Harry Potter 1-5 DIAGON ALLEY

Harry woke early the next morning. Although he could tell it was daylight, he kept his eyes shut tight.

“It was a dream,” he told himself firmly. “I dreamed a giant called Hagrid came to tell me I was going to a school for wizards. When I open my eyes I’ll be at home in my cupboard.”

There was suddenly a loud tapping noise.

And there’s Aunt Petunia knocking on the door, Harry thought, his heart sinking. But he still didn’t open his eyes. It had been such a good dream.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

“All right,” Harry mumbled, “I’m getting up.”

He sat up and Hagrid’s heavy coat fell off him. The hut was full of sunlight, the storm was over, Hagrid himself was asleep on the collapsed sofa, and there was an owl rapping its claw on the window, a newspaper held in its beak.

• hut /hʌt/: noun [ C ] a small, simple building, usually consisting of one room:
  a mountain hut
  a row of beach huts

Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside him. He went straight to the window and jerked it open. The owl swooped in and dropped the newspaper on top of Hagrid, who didn’t wake up. The owl then fluttered onto the floor and began to attack Hagrid’s coat.

• balloon /bəˈluːn/: noun [ C ] a small, very thin rubber bag that you blow air into or fill with a light gas until it is round in shape, used for decoration at parties or as a children’s toy:
  We tied balloons and streamers to the ceiling ready for the party.

• swelling /ˈswel.ɪŋ/: noun [ C or U ] a part of your body that has become bigger because of illness or injury:
  Put your foot into cold water to help the swelling go down.

“Don’t do that.”

Harry tried to wave the owl out of the way, but it snapped its beak fiercely at him and carried on savaging the coat.

“Hagrid!” said Harry loudly. “There’s an owl —” “Pay him,” Hagrid grunted into the sofa.

“What?” “He wants payin’ fer deliverin’ the paper. Look in the pockets.” Hagrid’s coat seemed to be made of nothing but pockets bunches of keys, slug pellets, balls of string, peppermint humbugs, teabags . . . finally, Harry pulled out a handful of strange-looking coins.

“Give him five Knuts,” said Hagrid sleepily.

• peppermint /ˈpep.ɚ.mɪnt/: noun a strong fresh flavoring from a type of mint plant, used especially to give flavor to candy:
  She drinks peppermint-flavored tea.

• humbug /ˈhʌm.bʌɡ/: noun (SWEET) a hard sweet, usually with a mint taste and strips of two different colors on the outside:
  mint humbugs

魔法世界的钱币叫Knuts

“Knuts?” “The little bronze ones.”

Harry counted out five little bronze coins, and the owl held out his leg so Harry could put the money into a small leather pouch tied to it. Then he flew off through the open window.

• leather /ˈleð.ɚ/: noun [ U ] animal skin treated in order to preserve it, and used to make shoes, bags, clothes, equipment, etc.:
  a leather coat/belt/purse

Hagrid yawned loudly, sat up, and stretched.

“Best be off, Harry, lots ter do today, gotta get up ter London an’ buy all yer stuff fer school.”

Harry was turning over the wizard coins and looking at them. He had just thought of something that made him feel as though the happy balloon inside him had got a puncture.

“Um — Hagrid?” “Mm?” said Hagrid, who was pulling on his huge boots.

“I haven’t got any money — and you heard Uncle Vernon last night . . . he won’t pay for me to go and learn magic.”

“Don’t worry about that,” said Hagrid, standing up and scratching his head. “D’yeh think yer parents didn’t leave yeh anything?”

“But if their house was destroyed —”

“They didn’ keep their gold in the house, boy! Nah, first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards’ bank. Have a sausage, they’re not bad cold — an’ I wouldn’ say no teh a bit o’ yer birthday cake, neither.”

海格要带哈利去古灵阁Gringotts 取父母留给哈利的遗产。

“Wizards have banks?”

“Just the one. Gringotts. Run by goblins.”

• goblin /ˈɡɑː.blɪn/: noun [ C ] (in stories) a small, ugly creature that is harmful to humans

Harry dropped the bit of sausage he was holding.

“Goblins?”

“Yeah — so yeh’d be mad ter try an’ rob it, I’ll tell yeh that. Never mess with goblins, Harry. Gringotts is the safest place in the world fer anything yeh want ter keep safe — ’cept maybe Hogwarts. As a matter o’ fact, I gotta visit Gringotts anyway Fer Dumbledore. Hogwarts business.” Hagrid drew himself up proudly. “He usually gets me ter do important stuff fer him. Fetchin’ you gettin’ things from Gringotts — knows he can trust me, see.

“Got everythin’? Come on, then.”

Harry followed Hagrid out onto the rock. The sky was quite clear now and the sea gleamed in the sunlight. The boat Uncle Vernon had hired was still there, with a lot of water in the bottom after the storm.

“How did you get here?” Harry asked, looking around for another boat.

• gleam /ɡliːm/: verb [ I ] to produce or reflect a small, bright light:
  He polished the table until it gleamed.

“Flew,” said Hagrid.

“Flew?” “Yeah — but we’ll go back in this. Not s’pposed ter use magic now I’ve got yeh.”

They settled down in the boat, Harry still staring at Hagrid, trying to imagine him flying.

“Seems a shame ter row, though,” said Hagrid, giving Harry another of his sideways looks. “If I was ter — er — speed things up a bit, would yeh mind not mentionin’ it at Hogwarts?”

“Of course not,” said Harry, eager to see more magic. Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and they sped off toward land.

“Why would you be mad to try and rob Gringotts?” Harry asked.

“Spells — enchantments,” said Hagrid, unfolding his newspaper as he spoke. “They say there’s dragons guardin’ the high-security vaults. And then yeh gotta find yer way — Gringotts is hundreds of miles under London, see. Deep under the Underground. Yeh’d die of hunger tryin’ ter get out, even if yeh did manage ter get yer hands on summat.”

• enchantment /ɪnˈtʃænt.mənt/: noun (PLEASURE) a feeling of great pleasure and attraction, especially because something is very beautiful:
  The audience looked on in utter fascination and enchantment.
  This is a place of enchantment and beauty.
• vault /vɑːlt/: noun (ARCH) a type of arch that supports a roof or ceiling, especially in a church or public building, or a ceiling or roof supported by several of these arches

古灵阁在伦敦地下几百英里深的地方，重要的宝库被龙把守。

Harry sat and thought about this while Hagrid read his newspaper, the Daily Prophet. Harry had learned from Uncle Vernon that people liked to be left alone while they did this, but it was very difficult, he’d never had so many questions in his life.

“Ministry o’ Magic messin’ things up as usual,” Hagrid muttered, turning the page.

“There’s a Ministry of Magic?” Harry asked, before he could stop himself.

“ ’Course,” said Hagrid. “They wanted Dumbledore fer Minister, o’ course, but he’d never leave Hogwarts, so old Cornelius Fudge got the job. Bungler if ever there was one. So he pelts Dumbledore with owls every morning, askin’ fer advice.”

“But what does a Ministry of Magic do?”

“Well, their main job is to keep it from the Muggles that there’s still witches an’ wizards up an’ down the country.”

“Why?”

“Why? Blimey, Harry, everyone’d be wantin’ magic solutions to their problems. Nah, we’re best left alone.”

At this moment the boat bumped gently into the harbor wall. Hagrid folded up his newspaper, and they clambered up the stone steps onto the street.

• harbor /ˈhɑːr.bɚ/: verb (HAVE IN MIND) an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the ocean by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter:
  Our hotel room overlooked a pretty little fishing harbor.
• clamber /ˈklæm.bɚ/: verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] to climb up, across, or into somewhere with difficulty, using the hands and the feet:
  They clambered over/up the rocks.
  I clambered into/onto the bus.
  She clambered into bed.

Passersby stared a lot at Hagrid as they walked through the little town to the station. Harry couldn’t blame them. Not only was Hagrid twice as tall as anyone else, he kept pointing at perfectly ordinary things like parking meters and saying loudly, “See that, Harry? Things these Muggles dream up, eh?”

• blame /bleɪm/: verb [ T ] to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening:
  Don’t blame me (= it is not my fault) if you miss the bus!
  Hugh blames his mother for his lack of confidence.
  Hugh blames his lack of confidence on his mother.

“Hagrid,” said Harry, panting a bit as he ran to keep up, “did you say there are dragons at Gringotts?”

“Well, so they say,” said Hagrid. “Crikey, I’d like a dragon.”

“You’d like one?”

“Wanted one ever since I was a kid — here we go.”

海格从小的时候就想要养一只龙。

They had reached the station. There was a train to London in five minutes’ time. Hagrid, who didn’t understand “Muggle money,” as he called it, gave the bills to Harry so he could buy their tickets.

People stared more than ever on the train. Hagrid took up two seats and sat knitting what looked like a canary-yellow circus tent.

