part 1 words
1, hooting VERB (猫头鹰)发出鸣叫声
When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'.
eg: Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
外面的花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。
2, 表示说话的词
"Third time this week!" he roared across the table 大吼;喊叫;吼叫
"HOW DARE YOU THREATEN DUDLEY!"roared Uncle Vernon
"Do I look stupid?" snarled Uncle Vernon 厉声说;吼叫着说;怒气冲冲地说
"Right — I’m off into town to pick up the dinner jackets forDudley and me. And you,"he snarled at Harry
"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU, " thundered his uncle 愤怒地大叫;怒吼
"My perfect little gentleman!" sniffed Aunt Petunia 嗤之以鼻地表示;轻蔑地说
"Today’s your birthday," sneered Dudley 讥笑;嘲笑;讥讽
"Eat quickly! The Masons will be here soon!" snapped Aunt Petunia 恶声恶气地说;声色俱厉地说
3, 表示说话语气的词
"You’ve forgotten the magic word," said Harry irritably. 易怒地;急躁地
"In the lounge," said Aunt Petunia promptly 立即;马上;及时
"They’ll love him!" cried Aunt Petunia rapturously 狂喜地;欣喜若狂地
"I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending I'm not there," said Harry tonelessly 声调呆板地说
"Exactly," said Uncle Vernon nastily 恶毒地;恶意地;凶相地
"And you?" said Uncle Vernon viciously to Harry. 恶毒地
"I'll be in my room, making no noise and pretending I’m not there," said Harry dully 没精打采地;无生气地
"Too right, you will," said Uncle Vernon forcefully 强有力地
"Jiggery pokery!" said Harry in a fierce voice 狂怒的
4,
"There's more in the frying pan, sweetums," said Aunt Petunia, turning misty eyes on her massive son. "We must build you up while we've got the chance. . . . I don't like the sound of that school food. . . ."
misty 雾蒙蒙的;massive, very large in size, 庞大的;build someone up, 增强...的体质;
the sound of, impression conveyed by words, IDEA , thought, concept, impression, prospect, description
eg: they do not like the sound of her plans
单数名词 (对于听说或读到的事情的)印象
You can describe your impression of something you have heard about or read about by talking about the sound of it.
5,
The effect of this simple sentence on the rest of the family was incredible: Dudley gasped and fell off his chair with a crash that shook the whole kitchen; Mrs. Dursley gave a small scream and clapped her hands to her mouth; Mr. Dursley jumped to his feet, veins throbbing in his temples.
gasp, (尤指惊讶、震惊或疼痛时)喘息,喘气,倒抽气
crash, ;碰撞;相撞
clap, 快速而有力地放置 If you clap your hand or an object onto something, you put it there quickly and firmly
eg: I clapped a hand over her mouth.我用一只手迅速地捂住她的嘴
vein, 静脉
throb, VERB 动词(身体局部)抽动,阵痛 If part of your body throbs, you feel a series of strong and usually painful beats there.
temple, 太阳穴;鬓角
6, spray, 飞溅;spit, 唾液,唾沫(常指唾沫星子);pound, 用力击打;heave,(用力地)推,拉,拖,举起;rhinoceros, 犀牛 a winded rhinoceros;belch n.打嗝
7, fresh;banquet, 宴会;盛宴;four-poster, 四帷柱大床 A four-poster bed or a four-poster is a large old-fashioned bed that has a tall post at each corner and curtains that can be drawn around it;cauldron, (小说及童话故事中巫师用以施符咒的)大锅;padlock, (用挂锁)锁住
8,
Uncle Vernon was large and neckless, with an enormous black mustache; Aunt Petunia was horse-faced and bony; Dudley was blond, pink, and porky. Harry, on the other hand, was small and skinny, with brilliant green eyes and jet-black hair that was always untidy. He wore round glasses, and on his forehead was a thin, lightning-shaped scar.
neckless, adj, lacking or apparently lacking a neck;
enormous, 很多的;horse-faced, having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth;bony, 骨瘦如柴的;瘦骨嶙峋的;pink, 非常健康;满面红光;容光焕发;porky, fat;jet-black, black as jet; very black;jet, of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal;thin, 淡的
blond, Blond isn't just a word used to describe pale yellow hair, it can also be used to describe a person with such hair. We'll leave it to you to decide whether or not blonds have more fun.
There's all kinds of blonds out there from bleached to platinum to strawberry to sandy. Some people, Brits especially, will add an e to the end of blonde depending on what gender they are talking about, so that a woman is blonde while a man is blond.
The addition of the "e" in the feminine form of blonde is of course a holdover from its French origin.
Not only fair-haired people are described as blond; you might have seen blond wood used in Scandinavian furniture.
9, smelly, 气味难闻的;发臭的
10, drill, 钻头;钻床;电钻
11, lounge, (私宅中的)起居室,客厅
12, graciously, 彬彬有礼地
13, duck, VERB 动词急速低头(或弓身)(以免被打中或看见)
eg: Aunt Petunia burst into tears and hugged her son, while Harry ducked under the table so they wouldn’t see him laughing.
14, emerge, 出现;露出
15, hedge, 树篱 eg: He gazed miserably into the hedge.
