上集说到，海格来到家里后一直试图告诉哈利过去的一切，十年前到底发生了什么也即将浮出水面。请结合今天《哈利波特》有声读物的听力素材mp3及下方的原文和翻译，开始今天的练习吧！

听力原文及翻译

"Gulpin' gargoyles, Harry, people are still scared. Blimey, this is difficult. See, there was this wizard who went... bad. As bad as you could go. Worse. Worse than worse. His name was..." Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.

“吞咽石像鬼，哈利，人们仍然很害怕。天哪，这很难。你看，有个巫师变得……坏了。坏到不能再坏了。更糟。比更糟更糟。他的名字是……”海格吞咽了一口，但一句话也说不出来。

"Could you write it down?" Harry suggested. "Nah -- can't spell it. All right -- Voldemort." Hagrid shuddered. "Don' make me say it again. Anyway, this -- this wizard, about twenty years ago now, started lookin' for followers. Got them, too -- some were afraid, some just wanted a bit of his power, 'cause he was getting himself power, all right. Dark days, Harry. Didn't know who to trust, didn't dare get friendly with strange wizards or witches... terrible things happened. He was taking over." 

“你能写下来吗？”哈利建议道。“不——不会拼写。好吧——伏地魔。”海格颤抖着说。“别让我再说一遍。不管怎样，这个——这个巫师，大约二十年前，开始寻找追随者。也有了他们——有些人害怕，有些人只是想要一点他的权力，因为他自己获得了权力。没错，黑暗的日子，不知道该相信谁，不敢和陌生的巫师或女巫交朋友……然后可怕的事情发生了，他接管了一切。”

"Of course, some stood up to him -- and he killed them, horribly. One of the only safe places left was Hogwarts. Reckon Dumbledore's the only one You-Know-Who was afraid of. Didn't dare try taking the school, not just then, anyway. Now, your mom and dad were as good a witch and wizard as I ever knew. Head boy and girl at Hogwarts in their day! "

“当然，有些人站出来反对他——他杀了他们，非常可怕。霍格沃茨是仅存的安全之地之一。我想邓布利多是神秘人唯一害怕的人。他不敢试图夺取学校，至少当时不敢。你的父母是我所知道的最优秀的巫师和巫师,他们当时是霍格沃茨最优秀的男生女生！”

"Suppose the mystery is why You-Know-Who never tried to get them on his side before... Probably knew they were too close to Dumbledore to want anything to do with the Dark Side. Maybe he thought he could persuade them... maybe he just wanted them out of the way. "

“假设这个谜团是为什么神秘人从来没有试图让他们站在他那边……可能知道他们和邓布利多太亲近了，不想和黑暗面有任何关系。也许他认为他可以说服他们……也许他只是想让他们离开。”

"All anyone knows is, he turned up in the village where you were all living, on Halloween ten years ago. You were just a year old. He came ter yer house an' -- an'--"Hagrid suddenly pulled out a very dirty, spotted handkerchief and blew his nose with a sound like a foghorn.

“所有人都知道，十年前的万圣节，他出现在你们居住的村子里。你才一岁。他来到你家——然后——”海格突然拿出一块很脏、有污渍的手帕，擤了擤鼻子，发出了像雾角。

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