• canary /kəˈner.i/: noun [ C ] a small, yellow bird that is well known for its singing, sometimes kept as a pet

• circus /ˈsɝː.kəs/: noun (ENTERTAINMENT) a group of traveling performers including acrobats (= people skilled in difficult physical movements) or those who work with trained animals, or a performance by such people usually in a large tent:
  She ran away to join the circus.
  The horses trotted into the circus ring (= the large circle, with seats all around, in which a circus performs).
  The children loved being taken to the circus.

• tent /tent/: noun [ C ] a shelter made of canvas or a similar material and supported by poles and ropes, that you can fold up and carry with you

“Still got yer letter, Harry?” he asked as he counted stitches.

• stitch /stɪtʃ/: noun (THREAD) a piece of thread sewn in cloth, or the single movement of a needle and thread into and out of the cloth that produces this:
  Secure the two pieces together with a couple of stitches.

Harry took the parchment envelope out of his pocket.

“Good,” said Hagrid. “There’s a list there of everything yeh need.”

Harry unfolded a second piece of paper he hadn’t noticed the night before, and read:

• parchment /ˈpɑːrtʃ.mənt/: noun the thin, dried skin of some animals that was used in the past for writing on, or a high-quality paper made to look like this:
  ancient parchment
  He’d been sick for a long time, and his skin was like parchment.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

uniform First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils’ clothes should carry name tags

course books All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners’ Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

other equipment

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

• robe /roʊb/: noun [ C ] a long, loose piece of clothing worn especially on very formal occasions:
  Judges wear black robes when they are in court.

• glove /ɡlʌv/: noun [ C ] a piece of clothing that is worn on the hand and wrist for warmth or protection, with separate parts for each finger:
  leather/wool/rubber gloves
  a pair of gloves

• silver /ˈsɪl.vɚ/: noun (METAL) a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, white metal, used for making silverware (= knives, spoons, etc.), jewelry, coins, and decorative objects:
  We gave them a dish made of solid silver as a wedding present.
  Cleaning the silver (= silver objects) is a dirty job.
  Should we use the silver (= knives, spoons, plates, etc. made of silver) for dinner tonight?
  UK I need some silver (= coins made of silver or a metal of similar appearance) for the ticket machine in the car park.

• wand /wɑːnd/: noun [ C ] a special thin stick waved by a person who is performing magic tricks:
  The fairy godmother waved her magic wand over the cabbages and they turned into horses.

• phial /faɪəl/: noun [ C ] a small glass bottle, especially one containing liquid medicine:
  a phial of opium/poison

• telescope /ˈtel.ə.skoʊp/: noun (DEVICE) a cylinder-shaped device for making objects that are far away look closer and larger, using a combination of lenses, or lenses and curved mirrors
• brass /bræs/: noun (METAL) a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:
  The door handles were made of brass.

• scale /skeɪl/: noun (MEASURE) a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something:
  the Centigrade/Fahrenheit scale
  How would you rate his work on a scale of 1 to 5?

“Can we buy all this in London?” Harry wondered aloud.

“If yeh know where to go,” said Hagrid.

Harry had never been to London before. Although Hagrid seemed to know where he was going, he was obviously not used to getting there in an ordinary way. He got stuck in the ticket barrier on the Underground, and complained loudly that the seats were too small and the trains too slow.

“I don’t know how the Muggles manage without magic,” he said as they climbed a broken-down escalator that led up to a bustling road lined with shops.

• escalator /ˈes.kə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/: noun [ C ] a set of stairs moved up or down by electric power on which people can stand and be taken from one level of a building to another, especially in stores, railroad stations, and airports:
  I’ll meet you by the up/down escalator on the second floor.

Hagrid was so huge that he parted the crowd easily; all Harry had to do was keep close behind him. They passed book shops and music stores, hamburger restaurants and cinemas, but nowhere that looked as if it could sell you a magic wand. This was just an ordinary street full of ordinary people. Could there really be piles of wizard gold buried miles beneath them? Were there really shops that sold spell books and broomsticks? Might this not all be some huge joke that the Dursleys had cooked up? If Harry hadn’t known that the Dursleys had no sense of humor, he might have thought so; yet somehow, even though everything Hagrid had told him so far was unbelievable, Harry couldn’t help trusting him.

• broomstick /ˈbruːm.stɪk/: noun [ C ] a broom made of sticks:
  In children’s books, witches are often shown riding broomsticks.

“This is it,” said Hagrid, coming to a halt, “the Leaky Cauldron. It’s a famous place.”

It was a tiny, grubby-looking pub. If Hagrid hadn’t pointed it out, Harry wouldn’t have noticed it was there. The people hurrying by didn’t glance at it. Their eyes slid from the big book shop on one side to the record shop on the other as if they couldn’t see the Leaky Cauldron at all. In fact, Harry had the most peculiar feeling that only he and Hagrid could see it. Before he could mention this, Hagrid had steered him inside.

海格带着哈利来到 “破釜酒吧”(the Leaky Cauldron) 。只有会魔法的人可以看到它。

For a famous place, it was very dark and shabby. A few old women were sitting in a corner, drinking tiny glasses of sherry. One of them was smoking a long pipe. A little man in a top hat was talking to the old bartender, who was quite bald and looked like a toothless walnut. The low buzz of chatter stopped when they walked in. Everyone seemed to know Hagrid; they waved and smiled at him, and the bartender reached for a glass, saying, “The usual, Hagrid?”

• shabby /ˈʃæb.i/: adjective (BAD CONDITION) looking old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for:
  He wore a shabby old overcoat.
  Her home is a rented one-bedroom apartment in a shabby part of town.
  The refugees were shabby (= wore old clothes in bad condition) and hungry.
• sherry /ˈʃer.i/: noun [ C or U ] a type of strong wine from southern Spain that is a pale yellow or brown color, sometimes drunk before a meal:
  sweet/dry sherry
  Would you like a glass of sherry/some sherry?
  Would you like a sherry (= a glass of sherry)?
• bartender /ˈbɑːrˌten.dɚ/: noun [ C ] someone who makes and serves drinks in a bar
• bald /bɑːld/: adjective (NO HAIR) with little or no hair on the head:
  At 20 he was already going bald.
• walnut /ˈwɑːl.nʌt/: noun a nut with a slightly bitter taste, a series of folds in it, and a hard shell:
  Sprinkle with chopped walnuts to serve.
  a pear and walnut salad
  walnut cookies

• buzz /bʌz/: verb (MAKE SOUND) to make a continuous, low sound such as the one a bee makes:
  I can hear something buzzing.
• chatter /ˈtʃæt̬.ɚ/: verb (TALK/NOISE) to talk for a long time about things that are not important:
  She spent the morning chattering away to her friends.
  He chattered happily about nothing in particular.

“Can’t, Tom, I’m on Hogwarts business,” said Hagrid, clapping his great hand on Harry’s shoulder and making Harry’s knees buckle.

• buckle /ˈbʌk.əl/: verb (FASTEN) to fasten or be fastened with a buckle

“Good Lord,” said the bartender, peering at Harry, “is this can this be — ?”

The Leaky Cauldron had suddenly gone completely still and silent.

“Bless my soul,” whispered the old bartender, “Harry Potter . . . what an honor.”

He hurried out from behind the bar, rushed toward Harry and seized his hand, tears in his eyes.

“Welcome back, Mr. Potter, welcome back.”

Harry didn’t know what to say. Everyone was looking at him. The old woman with the pipe was puffing on it without realizing it had gone out. Hagrid was beaming.

• puff /pʌf/: verb (BREATHE) to breathe fast and with difficulty, usually because you have been exercising:
  He came puffing up the stairs.
  [ + speech ] “I ran all the way home,” she puffed (= said while puffing).

Then there was a great scraping of chairs and the next moment, Harry found himself shaking hands with everyone in the Leaky Cauldron.

“Doris Crockford, Mr. Potter, can’t believe I’m meeting you at last.”

“So proud, Mr. Potter, I’m just so proud.”

“Always wanted to shake your hand — I’m all of a flutter.”

• flutter /ˈflʌt̬.ɚ/: verb (MOVE) to make a series of quick delicate movements up and down or from side to side, or to cause something to do this:
  Brightly colored flags were fluttering in the breeze.
  Leaves fluttered down onto the path.
  Butterflies fluttered about in the sunshine.
  A white bird poised on a wire and fluttered its wings.

“Delighted, Mr. Potter, just can’t tell you, Diggle’s the name, Dedalus Diggle.”

“I’ve seen you before!” said Harry, as Dedalus Diggle’s top hat fell off in his excitement. “You bowed to me once in a shop.”

“He remembers!” cried Dedalus Diggle, looking around at everyone. “Did you hear that? He remembers me!”

Harry shook hands again and again — Doris Crockford kept coming back for more.

A pale young man made his way forward, very nervously. One of his eyes was twitching.

