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Out on the stone steps, Harry turned to the others. "Right, here's what we've got to do," he whispered urgently. "One of us has got to keep an eye on Snape — wait outside the staff room and follow him if he leaves it. Hermione, you'd better do that."
三个人一来到外面的石阶上，哈利就对罗恩和赫敏说：“好吧，我们现在必须这么做，”他急切地小声说，“一个人负责监视斯内普——等在教工休息室外面，如果他出来，就跟着他。赫敏，这件事最好由你来办。”

"Why me?"
“为什么是我？”

"It's obvious," said Ron. "You can pretend to be waiting for Professor Flitwick, you know." He put on a high voice, "'Oh Professor Flitwick, I'm so worried, I think I got question fourteen b wrong....'"
“那还用说，”罗恩说道，“你可以假装在等弗立维教授。”他装出一种尖细的女声，“哦，弗立维教授，我太担心了，我觉得我第十四题选ｂ可能选错了……”

"Oh, shut up," said Hermione, but she agreed to go and watch out for Snape.
“呸，闭嘴。”赫敏说，但她还是同意去盯住斯内普。

"And we'd better stay outside the third-floor corridor," Harry told Ron. "Come on."
“我们俩最好待在四楼的走廊外面。”哈利对罗恩说，“走吧。”

But that part of the plan didn't work. No sooner had they reached the door separating Fluffy from the rest of the school than Professor McGonagall turned up again and this time, she lost her temper.
但是这一部分计划没有执行成功。他们刚来到那道把路威与学校其他地方隔开的门口，麦格教授就突然出现了，这次她忍不住大发脾气。

"I suppose you think you're harder to get past than a pack of enchantments!" she stormed. "Enough of this nonsense! If I hear you 've come anywhere near here again, I'll take another fifty points from Gryffindor! Yes, Weasley, from my own house!"
“我想，你们大概以为自己比一大堆魔法咒语还要厉害吧？”她咆哮着说，“够了，别胡闹了！如果下次我听说你们又跑到这儿来，就要给格兰芬多扣掉五十分！是的，韦斯莱，给我自己的学院扣掉五十分！”

Harry and Ron went back to the common room, Harry had just said, "At least Hermione's on Snape's tail," when the portrait of the Fat Lady swung open and Hermione came in.
哈利和罗恩灰溜溜地返回公共休息室。哈利刚说了一句“至少有赫敏盯着斯内普呢”，就看见胖夫人的肖像猛地转开，赫敏钻了进来。

重点讲解

重点讲解

shut up
闭嘴安静，关门
Shut up. I'm trying to think.
别说了，我在想问题。
The shop has been shut up temporarily.
这家商店暂时停业了。

watch out
提防
The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.
医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

turn up
出现
Investigations have never turned up any evidence.
调查从没发现任何证据。

人物介绍

阿不思·邓布利多家庭成员：
父亲珀西瓦尔·邓布利多，死于阿兹卡班。母亲坎德拉·邓布利多，被自己的女儿失控后杀死。弟弟阿不福思·邓布利多，猪头酒吧老板。 妹妹阿利安娜·邓布利多 由于受到了几个麻瓜男孩的刺激，精神失常，未曾进霍格沃茨，后死亡(在邓布利多.格林德沃以及邓不利多弟弟阿不福思的三人争斗中致死)（邓不利多为此感到难过而自责）。阿不思的母亲与妹妹葬于戈德里克山谷，墓志铭为“珍宝在何处，心也在何处”。(圣经中的话)