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哈利波特与魔法石04-The vanishing glass

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CHAPTER TWO

THE VANISHING GLASS

Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up tofind their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardlychanged at all. The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens andlit up the brass1 number four on the Dursleys' front door; it creptinto their living room, which was almost exactly the same as ithad been on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful newsreport about the owls2. Only the photographs on the mantelpiece reallyshowed how much time had passed. Ten years ago, there had been lotsof pictures of what looked like a large pink beach ball wearingdifferent-colored bonnets3 -- but Dudley Dursley was no longer ababy, and now the photographs showed a large blond boy riding hisfirst bicycle, on a carousel4 at the fair, playing a computer gamewith his father, being hugged and kissed by his mother. The roomheld no sign at all that another boy lived in the house, too.
Yet Harry5 Potter was still there, asleep at the moment, but notfor long. His Aunt Petunia6 was awake and it was her shrill7 voicethat made the first noise of the day.
"Up! Get up! Now!"Harry woke with a start. His aunt rapped on the door again.
"Up!" she screeched8. Harry heard her walking toward the kitchenand then the sound of the frying pan being put on the stove. Herolled onto his back and tried to remember the dream he had beenhaving. It had been a good one. There had been a flying motorcyclein it. He had a funny feeling he'd had the same dream before.
His aunt was back outside the door.
"Are you up yet?" she demanded.
"Nearly," said Harry.
"Well, get a move on, I want you to look after the bacon. Anddon't you dare let it burn, I want everything perfect on Duddy'sbirthday."Harry groaned9.
"What did you say?" his aunt snapped through the door.
"Nothing, nothing..."Dudley's birthday -- how could he have forgotten? Harry gotslowly out of bed and started looking for socks. He found a pairunder his bed and, after pulling a spider off one of them, put themon. Harry was used to spiders, because the cupboard under the stairswas full of them, and that was where he slept.
When he was dressed he went down the hall into the kitchen. Thetable was almost hidden beneath all Dudley's birthday presents. Itlooked as though Dudley had gotten the new computer he wanted,not to mention the second television and the racing10 bike. Exactlywhy Dudley wanted a racing bike was a mystery to Harry, as Dudleywas very fat and hated exercise -- unless of course it involvedpunching somebody. Dudley's favorite punching bag was Harry, but hecouldn't often catch him. Harry didn't look it, but he was very fast.
Perhaps it had something to do with living in a dark cupboard,but Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. He lookedeven smaller and skinnier than he really was because all he had towear were old clothes of Dudley's, and Dudley was about four timesbigger than he was. Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair,and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with alot of Scotch11 tape because of all the times Dudley had punched himon the nose. The only thing Harry liked about his own appearancewas a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a boltof lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember, and thefirst question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia washow he had gotten it.
"In the car crash when your parents died," she had said. "Anddon't ask questions."Don't ask questions -- that was the first rule for a quiet lifewith the Dursleys.
Uncle Vernon entered the kitchen as Harry was turning overthe bacon.
"Comb your hair!" he barked, by way of a morning greeting.
About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of hisnewspaper and shouted that Harry needed a haircut. Harry must havehad more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class puttogether, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew thatway -- all over the place.
Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchenwith his mother. Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. He had alarge pink face, not much neck, small, watery12 blue eyes, and thickblond hair that lay smoothly13 on his thick, fat head. Aunt Petuniaoften said that Dudley looked like a baby angel -- Harry often saidthat Dudley looked like a pig in a wig14.
Harry put the plates of egg and bacon on the table, which wasdifficult as there wasn't much room. Dudley, meanwhile, was countinghis presents. His face fell.
"Thirty-six," he said, looking up at his mother andfather. "That's two less than last year.""Darling, you haven't counted Auntie Marge's present, see,it's here under this big one from Mommy and Daddy.""All right, thirty-seven then," said Dudley, going red in theface. Harry, who could see a huge Dudley tantrum coming on, beganwolfing down his bacon as fast as possible in case Dudley turnedthe table over.
Aunt Petunia obviously scented15 danger, too, because she saidquickly, "And we'll buy you another two presents while we're outtoday. How's that, popkin? Two more presents. Is that all right''
Dudley thought for a moment. It looked like hard work. Finallyhe said slowly, "So I'll have thirty ... thirty...""Thirty-nine, sweetums," said Aunt Petunia.
"Oh." Dudley sat down heavily and grabbed the nearestparcel. "All right then."Uncle Vernon chuckled16. "Little tyke wants his money's worth,just like his father. 'Atta boy, Dudley!" He ruffled17 Dudley's hair.
At that moment the telephone rang and Aunt Petunia went toanswer it while Harry and Uncle Vernon watched Dudley unwrap theracing bike, a video camera, a remote control airplane, sixteennew computer games, and a VCR. He was ripping the paper off a goldwristwatch when Aunt Petunia came back from the telephone lookingboth angry and worried.
"Bad news, Vernon," she said. "Mrs. Figg's broken her leg. Shecan't take him." She jerked her head in Harry's direction.