• pale /peɪl/: adjective used to describe a person’s face or skin if it has less color than usual, for example when the person is or sick or frightened, or if it has less color than people generally have:
  You’re looking pale - are you feeling well?
  She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.
• twitch /twɪtʃ/: verb (MOVE SLIGHTLY) (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to:
  He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
  She twitched her nose like a rabbit.

“Professor Quirrell!” said Hagrid. “Harry, Professor Quirrell will be one of your teachers at Hogwarts.”

奇洛教授（Quirrell）出现。黑魔法防御术的老师。

“P-P-Potter,” stammered Professor Quirrell, grasping Harry’s hand, “c-can’t t-tell you how p-pleased I am to meet you.”

“What sort of magic do you teach, Professor Quirrell?”

“D-Defense Against the D-D-Dark Arts,” muttered Professor Quirrell, as though he’d rather not think about it. “N-not that you n-need it, eh, P-P-Potter?” He laughed nervously. “You’ll be g-getting all your equipment, I suppose? I’ve g-got to p-pick up a new b-book on vampires, m-myself.” He looked terrified at the very thought.

• vampire /ˈvæm.paɪr/: noun [ C ] (in stories) a dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night:
  The most famous vampire is Count Dracula of Transylvania.

But the others wouldn’t let Professor Quirrell keep Harry to himself. It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. At last, Hagrid managed to make himself heard over the babble.

• babble /ˈbæb.əl/: verb (TALK) to talk or say something in a quick, confused, excited, or silly way:
  The children babbled excitedly among themselves.
  She was babbling something about her ring being stolen.

“Must get on — lots ter buy. Come on, Harry.”

Doris Crockford shook Harry’s hand one last time, and Hagrid led them through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds.

Hagrid grinned at Harry.

• grin /ɡrɪn/: noun [ C ] a wide smile:
  I assumed things had gone well for him because he had a big grin on his face.
  a broad/sheepish grin

“Told yeh, didn’t I? Told yeh you was famous. Even Professor Quirrell was tremblin’ ter meet yeh — mind you, he’s usually tremblin’.”

“Is he always that nervous?”

“Oh, yeah. Poor bloke. Brilliant mind. He was fine while he was studyin’ outta books but then he took a year off ter get some firsthand experience. . . . They say he met vampires in the Black Forest, and there was a nasty bit o’ trouble with a hag — never been the same since. Scared of the students, scared of his own subject now, where’s me umbrella?”

奇洛教授在哈利第一年结束前担任黑魔法防御术课教授。他因自己的才气而出名，他的理论知识非常扎实，但他希望能得到第一手的实践经验。因此，在1991—1992学年段，奇洛抽出一部分时间去积累黑魔法防御术的实践经验。
他旅行到了黑暗森林，在那里陷入了麻烦，他遇到了几个吸血鬼和女巫。结果，当他返回学校继续教自己的课程的时候，他开始害怕所有东西，包括他的学生。他开始变的结巴，他的懦弱和无助曝露无疑。
事实上，他在旅行到阿尔巴尼亚时遇到了伏地魔，那时候的伏地魔无疑是寄居在一些小的啮齿动物动物的身上。这确实出乎奇洛意料，他被劝说成为黑暗势力的一员，成了伏地魔的仆人。

Vampires? Hags? Harry’s head was swimming. Hagrid, meanwhile, was counting bricks in the wall above the trash can.

“Three up . . . two across . . .” he muttered. “Right, stand back, Harry.”

He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella.

The brick he had touched quivered — it wriggled — in the middle, a small hole appeared — it grew wider and wider — a second later they were facing an archway large enough even for Hagrid, an archway onto a cobbled street that twisted and turned out of sight.

“Welcome,” said Hagrid, “to Diagon Alley.”

海格用伞敲击垃圾箱上的砖块，打开了通向对角巷的路。

He grinned at Harry’s amazement. They stepped through the archway. Harry looked quickly over his shoulder and saw the archway shrink instantly back into solid wall.

• archway /ˈɑːrtʃ.weɪ/: noun [ C ] an entrance or passage formed by an arch

The sun shone brightly on a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Cauldrons — All Sizes — Copper, Brass, Pewter, Silver — Self-Stirring — Collapsible, said a sign hanging over them.

“Yeah, you’ll be needin’ one,” said Hagrid, “but we gotta get yer money first.”

Harry wished he had about eight more eyes. He turned his head in every direction as they walked up the street, trying to look at everything at once: the shops, the things outside them, the people doing their shopping. A plump woman outside an Apothecary was shaking her head as they passed, saying, “Dragon liver, sixteen Sickles an ounce, they’re mad.

A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium — Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown, and Snowy. Several boys of about Harry’s age had their noses pressed against a window with broomsticks in it. “Look,” Harry heard one of them say, “the new Nimbus Two Thousand — fastest ever —” There were shops selling robes, shops selling telescopes and strange silver instruments Harry had never seen before, windows stacked with barrels of bat spleens and eels’ eyes, tottering piles of spell books, quills, and rolls of parchment, potion bottles, globes of the moon. . . .

• broomstick /ˈbruːm.stɪk/: noun [ C ] a broom made of sticks:
  In children’s books, witches are often shown riding broomsticks.

“Gringotts,” said Hagrid.

They had reached a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was —

• burnished /ˈbɝː.nɪʃt/: adjective smooth and shiny, usually because of being polished (= rubbed):
  The case is burnished aluminum.
  burnished mahogany doors
• bronze /brɑːnz/: noun a brown metal made of copper and tin:
  The church bells are made of bronze.

• scarlet /ˈskɑːr.lət/: noun [ U ], adjective bright red:
  scarlet berries
  He went scarlet with shame.

“Yeah, that’s a goblin,” said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps toward him. The goblin was about a head shorter than Harry. He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet. He bowed as they walked inside. Now they were facing a second pair of doors, silver this time, with words engraved upon them:

• swarthy /ˈswɔːr.ði/: adjective (of a person or their skin) dark:
  a swarthy face/complexion
  a swarthy fisherman
• silver /ˈsɪl.vɚ/: noun (METAL) a chemical element that is a valuable shiny, white metal, used for making silverware (= knives, spoons, etc.), jewelry, coins, and decorative objects:
  We gave them a dish made of solid silver as a wedding present.
  Cleaning the silver (= silver objects) is a dirty job.
  Should we use the silver (= knives, spoons, plates, etc. made of silver) for dinner tonight?
  UK I need some silver (= coins made of silver or a metal of similar appearance) for the ticket machine in the car park.

• engrave /ɪnˈɡreɪv/: verb [ T ] to cut words, pictures, or patterns into the surface of metal, stone, etc.:
  The jeweler skillfully engraved the initials on the ring.
  The bracelet was engraved with his name and date of birth.

Enter, stranger, but take heed Of what awaits the sin of greed, For those who take, but do not earn, Must pay most dearly in their turn. So if you seek beneath our floors A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware Of finding more than treasure there.

“Like I said, yeh’d be mad ter try an’ rob it,” said Hagrid.

A pair of goblins bowed them through the silver doors and they were in a vast marble hall. About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. There were too many doors to count leading off the hall, and yet more goblins were showing people in and out of these. Hagrid and Harry made for the counter.

• marble /ˈmɑːr.bəl/: noun (ROCK) a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it, feels cold, and can be polished to become smooth and shiny:
  a marble floor/statue

• stool /stuːl/: noun (SEAT) a seat without any support for the back or arms:
  a bar/kitchen/piano stool
  a three-legged stool

• scribble /ˈskrɪb.əl/: verb [ I or T ] to write or draw something quickly or carelessly:
  The baby’s just scribbled all over my new dictionary!
  [ + two objects ] I’ll just scribble Dad a note/scribble a note to Dad to say we’re going out.
• ledger /ˈledʒ.ɚ/: noun [ C ] a book in which things are regularly recorded, especially business activities and money received or paid
• brass /bræs/: noun (METAL) a bright yellow metal made from copper and zinc:
  The door handles were made of brass.

“Morning,” said Hagrid to a free goblin. “We’ve come ter take some money outta Mr. Harry Potter’s safe.”

“You have his key, sir?”

“Got it here somewhere,” said Hagrid, and he started emptying his pockets onto the counter, scattering a handful of moldy dog biscuits over the goblins book of numbers. The goblin wrinkled his nose. Harry watched the goblin on their right weighing a pile of rubies as big as glowing coals.

• moldy /ˈmoʊl.di/: adjective (HAVING MOLD) covered with mold:
  moldy bread/cheese
• biscuit /ˈbɪs.kɪt/: noun (BREAD) a type of bread usually baked in small, round pieces:
  baking-powder biscuits
  biscuits and gravy

“Got it,” said Hagrid at last, holding up a tiny golden key.

The goblin looked at it closely.

“That seems to be in order.”

“An’ I’ve also got a letter here from Professor Dumbledore,” said Hagrid importantly, throwing out his chest. “It’s about the You-Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen.”

