Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's

Chapter 2 The Vanishing Glass

This chapter unveiled the progressing scenario:10 years past,there was a striking contrast between the two boys--Harry and Dudley--both raised by Mr and Mrs Dursley.Their nephew Harry,small and skinny ,had been undergoing a mesirable life without the care and love of parents and relatives.While their son Dudley,fat and arrogant,was spoiled.to form a character easy to tantrum for trivials.

There were two things the Dursleys hated Harry to do in front of them:1.ask questions.2.talk about anything acting in a way it shouldn't which seems dangerous ideas to the Dursleys.

Harry didnot know how and why his parents died and only found an unscratchable scar on his forehead.Leading a hardship unfree life of living in the confined cupboard and being sniggered,Harry still remained hopes for a better future.

On the Dudley's birhday,Harry found that he could talk to the boa constrictor in the zoo. The ability of Parseltongue was a characteristic of Slythrine inheritor and standed for a complex relationship bewteen Harry and Voldemort.Harry freed the snake  in reptile house by an unknown magic curse.

words and phrases:

1.punching bag: 练习拳击用的吊袋

2.Scotch tape:医用透明胶带

3.heart give a leap：心一惊

4.look as if sb has just swallowed a lemon：哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出

5.a scrawny boy 骨瘦如柴的男孩

6.fall back on favorite hobby of doing sth 乐于做

7.snooze on = be asleep

8.boa constrictor 蟒蛇