哈利波特与魔法石:第四期(有声)

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　　He'd forgotten all about the people in cloaks¹ until he passed a group of them next to the baker's. He eyed them angrily as he passed. He didn't know why, but they made him uneasy² adj. 心神不安的, 不自在的, 不稳定的, 不舒服的" href="http://shop.hjenglish.com/shopadmin/vip/lesson_add.aspx###">uneasy. This bunch were whispering excitedly, too, and he couldn't see a single collecting tin. It was on his way back past them, clutching³ a large doughnutin a bag, that he caught a few words of what they were saying.
"The Potters, that's right, that's what I heard yes, their son, Harry⁴..."
Mr. Dursley stopped dead. Fear flooded him. He looked back at the whisperers as if he wanted to say something to them, but thought better of it.
He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped⁵ at his secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialing his home number when he changed his mind. He put the receiver back down and stroked⁶ his mustache, thinking... no, he was being stupid. Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a son called Harry. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure his nephew was called Harry. He'd never even seen the boy. It might have been Harvey. Or Harold. There was no point in worrying Mrs. Dursley;
she always got so upset at any mention of her sister. He didn't blame her -- if he'd had a sister like that... but all the same, those people in cloaks...

(To be Continued...)

1 cloaks   

n.（尤指旧时的）披风( cloak的名词复数 )；斗篷；外衣；战袍v.遮盖，掩盖( cloak的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• On the left are the arrangements for the gentlemen's cloaks. 左边是放男客的外衣的地方。 来自辞典例句
• I observed that they were both wrapped in cloaks, and appeared to conceal themselves. 我察觉他俩都包裹在外套里面，似乎有意隐藏自己。 来自辞典例句

2 uneasy   

adj.心神不安的，担心的，令人不安的

参考例句：

• He feels uneasy today.他今天心里感到不安。
• She had an uneasy feeling that they were still following her.她有一种他们仍在跟踪她的不安感觉。

3 clutching   

抓住，紧紧抓住( clutch的现在分词 )； （因害怕或痛苦）突然抓住

参考例句：

• He was clutching the magazine lovingly with both hands. 他紧紧地捏着杂志，好像害怕琴会把它抢去似的。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• Children clutching empty bowls form a line. 紧紧抓着空碗的孩子们排成一队。

4 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。

5 snapped   

v.猛地咬住( snap的过去式和过去分词 )；（使某物）发出尖厉声音地突然断裂[打开，关闭]；厉声地说；拍照

参考例句：

• The wind had snapped the tree in two. 风把树喀嚓一声刮断了。
• He lost his temper and snapped irritably at the children. 他发火了，暴躁地斥责孩子们。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 stroked   

（用笔等）画（stroke的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Jim stroked his beard reflectively. 吉姆沉思着捋了捋胡子。
• The girl stroked the cat. 这个姑娘抚摸着小猫。