哈利波特与魔法石1内容摘要（哈利波特与魔法石英文原著精读笔记-1.21）

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“Hagrid’s bringing him.”

“You think it — wise — to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?”

“I would trust Hagrid with my life,” said Dumbledore.

“I’m not saying his heart isn’t in the right place,” said Professor McGonagall grudgingly, “but you can’t pretend he’s not careless. He does tend to — what was that?”

A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them. It grew steadily louder as they looked up and down the street for some sign of a headlight; it swelled to a roar as they both looked up at the sky — and a huge motorcycle fell out of the air and landed on the road in front of them.

If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it. He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild — long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face, he had hands the size of trash can lids, and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins. In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets.

“Hagrid’s bringing him.”

Dumbledore 说：“海格带他过来。”

“You think it — wise — to trust Hagrid with something as important as this?”

trust somebody with something就是表示把某事托付给某人。

麦格说，“你觉得这样是——（吞吞吐吐），明智的吗？把这么重要的一件事托付给Hagrid？”

麦格听到海格就有点急了，把如此重要的事托付给海格，这样做真的靠谱吗？

“I would trust Hagrid with my life,” said Dumbledore.

Dumbledore的回答是斩钉截铁，而且非常简短，“我能把我的命交给海格”，我能把我的生命托付给海格，那还有什么是不能托付呢？所以这已经是高度肯定海格，这就没啥好担心的。

“I’m not saying his heart isn’t in the right place,” said Professor McGonagall grudgingly, “but you can’t pretend he’s not careless. He does tend to — what was that?”

但是麦格仍然是有点勉勉强强，不情不愿的，她继续说：“我不是说他的心长得不对地方，”意思是我也不是说他心心眼不好。

说一个人his heart is in the right place，其实是说这人心眼好，他的出发点是好的，但是往往还有言外之意，就是这人却经常好心办坏事，所以这里麦格是说，“我知道，我知道，他心是好的，但是他做事不靠谱”。

然后她果然继续质问，“但你不能假装他不是粗心的”，也就是说Dumbledore也知道麦格是很粗心的。“他常常会——”，这句话没说完，麦格来了一句，“那是什么东西？”

A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them.

一阵低沉的轰轰轰隆隆的声音，打破了他们周围的寂静。

It grew steadily louder as they looked up and down the street for some sign of a headlight;

这种轰隆隆的声音还不断的持续在变大，与此同时，他们看来看去好像是在找车前灯的迹象。

they look up and down the street，表示他们在这个街道上看来看去，不是上看下看

some side of a headlight，headlight就是汽车前灯，那种轰隆隆的声音会让人感觉是不是有辆车开过来了，所以他们在街上看来看去，看看有没有一个车前灯的迹象，就是想看是不是有车开过来了。

it swelled to a roar as they both looked up at the sky — and a huge motorcycle fell out of the air and landed on the road in front of them.

这阵轰隆隆的声音继续增大，变成了roar一阵很大声的轰鸣，当他们抬头看向天空的时候，一辆巨型的摩托车从天而降，然后降落在他们面前的路上。

If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it.

如果这辆摩托车是很巨型的话，那么跟跨坐在车上的男人相比，它就不算什么。

A is nothing to b表示跟b比起来，a不算什么。it was nothing to the man，摩托车跟男人相比，摩托车不算什么。这个男人显然他的体型更加地庞大。

sitting astride it，后置定语，修饰the man，表示跨坐在摩托车上的这个男人。

He was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide.

他身高将近是正常人2倍，体宽至少是5倍。这是个又高又胖的巨人啊。

这里有两个倍数比较的说法， twice as tall as a normal man，一个正常人的两倍那么高，at least five times as wide至少又有五倍宽。

five times as wide后面有省略，它省略了as a normal man，正常人的5倍宽，但是英语之中因为忌讳重复和啰嗦，所以把five times as wide后面的as a normal man给省略掉了。

He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild—

他看起来简直是too big to be allowed，to be allowed字面理解是被允许的，在句中其实等同于 he looks simply too big to be possible，意思说大到不可能的地步，如果说一般人的体型有极限的话，那么他已经大到超过极限的程度，而且不光看起来很大，还so wild，外表看起来非常的粗野狂放。这跟Dumbledore非常有气质的那种穿长长袍的外观比起来，两者完全是另一个风格。

Long tangles of bushy black hair and beard hid most of his face,

Tangles，表示乱蓬蓬的一团，bushy，浓密的。

乱蓬蓬的浓密长发和胡子，遮住了他大部分面孔。

he had hands the size of trash can lids,

他有一双怎样的手，trash can lids就是垃圾桶盖，the size of表示大小，所以他的手是大到跟一个垃圾桶盖那么大。

and his feet in their leather boots were like baby dolphins.

他穿着皮靴（leather boots）的双脚是怎么样的？Were like baby dolphins，像小海豚那么大，这么大的一双脚，可见这是确实是一个非常huge的人。

In his vast, muscular arms he was holding a bundle of blankets.

vast本身就是形容大，但在句中是修饰他的手臂，说他又非常粗壮的、长满肌肉的手臂，臂弯之中他正抱着一团毯子。

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