The goblin read the letter carefully.

“Very well,” he said, handing it back to Hagrid, “I will have someone take you down to both vaults. Griphook!”

Griphook 是另一个妖精,带着哈利和海格去 713 号地下金库取宝物和哈利父母留给哈利的财宝.

Griphook was yet another goblin. Once Hagrid had crammed all the dog biscuits back inside his pockets, he and Harry followed Griphook toward one of the doors leading off the hall.

“What’s the You-Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen?” Harry asked.

“Can’t tell yeh that,” said Hagrid mysteriously. “Very secret. Hogwarts business. Dumbledore’s trusted me. More’n my job’s worth ter tell yeh that.”

Griphook held the door open for them. Harry, who had expected more marble, was surprised. They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches. It sloped steeply downward and there were little railway tracks on the floor. Griphook whistled and a small cart came hurtling up the tracks toward them. They climbed in — Hagrid with some difficulty — and were off.

• marble /ˈmɑːr.bəl/: noun (ROCK) a type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it, feels cold, and can be polished to become smooth and shiny:
  a marble floor/statue

• cart /kɑːrt/: noun [ C ] a vehicle with either two or four wheels, pulled by a horse and used for carrying goods:
  a horse and cart

At first they just hurtled through a maze of twisting passages. Harry tried to remember, left, right, right, left, middle fork, right, left, but it was impossible. The rattling cart seemed to know its own way, because Griphook wasn’t steering.

• hurtle /ˈhɝː.t̬əl/: verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous:
  The truck came hurtling toward us.
  The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass hurtling through the air.
• maze /meɪz/: noun (PLACE) a complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find their way through for entertainment

• twisting /ˈtwɪs·tɪŋ/: adjective having a lot of turns or changes of direction:
  a twisting country road
• passage /ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/: noun (CONNECTING WAY) a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that connects places:
  A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden.
  The bathroom’s on the right at the end of the passage.

• rattle /ˈræt̬.əl/: verb (WORRY) a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks:
  From across the town came the rattle of machine-gun fire.

Harry’s eyes stung as the cold air rushed past them, but he kept them wide open. Once, he thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late — they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor.

• stalactite /stə.ˈlæk.taɪt/: noun [ C ] a column of rock that hangs from the roof of a cave and is formed over a very long period of time by drops of water containing lime falling from the roof

• stalagmite /stə.ˈlæɡ.maɪt/: noun [ C ] a column of rock that rises from the floor of a cave, formed over a very long period of time by drops of water containing lime falling from the roof of the cave

• ceiling /ˈsiː.lɪŋ/: noun (TOP OF A ROOM) the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you

“I never know,” Harry called to Hagrid over the noise of the cart, “what’s the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?”

“Stalagmite’s got an ‘m’ in it,” said Hagrid. “An’ don’ ask me questions just now, I think I’m gonna be sick.”

He did look very green, and when the cart stopped at last beside a small door in the passage wall, Hagrid got out and had to lean against the wall to stop his knees from trembling.

Griphook unlocked the door. A lot of green smoke came billowing out, and as it cleared, Harry gasped. Inside were mounds of gold coins. Columns of silver. Heaps of little bronze Knuts.

• gasp /ɡæsp/: verb [ I ] to take a short, quick breath through the mouth, especially because of surprise, pain, or shock:
  When she saw the money hidden in the box she gasped in surprise.
  [ + speech ] “Help me!” he gasped.
• mound /maʊnd/: noun (PILE) a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a small hill:
  a burial mound (= a place where people were buried in ancient times)

“All yours,” smiled Hagrid.

All Harry’s — it was incredible. The Dursleys couldn’t have known about this or they’d have had it from him faster than blinking. How often had they complained how much Harry cost them to keep? And all the time there had been a small fortune belonging to him, buried deep under London.

• fortune /ˈfɔːr.tʃuːn/: noun (WEALTH) a large amount of money, goods, property, etc.:
  She inherited a fortune from her grandmother.
  He lost a fortune gambling.
  You can make a fortune out of junk if you call it antiques.
  This dress cost a (small) fortune.
  Any painting by Van Gogh is worth a fortune.

Hagrid helped Harry pile some of it into a bag.

“The gold ones are Galleons,” he explained. “Seventeen silver Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle, it’s easy enough. Right, that should be enough fer a couple o’ terms, we’ll keep the rest safe for yeh.” He turned to Griphook. “Vault seven hundred and thirteen now, please, and can we go more slowly?”

金币是Galleons

银币是Sickles

青铜币是Knuts

1 Galleons = 17 Sickles

1 Sickles = 29 Knuts

“One speed only,” said Griphook.

They were going even deeper now and gathering speed. The air became colder and colder as they hurtled round tight corners. They went rattling over an underground ravine, and Harry leaned over the side to try to see what was down at the dark bottom, but Hagrid groaned and pulled him back by the scruff of his neck.

• scruff /skrʌf/: noun (NECK) by the skin at the back of the neck:
  Cats carry their kittens by the scruff of the neck.
  I took/grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the hall.

Vault seven hundred and thirteen had no keyhole.

“Stand back,” said Griphook importantly. He stroked the door gently with one of his long fingers and it simply melted away.

“If anyone but a Gringotts goblin tried that, they’d be sucked through the door and trapped in there,” said Griphook.

“How often do you check to see if anyone’s inside?” Harry asked.

“About once every ten years,” said Griphook with a rather nasty grin.

Something really extraordinary had to be inside this top security vault, Harry was sure, and he leaned forward eagerly, expecting to see fabulous jewels at the very least — but at first he thought it was empty. Then he noticed a grubby little package wrapped up in brown paper lying on the floor. Hagrid picked it up and tucked it deep inside his coat. Harry longed to know what it was, but knew better than to ask.

“Come on, back in this infernal cart, and don’t talk to me on the way back, it’s best if I keep me mouth shut,” said Hagrid.

• infernal /ɪnˈfɝː.nəl/: adjective very bad or unpleasant:
  What an infernal noise!

One wild cart ride later they stood blinking in the sunlight outside Gringotts. Harry didn’t know where to run first now that he had a bag full of money. He didn’t have to know how many Galleons there were to a pound to know that he was holding more money than he’d had in his whole life — more money than even Dudley had ever had.

• cart /kɑːrt/: noun [ C ] a vehicle with either two or four wheels, pulled by a horse and used for carrying goods:
  a horse and cart

“Might as well get yer uniform,” said Hagrid, nodding toward Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions. “Listen, Harry, would yeh mind if I slipped off fer a pick-me-up in the Leaky Cauldron? I hate them Gringotts carts.” He did still look a bit sick, so Harry entered Madam Malkin’s shop alone, feeling nervous.

Madam Malkin was a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.

“Hogwarts, dear?” she said, when Harry started to speak. “Got the lot here — another young man being fitted up just now, in fact.”

初遇马尔福

In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale, pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes. Madam Malkin stood Harry on a stool next to him, slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length.

哈利第一次见到马尔福的时候他面色苍白，一个女巫正在用针给他别起长袍。

Madam Malkin 服装店老板摩金夫人

• pale /peɪl/: adjective used to describe a person’s face or skin if it has less color than usual, for example when the person is or sick or frightened, or if it has less color than people generally have:
  You’re looking pale - are you feeling well? 面色苍白
  She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.
• pointed /ˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/: adjective (SHARP END) A pointed object has a thin, sharp end or becomes much narrower at one end: 瘦削，尖的
  He has funny little pointed ears.
• footstool /ˈfʊt.stuːl/: noun [ C ] a low support on which a person who is sitting can place their feet脚凳

• second /ˈsek.ənd/: noun (TIME) immediately after the first and before any others:
  Is Carla her first or second child?
  This is the second time I’ve had the flu this winter.
  Today is the second (of March).
• witch /wɪtʃ/: noun [ C ] a woman who is believed to have magical powers and who uses them to harm or help other people:女巫
  a witch on a broomstick
  Witches were persecuted all over western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century, as it was claimed that they had dealings with the Devil.
• robe /roʊb/: noun [ C ] a long, loose piece of clothing worn especially on very formal occasions:
  Judges wear black robes when they are in court.

“Hello,” said the boy, “Hogwarts, too?”

“Yes,” said Harry.

“My father’s next door buying my books and mother’s up the street looking at wands,” said the boy. He had a bored, drawling voice. “Then I’m going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don’t see why first years can’t have their own. I think I’ll bully father into getting me one and I’ll smuggle it in somehow.”

马尔福喜欢拖长音调说话。

一年级新生不让买飞天扫帚（racing broom），马尔福就想让他爸妈给他买，然后他再偷偷带进学校。

• wand /wɑːnd/: noun [ C ] a special thin stick waved by a person who is performing magic tricks:
  The fairy godmother waved her magic wand over the cabbages and they turned into horses.

