哈利波特与魔法石：第三十一期

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    Harry¹ looked in the bowl again.

    "Oh," he said, "I didn't realize it had to be so wet."

    "DotA be stupid," snapped Aunt Petunia². "I'm dyeing some of Dudley's old things gray for you. It'll look just like everyone else's when I've finished."

    Harry seriously doubted this, but thought it best not to argue. He sat down at the table and tried not to think about how he was going to look on his first day at Stonewall High -- like he was wearing bits of old elephant skin, probably.

    Dudley and Uncle Vernon came in, both with wrinkled noses because of the smell from Harry's new uniform. Uncle Vernon opened his newspaper as usual and Dudley banged his Smelting³ stick, which he carried everywhere, on the table.

    They heard the click of the mail slot and flop⁴ n. 扑通落下【算是一个象声词吧？还能用作动词，解释为“扑拍; 跳动”】" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/shopadmin/vip/lesson_add.aspx###">flop of letters on the doormat. 

    "Get the mail, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper.

    "Make Harry get it."

    "Get the mail, Harry."

    "Make Dudley get it."
    "poke⁵ vt. 戳, 捅, 拨开, 刺" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/shopadmin/vip/lesson_add.aspx###">Poke him with your Smelting stick, Dudley."

    Harry dodged⁶ the Smelting stick and went to get the mail. Three things lay on the doormat: a postcard from Uncle Vernon's sister Marge, who was vacationing on the Isle⁷ of wight n. 怀特岛(英国)【是英国的旅游胜地，非常漂亮的地方】" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/shopadmin/vip/lesson_add.aspx###">Isle of Wight, a brown envelope that looked like a bill, and -- a letter for Harry.

(To be Continued...)

1 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。

2 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。

3 smelting   

n.熔炼v.熔炼，提炼（矿石）( smelt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a method of smelting iron 一种炼铁方法
• Fire provided a means of smelting ores. 火提供了熔炼矿石的手段。 来自辞典例句

4 flop   

n.失败(者)，扑通一声；vi.笨重地行动，沉重地落下

参考例句：

• The fish gave a flop and landed back in the water.鱼扑通一声又跳回水里。
• The marketing campaign was a flop.The product didn't sell.市场宣传彻底失败，产品卖不出去。

5 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

6 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 isle   

n.小岛，岛

参考例句：

• He is from the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea.他来自爱尔兰海的马恩岛。
• The boat left for the paradise isle of Bali.小船驶向天堂一般的巴厘岛。