Dudley's mouth fell open in horror, but Harry's heart gave aleap. Every year on Dudley's birthday, his parents took him and afriend out for the day, to adventure parks, hamburger restaurants,or the movies. Every year, Harry was left behind with Mrs. Figg, amad old lady who lived two streets away. Harry hated it there. Thewhole house smelled of cabbage and Mrs. Figg made him look atphotographs of all the cats she'd ever owned.
"Now what?" said Aunt Petunia, looking furiously at Harry asthough he'd planned this. Harry knew he ought to feel sorry thatMrs. Figg had broken her leg, but it wasn't easy when he remindedhimself it would be a whole year before he had to look at Tibbles,Snowy, Mr. Paws, and Tufty again.
"We could phone Marge," Uncle Vernon suggested.
"Don't be silly, Vernon, she hates the boy."The Dursleys often spoke18 about Harry like this, as though hewasn't there -- or rather, as though he was something very nastythat couldn't understand them, like a slug.
"What about what's-her-name, your friend -- Yvonne?""On vacation in Majorca," snapped Aunt Petunia.
"You could just leave me here," Harry put in hopefully (he'd beable to watch what he wanted on television for a change and maybeeven have a go on Dudley's computer).
Aunt Petunia looked as though she'd just swallowed a lemon.
"And come back and find the house in ruins?" she snarled19.
"I won't blow up the house," said Harry, but they weren'tlistening.
"I suppose we could take him to the zoo," said Aunt Petuniaslowly, "... and leave him in the car....""That car's new, he's not sitting in it alone...."Dudley began to cry loudly. In fact, he wasn't really crying --it had been years since he'd really cried -- but he knew that if hescrewed up his face and wailed20, his mother would give him anythinghe wanted.
"Dinky Duddydums, don't cry, Mummy won't let him spoil yourspecial day!" she cried, flinging her arms around him.
"I... don't... want... him... t-t-to come!" Dudley yelledbetween huge, pretend sobs21. "He always sp- spoils everything!" Heshot Harry a nasty grin through the gap in his mother's arms.
Just then, the doorbell rang -- "Oh, good Lord, they'rehere!" said Aunt Petunia frantically22 -- and a moment later, Dudley'sbest friend, Piers23 Polkiss, walked in with his mother. Piers wasa scrawny boy with a face like a rat. He was usually the one whoheld people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them. Dudleystopped pretending to cry at once.
Half an hour later, Harry, who couldn't believe his luck, wassitting in the back of the Dursleys' car with Piers and Dudley,on the way to the zoo for the first time in his life. His aunt anduncle hadn't been able to think of anything else to do with him,but before they'd left, Uncle Vernon had taken Harry aside.
"I'm warning you," he had said, putting his large purple faceright up close to Harry's, "I'm warning you now, boy -- any funnybusiness, anything at all -- and you'll be in that cupboard fromnow until Christmas.""I'm not going to do anything," said Harry, "honestly..
But Uncle Vernon didn't believe him. No one ever did.
The problem was, strange things often happened around Harry andit was just no good telling the Dursleys he didn't make them happen.
Once, Aunt Petunia, tired of Harry coming back from the barberslooking as though he hadn't been at all, had taken a pair of kitchenscissors and cut his hair so short he was almost bald except forhis bangs, which she left "to hide that horrible scar." Dudley hadlaughed himself silly at Harry, who spent a sleepless24 night imaginingschool the next day, where he was already laughed at for his baggyclothes and taped glasses. Next morning, however, he had gottenup to find his hair exactly as it had been before Aunt Petunia hadsheared it off He had been given a week in his cupboard for this,even though he had tried to explain that he couldn't explain howit had grown back so quickly.
Another time, Aunt Petunia had been trying to force him into arevolting old sweater of Dudley's (brown with orange puff25 balls) --The harder she tried to pull it over his head, the smaller it seemedto become, until finally it might have fitted a hand puppet, butcertainly wouldn't fit Harry. Aunt Petunia had decided26 it must haveshrunk in the wash and, to his great relief, Harry wasn't punished.
On the other hand, he'd gotten into terrible trouble for beingfound on the roof of the school kitchens. Dudley's gang had beenchasing him as usual when, as much to Harry's surprise as anyoneelse's, there he was sitting on the chimney. The Dursleys hadreceived a very angry letter from Harry's headmistress telling themHarry had been climbing school buildings. But all he'd tried todo (as he shouted at Uncle Vernon through the locked door of hiscupboard) was jump behind the big trash cans outside the kitchendoors. Harry supposed that the wind must have caught him in mid-jump.
But today, nothing was going to go wrong. It was even worth beingwith Dudley and Piers to be spending the day somewhere that wasn'tschool, his cupboard, or Mrs. Figg's cabbage-smelling living room.
While he drove, Uncle Vernon complained to Aunt Petunia. He likedto complain about things: people at work, Harry, the council, Harry,the bank, and Harry were just a few of his favorite subjects. Thismorning, it was motorcycles.
"... roaring along like maniacs27, the young hoodlums," he said,as a motorcycle overtook them.
