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Hermione read the paper several times. Then she walked up and down the line of bottles, muttering to herself and pointing at them. At last, she clapped her hands.
赫敏把那张纸又读了几遍。她在那排瓶子前走来走去，嘴里自言自语，一边还指点着这个或那个瓶子。终于，她高兴地拍起手来。

"Got it," she said. "The smallest bottle will get us through the black fire — toward the Stone."
“知道了，”她说，“这只最小的瓶子能帮助我们穿过黑色火焰——拿到魔法石。”

Harry looked at the tiny bottle.
哈利看着那只不起眼的小瓶子。

"There's only enough there for one of us," he said. "That's hardly one swallow."
“里面只够一个人喝的了，”他说，“还不到一口呢。”

They looked at each other.
他们互相望着对方。

"Which one will get you back through the purple flames?"
“哪个瓶子能使你穿过紫色火焰返回？”

Hermione pointed at a rounded bottle at the right end of the line.
赫敏指指最右边的一只圆溜溜的瓶子。

"You drink that," said Harry. "No, listen, get back and get Ron. Grab brooms from the flying- key room, they'll get you out of the trapdoor and past Fluffy — go straight to the owlery and send Hedwig to Dumbledore, we need him. I might be able to hold Snape off for a while, but I'm no match for him, really."
“你喝那一瓶。”哈利说，“你先别插嘴，听我说——你回去找到罗恩——从飞舞着钥匙的房间里抓两把扫帚，它们会载着你们穿越活板门，从路威身边通过——直接去到猫头鹰住的棚屋，派海德薇去给邓布利多送信，我们需要他来援救。我也许可以暂时牵制住斯内普，但我决不是他的对手。”

"But Harry — what if You-Know-Who's with him?"
“可是哈利——如果神秘人和他在一起怎么办？”

"Well — I was lucky once, wasn't I?" said Harry, pointing at his scar. "I might get lucky again."
“嗯——我以前侥幸逃脱过一次，记得吗？”哈利指着他额头上的伤疤说，“我说不定还能逢凶化吉的。”

重点讲解

重点讲解

get through
通过，到达，完成
It is hard to see how people will get through the winter...
难以想象人们将怎样熬过这个冬天。
I think you can get through the first two chapters.
我想你能完成前两章。

hold off
拖延，不使…接近
They will hold off their announcement until next month.
他们将把通知推迟到下个月发布。
Mary tends to hold off from people.
玛丽总是不接近人。

人物介绍

伏地魔神秘身世：

伏地魔原名汤姆·马沃罗·里德尔，父母双方在他出生以前都曾经在小汉格顿村居住过一段时间。

伏地魔的母亲梅洛普·冈特是一位女巫，她连同兄弟莫芬·冈特以及父亲马沃罗·冈特是冈特家族最后的传人，同时也是霍格沃茨魔法学校创始人之一的萨拉查·斯莱特林的纯血统后裔。冈特家族习惯于近亲结婚，所以他们有些特性一代比一代明显——脾气暴躁，不安分，喜欢暴力，而且喜欢大排场。所以在马沃罗好几代人以前，家产就被挥霍一空。