哈利波特与魔法石：第三十三期

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    "Get out, both of you," croaked¹ Uncle Vernon, stuffing the letter back inside its envelope.
    Harry² didn't move.
    "I WANT MY LETTER!" he shouted.
    "Let me see it!" demanded Dudley.
    "OUT!" roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the kitchen door behind them. Harry and Dudley promptly³ adv. 迅速地" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/LessonDetail.aspx?LessonId=278###">promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry, his glasses dangling⁴ from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.
    "Vernon," Aunt Petunia⁵ was saying in a quivering voice, "look at the address -- how could they possibly know where he sleeps? You don't think they're watching the house?" 
    "Watching -- spying -- might be following us," muttered Uncle Vernon wildly.
    "But what should we do, Vernon? Should we write back? Tell themwe don't want --" 
    Harry could see Uncle Vernon's shiny black shoes pacing up and down the kitchen. 
    "No," he said finally. "No, we'll ignore it. If they don't get an answer... Yes, that's best... we won't do anything...."
    "But --"
    "I'm not having one in the house, Petunia! Didn't we swear when we took him in we'd stamp out that dangerous nonsense?"

(To be Continued...)

1 croaked   

v.呱呱地叫( croak的过去式和过去分词 )；用粗的声音说

参考例句：

• The crow croaked disaster. 乌鸦呱呱叫预报灾难。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• 'she has a fine head for it," croaked Jacques Three. “她有一个漂亮的脑袋跟着去呢，”雅克三号低沉地说。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

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 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

4 dangling   

悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 )； 摆动不定； 用某事物诱惑…； 吊胃口

参考例句：

• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果，那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了。
• The children sat on the high wall,their legs dangling. 孩子们坐在一堵高墙上，摇晃着他们的双腿。

5 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。