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原文及翻译

"This," said Wood, "is the Golden Snitch, and it's the most important ball of the lot. It's very hard to catch because it's so fast and difficult to see. It's the Seeker's job to catch it. You've got to weave in and out of the Chasers, Beaters, Bludgers, and Quaffle to get it before the other team's Seeker, because whichever Seeker catches the Snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they nearly always win. That's why Seekers get fouled so much. A game of Quidditch only ends when the Snitch is caught, so it can go on for ages— I think the record is three months, they had to keep bringing on substitutes so the players could get some sleep. Well, that's it — any questions?" Harry shook his head.

“这是金色飞贼，”伍德说，“它是所有球中最重要的一个。它很难被抓住，因为它速度太快，而且很难被发现。找球手的任务就是抓住它。你必须在追球手、击球手、游走球和鬼飞球之间穿梭，才能抢在对方球队的找球手之前抓住它，因为无论哪个找球手抓住了金色飞贼，他的球队都会额外获得一百五十分，所以他们几乎总是赢。这就是为什么找球手经常被犯规。一场魁地奇比赛只有在金色飞贼被抓住后才结束，所以比赛可能会持续很长时间——我想最高纪录是三个月，他们不得不不断换上替补队员，这样球员们才能睡一会儿。好了，就这样了——还有什么问题吗？”哈利摇了摇头。

He understood what he had to do all right, it was doing it that was going to be the problem. "We won't practice with the Snitch yet," said Wood, carefully shutting it back inside the crate, "it's too dark, we might lose it. Let's try you out with a few of these." He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch. Harry didn't miss a single one, and Wood was delighted.

 他完全明白自己该做什么，问题就出在做这件事上。 “我们先不练习飞贼，”伍德说着，小心翼翼地把它关回板条箱里，“天太黑了，我们可能会弄丢它。我们先用几个这个试试你。”他从口袋里掏出一袋普通高尔夫球，几分钟后，他和哈利就飞到了空中，伍德用尽全力把高尔夫球扔向各个方向，让哈利接住。哈利一个都没丢，伍德很高兴。

After half an hour, night had really fallen and they couldn't carry on."That Quidditch cup'll have our name on it this year," said Wood happily as they trudged back up to the castle. "I wouldn't be surprised if you turn out better than Charlie Weasley, and he could have played for England if he hadn't gone off chasing dragons. Perhaps it was because he was now so busy, what with Quidditch practice three evenings a week on top of all his homework." But Harry could hardly believe it when he realized that he'd already been at Hogwarts two months. The castle felt more like home than Privet Drive ever had. His lessons, too, were becoming more and more interesting now that they had mastered the basics.

半小时后，夜色已深，他们再也坚持不住了。“今年魁地奇杯上一定会刻上我们的名字！”伍德高兴地说，他们拖着沉重的脚步走回城堡。 “如果你比查理·韦斯莱更优秀，我一点都不会感到惊讶，如果他没有去追龙，他本可以为英格兰队效力。也许是因为他现在太忙了，除了所有的家庭作业外，每周还有三个晚上的魁地奇练习。”但当哈利意识到自己已经在霍格沃茨呆了两个月时，他简直不敢相信。这座城堡比女贞路更有家的感觉。现在他们掌握了基础知识，他的课程也变得越来越有趣了。

On Halloween morning they woke to the delicious smell of baking pumpkin wafting through the corridors. Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly, something they had all been dying to try since they'd seen him make Neville's toad zoom around the classroom. Professor Flitwick put the class into pairs to practice. Harry's partner was Seamus Finnigan (which was a relief, because Neville had been trying to catch his eye). Ron, however, was to be working with Hermione Granger.

万圣节的早晨，他们醒来时，走廊里飘来烤南瓜的香味。更棒的是，弗立维教授在魔咒课上宣布，他认为他们已经准备好让物体飞起来了，自从他们看到他让纳威的蟾蜍在教室里飞来飞去后，他们都一直渴望尝试。弗立维教授把全班分成两人一组练习。哈利的搭档是西莫·斐尼甘（这让他松了一口气，因为纳威一直在试图引起他的注意）。然而，罗恩将与赫敏·格兰杰一起工作。

It was hard to tell whether Ron or Hermione was angrier about this. She hadn't spoken to either of them since the day Harry's broomstick had arrived. "Now, don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practicing!" squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And saying the magic words properly is very important, too  —  never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest."

很难说罗恩和赫敏谁对此更生气。自从哈利的扫帚到来的那天起，她就没和他们说过话了。“现在，别忘了我们练习的那个漂亮的手腕动作！”弗立维教授像往常一样站在书堆上尖声说道。“嗖嗖，挥动，记住，嗖嗖，挥动。正确地说出咒语也很重要——有个巫师叫巴鲁菲奥，他把‘f’说成了‘s’，结果发现自己倒在地上，胸口上压着一头水牛。”

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