16,
he knew it was only their terror that he might turn them all into dung beetles that stopped them from locking him in the cupboard under the stairs with his wand and broomstick.
terror, 恐惧;惊恐;恐慌;dung, (尤指大型动物,如牛、马等的)粪便;beetle, 甲虫;
dung beetle, a beetle (as a tumblebug) that rolls balls of dung in which to lay eggs and on which the larvae feed.
17, taunting 紧张的
eg: But the long silence from Ron and Hermione had made Harry feel so cut off from the magical world that even taunting Dudley had lost its appeal — and now Ron and Hermione had forgotten his birthday.
18,
Voldemort might be a ruin of his former self, but he was still terrifying, still cunning, still determined to regain power. Harry had slipped through Voldemort’s clutches for a second time, but it had been a narrow escape, and even now, weeks later, Harry kept waking in the night, drenched in cold sweat, wondering where Voldemort was now, remembering his livid face, his wide mad eyes —
cunning, 狡猾的;奸诈的;clutch, 复数名词 控制;掌握;势力范围;drench, 使湿透;使浸湿;mad, 发狂的
19, jeer 嘲笑;嘲弄;讥讽;奚落;waddle, 蹒跚行走;摇摇晃晃地行走;chuck, 丢,扔,抛;dash (为逃离等而)飞速奔向,猛冲向;soapy, 满是肥皂泡的;涂满肥皂的
20,
While Dudley lolled around watching and eating ice cream, Harry cleaned the windows, washed the car, mowed the lawn, trimmed the flowerbeds, pruned and watered the roses, and repainted the garden bench. The sun blazed overhead, burning the back of his neck. Harry knew he shouldn’t have risen to Dudley’s bait, but Dudley had said the very thing Harry had been thinking himself . . . maybe he didn’t have any friends at Hogwarts. . . .
Wish they could see famous Harry Potter now, he thought savagely as he spread manure on the flower beds, his back aching, sweat running down his face.
loll around, 懒洋洋地坐着(或躺着);mow, 割,刈;lawn, 草坪;草地;trim, 修剪;剪;prun, 修剪;修整;bench, 长凳;长椅;blaze, 熊熊燃烧;bait, rise to the bait, 中圈套,上当,中计(亦作rise to the bait,主要用于英国英语中); savagely?
spread, 摊开;铺开
manure, 粪肥;肥料
21,
Harry moved gladly into the shade of the gleaming kitchen. On top of the fridge stood tonight’s pudding: a huge mound of whipped cream and sugared violets. A loin of roast pork was sizzling in the oven.
gleam, 闪光;闪烁 If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.
mound, (一)堆;(一)垛;whip, 搅打(奶油或鸡蛋等);violet, 紫罗兰;loin, (动物的)腰肉,脊背肉;sizzle, (热油、脂肪等)发出咝咝声;oven, 烤箱;烤炉
22,
She was already wearing a salmon-pink cocktail dress. Harry washed his hands and bolted down his pitiful supper. The moment he had finished, Aunt Petunia whisked away his plate. “Upstairs! Hurry!”
a salmon, 鲑鱼;大麻哈鱼;salmon-pink, 鲑肉色;粉红色;橙红色;cocktail, The word is also used as an adjective to describe things associated with these popular beverages. You might, for example, buy a new cocktail party dress to wear to an upcoming cocktail party. How smashing!
bolt down, 狼吞虎咽, If you bolt your food, you eat it so quickly that you hardly chew it or taste it. 同bolt;
pitiful, 匮乏的;极度欠缺的 If you describe something as pitiful, you mean that it is completely inadequate.
whisk, 迅速送走;匆匆带走
23,
As he passed the door to the living room, Harry caught a glimpse of Uncle Vernon and Dudley in bow ties and dinner jackets. He had only just reached the upstairs landing when the doorbell rang and Uncle Vernon’s furious face appeared at the foot of the stairs. “Remember, boy — one sound —” Harry crossed to his bedroom on tiptoe, slipped inside, closed the door, and turned to collapse on his bed.
bow tie, 蝴蝶领结;furious, 狂怒的;暴怒的;on tiptoe, 踮着脚;collapse, (因精疲力竭而)突然坐下(或倒下)
part 2 vocabularys
1, dark looks (眼神或话语)阴险的,邪恶的,不祥的 Dark looks or remarks make you think that the person giving them wants to harm you or that something horrible is going to happen.
2, bottom N-COUNT 可数名词臀部;屁股
3, droop over 低垂;下垂;垂落 If something droops, it hangs or leans downwards with no strength or firmness
4, roll in, 涌现
part 3 sentences
1, harry went back to his toast.
2, harry fought to keep his face straight as he emerged.
17, harry paid dearly for his moment of fun.
为…付出沉重代价/使…付出沉重代价 If you pay dearly for doing something or if it costs you dearly, you suffer a lot as a result.
part 4 summary
这一章节,harry的生活很是凄惨,aunt家给他少的可怜的永远吃不饱的食物;忘记了他11岁的生日;最重要的是,也使他最伤心的是,他整整一个假期没有收到朋友的信件。这些事情让他觉得,他被世界遗弃了。
这一节仔细读下来发现其实很多不认识的单词,突然觉得我的单词量严重匮乏