01. 德思礼一家（原文讲解）

The Dursleys

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense.

Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blond and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.

The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn’t think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs. Potter was Mrs. Dursley’s sister, but they hadn’t met for several years; in fact, Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn’t have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbors would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him. This boy was another good reason for keeping the Potters away; they didn’t want Dudley mixing with a child like that. 

必背表达

don’t hold with such nonsense

- 不容忍歪门邪道/不容忍扯淡

- 例句：I don’t hold with nonsense. 我这个人从来不扯没用的闲淡。

come in useful

- 派上用场

- 例句：When we traveled to Australia, my English came in useful. 我们去澳大利亚旅游的时候，我的英语派上用场了。

keep away

- 阻碍，避开

- 例句：Am I keeping you away from your work? 我是不是耽误你工作了？

- 例句：An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每天吃苹果，疾病远离我。

语言点

- expect: v. 预期；例句：I didn’t expect this exam to be so hard. 我没想到这个考试会这么难。

- mysterious: adj. 神秘的；例句：John is a very mysterious person. 小强是一个非常神秘的人。

- nonsense: n. 荒唐，胡闹；例句：That’s nonsense! 这根本就是扯淡！

- drill: n. 钻头；练习；例：fire drill 防火演习

- beefy: adj. 粗壮的

- mustache: n. 胡须

- blond: adj. 金头发的

- crane: v. 伸长脖子 / n. 鹤，起重机

- fence: n. 栅栏

- fine: adj. 优秀的；例：fine wine 高档葡萄酒；fine dining 高级餐饮

- discover: v. 发现，发掘；例：discover the truth 发现真相

- bear: v. 忍受，承受；例句：I cannot bear the pressure. 我压力太大，受不了。

- pretend: v. 假装；例句：Don’t pretend to be asleep. 别假装睡觉了！

- good-for-nothing: adj. 一无是处的

- shudder: v. 颤抖；例句：The bad news makes her shudder. 刚来的坏消息让她发抖。

- keep away: 阻碍，避开；例句：Am I keeping you away from your work? 我是不是耽误你工作了？例句：An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 每天吃苹果，疾病远离我。

- mix: v. 混合；交往；例句：Oil and water don’t mix. 油和水不相溶（水火不容）

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