02. 大难不死的男孩（原文讲解）

The Boy Who Lived

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,” said Dumbledore, sounding relieved. “At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?”

“Borrowed it, Professor Dumbledore, sir,” said the giant, climbing carefully off the motorcycle as he spoke. “Young Sirius Black lent it to me. I’ve got him, sir.”

“No problems, were there?”

“No, sir – house was almost destroyed, but I got him out all right before the Muggles started swarmin’ around. He fell asleep as we was flyin’ over Bristol.”

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall bent forward over the bundle of blankets. Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep. Under a tuft of jet-black hair over his forehead they could see a curiously shaped cut, like a bolt of lightning. 

必背表达

break silence

- 划破寂静；打破沉默

- 例句：She broke her silence and told the truth. 她打破了沉默，告诉了大家真相。

relieved

- adj. 感到宽慰的

- relieve v. 缓解；例：to relieve one’s pain 缓解某人的疼痛

- pain reliever 止疼药

bend

- v. 弯曲；例：bend your knees 弯下膝盖

- bend over backwards 竭尽全力

- 例句：I bent over backwards to help you, and you didn’t even say thank you! 我竭尽全力帮你，你连句谢谢都没有！

语言点

- rumble: v. 发出隆隆声；例：the rumbling thunder 隆隆的雷声

- break silence: 划破寂静；打破沉默；例句：She broke her silence and told the truth. 她打破了沉默，告诉了大家真相。

- steadily: adv. 稳定地；steady adj. 稳定的；a steady job 稳定的工作（铁饭碗）

- sign: n. 迹象；例句：There is no sign of life in the house. 屋子里一点没有住人的迹象。

- swell: v. 增长，肿胀；例句：Oh no! My face is swelling up. 完了！我的脸肿了。

- roar: n. 咆哮

- be nothing to: 和……相比什么都不是；例句：You might feel sad, but it’s nothing to what I’m going through. 你可能感觉悲伤，不过你的悲伤和我的亲身经历根本没法比。

- astride: adv. 跨着

- tangle: n. 纠缠

- bushy: adj. 茂密的

- lid: n. 盖子

- vast: adj. 巨大的，辽阔的

- muscular: adj. 强壮有力的

- bundle: n. 捆；例：a bundle of skewers 一捆烤串扦子

- relieved: adj. 感到宽慰的；relieve v. 缓解；例：to relieve one’s pain 缓解某人的疼痛

- giant: n. 巨人

- destroy: v. 摧毁

- swarm: v. 成群结队的行动；例：a swarm of bees 一群蜜蜂

- bend: v. 弯曲；例：bend your knees 弯下膝盖；bend over backwards 竭尽全力；例句：I bent over backwards to help you, and you didn’t even say thank you! 我竭尽全力帮你，你连句谢谢都没有！

- visible: adj. 看得见的

- fast: adj. 牢固的；例：fasten your seatbelt 系好安全带

- tuft: n. 一绺

- curiously: adv. 古怪地，奇怪地

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