Week 02 Day 04

(…Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia kept looking at each other darkly.)

kindle #460-503/扇贝chapter 3第2节/有声音频（06:22-12:05）

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Vocabulary

一、重点单词：

Harry was on the point of unfolding his letter, which was written on the same heavy parchment as the envelope, when it was jerked sharply out of his hand by Uncle Vernon.

• be on the point of (doing) sth, to be going to do something very soon
  正要做某事
  I was on the point of giving up the search when something caught my eye in the bushes.
  我正要放弃搜索，这时注意到灌木丛中有什么东西。
  The country’s economy is on the point of collapse.
  该国经济处于崩溃边缘。

• jerk
  熟悉的扭头，今天我们仔细讲一讲jerk，一共两个词义
  v.
  (1) to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way （使）猝然一动，（使）猛然一动
  jerk one's head: Aunt Petunia jerked her head in Harry's direction.佩妮姨妈扭头向哈利的方向看去。
  jerk a thumb: ‘Is that the only way out of here?’ he asked, jerking a thumb at the door. “那是离开这里的唯一出口吗？”他用手指指了指门口问道。
  jerk back/up/forwards: Suddenly, he jerked back in his chair. 他突然猛地坐回到自己的椅子上。
  (2) to pull something suddenly and roughly 急拉，猛抽 （今日课文词义）
  She jerked open the car door and got out. 她猛地打开车门从车里钻了出来。
  n.
  (1) a sudden quick movement 猛地一动，猝然一动
  jerk of one's head: He gave a sudden jerk of his head. 他突然把头一扭。
  with a jerk: She started the car with a jerk and hit the bumper of the car in front. 她猛地开动汽车，撞到了前面那辆车的保险杠上。
  (2) =idiot 傻瓜，笨蛋

• unfold: if you unfold something that was folded, or if it unfolds, it opens out 展开，打开，摊开

2. 与抢信相关

• snatch = grab : to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement

‘That’s mine!’ said Harry, trying to snatch it back.

Dudley tried to grab the letter to read it, but Uncle Vernon held it high out of his reach.
（画面感强）

3. 与说相关

• sneer: to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something 冷笑；嘲笑；讥讽

‘Who’d be writing to you?’ sneered Uncle Vernon, shaking the letter open with one hand and glancing at it.

• gasp: to breathe in suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or in pain （因惊讶或疼痛而）喘息，喘气；喘着气说出

‘P-P-Petunia!’ he gasped.

• choke: to be unable to breath due to a block 窒息，呼吸困难，噎住

• croak: to speak in a low rough voice, as if you have a sore throat 用低沉沙哑的声音说（话）（另一个意思是作蛙鸣声）

‘Get out, both of you,’ croaked Uncle Vernon, stuffing the letter back inside its envelope.

有没有想起昨天课文中的那个低沉沙哑？

As he looked at Dudley in his new knickerbockers, Uncle Vernon said gruffly that it was the proudest moment of his life.

• bawl = yell : to say or shout loudly 叫嚷，大喊

• sigh: to make a long loud breath 这个大家都认得~

4. 与看相关

• glance:
  to quickly look at someone or something 一瞥
  to read something very quickly 浏览 （今日课文词义）

5. clutch:
   v.
   (1) clutch = grip = grasp: to hold something tightly because you do not want to lose it 紧握，紧抓
   (2) clutch = grab: to suddenly take hold of someone or something because you are frightened, in pain, or in danger （因害怕、疼痛或危险而）突然抓住，猛地抓住 （今日课文词义）

For a moment it looked as though she might faint. She clutched her throat and made a choking noise.
有一瞬间她好像就要晕倒了。她抓住喉咙，噎了一下，像要背过气去。
（翻译来自汉译本）

6. by the scruff of the neck: if you hold a person or animal by the scruff of their neck, you hold the skin, fur, or clothes at the back of their neck 抓住颈背，抓住脖子，抓住衣领

7. slam = bang: if a door, gate etc slams, or if someone slams it, it shuts with a loud noise （把……）砰地关上

8. promptly: without delay 迅速地，立即

9. dangle: to hang or swing loosely, or to make something do this （使）垂悬，（使）吊着，（使）悬荡

10. pace: to walk first in one direction and then in another many times, especially because you are nervous （尤因为紧张）踱步于
    I found Mark at the hospital, pacing restlessly up and down.
    我看见马克在医院里焦躁不安地踱来踱去。

Harry could see Uncle Vernon’s shiny black shoes pacing up and down the kitchen.

I’m not having one in the house, Petunia! Didn’t we swear when we took him in we’d stamp out that dangerous nonsense?

• stamp sth out: to prevent something bad from continuing 消除，杜绝
  We aim to stamp out poverty in our lifetimes.
  我们的目标是在有生之年消除贫困。

• have: if you have visitors or guests, they have come to your home, office etc 有（客人到访）

所以这句话的意思是：我不让那些人进我的家，佩妮！你忘了我们把他带进来时发过誓，要杜绝这种危险的荒唐事儿吗？

12. swap: to exchange

There was a large bird-cage which had once held a parrot that Dudley had swapped at school for a real air-rifle.

13. stretch out: informal to lie down, usually in order to sleep or rest （非正式）躺下（睡觉或休息）
    I’m just going to stretch out on the couch for ten minutes.
    我就在长沙发上躺十分钟。

14. whack: informal to hit someone or something hard （非正式）猛击，重击（某人或某物）
    whack sb/sth with sth:

15. on purpose: deliberately 故意（地）；有意（地）

二、旧词重现：

1. parchment: strong and thick paper

2. stare at

3. tap
   今天出现的是名词义：an act of hitting something lightly, especially to get someone’s attention
   tap on/at
   She felt a tap on her shoulder.
   There was a tap at the door.

He gave his father a sharp tap on the head with his Smelting stick.

4. furiously: in a very angry manner
   关于“暴脾气”之前作业里大部分小伙伴都没有总结这个词

5. stuff

…stuffing the letter back inside its envelope.

6. roar: to make a long loud sound

7. quiver: to shake

8. crack 之前出现的是动词义，今天出现的是名词义

…listen at the crack between door and floor.

9. 与说相关

• mutter: to speak quietly

• yell

• snap

10. squeeze = squash: to try to make something fit into a space that is too small, or to try to get into such a space （使）挤进，塞入
    squeeze into: Five of us squeezed into the back seat. 我们五个挤进了后座。
    squeeze through/past: He had squeezed through a gap in the fence. 他从围栏的一个缺口挤了进去。（今日课文词义）
    squeeze somebody/something in: We could probably squeeze in a few more people. 我们也许还可以再挤进去几个人。

‘Where’s my letter?’ said Harry, the moment Uncle Vernon had squeezed through the door. ‘Who’s writing to me?’

三、其他单词：

1. keyhole: the opening in a lock 锁眼，钥匙孔

2. first-ever: happening for the first time

3. tortoise: 陆龟

4. greenhouse 温室，暖房

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作业：

1. 阅读课文后仔细学习上面的词汇，试翻译下面三句话。

(1)

His face went from red to green faster than a set of traffic lights. And it didn’t stop there. Within seconds it was the greyish white of old porridge.

(2)

Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry, his glasses dangling from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.

(3)

Harry sighed and stretched out on the bed. Yesterday he’d have given anything to be up here. Today he’d rather be back in his cupboard with that letter than up here without it.

2. 今天的词汇讲了很多，建议整个看一遍挑有兴趣的记录下来。
   另外tortoise和turtle有什么区别？还有哪些之前讲过的意思相近可以相互比较的词呢，动手查一查，写下来。

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