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Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn't speak to each other at all until they came to a halt in the entrance hall, which seemed very cold and gloomy after the grounds.
哈利、罗恩和赫敏一路上没有交换一句话，一直跑进门厅才停住脚步。刚从外面的场地上进来，门厅里显得格外阴冷、黑暗。

"We've got to go to Dumbledore," said Harry. "Hagrid told that stranger how to get past Fluffy, and it was either Snape or Voldemort under that cloak — it must've been easy, once he'd got Hagrid drunk. I just hope Dumbledore believes us. Firenze might back us up if Bane doesn't stop him. Where's Dumbledore's office?"
“我们必须去找邓布利多，”哈利说，“海格把制服路威的方法告诉了一个陌生人，那个穿斗篷的不是斯内普，就是伏地魔——他只要把海格灌醉了，就很容易套出他的话来。我只希望邓布利多能相信我们。如果贝恩不出来阻拦，费伦泽是会为我们作证的。邓布利多的办公室在哪里？”

They looked around, as if hoping to see a sign pointing them in the right direction. They had never been told where Dumbledore lived, nor did they know anyone who had been sent to see him.
他们环顾四周，似乎指望着看到一个指示牌为他们指点方向。从来没有人告诉他们邓布利多住在哪里，他们也不知道有谁曾被带去见过校长。

"We'll just have to —" Harry began, but a voice suddenly rang across the hall.
“我们只好——”哈利的话没说完，门厅那头突然响起一个声音。

"What are you three doing inside?"
“你们三个待在屋里做什么？”

It was Professor McGonagall, carrying a large pile of books.
是麦格教授，怀里抱着一大摞书。

"We want to see Professor Dumbledore," said Hermione, rather bravely, Harry and Ron thought.
“我们想见邓布利多教授。”赫敏说。哈利和罗恩认为她的表现非常勇敢。

"See Professor Dumbledore?" Professor McGonagall repeated, as though this was a very fishy thing to want to do. "Why?"
“想见邓布利多教授？”麦格教授重复了一句，似乎他们有这样的想法是非常可疑的。“为什么？”

Harry swallowed — now what? "It's sort of secret," he said, but he wished at once he hadn't, because Professor McGonagall's nostrils flared.
哈利咽了一口唾沫——怎么说呢？“这是一个秘密。”话一出口，他立刻就希望自己没有这么说，因为麦格教授生气了，她的鼻翼扇动着。

"Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago," she said coldly. "He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and flew off for London at once."
“邓布利多教授十分钟前离开了。”她冷冰冰她说，“他收到猫头鹰从魔法部送来的紧急信件，立刻飞往伦敦去了。”

重点讲解

重点讲解

back up
支持……
His employers, Norfolk social services, backed him up.
他的雇主——诺福克社会服务中心给予了他支持。
Her views are backed up by a 1989 Home Office report on crime.
1989年内政部的一份犯罪报告印证了她的观点。

人物介绍

莉莉出生于麻瓜家庭，她与姐姐佩妮相处的不错，（因为莉莉进入霍格沃茨，而姐姐佩妮却没有，出于嫉妒，姐姐佩妮与莉莉的关系僵化了）。斯内普很小的时候在麻瓜世界碰到了莉莉，也许是因为斯内普在麻瓜世界里很孤独，遇到了同是巫师并且美丽善良的莉莉，便喜欢上了她。莉莉也把斯内普当成好朋友——虽然他的头发油腻，穿着孕妇装。莉莉喜欢听斯内普讲述关于魔法的事情，她与斯内普一起登上了特快列车。在车上，他们遇到了詹姆和小天狼星，因为斯内普对完全不了解霍格沃茨的莉莉说你最好能进斯莱特林，詹姆嘲笑了他，莉莉很生气，刚一见面就对詹姆有极差的印象。分院帽把莉莉分入了格兰芬多，从此，斯内普和莉莉就不再像（也不可能像）从前一样无拘无束的玩了，因为两个学院的关系。但是斯内普依旧像以前一样喜欢，或者可以说是爱着她。