【英语原著】哈利·波特与魔法石 （24）

Dumbledore took Harry in his arms and turned towards the Dursleys’ house.
‘Could I – could I say goodbye to him, sir?’ asked Hagrid.
He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss. Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog.
‘Shhh!’ hissed Professor McGonagall. ‘You’ll wake the Muggles!’
‘S-s-sorry,’ sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large spotted handkerchief and burying his face in it. ‘But I c-c-can’t stand it – Lily an’ James dead – an’ poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles –’
‘Yes, yes, it’s all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid, or we’ll be found,’ Professor McGonagall whispered, patting Hagrid gingerly on the arm as Dumbledore stepped over the low garden wall and walked to the front door. He laid Harry gently on the doorstep, took a letter out of his cloak, tucked it inside Harry’s blankets and then came back to the other two. For a full minute the three of them stood and looked at the little bundle; Hagrid’s shoulders shook, Professor McGonagall blinked furiously and the twinkling light that usually shone from Dumbledore’s eyes seemed to have gone out.

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Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone . Bloomsbury. Kindle Edition.

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Knowledge Point

• He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss. Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog.
  ⇒ shaggy [adjective]
  having or covered with long, rough, and untidy hair, or (of hair) long, rough, and untidy

  
  shaggy head
  

  ⇒ scratchy [adjective]
  rough and uncomfortable

  
  scratchy
  ⇒ whiskery [adjective]
  If you describe someone as whiskery, you mean that they have lots of stiff little hairs on their face.
  ⇒ let out a howl
  If you let out a particular sound, you make that sound.

• ‘Shhh!’ hissed Professor McGonagall. ‘You’ll wake the Muggles!’
  ⇒ hiss [verb]
  to say something in a quiet angry way

• ‘S-s-sorry,’ sobbed Hagrid, taking out a large spotted handkerchief and burying his face in it.
  ⇒ sob [verb]
  If you sob something, you say it while you are crying.

• ‘But I c-c-can’t stand it – Lily an’ James dead – an’ poor little Harry off ter live with Muggles –’
  ⇒ an’ = and
  ⇒ ter = to
  "Ter" is just Hagrid's way of pronouncing "to." (It might be a particular British regional pronunciation.) He is saying that Harry has gone off (gone away) to live with Muggles.

• ‘Yes, yes, it’s all very sad, but get a grip on yourself, Hagrid, or we’ll be found,’ Professor McGonagall whispered, patting Hagrid gingerly on the arm as Dumbledore stepped over the low garden wall and walked to the front door.
  ⇒ get a grip
  If you get a grip on yourself, you make an effort to control or improve your behaviour or work.
  ⇒ gingerly [adverb]
  in a way that is careful or cautious
  ⇒ step over
  some place to move to a place a few steps away

• He laid Harry gently on the doorstep, took a letter out of his cloak, tucked it inside Harry’s blankets and then came back to the other two.
  ⇒ tuck [verb]
  to put something into a safe or convenient place

• For a full minute the three of them stood and looked at the little bundle; Hagrid’s shoulders shook, Professor McGonagall blinked furiously and the twinkling light that usually shone from Dumbledore’s eyes seemed to have gone out.
  ⇒ Dumbledore，Professor McGonagall和Hagrid静静地看着襁褓中的Harry，别离之际心中感慨万千的片段描写。

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