原文赏析The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made their way back down Diagon Alley, back through the wall, back through the Leaky Cauldron, now empty. Harry didn't speak at all as they walked down the road; he didn't even notice how much people were gawking at them on the Underground, laden as they were with all their funny-shaped packages, with the snowy owl asleep in its cage on Harry's lap. Up another escalator, out into Paddington station; Harry only realized where they were when Hagrid tapped him on the shoulder.
那天下午，太阳低低地挂在天空。哈利和哈格力开始往戴阿宫道赶回去，通过那道墙，以及已经空了的"漏锅酒吧"。一路过来，哈利没有说一句话，他甚至没注意到在地下有多少人注视着他们，心情十分沉重地带着他们奇形怪状的包裹以及一只熟睡着的雪白猫头鹰，登上升降梯，很快就到了帕汀顿火车站，哈格力拍他的肩膀时，哈利才意识到他们现在在哪。

“Got time fer a bite to eat before yer train leaves,” he said.
"火车离开之前我们还有时间吃点东西。"哈格力说道。

He bought Harry a hamburger and they sat down on plastic seats to eat them. Harry kept looking around. Everything looked so strange, somehow.
他给哈利买了一个汉堡包，然后就坐在塑料椅上吃了起来，哈利不停地向四处望，周围的每一件东西看上去都很奇怪。

“You all right, Harry? Yer very quiet,” said Hagrid.
"你还好吧，哈利！你很安静哎！"哈格力问道。

Harry wasn't sure he could explain. He'd just had the best birthday of his life — and yet — he chewed his hamburger, trying to find the words.
哈利不确信他能解释这种感觉。他刚刚得到了他这一生中最好的生日礼物——但是，他嚼着汉堡包，想找出一些恰当的话语。

“Everyone thinks I'm special,” he said at last. “All those people in the Leaky Cauldron, Professor Quirrell, Mr. Ollivander… but I don't know anything about magic at all. How can they expect great things? I'm famous and I can't even remember what I'm famous for. I don't know what happened when Vol-, sorry — I mean, the night my parents died.”
"每个人都以为我很特殊，"他终于开口说话了，"'漏锅酒吧'里的所有人，屈拉教授，还有奥利万德斯先生……但是我根本一点也不懂魔法，他们怎么能期待有什么重大的事情发生在我身上呢？ 我很出名，但是我根本不知因为什么而出名，我根本不知道，哈格力……我是说，我父母死的那天晚上发生了什么事情。"

Hagrid leaned across the table. Behind the wild beard and eyebrows he wore a very kind smile.
哈格力斜靠在桌子上，在那杂乱而浓密的胡须和眉毛之后依旧是一副善意的笑容。

“Don’ you worry, Harry. You'll learn fast enough. Everyone starts at the beginning at Hogwarts, you'll be just fine. Just be yerself. I know it's hard. Yeh've been singled out, an’ that's always hard. But yeh'll have a great time at Hogwarts — I did — still do, ‘smatter of fact.”
"不必担心，哈利，你会学得非常快的，每个人在霍格瓦彻都是从头开始的。你将会做得很好，只要做回你自己就行了。我知道这很困难，你已经一个人在外很久了，但在霍格瓦彻会度过一段非常难忘的时光，我过去在那里很开心，现在也很开心，这些都是事实。"

Hagrid helped Harry on to the train that would take him back to the Dursleys, then handed him an envelope.
哈格力把哈利送上了将载他回杜斯利家的火车，又递给他一个信封。

“Yer ticket fer Hogwarts, ” he said. “First o’ September — King's Cross — it's all on yer ticket. Any problems with the Dursleys, send me a letter with yer owl, she'll know where to find me… See yeh soon, Harry.”
"你去霍格瓦彻的车票，"他说，"九月一日——国王大道——全写在你的火车票上了。如果在杜斯利家遇到任何问题，就让你的猫头鹰给我送个信，它知道在哪里可以找到我，再见了，哈利。"

The train pulled out of the station. Harry wanted to watch Hagrid until he was out of sight; he rose in his seat and pressed his nose against the window, but he blinked and Hagrid had gone.
火车缓缓地驶出了车站，哈利，想一直注视着哈格力，直到看不见为止。他从座位上站起来，把鼻子紧紧压在玻璃窗上，但是一眨眼的功夫，哈格力已经消失了。

重点讲解The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made their way back down Diagon Alley

Harry didn't speak at all as they walked down the road;

as 的用法总结

一、as作连词的用法

1. as用作连词引导时间状语从句

as与when，while都是引导时间状语从句的从属连词，含义都是"当……的时候"。但它们有区别：用when时，从句的动作可以与主句的动作同时发生，也可以先于主句的动作发生；用while时，从句的动作为一过程，主句动作与从句动作同时进行或在从句动作过程中发生；用as时，主句和从句的动作同时发生，具有延续的含义。例如：

It was snowing when he arrived at the construction site.他到达工地时，天正在下雪。

2. as用作连词引导原因状语从句

as，because，since都可以表示因果关系，连接原因状语从句，含义是"因为，由于"，但它们有区别：because表示的语气最强；as一般放在句首，语气较弱，较口语化；since常常用在书面语中，表示多为对方已知的、或稍加分析便可得知的原因，有时可译作"既然"。例如：

He will succeed because he is in earnest.他一定会成功，因为他很认真。

3. as作连词引导让步状语从句

as与although (或though)，however (或no matter how)等都可以引导让步状语从句，含义是"虽然，尽管"，但它们有区别：although语气稍正式些，可放在句首，也可放在句中，主句中不能再用but，但可以用yet；as所表示的语气较强，引导的让步状语从句用倒装语序；however引导让步状语从句时，它的后面可跟形容词或副词，也要用倒装语序。例如：

(1) Although he is quite old, he still jogs every day.他虽然年纪相当大，仍然每天慢跑。

二、as作关系代词的用法

关系代词as引导定语从句时，既可以单独使用，也可以与其他词连用，其用法要比that和which更为复杂。

1. as引导定语从句与其他词连用

①用于the same...as结构中

This is the same book as I read last week.这本书和我上周读的那本是一样的。

②用于such...as结构中

I don”t like such books as he recommends.我不喜欢他推荐的那些书。

③用于"so +adj. + a/an + n. (单数) + as "结构中

I am not so strong a man as I was.我已经没有从前那么强壮了。

2. as单独引导定语从句

as单独引导定语从句时，先行词可以是一个词，也可以是一个句子或短语。例如：

She is late, as is often the case.她迟到了，这是经常的事。(先行词是整个主句)

三、as作介词的用法

as作介词，意思是"作为"，"以……身份"。例如：

He came to China as a tourist five years ago.他五年前以游客的身份来过中国。

四、as作副词的用法

to the same degree or amount; equally "相同地"，"同样地"。例如：

They don”t have as many airplanes.他们没有同样多的飞机