Week 02 Day 05

(…‘Shake ’em off … shake ’em off,’ he would mutter whenever he did this.)

kindle #503-547/扇貝chapter 3第3節(jié)/有聲音頻（12:05-18:08）

Vocabulary

一、重點單詞：

1. strangled cry/gasp/voice: a cry or other sound that is suddenly stopped before it is finished 突然止住的喊叫/喘氣/說話聲等

Then he shouted, ‘There’s another one! Mr H. Potter, The Smallest Bedroom, 4 Privet Drive –’
With a strangled cry, Uncle Vernon leapt from his seat and ran down the hall, Harry right behind him.

2. wrestle: to fight someone by holding them and pulling or pushing them （與某人）摔跤洒扎；扭打
   wrestle to the ground: 把……摔倒在地

Uncle Vernon had to wrestle Dudley to the ground to get the letter from him, which was made difficult by the fact that Harry had grabbed Uncle Vernon around the neck from behind.

3. straighten up: to make your back straight, or to stand up straight after bending down 挺直身子霹粥，直起身來

After a minute of confused fighting, in which everyone got hit a lot by the Smeltings stick, Uncle Vernon straightened up, gasping for breath, with Harry’s letter clutched in his hand.

4. wheez: to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest 氣喘吁吁，發(fā)出呼哧聲

‘Go to your cupboard – I mean, your bedroom,’ he wheezed at Harry. ‘Dudley – go – just go.’

5. steal = creep = sneak: to move quietly without anyone noticing you 悄悄地移動

He stole downstairs without turning on any of the lights.

He was going to wait for the postman on the corner of Privet Drive and get the letters for number four first. His heart hammered as he crept across the dark hall towards the front door –
‘AAAAARRRGH!’
Harry leapt into the air – he’d trodden on something big and squashy on the doormat – something alive!

• hammer = pound: if your heart hammers, you feel it beating strongly and quickly （心）猛烈跳動，怦怦直跳
• tread in/on = step in/on: to put your foot on or in something while you are walking 踩，踏
• squashy: soft and easy to press （英，非正式）軟而容易被壓壞（扁）的

9. the foot of sth: the lowest or bottom part of something 某物的底部虐沥，某物的下端

10. lap = knee: the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down （坐著時的）大腿部
    on/in sb's lap

11. 與“撕信”相關(guān)

• tear = rip
  vi.

‘I want –’ he began, but Uncle Vernon was tearing the letters into pieces before his eye

• shred
  n. a small thin piece that is torn or cut roughly from something （撕下或切下的）細條，碎片
  tear/rip sth to shreds: 把……撕成碎片泽艘；把……批評得體無完膚
  vt.
  (1) to cut or tear something into small thin pieces 把……切成細條欲险；把……撕成碎片
  (2) to put a document into a shredder 把（文件）放進碎紙機粉碎

Aunt Petunia shredded the letters in her food mixer.

12. 與“封死”相關(guān)

• nail sth ? up: permanently close a window or door by fixing something across it using nails （用釘子）封死（窗或門）

He stayed at home and nailed up the letter-box.

• board sth ? up: to cover a window or door, or all the windows and doors of a building, with wooden boards 用木板封住（門窗）

After burning all the letters, he got out a hammer and nails and boarded up the cracks around the front and back doors so no one could go out.

• get sth ? out:
  TAKE SOMETHING FROM 從某處拿出某物
  to take something from the place where it is kept 拿出某物匹涮，取出某物
• crack:
  a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something 裂縫天试，縫隙

13. slot:
    n./vi.
    vi. to go into a slot, or to put something in a slot （把……）插進窄孔（狹縫）

On Friday, no fewer than twelve letters arrived for Harry. As they couldn’t go through the letter-box they had been pushed under the door, slotted through the sides and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs toilet.

14. jump: IN FEAR/SURPRISE 恐懼/吃驚 to make a quick sudden movement because you are surprised or frightened （因驚訝或害怕而）突然一跳

He hummed ‘Tiptoe through the Tulips’ as he worked, and jumped at small noises.

Something came whizzing down the kitchen chimney as he spoke and caught him sharply on the back of the head.

• whizz
  [always + adverb/preposition] informal
  to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air （非正式）嗖嗖的飛馳
• catch
  GET STUCK 被卡住
  if your hand, finger, clothing etc catches or is caught in something, it gets stuck in it accidentally （被）夾住然低；（被）卡紫裁俊；（被）鉤住

Next moment, thirty or forty letters came pelting out of the fireplace like bullets. The Dursleys ducked, but Harry leapt into the air trying to catch one –

• pelt:

• duck: to lower your head or body very quickly, especially to avoid being seen or hit （迅速）低下（頭）雳攘，彎下（身）带兜，躲閃

They could hear the letters still streaming into the room, bouncing off the walls and floor.

• stream=pour: FLOW 流動 to move in a continuous flow in the same direction 不斷地流動；（朝同一方向）涌

• bounce off: BALL/OBJECT 球/物體 if a ball or other object bounces, or you bounce it, it immediately moves up or away from a surface after hitting it （使）彈起吨灭；（使）反彈刚照；（使）彈跳

21. That does it!
    spoken used to say angrily that you will not accept a situation anymore （口）夠了！（用于表示受不了某情況）

22. wrench: If you wrench yourself free from someone who is holding you, you get away from them by suddenly twisting the part of your body that is being held. 掙脫喧兄；掙開

Ten minutes later they had wrenched their way through the boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding towards the motorway.

23. hold sb/sth ? up: to delay someone or something 耽擱某人无畔；推遲（阻延）某事

Dudley was sniffling in the back seat; his father had hit him round the head for holding them up while he tried to pack his television, video and computer in his sports bag.

24. shake sb/sth ? off: to escape from someone who is chasing you 擺脫，甩掉（追趕你的人）

二吠冤、其他單詞：

1.shout

2. a mouthful of

3. roll up

4. badly

5. marmalade

6. waist

7. tuft

8. every now and then

三浑彰、舊詞重現(xiàn)：

1. grab

2. gasp

3. creep

4. click

5. shuffle

6. crack

7. hum

8. furious

9. sniff

10. mutter

11. bang

作業(yè)

1. 今天的作業(yè)是仔細閱讀上面的詞匯講解，挑選其中3個句子進行翻譯拯辙。