2024高中課外名著精讀哈利波特與魔法石第一章大難不死的男孩D01

—CHAPTERONE—TheBoyWhoLived(1)大難不死的男孩MrandMrsDursley,ofnumberfour,Privet

Drive,wereproudtosaythattheywereperfectlynormal,thankyouverymuch.Theywere

thelastpeopleyou'dexpecttobeinvolvedin

anythingstrangeormysterious,becausethey

justdidn'tholdwithsuchnonsense.家住女貞路4號(hào)的德思禮夫婦總是得意地說他們是非常規(guī)矩的人家。拜托，拜托了。他們從來跟神秘古怪的事不沾邊，因?yàn)樗麄兏静幌嘈拍切┬伴T歪道。MrDursleywasthedirectorofafirmcalledGrunnings,whichmadedrills.Hewasabig,

beefymanwithhardlyanyneck,althoughhe

didhaveaverylargemoustache.MrsDursley

wasthinandblondeandhadnearlytwicethe

usualamountofneck,whichcameinveryusefulasshespentsomuchofhertimecraningover

gardenfences,spyingontheneighbours.The

DursleyshadasmallsoncalledDudleyandin

theiropiniontherewasnofinerboyanywhere.弗農(nóng)德思禮先生在一家名叫格朗寧的公司做主管，公司生產(chǎn)鉆機(jī)。他高大魁梧，胖得幾乎連脖子都沒有，卻蓄著一臉大胡子。德思禮太太是一個(gè)瘦削的金發(fā)女人。她的脖子幾乎比正常人長(zhǎng)一倍。這樣每當(dāng)她花許多時(shí)間隔著籬墻引頸而望、窺探左鄰右舍時(shí)，她的長(zhǎng)脖子可就派上了大用場(chǎng)。德思禮夫婦有一個(gè)小兒子，名叫達(dá)力。在他們看來，人世間沒有比達(dá)力更好的孩子了。TheDursleyshadeverythingtheywanted,buttheyalsohadasecret,andtheirgreatestfearwasthatsomebodywoulddiscoverit.Theydidn'tthinktheycouldbearitifanyonefoundoutaboutthePotters.Mrs.PotterwasMrs.Dursley'ssister,buttheyhadn'tmetforseveralyears;infact,Mrs.Dursleypretendedshedidn'thaveasister,becausehersisterandhergoodfornothinghusbandwereasunDursleyishasitwaspossibletobe.TheDursleysshudderedtothinkwhattheneighborswouldsayifthePottersarrivedinthestreet.TheDursleysknewthatthePottershadasmallson,too,buttheyhadneverevenseenhim.ThisboywasanothergoodreasonforkeepingthePottersaway;theydidn'twantDudleymixingwithachildlikethat.德思一家什么都不缺，但他們擁有一個(gè)秘密，他們最害怕的就是這秘密會(huì)被人發(fā)現(xiàn)。他們想，一旦有人發(fā)現(xiàn)波特一家的事，他們會(huì)承受不住的。波特太太是德思禮太太的妹妹，不過她們已經(jīng)有好幾年不見面了。實(shí)際上，德思禮太太佯裝自己根本沒有這么個(gè)妹妹，因?yàn)樗妹煤退且粺o是處的妹夫與德思禮一家的為人處世完全不一樣。一想到鄰居們會(huì)說波特夫婦來到了，德思禮夫婦會(huì)嚇得膽戰(zhàn)心驚。他們知道波特也有個(gè)兒子，只是他們從來沒有見過。這孩子也是他們不與波特夫婦來往的一個(gè)很好的借口，他們不愿讓達(dá)力跟這種孩子廝混。WhenMr.andMrs.Dursleywokeuponthedull,grayTuesdayourstorystarts,therewasnothingaboutthecloudyskyoutsidetosuggestthatstrangeandmysteriousthingswouldsoonbehappeningalloverthecountry.Mr.Dursleyhummedashepickedouthismostboringtieforwork,andMrs.DursleygossipedawayhappilyasshewrestledascreamingDudleyintohishighchair.我們的故事開始于一個(gè)晦暗、陰沉的星期二，德思禮夫婦一早醒來，窗外濃云低垂的天空并沒有絲毫跡象預(yù)示這地方即將發(fā)生神秘古怪的事情。德思禮先生哼著小曲，挑出一條最不喜歡的領(lǐng)帶戴著上班，德思禮太太高高興興，一直絮絮叨叨，把唧哇亂叫的達(dá)力塞到了兒童椅里。