• bored /bɔːrd/: adjective feeling unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do:
  It was a cold, wet day and the children were bored.
  He was getting bored with doing the same thing every day.
• drawl /drɑːl/: noun [ S ] a slow way of speaking in which the vowel sounds are made longer and words are not separated clearly: 拖长腔调慢吞吞的说话方式
  a southern/Texan/mid-Atlantic drawl
• broom /bruːm/: noun (BRUSH) a brush with a long handle, used for cleaning the floor

• bully /ˈbʊl.i/: verb [ T ] to hurt or frighten someone, often over a period of time, and often forcing that person to do something they do not want to do:恐吓, 威逼

  Our survey indicates that one in four children is bullied at school.
  Don’t let anyone bully you into doing something you don’t want to do.

• smuggle /ˈsmʌɡ.əl/: verb [ T usually + adv/prep ] to take things or people to or from a place secretly and often illegally: 偷偷带某物
  She was caught trying to smuggle 26 pounds of heroin out of/into the country.
  They managed to smuggle a video of the captive journalists out of the prison.

• drag them off 拖着他们去。。。

Harry was strongly reminded of Dudley.

“Have you got your own broom?” the boy went on.

“No,” said Harry.

“Play Quidditch at all?”

“No,” Harry said again, wondering what on earth Quidditch could be.

“I do — Father says it’s a crime if I’m not picked to play for my House, and I must say, I agree. Know what House you’ll be in yet?”

这里的 “crime” 有夸张的意味。马尔福的爸爸说如果马尔福没被选入学院的代表队，就很丢人。

哈利波特中的学院使用了 “House”

• crime /kraɪm/: noun illegal activities:
  The rate of violent crime fell last month.
  serious crime
  gun/knife crime
  a life of crime
  a rising crime rate
  a crime wave
  crime prevention

“No,” said Harry, feeling more stupid by the minute.

“Well, no one really knows until they get there, do they, but I know I’ll be in Slytherin, all our family have been — imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I’d leave, wouldn’t you?”

马尔福自信会被分到斯莱特林学院，而且他看不起赫奇帕奇学院，说一旦被分进去，就退学。

“Mmm,” said Harry, wishing he could say something a bit more interesting.

“I say, look at that man!” said the boy suddenly, nodding toward the front window. Hagrid was standing there, grinning at Harry and pointing at two large ice creams to show he couldn’t come in.

• grin /ɡrɪn/: noun [ C ] a wide smile: 咧嘴大笑
  I assumed things had gone well for him because he had a big grin on his face.
  a broad/sheepish grin

“That’s Hagrid,” said Harry, pleased to know something the boy didn’t. “He works at Hogwarts.”

• pleased /pliːzd/: adjective happy or satisfied:
  a pleased expression/smile
  Are you pleased about John’s promotion?
  We’re so pleased that you’re able to come to the wedding.
  I’m really pleased with your work this term.
  I’m pleased to hear you’re feeling better.

“Oh,” said the boy, “I’ve heard of him. He’s a sort of servant, isn’t he?”

• sort /sɔːrt/: noun (TYPE) a group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities:
  We both like the same sort of music.
  I’m going to have a salad of some sort.
  What sort of shoes will I need?
  We saw all sorts (= many types) of animals in the park.
  Many sorts of bacteria are resistant to penicillin.
  This sort of camera is very expensive.
  Plants of this sort need shady conditions.
• servant /ˈsɝː.vənt/: noun a person who is employed in another person’s house, doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning, especially in the past

“He’s the gamekeeper,” said Harry. He was liking the boy less and less every second.

“Yes, exactly. I heard he’s a sort of savage — lives in a hut on the school grounds and every now and then he gets drunk, tries to do magic, and ends up setting fire to his bed.”

• hut /hʌt/: noun [ C ] a small, simple building, usually consisting of one room:
  a mountain hut
  a row of beach huts

“I think he’s brilliant,” said Harry coldly.

• brilliant /ˈbrɪl.jənt/: adjective (INTELLIGENT) extremely intelligent or skilled:
  Her mother was a brilliant scientist.
  He gave a brilliant performance.
  The idea was quite brilliant.
  She seemed to have a brilliant career ahead of her (= was likely to be extremely successful).

“Do you?” said the boy, with a slight sneer. “Why is he with you? Where are your parents?”

• sneer /snɪr/: verb [ I or T ] to talk about or look at someone or something in an unkind way that shows you do not respect or approve of him, her, or it: 嘲笑
  You may sneer, but a lot of people like this kind of music.
  She’ll probably sneer at my new shoes because t hey’re not expensive.
  [ + speech ] “Is that the best you can do?” he sneered.

“They’re dead,” said Harry shortly. He didn’t feel much like going into the matter with this boy.

“Oh, sorry,” said the other, not sounding sorry at all. “But they were our kind, weren’t they?”

“They were a witch and wizard, if that’s what you mean.”

“I really don’t think they should let the other sort in, do you? They’re just not the same, they’ve never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them have never even heard of Hogwarts until they get the letter, imagine. I think they should keep it in the old wizarding families. What’s your surname, anyway?”

马尔福在见到哈利第一面的时候就表达了对巫师血统的偏执。认为只有巫师家族才有资格进入

• surname /ˈsɝː.neɪm/: noun [ C ] the name that you share with other members of your family; last name:
  Her first name is Sarah but I don’t know her surname.

But before Harry could answer, Madam Malkin said, “That’s you done, my dear,” and Harry, not sorry for an excuse to stop talking to the boy, hopped down from the footstool.

• excuse /ɪkˈskjuːz/: noun [ C ] a reason that you give to explain why you did something wrong:
  He’d better have a good excuse for being late.
  I’ve never known him to miss a meeting - I’m sure he’ll have an excuse.
  There’s no excuse for that sort of behavior.
• hop /hɑːp/: noun (JUMP) to jump on one foot or to move about in this way:
  I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.

“Well, I’ll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose,” said the drawling boy.

Harry was rather quiet as he ate the ice cream Hagrid had bought him (chocolate and raspberry with chopped nuts).

rather quiet 相当安静。

主语是Harry was rather quiet。

• raspberry: 覆盆子
• chop /tʃɑːp/: verb [ T ] to cut something into pieces with an ax, knife, or other sharp instrument:
  He was chopping wood in the yard.
  Add some fresh parsley, finely chopped.
  Chop (up) the onions and carrots roughly.
  informal Laura had her hair chopped (= cut) yesterday.

“What’s up?” said Hagrid.

“Nothing,” Harry lied. They stopped to buy parchment and quills. Harry cheered up a bit when he found a bottle of ink that changed color as you wrote. When they had left the shop, he said, “Hagrid, what’s Quidditch?”

• parchment 羊皮纸
• quills 鹅毛笔

“Blimey, Harry, I keep forgettin’ how little yeh know — not knowin’ about Quidditch!”

• blimey /ˈblaɪ.mi/: exclamation an expression of surprise:
  Blimey, what a lot of food!

“Don’t make me feel worse,” said Harry. He told Hagrid about the pale boy in Madam Malkin’s.

“— and he said people from Muggle families shouldn’t even be allowed in —”

“Yer not from a Muggle family. If he’d known who yeh were he’s grown up knowin’ yer name if his parents are wizardin’ folk. You saw what everyone in the Leaky Cauldron was like when they saw yeh. Anyway, what does he know about it, some o’ the best I ever saw were the only ones with magic in ’em in a long line o’ Muggles — look at yer mum! Look what she had fer a sister!”

• folk /foʊk/: noun (PEOPLE) people, especially those of a particular group or type:
  old folks
  Ordinary folks can’t afford cars like that.

“So what is Quidditch?”

“It’s our sport. Wizard sport. It’s like — like soccer in the Muggle world — everyone follows Quidditch — played up in the air on broomsticks and there’s four balls — sorta hard ter explain the rules.”

• broomstick /ˈbruːm.stɪk/: noun [ C ] a broom made of sticks: 飞天扫帚
  In children’s books, witches are often shown riding broomsticks.

“And what are Slytherin and Hufflepuff?” “School Houses. There’s four. Everyone says Hufflepuff are a lot o’ duffers, but —”

海格跟哈利说，人们常说赫奇帕奇这个学院有很多笨蛋。

• duffer /ˈdʌf.ɚ/: noun [ C ] a person who has little skill or is slow to learn 笨蛋

“I bet I’m in Hufflepuff,” said Harry gloomily.

“Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin,” said Hagrid darkly. “There’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin. You-Know-Who was one.”

“Vol-, sorry — You-Know-Who was at Hogwarts?”

“Years an’ years ago,” said Hagrid.

They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all. Even Dudley, who never read anything, would have been wild to get his hands on some of these. Hagrid almost had to drag Harry away from Curses and Countercurses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying and Much, Much More) by Professor Vindictus Viridian.

