Chapter Six The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters 從943站臺開始的旅程
語境詞匯
According to the large clock over the arrivals board, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.
stranded? [str?nd?d]
adj. 擱淺的；陷于困境的；有…股的（常用來構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞）
v. 擱淺（strand的過去式和過去分詞）
Now the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier he was almost there — and then, quite suddenly, he wasn't anywhere.
brisk? [br?sk]
adj. 敏銳的，活潑的，輕快的；凜冽的
vi. 活躍起來；變得輕快
vt. 使……活潑；使……輕快；使……興旺
People jostled him on their way to platforms nine and ten.
jostle ['d??s(?)l]
vt. 推擠，撞；爭奪vi. 競爭，爭奪；推擠
n. 推撞，擠擁
Harry looked behind him and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, He had done it.
wrought iron?
鍛鐵，熟鐵
The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg.
shriek? [?ri?k]
vi. 尖叫；促人注意vt. 尖聲發(fā)出
n. 尖聲；尖銳的響聲
He put Hedwig inside first and then started to shove and heave his trunk toward the train door.
shove? [??v]
vt. 擠；強(qiáng)使；撞；猛推
n. 推；擠
heave? [hi?v]
vt. 舉起；使起伏；投擲；惡心；發(fā)出（嘆息等）
vi. 起伏；舉起；喘息；嘔吐
n. 舉起；起伏；投擲；一陣嘔吐
He had already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and Harry noticed a shiny silver badge on his chest with the letter P on it.
badge /b?d?/? ?
n. 徽章；證章；標(biāo)記
vt. 授給…徽章
You've already seen him, Ginny, and the poor boy isn't something you goggle at in a zoo.
goggle? ['g?g(?)l]
vi. 眼珠轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)；瞪眼看vt. 使瞪眼；使眼珠轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)
n. 護(hù)目鏡，風(fēng)鏡；眼睛睜視
adj. 瞪眼的，睜眼的
“Listen, we're going down the middle of the train — Lee Jordan's got a giant tarantula down there.”
tarantula /t??r?nt??l?/?
n. 狼蛛；塔蘭圖拉毒蛛
Around half past twelve there was a great clattering outside in the corridor and a smiling, dimpled woman slid back their door and said, “Anything off the cart, dears?”
dimpled?
adj. 帶酒窩的；有漣漪的
v. 使現(xiàn)酒窩（dimple的過去分詞）
“Starving,” said Harry, taking a large bite out of a pumpkin pasty.
pasty? ['p?st?]
adj. 蒼白的；面糊似的
n. 餡餅
Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
alchemy? ['?lk?m?]
n. 點(diǎn)金術(shù)；魔力
tenpin? ['tenp?n]
n. 打保齡（等于tenpins）；（美）十柱戲的柱子
Harry stared as Dumbledore sidled back into the picture on his card and gave him a small smile.
sidle? ['sa?d(?)l]
vi. 側(cè)身而行；悄悄貼近vt. 側(cè)身而行；悄悄貼近
n. 側(cè)走；挨近
When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor — you know, you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe.
spinach? ['sp?n?d?; -?t?]
n. 菠菜
tripe? [tra?p]
n. 肚子；內(nèi)臟；廢話
Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn't touch, which turned out to be pepper.
sardine /?sɑ??di?n/?
n. 沙丁魚；庸碌無能的人
vt. 使擁擠不堪
Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.
mellow /?mel??/?
adj. 圓潤的，柔和的；成熟的；芳醇的
vt. 使成熟；使柔和vi. 成熟；變?nèi)岷?/p>
Stupid spell — George gave it to me, bet he knew it was a dud.
dud? [d?d]
n. 衣服；[軍] 啞彈；無用物
adj. 無用的
Draco Malfoy didn't go red, but a pink tinge appeared in his pale cheeks.
tinge? [t?n(d)?]
n. 淡色；些許味道；風(fēng)味
vt. 微染；使帶氣息
Perhaps they thought there were more rats lurking among the sweets, or perhaps they'd heard footsteps, because a second later, Hermione Granger had come in.
lurk? [l??k]
vi. 潛伏；潛藏；埋伏
n. 潛伏；埋伏
“Scabbers has been fighting, not us,” said Ron, scowling at her.
scowl? [ska?l]
n. 愁容；怒容；陰沉沉的樣子
vi. 皺眉；怒視vt. 皺眉表示；對…沉下臉
Harry's stomach lurched with nerves and Ron, he saw, looked pale under his freckles.
lurch? [l??t?]
n. 突然傾斜；蹣跚；挫折
vi. 傾斜；蹣跚vt. 擊敗
They crammed their pockets with the last of the sweets and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.
throng? [θr??]
n. 人群；眾多vt. 群集；擠滿
vi. 蜂擁而至；群集adj. 擁擠的
Slipping and stumbling, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path.
stumble? ['st?mb(?)l]
vi. 躊躇，蹣跚；失足；犯錯(cuò)vt. 使…困惑；使…絆倒
n. 絆倒；蹣跚而行
Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.
turret? ['t?r?t]
n. 炮塔；角樓；小塔；攻城用的沖車
精彩句型
She pointed at the last and youngest of her sons. He was tall, thin, and gangling, with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long nose.
哈利波特最好的朋友之一，羅恩，第一次出場。
He didn't know what he was going to — but it had to be better than what he was leaving behind.
哈利波特終于走向了真正屬于他的世界。
Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first.
羅恩最渴望的事情。年齡小卻明白很多事。
“Go on, have a pasty,” said Harry, who had never had anything to share before or, indeed, anyone to share it with.
哈利波特人生中第一次與人分享。
She had a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front teeth.
赫敏格蘭杰首次登場。
