万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-07-26&07-27, 保护哈里的秘密

The final incarnation of the Harry¹ Porter series comes out Friday at midnight. And its publisher is fighting an uphill battle against those who would reveal its secrets before the official release. CBS news correspondent Michelle Miller² reports.

Even the tightest security couldn't keep the most secret of plots from getting out. It's still unclear if online bloggers spoil the surprise ending, but publishers of Harry Porter and the Deathly Hallows want mug blood.

Scholastic³ Inc. is taking a legal action against online retailer⁴ DeepDiscount.com and distributor Levy⁵ Home Entertainment for breach⁶ of contract. Blame it on muggles or in this case, the mail, more than a thousand of the seventh and final installment⁷ of Harry saga⁸ were preshipped to buyers before they're agreed upon July 28th's mailing.

"I think it would be difficult to show that somehow, because you released the book earlier, some consumers aren't gonna purchase the book."

Scholastic even obtained subpoenas⁹ to pull digital images of what appears to be pages of the book off two San Francisco websites.

"We really encouraged everyone to ingore spoilers and read, discover the magic for themselves."

While booksellers offer damage control, the book's author is posting her own plea. J.K. Rowling wrote Wednesday on her website: Ignore the misinformation. Help preserve the secrecy¹⁰ of the plot. (Fans: Thank you so much! I love you~~!) Keeping plotlines of some books' secret has proven to be nearly impossible over the years as for the wizard's tried and true fans.

"Let everyone find out on their own, that's how I feel. You, I don't, I don't like this, you know, coming out, giving a little hints, like, what may happen. I want to see for myself."

The final chapter of the fantasy adventure is well worth the wait. Michelle Miller, CBS news, New York.

And author J.K. Rowling has already divulged¹¹ that two main characters will die in the final book.

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muggle: Muggle is a word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a person who does not have magical abilities. The word was used in popular culture and literature prior to the usage by J. K. Rowling. However, the Harry Potter series popularised the word and it has come into common usage. The word "muggle" was added to the Oxford¹² English Dictionary in 2003, where it is said to refer to a person who is lacking a skill.

1 harry   

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。

2 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

3 scholastic   

adj.学校的，学院的，学术上的

参考例句：

• There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题。
• This would do harm to students' scholastic performance in the long run.这将对学生未来的学习成绩有害。

4 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

5 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

6 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

7 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

8 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

9 subpoenas   

n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网

10 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

11 divulged   

v.吐露，泄露( divulge的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He divulged nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young. 他想不出个所以然来，只是想到自己年纪尚幼，极端不利。 来自辞典例句
• The spy divulged the secret plans to the enemy. 那名间谍把秘密计划泄漏给敌人。 来自辞典例句

12 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。