• Flourish and Blotts 丽痕书店

• stacked /stækt/: adjective covered or filled with a large amount of things: 堆积
  The refrigerator is stacked with food.

• ceiling /ˈsiː.lɪŋ/: noun (TOP OF A ROOM) the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you

• paving /ˈpeɪ.vɪŋ/: noun [ U ] a paved area, or material used to pave an area
• bound in leather 皮面装订
• leather /ˈleð.ɚ/: noun [ U ] animal skin treated in order to preserve it, and used to make shoes, bags, clothes, equipment, etc.:
  a leather coat/belt/purse
• postage /ˈpoʊ.stɪdʒ/: noun [ U ] the money that you pay for sending letters and packages through the mail: 邮资
  Please enclose $15.99, plus $2 for postage.
• silk /sɪlk/: noun (CLOTH) a delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself:绢
  a silk dress
  a silk shirt

• Curses and Countercurses 诅咒与反诅咒
• bewitch /bɪˈwɪtʃ/: verb [ T ] to attract or interest someone a lot so that you have the power to influence them:
  He was bewitched by her beauty.
• befuddle /bɪˈfʌd.əl/: verb [ T ] to confuse someone:
  Federer has a wide repertoire of clever shots that befuddle even the best of his opponents.

“I was trying to find out how to curse Dudley.”

• curse /kɝːs/: verb (SPEAK ANGRILY) to use a word or an expression that is not polite and shows that you are very angry:
  We could hear him cursing and swearing as he tried to get the door open.
  She was cursing her brother for losing her keys.

“I’m not sayin’ that’s not a good idea, but yer not ter use magic in the Muggle world except in very special circumstances,” said Hagrid. “An’ anyway, yeh couldn’ work any of them curses yet, yeh’ll need a lot more study before yeh get ter that level.”

Hagrid wouldn’t let Harry buy a solid gold cauldron, either (“It says pewter on yer list”), but they got a nice set of scales for weighing potion ingredients and a collapsible brass telescope. Then they visited the Apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages. Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling. While Hagrid asked the man behind the counter for a supply of some basic potion ingredients for Harry, Harry himself examined silver unicorn horns at twenty-one Galleons each and minuscule, glittery-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a scoop).

Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling.

但药店却十分神奇，地上放着一桶桶黏糊糊的东西，顺墙摆着一罐罐药草、干草根和颜色鲜亮的各种粉末，天花板上挂着成捆的羽毛、成串的尖牙和毛爹爹的爪子。

• solid /ˈsɑː.lɪd/: adjective (HARD) hard or firm, keeping a clear shape:
  solid ground
  a solid object
  a solid structure
• cauldron /ˈkɑːl.drən/: noun [ C ] a large, round container for cooking in, usually supported over a fire, and used especially in the past

• pewter /ˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/: noun [ U ] a bluish-gray metal that is a mixture of tin and lead:
  a pewter plate/tankard 锡铅合金

• potion /ˈpoʊ.ʃən/: noun [ C ] a liquid that is believed to have a magical effect on someone who drinks it:魔药水
  a love/magic potion

• collapsible /kəˈlæp.sə.bəl/: adjective Collapsible furniture can be folded, usually so it can be put or stored in a smaller space: 可折叠的
  collapsible chairs

• brass /bræs/: noun (METAL) a bright yellow metal made from copper(n.铜) and zinc(n.锌):
  The door handles were made of brass.

• Apothecary 药店

• rot /rɑːt/: verb [ I or T ] to (cause something to) decay:腐烂
  The fruit had been left to rot on the trees.
  Rain has gotten in and rotted (away) the woodwork.
  the smell of rotting fruit

• cabbage /ˈkæb.ɪdʒ/: noun a large, round vegetable with large green, white, or purple leaves that can be eaten cooked or uncooked:卷心菜
  a savoy cabbage
  red/white cabbage

• unicorn /ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːrn/: noun (ANIMAL) an imaginary white creature like a horse with a single horn growing from the front of its head

• horn /hɔːrn/: noun (ANIMAL) a hard, pointed, often curved part that grows from the top of the head of some animals, or the hard substance of which a horn is made

• beetle /ˈbiː.t̬əl/: noun [ C ] an insect with a hard shell-like back:
  a black beetle
  a deathwatch beetle
  a dung beetle

Outside the Apothecary, Hagrid checked Harry’s list again.

“Just yer wand left — oh yeah, an’ I still haven’t got yeh a birthday present.”

Harry felt himself go red.

“You don’t have to —”

“I know I don’t have to. Tell yeh what, I’ll get yer animal. Not a toad, toads went outta fashion years ago, yeh’d be laughed at — an’ I don’ like cats, they make me sneeze. I’ll get yer an owl. All the kids want owls, they’re dead useful, carry yer mail an’ everythin’.”

Twenty minutes later, they left Eeylops Owl Emporium, which had been dark and full of rustling and flickering, jewel-bright eyes. Harry now carried a large cage that held a beautiful snowy owl, fast asleep with her head under her wing. He couldn’t stop stammering his thanks, sounding just like Professor Quirrell.

“Don’ mention it,” said Hagrid gruffly. “Don’ expect you’ve had a lotta presents from them Dursleys. Just Ollivanders left now only place fer wands, Ollivanders, and yeh gotta have the best wand.”

Eeylops Owl Emporium 咿啦猫头鹰商店

• rustling /ˈrʌs.əl.ɪŋ/: noun (NOISE) the sound that paper or leaves make when they move:
  I could hear (a) rustling in the bushes.
  A small animal was making rustling noises among the leaves.
• flickering /ˈflɪk.ɚ.ɪŋ/: adjective shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak:
  a flickering candle/fire
  flickering television screens
• stammer /ˈstæm.ɚ/: verb [ I or T ] to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness :
  [ + speech ] “Wh-when can we g-go?” she stammered.
  He dialed 911 and stammered (out) his name and address.

挑选魔杖

A magic wand . . . this was what Harry had been really looking forward to.

The last shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382b.c. A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window.

• narrow /ˈner.oʊ/: adjective (SMALL WIDTH) having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with the length: 窄的
  a narrow bridge/passage/gap
  a narrow face
  narrow feet
  The little village has very narrow streets.
• shabby /ˈʃæb.i/: adjective (BAD CONDITION) looking old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for:破的
  He wore a shabby old overcoat.
  Her home is a rented one-bedroom apartment in a shabby part of town.
  The refugees were shabby (= wore old clothes in bad condition) and hungry.
• faded /ˈfeɪ.dɪd/: adjective less bright in color than before:褪色
  faded jeans
  faded curtains/wallpaper
  figurative a faded beauty (= a woman who was beautiful in the past)
• cushion /ˈkʊʃ.ən/: noun (SOFT THING) a bag made of cloth, plastic, or leather that is filled with soft material, often has an attractive cover, and is used especially on chairs for sitting or leaning on:软垫子
  She sank back against/into the cushions.

• dusty /ˈdʌs.ti/: adjective covered in dust:落满灰尘
  Piles of dusty books lay on the floor.
  We drove along the dusty road.

A tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as they stepped inside. It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair that Hagrid sat on to wait. Harry felt strangely as though he had entered a very strict library; he swallowed a lot of new questions that had just occurred to him and looked instead at the thousands of narrow boxes piled neatly right up to the ceiling. For some reason, the back of his neck prickled. The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic.

哈利第一次进魔杖商店的时候，脖子后面有刺痛感，说明商店里有神秘的魔法。

The very dust and silence in here seemed to tingle with some secret magic.中 tingle with 翻译成了暗藏着。

• tinkle /ˈtɪŋ.kəl/: noun (SOUND) a light ringing sound:叮叮当当的声音
  In the distance we heard the silvery tinkle of a stream.
• spindly /ˈspɪnd.li/: adjective long or tall and thin, and looking weak:细长的
  spindly legs
  a plant with a spindly stem
• swallow /ˈswɑː.loʊ/: verb (THROAT) to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat: 忍受
  My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.
  He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
• pile /paɪl/: noun (AMOUNT) objects positioned one on top of another: 堆积
  a pile of books
  a pile of dirty clothes

• prickle /ˈprɪk.əl/: noun [ C ] one of several thin, sharp points that stick out of a plant or animal:刺痛
  The fruit can be eaten once the prickles have been removed.
• tingle /ˈtɪŋ.ɡəl/: verb [ I ] to have a feeling as if a lot of sharp points are being put quickly and lightly into your body:
  My fingers and toes are tingling with the cold.
  There’s a line in that poem that makes my spine tingle every time I read it.

“Good afternoon,” said a soft voice. Harry jumped. Hagrid must have jumped, too, because there was a loud crunching noise and he got quickly off the spindly chair.

• crunch /krʌntʃ/: noun (SOUND) to crush hard food loudly between the teeth, or to make a sound as if something is being crushed or broken: 咬碎声
  She was crunching noisily on an apple.
  The gravel crunched underfoot as we walked up to the house.

