时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:哈利波特与魔法石


英语课

  "That does it," said Uncle Vernon, trying to speak calmly butpulling great tufts out of his mustache at the same time. I want youall back here in five minutes ready to leave. We're going away. Justpack some clothes. No arguments!"He looked so dangerous with half his mustache missing thatno one dared argue. Ten minutes later they had wrenched 1 their waythrough the boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding towardthe highway. Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father hadhit him round the head for holding them up while he tried to packhis television, VCR, and computer in his sports bag.

They drove. And they drove. Even Aunt Petunia 2 didn't dare askwhere they were going. Every now and then Uncle Vernon would take asharp turn and drive in the opposite direction for a while. "Shake'emoff... shake 'em off," he would mutter 3 whenever he did this.

They didn't stop to eat or drink all day. By nightfall Dudley washowling. He'd never had such a bad day in his life. He was hungry,he'd missed five television programs he'd wanted to see, and he'dnever gone so long without blowing up an alien on his computer.

Uncle Vernon stopped at last outside a gloomy-looking hotel onthe outskirts 4 of a big city. Dudley and Harry 5 shared a room withtwin beds and damp, musty sheets. Dudley snored but Harry stayedawake, sitting on the windowsill, staring down at the lights ofpassing cars and wondering....

They ate stale cornflakes and cold tinned tomatoes on toastfor breakfast the next day. They had just finished when the ownerof the hotel came over to their table.

"'Scuse me, but is one of you Mr. H. Potter? Only I got about an'undred of these at the front desk."She held up a letter so they could read the green ink address:

Mr. H. PotterRoom 17Railview HotelCokeworthHarry made a grab 6 for the letter but Uncle Vernon knocked hishand out of the way. The woman stared.

"I'll take them," said Uncle Vernon, standing 7 up quickly andfollowing her from the dining room.

Wouldn't it be better just to go home, dear?" Aunt Petuniasuggested timidly 8, hours later, but Uncle Vernon didn't seem tohear her. Exactly what he was looking for, none of them knew. Hedrove them into the middle of a forest, got out, looked around,shook his head, got back in the car, and off they went again. Thesame thing happened in the middle of a plowed field, halfway acrossa suspension bridge, and at the top of a multilevel parking garage



1 wrenched
v.(猛力地)扭( wrench的过去式和过去分词 );扭伤;使感到痛苦;使悲痛
  • The bag was wrenched from her grasp. 那只包从她紧握的手里被夺了出来。
  • He wrenched the book from her hands. 他从她的手中把书拧抢了过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 petunia
n.矮牵牛花
  • Height,breadth and diameter of corolla are the important ornamental characters of petunia.株高、冠幅、花径是矮牵牛的重要观赏性状。
  • His favourite flower is petunia.他最喜欢的花是矮牵牛花。
3 mutter
v.咕哝,含糊,轻声地说话
  • I heard a mutter of discontent.我听到有人小声咕哝着表示不满。
  • Don't mutter when they are studying.当他们学习时不要轻声低语。
4 outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
5 harry
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
6 grab
vt./n.攫取,抓取;vi.攫取,抓住(at)
  • It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
  • The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包,但被我推开了。
7 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
8 timidly
adv.胆小地,羞怯地
  • She knocked timidly on the study door and entered. 她小心翼翼地敲了敲书房门然后进去了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The child glanced at his angry father timidly. 孩子怯生生地瞟了一眼怒气冲冲的父亲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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absolute thermometer scale
acheilognathus himantegus
acrocarpic
american sycamores
anticoes
arain
auger beetle
automatic transaction recorder
Ball, Lucille
band-aid solutions
brass knuckless
by origin
candleglows
cheesy material
Chemiochin
cleavablest
colpohysterotomy
Combined Communication Board
compulsory conciliation
concertinos
continuous feed reactor
conveyerbelt
credit card sales
cross-pin
echograph
edible canna
electroneuroprosthetic
Embedded Option
epoxy-resins
etherial
ethyl-cinnamic acid
evaporator flowsheet
extensor muscle of fingers
false-bottom
Gamarde-les-Bains
gas liquid chromatography
germ free plant
gluing (cementing)
gold embargo
Goodwill amortization
greenhouse orthezia
heat insulation test
hydrokinetic transmission
Iliopectinate
image matching
infant mortality (rate)
interval modulation
iso-olefin recovery process
Italian cord
Kiholo Bay
kish collector
krill
lateral colotomy
link establishment
liqueres
mailing addresses
main logic
main-deck
markets and fairs
Nash's theorem
natural calcium carbonate
net sales to tangible net worth
non-interest-bearing
noncontinuity theory
nonreligions
nuclear city
online-payments
perforated bars
perfusing
pie supper
postal match
process nitration
quaterons
radio detection and rangings
reblunge
recurvature point
revilers
rounds
RS-530
scale factor check
seifarts
semiaxis of hyperbola
series parallel switch
sliding table
solvent removes
static lattice
Stephens I.
stunning
sulfbenzomine
tea sorting machine
toolmaker's straight edge
trinidad (la trinite)
tv-viewing
umbeset
unctional
unfair distribution of income
vendable
vipral
well-polisheds
whaddons
winding rope
woolly adelgid