
He was ripping the paper off a gold wristwatch when Aunt Petunia came back from the telephone looking both angry and worried.
rip [rɪp]
vt.撕；锯vi.裂开，被撕裂
n.裂口，裂缝
The Dursleys often spoke about Harry like this, as though he wasn't there — or rather, as though he was something very nasty that couldn't understand them, like a slug.
slug [slʌg]
n.鼻涕虫；动作缓慢的人；金属小块
vi.偷懒；动作迟缓vt.重击
“And come back and find the house in ruins?” she snarled.
snarl [snɑːl]
n.咆哮；怒骂；混乱
vi.咆哮；怒骂；缠结vt.搞乱；咆哮着说；使缠结
In fact, he wasn't really crying — it had been years since he'd really cried — but he knew that if he screwed up his face and wailed, his mother would give him anything he wanted.
screw [skruː]
vt.旋，拧；压榨；强迫vi.转动，拧
n.螺旋；螺丝钉；吝啬鬼
wail [weɪl]
vi.哀号；悲叹vt.哀悼某人；哀号着说
n.哀号；悲叹；恸哭声
Piers was a scrawny boy with a face like a rat.
scrawny ['skrɔːnɪ]
adj.骨瘦如柴的
Next morning, however, he had gotten up to find his hair exactly as it had been before Aunt Petunia had sheared it off.
shear [ʃɪə]
vt.剪；修剪；剥夺vi剪；剪切；修剪
n.[力] 切变；修剪；大剪刀
Another time, Aunt Petunia had been trying to force him into a revolting old sweater of Dudley's (brown with orange puff balls).
revolt [rɪ'vəʊlt]
vi.反抗；反叛；厌恶vt.使反感；使恶心
n.反抗；叛乱；反感
“… roaring along like maniacs, the young hoodlums,” he said, as a motorcycle overtook them.
maniac ['meɪnɪæk]
n.疯子，躁狂者adj.发狂的；狂热的
hoodlum ['huːdləm]
n.流氓；暴徒；无赖
Dudley and Piers sniggered.
snigger ['snɪgə]
n.窃笑；偷偷的笑vi.吃吃窃笑；暗笑
They ate in the zoo restaurant, and when Dudley had a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory didn't have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first.
Knickerbocker ['nɪkəbɒkə]
n.（最初到美国纽约的）荷兰移民的后代；荷兰籍纽约人；纽约人；灯笼裤
Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were crawling and slithering over bits of wood and stone.
slither ['slɪðə]
vi.蜿蜒地滑行vt.使滑动
n.滑动；滑行
Dudley and Piers wanted to see huge, poisonous cobras and thick, man-crushing pythons.
cobra ['kəʊbrə; 'kɒbrə]
n.眼镜蛇；（澳）头颅
python
n.巨蟒；大蟒
“Make it move,” he whined at his father. Uncle Vernon tapped on the glass, but the snake didn't budge.
whine [waɪn]
vi.发牢骚；哭诉；嘎嘎响；发呜呜声vt.哀诉
n.抱怨；牢骚；哀鸣
budge [bʌdʒ]
vi.挪动；微微移动；改变态度或意见；服从
vt.使让步；移动；使改变态度或意见n.羔羊皮
“This is boring,” Dudley moaned. He shuffled away.
shuffle ['ʃʌf(ə)l]
v.洗牌；推诿，推卸；拖曳，慢吞吞地走；搅乱
n.洗牌，洗纸牌；混乱，蒙混；拖着脚走
Harry moved in front of the tank and looked intently at the snake.
intent /ɪn'tent/
n. 意图；目的；含义
adj. 专心的；急切的；坚决的
The snake nodded vigorously.
vigorously ['vɪg(ə)rəslɪ]
adv.精神旺盛地，活泼地
The snake jabbed its tail at a little sign next to the glass.
jab [dʒæb]
vt.戳；猛击；用拨火棒等捅vi.戳；刺；用拳猛击
n.戳；猛击；注射
The boa constrictor jabbed its tail at the sign again and Harry read on: This specimen was bred in the zoo.
constrictor [kən'strɪktə]
n.大蟒；括约肌；使压缩之物
Dudley came waddling toward them as fast as he could.
waddle /'wɒd(ə)l/
n. 蹒跚；摇摆的步子
vi. 摇摇摆摆地走；蹒跚而行
As the snake slid swiftly past him, Harry could have sworn a low, hissing voice said, “Brazil, here I come… Thanksss, amigo.”
amigo [ə'miːgəʊ]
n.（美）朋友（源于西班牙语 amigo）
Piers and Dudley could only gibber.
gibber ['dʒɪbə]
vi.喋喋而言；胡扯
n.三棱石；无法听懂的话
精彩句型
Dudley's favorite punching bag was Harry, but he couldn't often catch him. Harry didn't look it, but he was very fast.
一句话说清了哈利波特与他的表哥达力的关系，并且为后来哈利的魁地奇运动天赋做了铺垫。
Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning.
对十岁的哈利波特的外貌描写。
Don't ask questions — that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.
与德思礼一家相处的第一条规则。
Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. 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.
达力的外貌描写。经典的 a pig in a wig，哈迷必懂的梗。
Harry, who could see a huge Dudley tantrum coming on, began wolfing down his bacon as fast as possible in case Dudley turned the table over.
可怜的哈利，觉察危险的能力一流。wolf down，狼吞虎咽。
If there was one thing the Dursleys hated even more than his asking questions, it was his talking about anything acting in a way it shouldn't, no matter if it was in a dream or even a cartoon — they seemed to think he might get dangerous ideas.
与德思礼一家相处的另一条规则。
Harry felt, afterward, that he should have known it was all too good to last.
灾难的一天，以过于美好的生活开始。很巧妙的写作手法。
Sometimes, when he strained his memory during long hours in his cupboard, he came up with a strange vision: a blinding flash of green light and a burning pain on his forehead.
哈利波特回忆起来的是阿瓦达。榨干自己的回忆，想要想起自己的父母。这是哈利波特到了长大以后，也一直最渴望的：family。