Noneofthemnoticedalarge,tawnyowlflutterpastthewindow.他們誰也沒留意一只黃褐色的貓頭鷹豐卜扇著翅膀從窗前飛過。Athalfpasteight,Mr.Dursleypickeduphisbriefcase,peckedMrs.Dursleyonthecheek,andtriedtokissDudleygoodbyebutmissed,becauseDudleywasnowhavingatantrumandthrowinghiscerealatthewalls."Littletyke,"chortledMr.Dursleyasheleftthehouse.Hegotintohiscarandbackedoutofnumberfour'sdrive.八點(diǎn)半，德思禮先生拿起公文包，在德思禮太太面頰上親了一下，正要親達(dá)力，跟這個(gè)小家伙道別，可是沒有親成，小家伙正在發(fā)脾氣，把麥片往墻上摔。“臭小子。”德思禮先生嘟噥了一句，咯咯笑著走出家門，坐進(jìn)汽車，倒出四號(hào)車道。Itwasonthecornerofthestreetthathenoticedthefirstsignofsomethingpeculiaracatreadingamap.Forasecond,Mr.Dursleydidn'trealizewhathehadseenthenhejerkedhisheadaroundtolookagain.TherewasatabbycatstandingonthecornerofPrivetDrive,buttherewasn'tamapinsight.Whatcouldhehavebeenthinkingof?Itmusthavebeenatrickofthelight.Mr.Dursleyblinkedandstaredatthecat.Itstaredback.AsMr.Dursleydrovearoundthecorneranduptheroad,hewatchedthecatinhismirror.ItwasnowreadingthesignthatsaidPrivetDriveno,lookingatthesign;catscouldn'treadmapsorsigns.Mr.Dursleygavehimselfalittleshakeandputthecatoutofhismind.Ashedrovetowardtownhethoughtofnothingexceptalargeorderofdrillshewashopingtogetthatday.在街角上，他看到了第一個(gè)異常的信號(hào)——一只貓?jiān)诳吹貓D。一開始，德思禮先生還沒弄明白他看到了什么，于是又回過頭去。只見一只花斑貓站在女貞路路口，但是沒有看見地圖。他到底在想些什么?很可能是光線使他產(chǎn)生了錯(cuò)覺吧。德思禮先生眨了眨眼，盯著貓著，貓也瞪著他。當(dāng)?shù)滤级Y先生拐過街角繼續(xù)上路的時(shí)候，他從后視鏡里看看那只貓。貓這時(shí)正在讀女貞路的標(biāo)牌，不，是在看標(biāo)牌；貓是不會(huì)讀地圖或是讀標(biāo)牌的。德思禮先生定了定神，把貓從腦海里趕走。他開車進(jìn)城，一路上想的是希望今天他能得到一大批鉆機(jī)的訂單。

一、單詞mysteriousadj.不可思議的，難以理解的blonden.長(zhǎng)著金發(fā)的人nonsensen.胡說；胡鬧；無意義的話craningvt.（為了看清楚而）伸長(zhǎng)（脖子）（crane的現(xiàn)在分詞）directorn.導(dǎo)演；管理者，負(fù)責(zé)人fencen.柵欄；圍墻；drilln.鉆，鉆機(jī)；訓(xùn)練，演習(xí)secretadj.秘密的，保密的beefyadj.像牛肉的；結(jié)實(shí)的；健壯的fearn.恐懼；擔(dān)心；neckn.頸項(xiàng)，脖子；衣領(lǐng)pretendv.假裝，佯裝gossipn.流言蜚語，小道消息wrestlev.努力解決，艱難對(duì)付tawnyadj.黃褐色的；茶色的flutterv.拍打（翅膀）briefcasen.公文包，公事包peckv.啄，啄食；匆匆輕吻cheekn.臉頰，面頰tantrumn.發(fā)脾氣；發(fā)怒cerealn.谷類食物；谷類植物tyken.小孩子chortlevi.咯咯笑peculiaradj.奇怪的，不尋常的tabbyn.平紋；斑貓blinkv.眨（眼）beproudtosay自豪地說pickout挑選出beinvolvedin包括……中，被卷入……中wakeup醒來；開始警覺keepsbaway把某人拒之門外mixwith和……混合stareat凝視，盯住二、短語好句品析①The

DursleyshadasmallsoncalledDudleyandin

theiropiniontherewasnofinerboyanywhere.德思禮夫婦有一個(gè)小兒子，名叫達(dá)力。在他們看來，人世間沒有比達(dá)力更好的孩子了。②ThisboywasanothergoodreasonforkeepingthePottersaway;theydidn'twantDudleymixingwithachildlikethat.這孩子也是他們不與波