An old man was standing before them, his wide, pale eyes shining like moons through the gloom of the shop.

魔杖店的老板奥利凡德先生有一双像月色一般苍白的双眸。

• pale /peɪl/: adjective used to describe a person’s face or skin if it has less color than usual, for example when the person is or sick or frightened, or if it has less color than people generally have:苍白的
  You’re looking pale - are you feeling well?
  She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair.
• gloom /ɡluːm/: noun (WITHOUT HOPE) feelings of great unhappiness and loss of hope:暗淡的
  Bergman’s films are often full of gloom and despair.
  There is widespread gloom and doom about the company’s future.

“Hello,” said Harry awkwardly.

• awkwardly /ˈɑː.kwɚd.li/: adverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT) in a worried or embarrassed way:
  He shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other.

“Ah yes,” said the man. “Yes, yes. I thought I’d be seeing you soon. Harry Potter.” It wasn’t a question. “You have your mother’s eyes. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work.”

哈利妈妈第一支魔杖是柳条做的，十又四分之一英寸长。

• swishy /ˈswɪʃ.i/: adjective (MOVING) Something, especially a piece of clothing, that is swishy, moves through the air making a soft sound: 瑟瑟作响的
  a long swishy skirt
• willow /ˈwɪl.oʊ/: noun [ C ] a tree that grows near water and has long, thin branches that hang down, or wood from this tree 柳条

• charm n. 魔力, 魔法, 咒语

Mr. Ollivander moved closer to Harry. Harry wished he would blink. Those silvery eyes were a bit creepy.

• creepy /ˈkriː.pi/: adjective strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened: 令人毛骨悚然的
  a creepy film
  a creepy smile

“Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches. Pliable. A little more power and excellent for transfiguration. Well, I say your father favored it — it’s really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course.”

哈利的父亲用的是桃花心木魔杖，十一英寸，柔韧。利于施展变性术。

• mahogany /məˈhɑː.ɡən.i/: noun (WOOD) a dark red-brown wood used to make furniture:桃花心木
  a handsome mahogany desk
  Mahogany is one of the most valuable cabinet woods.

• pliable /ˈplaɪ.ə.bəl/: adjective A pliable substance bends easily without breaking or cracking:
  Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they’re heated. 柔韧的
• transfiguration /ˌtræns.fɪɡ.jəˈreɪ.ʃən/: noun [ U ] the act or process of transfiguring someone or something (= changing their appearance very much, especially in a spiritual way):变形术
  No other scientist has come close to his degree of fame and mythic transfiguration.
  The paintings are a meditation on war, death, and transfiguration.

Mr. Ollivander had come so close that he and Harry were almost nose to nose. Harry could see himself reflected in those misty eyes.

• reflect /rɪˈflekt/: verb (RETURN) If a surface reflects light, heat, sound, or an image, it sends the light, etc. back and does not absorb it:
  He saw himself reflected in the water/mirror/shop window.
  The light reflected off the surface of the water.
• misty /ˈmɪs.ti/: adjective (GLASS) used to describe glass or a similar surface that is covered with a mist that makes it difficult to see through: 浑浊
  The windshield is all misty.

“And that’s where . . .”

Mr. Ollivander touched the lightning scar on Harry’s forehead with a long, white finger.

“I’m sorry to say I sold the wand that did it,” he said softly. “Thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Powerful wand, very powerful, and in the wrong hands . . . well, if I’d known what that wand was going out into the world to do. . . .”

伏地魔使用一只13寸半的紫杉木魔杖给哈利额头上留下了疤。

• yew /juː/: noun an evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with flat leaves like needles and small, red fruits :紫杉木
  In the middle of the churchyard stands an old yew.
  Yew, box, or holly are suitable for hedges.
  a yew tree

He shook his head and then, to Harry’s relief, spotted Hagrid.

“Rubeus! Rubeus Hagrid! How nice to see you again. . . . Oak, sixteen inches, rather bendy, wasn’t it?”

海格的魔杖是橡木的，十六英寸，有点儿弯。

“It was, sir, yes,” said Hagrid.

“Good wand, that one. But I suppose they snapped it in half when you got expelled?” said Mr. Ollivander, suddenly stern.

• snap /snæp/: verb (BREAK) to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound: 折断
  You’ll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.
  Some vandal’s snapped off my car antenna again.
• expel /ɪkˈspel/: verb (PERSON) to force someone to leave a school, organization, or country:
  The new government has expelled all foreign diplomats.
  My brother was expelled from school for bad behavior.
• stern /stɝːn/: noun (SHIP) severe, or showing disapproval:
  a stern look/warning/voice
  She is her own sternest critic.
  Journalists received a stern warning not to go anywhere near the battleship.

“Er — yes, they did, yes,” said Hagrid, shuffling his feet. “I’ve still got the pieces, though,” he added brightly.

• shuffle /ˈʃʌf.əl/: verb (WALK) to walk by pulling your feet slowly along the ground rather than lifting them:
  I love shuffling through the fallen leaves.
  He shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his walking stick.
  Don’t shuffle your feet like that! Walk normally.
• brightly /ˈbraɪt.li/: adverb (HAPPY) in a way that shows happiness or hope of success:
  He smiled brightly.
  Despite her fear, she spoke brightly to the group.

“But you don’t use them?” said Mr. Ollivander sharply.

• sharply /ˈʃɑːrp.li/: adverb (SUDDENLY) quickly and suddenly:
  Inflation has risen/fallen sharply.
  His health improved/deteriorated sharply this week.
  The road bends sharply to the left.

“Oh, no, sir,” said Hagrid quickly. Harry noticed he gripped his pink umbrella very tightly as he spoke.

奥利凡德先生问海格当初被开除学校时折断的魔杖还在不在，海格说还保留着，然后奥利凡德先生问他现在是不是不用那个折断的魔杖了，海格看起来很紧张，回答的时候紧紧握着粉色的伞。

• grip /ɡrɪp/: verb (HOLD) to hold very tightly:
  The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
  Old tires won’t grip (= stay on the surface of the road) in the rain very well.
• tightly /ˈtaɪt.li/: adverb (IN CONTROLLED WAY) firmly or closely:
  The baby was clutching his toy tightly in his grubby fist.
  Many commuters are forced to stand, tightly packed in, like sardines.

“Hmmm,” said Mr. Ollivander, giving Hagrid a piercing look. “Well, now — Mr. Potter. Let me see.” He pulled a long tape measure with silver markings out of his pocket. “Which is your wand arm?”

• piercing /ˈpɪr.sɪŋ/: adjective going through or into something: 穿透的
  Troops have been issued with new armor-piercing anti-tank grenades.

“Er — well, I’m right-handed,” said Harry.

“Hold out your arm. That’s it.” He measured Harry from shoulder to finger, then wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit and round his head. As he measured, he said, “Every Ollivander wand has a core of a powerful magical substance, Mr. Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers, and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are quite the same. And of course, you will never get such good results with another wizard’s wand.”

• wrist /rɪst/: noun [ C ] the part of the body between the hand and the arm:
  I sprained my wrist playing tennis.

• elbow /ˈel.boʊ/: noun [ C ] the part in the middle of the arm where it bends, or the part of a piece of clothing that covers this area:
  Her arm was bandaged from the elbow to the fingers.
  The sleeve of his shirt was torn at the elbow.

• armpit /ˈɑːrm.pɪt/: noun [ C ] the hollow place under your arm where your arm joins your body:
  sweaty/hairy armpits
• phoenix /ˈfiː.nɪks/: noun [ C usually singular ] in ancient stories, an imaginary bird that set fire to itself every 500 years and was born again, rising from its ashes (= the powder left after its body has been burned):
  The town was bombed but was then rebuilt and rose from the ashes like a/the phoenix (= was just as good as before).
• tail /teɪl/: noun (ANIMAL) a part of an animal’s body, sticking out from the base of the back, or something similar in shape or position:
  The dog wagged its tail excitedly.

• feather /ˈfeð.ɚ/: noun [ C ] one of the many soft, light things that cover a bird’s body, consisting of a long, thin, central part with material like hairs along each side:
  peacock/ostrich feathers
  feather pillows (= those containing feathers)
  The bird ruffled its feathers.

• heartstrings /ˈhɑːrt.strɪŋz/: noun [ plural ] to cause strong feelings of love or sympathy: 神经
  It’s the story of a lost child - guaranteed to tug at the heartstrings.

Harry suddenly realized that the tape measure, which was measuring between his nostrils, was doing this on its own. Mr. Ollivander was flitting around the shelves, taking down boxes.

• nostril /ˈnɑː.strəl/: noun [ C ] either of the two openings in the nose through which air moves when you breathe:
  The horses came to a halt, steam streaming from their nostrils.

