罗恩进了波特的车厢,认出了波特——波特从推着小推车的乘务员那里买了许多好吃的——罗恩给波特展示食品包装里的魔法卡片——赫敏的两个小法术。
Ron: Excuse me, do you mind? Everywhere else is full.
Harry1: Not at all.
Ron: I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley.
Harry: I'm Harry. Harry Porter.
Ron: So, so it's true. I mean, do you really have the, the, ...?
Harry: The what?
Ron: Scar. ……Wicked!
Old Woman: Anything off the trolley2, dears?
Ron: No, thanks. I'm all set.
Harry: We'll take the lot.
Ron: Wow! Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. They mean every flavor. There's chocolate and peppermint3 and also...spinach4, liver and tripe5. George sweared he got a booger-flavored one once.
Harry: These are not real frogs, are they?
Ron: It's just a spell. Besides it's the card you want. Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard. I've got about 500 myself. Watch it! That's rotten luck. They've only got one good jump in them.
Harry: I've got Dumbledore!
Ron: I got about six of him.
Harry: Hey, he's gone.
Ron: You can't expect him to hang around all day, can you? This is Scabbers, by the way. Pathetic, isn't he?
Harry: Just a little bit.
Ron: Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow. Want to see?
Harry: Yeah.
Ron: Sun...
Hermione: Has anyone seen a toad6? A boy named Neville's lost one.
Ron: No.
Hermione: Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see, then.
Ron: Sunshine, daisies and butter mellow7. Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow!
Hermione: Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it? Of course, I've only tried a few simple ones myself...but they've all worked for me. For example: Oculus Reparo. That's better, isn't it? ...Holly8 cricket, you are Harry Porter! I'm Hermione Granger. And you are...?
Ron: I'm Ron Weasley.
Hermione: Pleasure. You two better change into robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon.
语言点与词汇:
1. Wicked! 相当于Cool!
2. I'm all set! 相当于I'm fixed9. 我都准备好了。
3. rotten luck 相当于bad luck
4. hang around 逗留,停留
例句:Peter has to stop hanging around on the street all day and get a real job. 彼得不能成天在街上闲逛,必须得找一份正经的工作。
trolley n. 手推车 scar n. 伤痕,疤痕
peppermint n. 胡椒薄荷 spinach n. 菠菜
liver n. 肝脏 tripe n. 内脏
booger n. 干燥的鼻黏液 spell n. 符咒,魔力
witch n. 女巫师 wizard n. 男巫师
pathetic a. 可怜的,悲惨的 toad n. 蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆
robe n. 长袍,礼服,制服 Dumbledore n. 邓不利多(魔法学校校长)