精读哈利波特与魔法石Chapter 1（六）

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原文："Could I -- could I say good-bye to him, sir?" asked Hagrid. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog."Shhh!" hissed Professor McGonagall, "you'll wake the Muggles!"

译文：“我能—— 我能跟他告别一下吗?先生?”海格问。他把毛发蓬乱的大头凑到哈利脸上，给了他一个胡子拉碴、痒乎乎的吻。接着海格突然像一只受伤的狗号叫了一声。“嘘!”麦格教授嘘了他一声，“你会把麻瓜们吵醒的!”

思考下列单词和词组在文中的释义

Shaggy

Scratchy

Whiskery

let out

Howl

hiss

精读笔记

第一部分："Could I -- could I say good-bye to him, sir?" asked Hagrid. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

写作分析：

1.shaggy 在原文中意为：Shaggy hair or fur is long and messy. (毛发等) 又长又乱的

例：Tim, who still has longish, shaggy hair, used to turn up at official dinners in jeans and T-shirt.

仍然留着蓬乱长发的蒂姆过去常常穿着牛仔服和T恤衫出现在正式宴会上。

拓展：hairy意指多毛的

Shaggy强调毛发杂乱

Brushy 意指如毛刷的；灌木丛生的

Flocky 意指毛茸茸的

2.scratchy在原文中意为：Scratchy clothes or fabrics are rough and uncomfortable to wear next to your skin. (衣服或织物)粗糙扎人的；这里指海格的胡子扎人

例：

Wool is so scratchy that it irritates the skin.

羊毛织物太粗糙扎人了，令皮肤很不舒服。

拓展：Scratch的用法： If you scratch yourself, you rub your fingernails against your skin because it is itching. 挠

例：He scratched himself under his arm.

他在自己腋下挠了挠。

也可以用作： If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been done before. 从零开始

例：Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging.

白手起家既激动人心又具有挑战性。

也可以用作：

If you say that someone is scratching their head, you mean that they are thinking hard and trying to solve a problem or puzzle. 绞尽脑汁思考

例：The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.

这家研究所花大量时间绞尽脑汁思考怎样推进美国的生产力。

3.whiskery在原文中意为：If you describe someone as whiskery, you mean that they have lots of stiff little hairs on their face. 胡须多的

第二部分：

写作分析：Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog."Shhh!" hissed Professor McGonagall, "you'll wake the Muggles!"

1. let out在原文中意为：If you let out a particular sound, you make that sound. 发出 (声音) [书面]

例：When she saw him, she let out a cry of horror.

看到他时，她发出了惊恐的叫声。

2.howl在原文中意为：If an animal such as a wolf or a dog howls, it makes a long, loud, crying sound. (狼、狗等动物) 嗥叫

例：Somewhere a dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.

某个地方的一只狗突然嗥叫起来，对着月亮狂吠。

3.hiss在原文中意为：To hiss means to make a sound like a long "s." 发嘶嘶声。这里是说麦格教授在叫海格安静点

例：My cat hissed when I stepped on its tail.

我踩在了猫的尾巴上，于是它嘶嘶地叫了起来。

拓展：各种动物的叫声

牛：moo

蛇：hiss

鸡；cackle

绵羊：baa

猪: oink