Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's
Chapter 5 Diagon Alley
This chapter mainly described the experience of Harry (dizzying in the feeling of blessedness) on touring around Gringotts (Wizards’ bank,run by goblins) and Diagon Alley under the guidance of Hagrid and prepared everything needed for the school's opening.
Harry never felt so famous that everyone in the Leaky Cauldron desired to shake hands with him.The funny trip broadened his vision of the wizard world and the notion of magic.
Although Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts for violating the rules as a scapegoat,Dumbledore still fully trusted and delegated him important missions such as fetching Harry and getting things from Gringotts.
The You-Know-What in vault seven hundred and thirteen guarded by dragons and several anti-theft tricks where Hagrid got "a grubby little package wrapped up in brown paper" which I guess might be a Horcrux---Voldermort used it for rebirth.
Griphook,the goblin lead Harry and Hagrid to the vaults needed,was an critical character in the later scenario of helping Harry to steal Horcrux.
Class contraditions bewteen pure wizards and Muggle-born wizards,among wizards,elfs and goblins are the fuse of turmoil.The attitude and aim of J.K.Rowling is to break the prejudice and to establish a harmonious word.
Professor Quirrell,the teacher of Agaist the Dark Arts,was the key protagonist in first serie of the Sorcerer's Stone.He was the servant of Voldermort and sold his body and soul to him,but perished in the end.
Cornelius Fudge,a Ministry of Magic,was hypocrisy and didnot brave challenge and change.When the world was in the turmoil,he chose to turn a deaf ear to the truth and messed things up.
Bathilda Bagshot,author of A History of Magic,was also an important role in revealing the truth and lies of Albus Dumbledore and implicitly telling us the fact that "Every man has his fault",so did the Headmaster Dumbledore do.
Ollivanders,wand dealer ,was erudite in the features of wand and was good at memorizing anyone who had bought wands from him.He emphasized the notion "the wand chooses the wizard" and regreted having sold a powerful wand to Voldermort.However ,the materials of the wand which choosed Harry as a hoster was competitively the same as the Voldermort's.Destiny was set to foreshadow the final confrontation between Harry and Voldermort.
Finally,let's enjoy the poem in the Gringotts:
Enter, stranger, but take heed
Of what awaits the sin of greed,
For those who take, but do not earn,
Must pay most dearly in their turn.
So if you seek beneath our floors
A treasure that was never yours,
Thief, you have been warned, beware
Of finding more than treasure there.
Words and phrases
1.savage V [usually passive ]
1> savage sb (of an animal 动物 ) to attack sb violently, causing serious injury 凶狠地攻击（或伤害）；残害
◆ She was savaged to deathby a bear. 她遭熊袭击而丧命。
2> savage sb/sth ( formal) to criticize sb/sth severely 猛烈批评；激烈抨击
◆ Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics. 她最近的一部小说受到评论家的猛烈批评。
2.mess ˈup | ˌmess sth↔ˈup: to spoil sth or do it badly 把…弄糟；胡乱地做
◆ I've really messed up this time. 这次我真的把事情给弄糟了。
3.I am all of a flutter.
flutter [singular ] a state of nervous or confused excitement 紧张兴奋；慌乱
◆ Her sudden arrival caused quite a flutter. 她的突然来到引起一片慌乱。
4.Apothecary:( plural apoth·ecaries ) a person who made and sold medicines in the past （旧时制药兼售药的）药剂师，药商
5.ledger n a book in which a bank, a business, etc. records the money it has paid and received 收支总账；分类账簿；分户账簿
6.stalactites and stalagmites 钟乳石（石笋和石柱）
7.ravine ：a deep, very narrow valley with steep sides 沟壑；溪谷
8.pick-me-up n含酒精的饮料；提神剂
9.表示柔性好的形容词（同义替换）
pliable=bendy=springy=supple
Sentences
1.Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside him.
描述兴高采烈的生动比喻“开心的像气球在体内慢慢的膨胀”
2.He had just thought of something that made him feel as though the happy balloon inside him had got a puncture.
与上句对应，描述心情突然变差的比喻“快乐的消失像被戳爆的气球一般”
