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The trees were so thick he couldn't see where Snape had gone.
树木太茂密了，他看不清斯内普去了哪里。
He flew in circles, lower and lower, brushing the top branches of trees until he heard voices.
他盘旋着，越来越低，擦着树梢飞翔，最后终于听见了有人说话的声音。
He glided toward them and landed noiselessly in a towering beech tree.
他轻盈地朝他们飞去，静悄悄地落在一棵高耸的山毛榉上。
He climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves.
他小心地顺着一根树枝往前爬，手里紧紧抓住飞天扫帚，他想透过树叶往下看。
Below, in a shadowy clearing, stood Snape, but he wasn't alone. Quirrell was there, too.
下面，没有任何的遮挡物，斯内普站在那里，却不是一个人。奇洛也在那里。
Harry couldn't make out the look on his face, but he was stuttering worse than ever. Harry strained to catch what they were saying.
哈利看不清他脸上的表情，但他结巴得比任何时候都厉害。哈利全神贯注地听他们在说什么。
D-don't know why you wanted t-t-to meet here of all p-places, Severus...
“……不——不知道你为什么要——要选在这里见面，西弗勒斯……”
Oh, I thought we'd keep this private, said Snape, his voice icy. Students aren't supposed to know about the Sorcerer's Stone, after all.
“噢，我认为这事不宜公开，”斯内普说，声音冷冰冰的，“毕竟，学生们是不应该知道魔法石的。”

重点讲解
一.hear：v.得知, 倾听, 听到, 听证
【语法用法】
hear同see，watch，feel，notice等感观动词一样，其宾语后所接的不定式不含to。
I often hear her sing.
我常听到她唱歌。
但是，hear用于被动语态时，不定式中要含to。
She is often heard to sing.
hear的宾语后既可接不定式，也可接动名词，但是在表示“故意听……”时，只能用不定式。
I often hear her sing.
I often hear her singing.
hear him表示“听见他”，不管是听到讲话，唱歌，读书等，均可；
hear of sb表示“听说过某人”，不一定用耳朵去听，在报道上看到的也可以。
I have heard of the hero through the press.
我曾在报刊上读到过这个英雄。
hear from可表示“收到……寄来的信”，后可接表示人或地方的词。
I hear from him every week.
I have not heard from England for several months.
要注意的是，在回信时，开首提及收到对方的信，习惯上用receive your letter来代替hear from you。
hear from ... that/how等不一定表示“收到……的信”，可以是“听说”等其他含义。
I have heard from your father that you are in Beijing.
hear的宾语后有时可接过去分词。
I have often heard you spoken of as a model student.
hear同listen的比较：hear一般指听到一些东西进入到我们的耳朵里，而listen一般用于去注意一些声响，这些声响是进行中的。
You can hear something without wanting to, but you can only listen to something deliberately.
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: I heard him to start the car and drive away quickly.
订正: I heard him start the car and drive away quickly.
翻译: 我听到他发动汽车的声音了，很快就开走了。
分析: hear同see，watch，feel，notice等感观动词一样，其宾语后所接的不定式不含to。
【例句用法】
I can't let you pay my debts I won't hear of such a thing.
我不能让你替我还债－－我不同意此事。
I've only just heard about his dismissal.
我刚听到他遭解雇的事。
二.suppose：vt.假设, 假定, 认为, 想, 应该, 让(虚拟语气) vi.推测
【语法用法】
suppose后可加that引导的从句，且句中that可省略。
I suppose (that) he is about forty.
我猜他大概四十岁。
suppose和supposing在句子中常表示一样的意思。
Suppose he is absent, what shall we do?
Supposing he is absent, what shall we do?
假设他缺席了，我们要怎么办？
但suppose在句子开头属于祈使语气，而supposing是现在分词，且美国人比较少用supposing；
suppose有时指“建议”。
Suppose you come to my house tomorrow morning, and I will show you all my books.
我建议你明天早晨来我加，我会把我所有的书都展示给你看。
【词义辨析】
assume, presume, suppose, guess, postulate
这些动词均含为“假设，猜想，推测”之意。
assume指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。
presume侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。
suppose常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。
guess常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。
postulate指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。
【例句用法】
They were supposed to be here an hour ago.
他们应该在一小时以前到达这里。
I suppose you want to borrow money from me again?
我猜你又要找我借钱了吧?