I had a dream about a motorcycle," said Harry, rememberingsuddenly. "It was flying."Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turnedright around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face like agigantic beet28 with a mustache: "MOTORCYCLES DON'T FLY!"Dudley and Piers sniggered.
I know they don't," said Harry. "It was only a dream."But he wished he hadn't said anything. If there was one thingthe Dursleys hated even more than his asking questions, it washis talking about anything acting29 in a way it shouldn't, no matterif it was in a dream or even a cartoon -- they seemed to think hemight get dangerous ideas.


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1 brass DWbzI     
n.黄铜;黄铜器,铜管乐器
参考例句:
  • Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
2 owls 7b4601ac7f6fe54f86669548acc46286     
n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋,”我说,“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
  • The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句
3 bonnets 8e4529b6df6e389494d272b2f3ae0ead     
n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 );(烟囱等的)覆盖物;(苏格兰男子的)无边呢帽;(女子戴的)任何一种帽子
参考例句:
  • All the best bonnets of the city were there. 城里戴最漂亮的无边女帽的妇女全都到场了。 来自辞典例句
  • I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. 我是在用帽子和镯子引诱你,引你上钩。 来自飘(部分)
4 carousel 6wKzzp     
n.旋转式行李输送带
参考例句:
  • Riding on a carousel makes you feel dizzy.乘旋转木马使你头晕。
  • We looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。
5 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
参考例句:
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 petunia mlxzq2     
n.矮牵牛花
参考例句:
  • Height,breadth and diameter of corolla are the important ornamental characters of petunia.株高、冠幅、花径是矮牵牛的重要观赏性状。
  • His favourite flower is petunia.他最喜欢的花是矮牵牛花。
7 shrill EEize     
adj.尖声的;刺耳的;v尖叫
参考例句:
  • Whistles began to shrill outside the barn.哨声开始在谷仓外面尖叫。
  • The shrill ringing of a bell broke up the card game on the cutter.刺耳的铃声打散了小汽艇的牌局。
8 screeched 975e59058e1a37cd28bce7afac3d562c     
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫
参考例句:
  • She screeched her disapproval. 她尖叫着不同意。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The car screeched to a stop. 汽车嚓的一声停住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
9 groaned 1a076da0ddbd778a674301b2b29dff71     
v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 );发牢骚;抱怨;受苦
参考例句:
  • He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
  • The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
参考例句:
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
11 scotch ZZ3x8     
n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
参考例句:
  • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
  • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
12 watery bU5zW     
adj.有水的,水汪汪的;湿的,湿润的
参考例句:
  • In his watery eyes there is an expression of distrust.他那含泪的眼睛流露出惊惶失措的神情。
  • Her eyes became watery because of the smoke.因为烟熏,她的双眼变得泪汪汪的。
13 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
参考例句:
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
14 wig 1gRwR     
n.假发
参考例句:
  • The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
  • He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。
15 scented a9a354f474773c4ff42b74dd1903063d     
adj.有香味的;洒香水的;有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词)
参考例句:
  • I let my lungs fill with the scented air. 我呼吸着芬芳的空气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The police dog scented about till he found the trail. 警犬嗅来嗅去,终于找到了踪迹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
16 chuckled 8ce1383c838073977a08258a1f3e30f8     
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
17 ruffled e4a3deb720feef0786be7d86b0004e86     
adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
  • All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。
18 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
19 snarled ti3zMA     
v.(指狗)吠,嗥叫, (人)咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 );咆哮着说,厉声地说
参考例句:
  • The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
  • As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时,它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
20 wailed e27902fd534535a9f82ffa06a5b6937a     
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句
21 sobs d4349f86cad43cb1a5579b1ef269d0cb     
啜泣(声),呜咽(声)( sob的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
  • She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
22 frantically ui9xL     
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句:
  • He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
  • She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。
23 piers 97df53049c0dee20e54484371e5e225c     
n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 );(常设有娱乐场所的)突堤;柱子;墙墩
参考例句:
  • Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
  • At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇,不论潮汐如何涨落,都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句
24 sleepless oiBzGN     
adj.不睡眠的,睡不著的,不休息的
参考例句:
  • The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
  • One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上,我听说了一个传闻,把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。
25 puff y0cz8     
n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气
参考例句:
  • He took a puff at his cigarette.他吸了一口香烟。
  • They tried their best to puff the book they published.他们尽力吹捧他们出版的书。
26 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
27 maniacs 11a6200b98a38680d7dd8e9553e00911     
n.疯子(maniac的复数形式)
参考例句:
  • Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers. 好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。 来自辞典例句
  • They're not irrational, potentially homicidal maniacs, to start! 他们不是非理性的,或者有杀人倾向的什么人! 来自电影对白
28 beet 9uXzV     
n.甜菜;甜菜根
参考例句:
  • He farmed his pickers to work in the beet fields. 他出租他的摘棉工去甜菜地里干活。
  • The sugar beet is an entirely different kind of plant.糖用甜菜是一种完全不同的作物。
29 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
参考例句:
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
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