《哈利•波特与密室》(二)
JUSTIN: What are you playing at? RON: You're a Parselmouth! Why didn't you tell us? HARRY: I'm a what? HERMIONE: You can talk to snakes. HARRY: I know. I mean, I accidentally set a python on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once... once! But so what? I bet loads of people here can do it. HERMIONE: No. They can't. It's not a very common gift, Harry. This is bad. HARRY: What's bad? If I hadn't told that snake not to attack Justin - RON: Oh, that's what you said to it. HARRY: You were there! You heard me! RON: I heard you speaking Parseltongue. Snake language. HARRY: I spoke a different language? But I didn't realize -- how can I speak a language without knowing I can? HERMIONE: I don't know, Harry. But it sounded like you were egging the snake on or something. Harry, listen to me. There's a reason the symbol of Slytherin House is a serpent. Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth. He could talk to snakes, too. RON: Exactly. And now the whole school's gonna to think you're his great-great-great grandson or something. HARRY: But I'm not. I can't be. HERMIONE: He lived a thousand years ago. For all we know... you could be. 妙语佳句,活学活用 1. Play at Play at 在这里的意思是"做,参加,从事于", What are you playing at? 的意思就是"你在耍什么把戏?"此外,play at 还有以下一些常用意义: 2. Set on 这个片语也写做set upon,意思是"to attack or cause to attack someone physically or emotionally",例如:The man sets his dog on a stranger. 3. Loads of Loads of 表示"许多的,大量的",也可以用 a load of 来表示同样的意思,例如:loads of parties during the holiday season,To the reader's disappointment, the leading article in this issue of the magazine is a load of rubbish. 4. Egg on "怂恿,煽动某人做某事"的意思,例如:Jack is always egging me on to drive faster. |