哈利波特与魔法石：第二十二期

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    "What about what's-her-name, your friend -- Yvonne?"
    "On vacation in Majorca," snapped Aunt Petunia¹.
    "You could just leave me here," Harry² put in hopefully (he'd be able to watch what he wanted on television for a change and maybe even have a go on Dudley's computer).
    Aunt Petunia looked as though she'd just swallowed a lemon.
    "And come back and find the house in ruins?" she snarled³.
    "I won't blow up the house," said Harry, but they weren't listening.
    "I suppose we could take him to the zoo," said Aunt Petunia slowly, "... and leave him in the car...."
    "That car's new, he's not sitting in it alone...."
    Dudley began to cry loudly. In fact, he wasn't really crying -- it had been years since he'd really cried -- but he knew that if he screwed up his face and wailed⁴, his mother would give him anything he wanted.
    "Dinky Duddydums, don't cry, Mummy won't let him spoil your special day!" she cried, flinging her arms around him.
    "I... don't... want... him... t-t-to come!" Dudley yelled between huge, pretend sobs⁵. "He always sp- spoils everything!" He shot Harry a nasty grin through the gap in his mother's arms.
    Just then, the doorbell rang -- "Oh, good Lord, they're here!" said Aunt Petunia frantically⁶ adv. 狂暴地, 疯狂似地【其实这里倒也不是说发疯一样的，只是表示“慌慌张张”的意思。】" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/shopadmin/vip/lesson_add.aspx###">frantically -- and a moment later, Dudley's best friend, Piers⁷ Polkiss, walked in with his mother. Piers was a scrawny boy with a face like a rat. He was usually the one who held people's arms behind their backs while Dudley hit them. Dudley stopped pretending to cry at once.

(To be Continued...)

1 petunia   

n.矮牵牛花

参考例句：

• Height,breadth and diameter of corolla are the important ornamental characters of petunia.株高、冠幅、花径是矮牵牛的重要观赏性状。
• His favourite flower is petunia.他最喜欢的花是矮牵牛花。

2 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。

3 snarled   

v.（指狗）吠，嗥叫， （人）咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 )；咆哮着说，厉声地说

参考例句：

• The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
• As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时，它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 wailed   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She wailed over her father's remains. 她对着父亲的遗体嚎啕大哭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The women of the town wailed over the war victims. 城里的妇女为战争的死难者们痛哭。 来自辞典例句

5 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

6 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

7 piers   

n.水上平台( pier的名词复数 )；（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤；柱子；墙墩

参考例句：

• Most road bridges have piers rising out of the vally. 很多公路桥的桥墩是从河谷里建造起来的。 来自辞典例句
• At these piers coasters and landing-craft would be able to discharge at all states of tide. 沿岸航行的海船和登陆艇，不论潮汐如何涨落，都能在这种码头上卸载。 来自辞典例句