哈利波特与火焰杯第三章 The Invitation
今天补一点曾经的计划。昨天翻了翻记录，虽然没有之前那么严苛和勤快，但不知不觉也累积了不少。
因为哈利波特第四本之前听过一遍半(第二遍听了半本)，看过电影和中文版所以从哪一章开始都不会困扰，就接着第二章往下读。第二章是哈利给小天狼星写信说了伤疤疼的事，信还没寄出就收到了一份邀请。这一章特别好玩，再次翻开哈利波特才觉得这才是课外书呀，比《星运里的错》有意思也好读多了。
不是很难，挑一些有趣的地方记录一下:
Dudley looked furious and sulky(愤怒阴沉着脸，想起了愤怒的小鸟), and somehow seemed to be taking up even more space than usual. ...When Aunt Petunia put a quarter of unsweetened grapefruit onto Dudley's plate with a tremulous "There you are, Diddy darling," Dudley glowered at her. His life had taken a most unpleasant turn since he had come home for the summer with his end-of-year report.
表哥很不爽，表哥很生气啊！因为回家过暑假再也不是空调wifi西瓜，各种零嘴＋游戏机。因为他必须要节食了。貌似达德利每年都要节食。
Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia had managed to find excuses for his bad marks as usual...However, at the bottom of the report there were a few well-chosen comments from the school nurse that not even Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia could explain away. ...the fact remained that the school outfitters didn't stock knickerbockers big enough for him anymore.
成绩不好是因为老师不行，读书太多会娘娘腔书呆子。哪有欺负同学，不过是这个年纪活泼好动，但是商店里买不到达德利能穿的衣服就尴尬了，就连骨头架子大也说不过去了。the school outfitters翻译是指学校库房，有文章指出是错译(专门看了眼中文版)，应该是卖校服的店，其实这么译也是为了贴合我们的习惯吧，毕竟我们的校服都是发的，阅读中的小点不影响不用过度纠结。不过在罗尔德大爷的书里他的校服的确是自己按规定买的，不是学校发的。
这一段话中有一个句子没加进去
he didn't want some swotty little nancy boy for a son anyway.里面有两个生词:
swotty: (brit, informal ) given to studying hard, esp to the exclusion of other activities (尤指排除其他活动)学习勤奋的
nancy: an effeminate or homosexual boy or man ( or as modifier) 女性化的(男子或指男同)
So - after many tantrums, after arguments that shook Harry's bedroom floor, and many tears from Aunt Petunia - the new regime had begun.
于是脾气也发过了，架也吵了，但严格的计划还是实施了。tantrum这个词在第一册就出现过，尤指孩子的发脾气，耍性子。
A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise, or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive. 养生法
...which had been emptied of all Dudley's favorite things - fizzy drinks and cakes, chocolate bars and burgers and filled instead with fruit and vegetables and the sorts of things that Uncle Vernon called "rabbit food."
爱吃的好吃的都没了，取而代之的是水果蔬菜--"都是喂兔子的"。fizzy drinks专指汽水。
To make Dudley feel better about it all, Aunt Petunia had insisted that the whole family follow the diet too. She now passed a grapefruit quarter to Harry. He noticed that it was a lot smaller than Dudley's. Aunt Petunia seemed to feel that the best way to keep up Dudley's morale was to make sure that he did, at least, get more to eat than Harry.
忍不住笑出声，想让自己好过一点，要么是让自己少受罪要么是别人比自己受罪多。小哈利就是标杆。grapefruit与deer reindeer一样都是单复数同形。
The moment he had got wind of the(得到风声) fact that he was expected to survive the summer on carrot sticks(这处太生动了), Harry had sent Hedwig to his friends with pleas for help, and they had risen to the occasion magnificently.
小哈利又不傻，听到风声这个暑假都得啃胡萝卜了，赶紧四处求救，朋友都给寄来了物资。
rise to the occasion 应对挑战和困难
"Is this it?" he said grumpily to Aunt Petunia....Uncle Vernon gave a great sigh, which ruffled his large, bushy mustache, and picked up his spoon....Uncle Vernon heaved himself out of his chair and set off down the hall. Quick as a flash, while his mother was occupied with the kettle, Dudley stole the rest of Uncle Vernon's grapefruit.
感觉姨夫也怪可怜的，哈哈哈，吃不饱还怕别人知道家里有一个小巫师，后面家里又被炸了。实在是觉得作者太不厚道了。
P.S. I do hope we've put enough stamps on.
He held up the envelope in which Mrs. Weasley's letter had come, and Harry had to fight down a laugh. Every bit of it was covered in stamps except for a square inch on the front, into which Mrs. Weasley had squeezed the Dursleys' address in minute writing.
"She did put enough stamps on, then," said Harry, trying to sound as though Mrs. Weasley's was a mistake anyone could make. His uncle's eyes flashed.
罗恩妈妈的来信。发现这一章承包了一天的笑点，当时听有声书听到这也是乐得不行。信封除了留下写地址的地方全是邮票。是除了写地址的地方外，包括信封背面也贴满了，太可爱了。(Weasley夫人信中说希望邮票够用)
"All right, all right!" said Uncle Vernon loudly. Harry saw, with some satisfaction, that his uncle looked vaguely panicky. Apparently his nerves couldn't stand the sound of the word "broomsticks" in his living room.
姨夫只要听到和魔法相关的事情就先炸毛，如同书中所说so touchy (敏感的) about anything even slightly out of the ordinary.
这里主要有一处词汇panicky(恐慌的)，形容词。panic多作为v.和n. panicked 形容词，表示受到惊吓的，容易混。
We're coming for you whether the Muggles like it or not, you can't miss the World Cup, only Mum and Dad reckon it's better if we pretend to ask their permission first. If they say yes, send Pig back with your answer pronto, and we'll come and get you at five o'clock on Sunday. If they say no, send Pig back pronto and we'll come and get you at five o'clock on Sunday anyway.
罗恩给哈利的一封信也到了:原来父母去一封信不过是为了礼貌，不管麻瓜们同不同意，都会来接你的。
pronto: ( informal )If you say that something must be done pronto, you mean that it must be done quickly and at once. 很快; 立刻; 马上
今天就是这样子了，如果喜欢的话赶紧拿起哈利波特读一读。
