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"Which means, Dumbledore called over the storm of applause,
“这就意味着，”邓布利多不得不大声吼叫，才能盖过雷鸣般的欢呼喝彩，
for even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of Slytherin,
因为就连拉文克劳和赫奇帕奇的学生们，也在庆祝斯莱特林的突然惨败，
"we need a little change of decoration."
“我们需要对这里的装饰做一些小小的改变。”
He clapped his hands.
他拍了拍手，
In an instant, the green hangings became scarlet and the silver became gold;
立刻，那些绿色的悬垂彩带变成了鲜红色，银色的则变成了金色；
the huge Slytherin serpent vanished and a towering Gryffindor lion took its place.
巨大的斯莱特林蛇隐去了，取而代之的是一头威风凛凛的格兰芬多狮子。
Snape was shaking Professor McGonagall's hand, with a horrible, forced smile.
斯内普正在同麦格教授握手，脸上强挤出尴尬的笑容。

He caught Harry's eye and Harry knew at once that Snape's feelings toward him hadn't changed one jot.
他的目光和哈利相遇了，哈利顿时就明白了，斯内普对他的态度丝毫也没有改变。
This didn't worry Harry.
哈利觉得这没有什么可担心的。
It seemed as though life would be back to normal next year,
似乎明年的生活又将恢复正常，
or as normal as it ever was at Hogwarts.
至少恢复到霍格沃茨一贯的状态。
It was the best evening of Harry's life,
这是哈利一生中最美好的夜晚，
better than winning at Quidditch, or Christmas, or knocking out mountain trolls...
比赢了魁地奇比赛、欢庆圣诞或打败巨怪的日子还要美好……
he would never, ever forget tonight.
他永远、永远也不会忘记这个夜晚。

重点讲解

重点讲解

a little
少量的；稍许的
"Well," she said a little uneasily, "what is it?"
“噢，”她有些不自在地说道，“是什么？”

in an instant
立即；须臾之间
In an instant the rain stopped and the sky cleared up.
须臾之间,雨过天睛.

as though
好象……似的；仿佛……一样
They looked at her as though she was crackers.
他们那样看着她，好像她疯了一样。

哈利波特与魔法石
扮演者
成年伏地魔的扮演者是Ralph Fiennes（拉尔夫·费因斯），在《哈利·波特与火焰杯》、《哈利·波特与凤凰社》、《哈利·波特与死亡圣器（上）》和《哈利·波特与死亡圣器（下）》中出现。在《哈利·波特与“混血王子”》中，少年伏地魔的扮演者是拉尔夫的侄子。