“That will do,” he said, and the tape measure crumpled into a heap on the floor. “Right then, Mr. Potter. Try this one. Beechwood and dragon heartstring. Nine inches. Nice and flexible. Just take it and give it a wave.”

• crumpled /ˈkrʌm.pəld/: adjective full of folds:
  crumpled clothes
  the crumpled charm of linen
• heap /hiːp/: noun [ C ] a messy pile or mass of things:
  a heap of clothes/trash

• Beechwood n. 山毛榉材

Harry took the wand and (feeling foolish) waved it around a bit, but Mr. Ollivander snatched it out of his hand almost at once.

“Maple and phoenix feather. Seven inches. Quite whippy. Try —”

• maple /ˈmeɪ.pəl/: noun [ C or U ] a type of large tree that grows in northern areas of the world, or the wood of this tree: 槭树，枫树
  a maple leaf
  maple trees

Harry tried — but he had hardly raised the wand when it, too, was snatched back by Mr. Ollivander.

• snatch /snætʃ/: verb (TAKE QUICKLY) to take hold of something suddenly and roughly:夺走
  He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.
  figurative Running the best race of his career, Fletcher snatched (= only just won) the gold medal from the Canadian champion.

“No, no — here, ebony and unicorn hair, eight and a half inches, springy. Go on, go on, try it out.”

• ebony /ˈeb.ən.i/: noun [ U ] a very hard dark wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture: 黑檀木
  He started buying exotic woods such as ebony and rosewood from Mexico.
  The handles of medical instruments used to be made of ebony.

Harry tried. And tried. He had no idea what Mr. Ollivander was waiting for. The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the spindly chair, but the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become.

这里跟电影版有点不一样，电影中夸张了这里的情节，认为如果是不合适的魔杖挥一下就会搞破坏，但是原文中奥利凡德先生就是让哈利拿一下魔杖就知道这个魔杖合不合适他（最多挥一下），而且让哈利试了很多很多魔杖。

“Tricky customer, eh? Not to worry, we’ll find the perfect match here somewhere — I wonder, now — yes, why not — unusual combination — holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple.”

• tricky /ˈtrɪk.i/: adjective (DIFFICULT) If a piece of work or problem is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill: 挑剔的
  It’s tricky to learn to ride a skateboard, but you never forget how.
  I’m in a tricky situation - whatever I do I’ll offend someone.‘
• holly /ˈhɑː.li/: noun [ C or U ] a small evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with shiny, sharp leaves and small, round, red fruit. Holly is often used as a Christmas decoration in Europe and North America.冬青

Harry took the wand. He felt a sudden warmth in his fingers. He raised the wand above his head, brought it swishing down through the dusty air and a stream of red and gold sparks shot from the end like a firework, throwing dancing spots of light on to the walls. Hagrid whooped and clapped and Mr. Ollivander cried, “Oh, bravo! Yes, indeed, oh, very good. Well, well, well . . . how curious . . . how very curious . . .”

• spark /spɑːrk/: noun (FIRE/ELECTRICITY) a very small piece of fire that flies out from something that is burning, or one that is made by rubbing two hard things together, or a flash of light made by electricity:
  Sparks were flying out of the bonfire and blowing everywhere.
  You can start a fire by rubbing two dry pieces of wood together until you produce a spark.

• whoop /wuːp/: verb [ I ] to give a loud, excited shout, especially to show your enjoyment of or agreement with something:
  The audience was whooping and clapping.
• clap /klæp/: verb (MAKE NOISE) to make a short loud noise by hitting your hands together:
  “When I clap my hands, you stand still,” said the teacher.
  The band played a familiar tune which had everyone clapping along.
  The audience clapped in time to the music.
• curious /ˈkjʊr.i.əs/: adjective (INTERESTED) interested in learning about people or things around you:
  I was curious to know what would happen next.奇妙的
  Babies are curious about everything around them.
  “Why did you ask?” “I was just curious.”

He put Harry’s wand back into its box and wrapped it in brown paper, still muttering, “Curious . . . curious . . .”

“Sorry,” said Harry, “but what’s curious?”

Mr. Ollivander fixed Harry with his pale stare.

• stare /ster/: verb [ I or T ] to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when surprised, frightened, or thinking: 凝视
  Don’t stare at people like that, it’s rude.
  Chuck sat quietly for hours staring into the distance, thinking of what might have been.
  During the press conference, each boxer tried to stare the other down (= force the other to look away by continual staring).

“I remember every wand I’ve ever sold, Mr. Potter. Every single wand. It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather — just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother why, its brother gave you that scar.”

• destined /ˈdes.tɪnd/: adjective (PURPOSE) intended (for a particular purpose): 注定
  The money was destined for the relief of poverty, but was diverted by corrupt officials.
  These cars are destined for the European market.

Harry swallowed.

• swallow /ˈswɑː.loʊ/: verb (THROAT) to cause food, drink, pills, etc. to move from your mouth into your stomach by using the muscles of your throat: 由于紧张害怕而做吞咽动作。
  My throat is so sore that it really hurts when I swallow.
  He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

“Yes, thirteen-and-a-half inches. Yew. Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the wizard, remember. . . . I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter. . . . After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things — terrible, yes, but great.”

Harry shivered. He wasn’t sure he liked Mr. Ollivander too much. He paid seven gold Galleons for his wand, and Mr. Ollivander bowed them from his shop.

哈利的魔杖是十三英寸半场的紫杉木和凤凰尾羽。7加隆买下的。

The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made their way back down Diagon Alley, back through the wall, back through the Leaky Cauldron, now empty. Harry didn’t speak at all as they walked down the road; he didn’t even notice how much people were gawking at them on the Underground, laden as they were with all their funny-shaped packages, with the snowy owl asleep in its cage on Harry’s lap. Up another escalator, out into Paddington station; Harry only realized where they were when Hagrid tapped him on the shoulder.

• gawk /ɡɑːk/: verb [ I ] to look at something or someone in a stupid or rude way:呆呆地看
  Don’t sit there gawking like that - give me a hand!
  They just stood there gawking at me.
• lap /læp/: noun (LEGS) the top surface of the upper part of the legs of a person who is sitting down: 坐下的人的腿上面
  Come and sit on my lap and I’ll read you a story.

“Got time fer a bite to eat before yer train leaves,” he said.

He bought Harry a hamburger and they sat down on plastic seats to eat them. Harry kept looking around. Everything looked so strange, somehow.

“You all right, Harry? Yer very quiet,” said Hagrid.

Harry wasn’t sure he could explain. He’d just had the best birthday of his life — and yet — he chewed his hamburger, trying to find the words.

“Everyone thinks I’m special,” he said at last. “All those people in the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Quirrell, Mr. Ollivander . . . but I don’t know anything about magic at all. How can they expect great things? I’m famous and I can’t even remember what I’m famous for. I don’t know what happened when Vol-, sorry — I mean, the night my parents died.”

Hagrid leaned across the table. Behind the wild beard and eyebrows he wore a very kind smile.

• lean /liːn/: adjective (NO FAT) to (cause to) slope in one direction, or to move the top part of the body in a particular direction: 探身
  She leaned forward and whispered something in my ear.
  I sat down next to Bernard, who leaned over to me and said “You’re late.”
  Lean your head back a little.
  That fence is leaning to the right.
• wild /waɪld/: adjective (NOT CONTROLLED) uncontrolled, violent, or extreme: 杂乱的
  a wild party
  wild dancing
  The audience burst into wild applause.
  When I told him what I’d done, he went wild (= became very angry).
  The children were wild with excitement (= were extremely excited).
  Her eyes were wild/She had a wild look in her eyes (= her eyes were wide open, as if frightened or mentally ill).
  His hair was wild (= long and messy) and his clothes full of holes.
  There have been wild (= extreme) variations in the level of spending.
  They get some wild weather (= many severe storms) in the north.
  It was a wild (= stormy or very windy) night, with the wind howling and the rain pouring down.
• beard /bɪrd/: noun [ C ] the hair that some men allow to grow on the lower part of their face:
  a flowing white beard
  He’s growing a beard.
  He shaved off his beard but kept his mustache.

“Don’ you worry, Harry. You’ll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you’ll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it’s hard. Yeh’ve been singled out, an’ that’s always hard. But yeh’ll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ’smatter of fact.”

Hagrid helped Harry on to the train that would take him back to the Dursleys, then handed him an envelope.

“Yer ticket fer Hogwarts,” he said. “First o’ September — King’s Cross — it’s all on yer ticket. Any problems with the Dursleys, send me a letter with yer owl, she’ll know where to find me. . . . See yeh soon, Harry.”

海格给哈利送上了回德思礼家的火车，并且给了他去霍格沃茨的车票。九月一号，国王十字车站。

The train pulled out of the station. Harry wanted to watch Hagrid until he was out of sight; he rose in his seat and pressed his nose against the window, but he blinked and Hagrid had gone.

rose in his seat 翻译成跪在他的座位上。