哈利·波特(一)第三章

The letter from No One

一封匿名信

这一章可真的是鸡飞狗跳,我喜欢的角色海格再次出场,如果不是看过电影,只读书可能不会有一个这么可爱的海格留在我心里。

你想象中的邮差是什么样的?信封是什么样的?信从哪里来?反正在电影中的魔法世界,这些是这样的。

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信封用蜡封着,内容写在牛皮信纸上,能从烟囱、壁炉、门口各种地方进入屋内,不用担心有暗箱操作的人,但心不在家收不到?它可以随时更换地址哦!

但是啊,哈利的叔叔阿姨万般阻挠,甚至不惜背井离乡,最后哈利能拿到他的信吗?

收到这封信之前,哈利的生活暗无天日啊!

Harry spent as much time as possible out of the house,wandering around and thinking about the end of the holidays,where he could see a tiny ray of hope.

他们都要升学了,一个去私立一个去公立。哈利觉得达力的衣服很丑,但他不敢笑。

Harry didn't trust himself to speak.He thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying not to laugh.

他自己的衣服也被自己嫌弃的不行

He tried not to think about how he was going to look like he was wearing bits of old elephant skin,probably.

信要来了,这次走的是寻常路:

They heard the click of the letter-box and flop of letters on the doormat.

哈利那个激动的心啊?

Harry picked it up and stared at it,his heart twanging like a giant elastic band.

信封落款:

信的封面

The envelope was thick and heavy,made of yellowish parchment,and the address was written in emerald-green ink.There was no stamp.

哈利要打开信了:

Turning the envelope over,his hand trembling Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms;a lion,an eagle,a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’.

一般情况下,拆信是这样的动作:

rip open the envelope unfold the letter

shake the letter open with one hand

读到这封信,哈利阿姨吓坏了,叔叔也对达力粗暴起来

She clutched her throat and made a choking noise.

He took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall,slamming the kitchen door behind them.

俩人不甘心呐

Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the  keyhole;Dudley won,so Harry,his glasses dangling from one year,lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.

哈利追悔莫及,为什么昨天没有在过道快速打开看看呢?

Harry was thinking about this time yesterday and bitterly wishing he’d open the letter in the hall.

信又来了,大家扭作一团

With a strangled cry,Uncle Vernon leapt from his seat and ran down the hall,Harry right behind him.Uncle Vernon had to wrestle Dudley to the ground to get the letter from him,which was made difficult by the fact that Harry had grabbed Uncle Vernon around the neck from behind.After a minute of confused fighting,in which everyone got hit a lot by the Smeltings stick,Uncle Vernon straightened up,gasping for breath,with Harry’s letter clutched in his hand.

这下信箱也订起来了

nailed up the letter-box

信从哪里进来呢?

门缝里:As they couldn’t go through the letter-box they had been pushed under the door,slotted through the sides and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs toilet.

装鸡蛋的箱子:Letters found their way into the house,rolled up and hidden inside each of the two dozen eggs.

烟囱:Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head.

壁炉:Letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets.

他们要离开了

moterway 高速公路,最后信都跟到他们住的宾馆了。

分享一个有意思的生活场景,家里有地锅,在引火的时候,用塑料袋没引着,然后塑料袋缩到一块:

The empty crisp packets just smoked and shriveled up.

最后他们逃到一个简陋的小木屋,在海边,饥寒交迫的他们过着这漫长的夜,突然

Boom.The whole shack shivered and Harry sat bolt upright,staring at the door.Someone was outside,knocking to come in.

发生什么了呢?看下章

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