12 The Mirror of Erised

CHAPTER TWELVE THE MIRROR OF ERISED hristmas was coming. One morning in mid- December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban. The few owls that managed to battle

第十二章厄里斯的魔镜圣诞节快到了。 十二月中旬的一天早晨，霍格沃茨一觉醒来，发现自己被几英尺厚的雪覆盖着。 湖水结了冰，韦斯莱家的双胞胎兄弟因为给几个雪球施了魔法而受到惩罚，这些雪球跟着奇洛到处跑，在他的头巾后面蹦蹦跳。 少数几只成功战斗的猫头鹰

their way through the stormy sky to deliver mail had to be nursed back to health by Hagrid before they could fly off again. No one could wait for the holidays to start. While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the drafty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the classrooms. Worst of all were Professor Snape's classes down in the dungeons, where their breath rose in a mist before them and they kept as close as possible to their hot cauldrons. "I do feel so sorry," said Draco Malfoy, one Potions class, "for all those people who have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because they're not wanted at home." He was looking over at Harry as he spoke. Crabbe and Goyle chuckled. Harry, who was measuring out powdered spine of lionfish, ignored them. Malfoy had been even more unpleasant than usual since the Quidditch match. Disgusted that

他们在狂风暴雨的天空中送信，在海格的照料下恢复了健康，才能再次起飞。 没有人能等待假期的开始。 格兰芬多公共休息室和大礼堂里的炉火熊熊燃烧着，而通风的走廊已经结冰，刺骨的寒风吹得教室的窗户格格作响。 最糟糕的是斯内普教授在地下教室里上的课，他们呼出的气在面前变成了一团雾，他们尽量靠近自己的热坩埚。 “我真为那些不得不留在霍格沃茨过圣诞节的人感到难过，”一堂魔药课上的德拉科·马尔福说，“因为家里不需要他们。” 他一边说，一边看着哈利。 克拉布和高尔咯咯地笑起来。 哈利正在量磨成粉末的狮子鱼脊骨，没有理睬他们。 自从魁地奇比赛之后，马尔福比平时更不讨人喜欢了。 恶心,

the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next. Then he'd realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to stay on his bucking broomstick. So Malfoy, jealous and angry, had gone back to taunting Harry about having no proper family. It was true that Harry wasn't going back to Privet Drive for Christmas. Professor McGonagall had come around the week before, making a list of students who would be staying for the holidays, and Harry had signed up at once. He didn't feel sorry for himself at all; this would probably be the best Christmas he'd ever had. Ron and his brothers were staying, too, because Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were going to Romania to visit Charlie. When they left the dungeons at the end of Potions, they found a large fir tree blocking the

斯莱特林队输了，他想逗大家笑，说下一个找球手将由一只大嘴树蛙代替哈利。 然后他意识到，没有人觉得这很有趣，因为他们都对哈利在他的弓形飞天扫帚上站稳的方式印象深刻。 于是，马尔福又嫉妒又生气，又开始嘲笑哈利没有像样的家庭。 哈利确实不回女贞路过圣诞节了。 上个星期，麦格教授来过，列了一张留校度假的学生名单，哈利立刻签了名。 他一点也不为自己感到难过；这可能是他度过的最棒的圣诞节。 罗恩和他的兄弟们也留下了，因为韦斯莱夫妇要去罗马尼亚看望查理。 当他们上完魔药课离开地下教室时，发现一棵大冷杉挡住了他们的路

corridor ahead. Two enormous feet sticking out at the bottom and a loud puffing sound told them that Hagrid was behind it. "Hi, Hagrid, want any help?" Ron asked, sticking his head through the branches. "Nah, I'm all right, thanks, Ron." "Would you mind moving out of the way?" came Malfoy's cold drawl from behind them. "Are you trying to earn some extra money, Weasley? Hoping to be gamekeeper yourself when you leave Hogwarts, I suppose— that hut of Hagrid's must seem like a palace compared to what your family's used to." Ron dived at Malfoy just as Snape came up the stairs. "WEASLEY!" Ron let go of the front of Malfoy's robes. "He was provoked, Professor Snape," said Hagrid, sticking his huge hairy face out from behind the tree. ikcjeo. "Malfoy was insultin' his family."

走廊。两只巨大的脚伸出来，一声响亮的喘气声告诉他们，海格就在后面。 “嗨，海格，需要帮忙吗？”罗恩把头伸到树枝间问。 “不用了，我没事，谢谢你，罗恩。” “你不介意让开吧？”他们身后传来马尔福冷冰冰的慢吞吞的声音。 “你想赚外快吗，韦斯莱？” 我想，你是希望离开霍格沃茨以后，自己也能成为猎场看守人吧——海格的那间小屋和你们家以前住的地方比起来，一定像一座宫殿。” 就在斯内普上楼时，罗恩扑向马尔福。 “韦斯莱!”罗恩松开了马尔福长袍的前襟。 “他是被激怒的，斯内普教授。”海格说着，从树后伸出他那张毛茸茸的大脸。 “马尔福在侮辱他的家人。”

"Be that as it may, fighting is against Hogwarts rules, Hagrid," said Snape silkily. "Five points from Gryffindor, Weasley, and be grateful it isn't more. Move along, all of you." Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle pushed roughly past the tree, scattering needles everywhere and smirking. "I'll get him," said Ron, grinding his teeth at Malfoy's back, "one of these days, I'll get him—" "I hate them both," said Harry, "Malfoy and Snape." "Come on, cheer up, it's nearly Christmas," said Hagrid. "Tell yeh what, come with me an' see the Great Hall, looks a treat." So the three of them followed Hagrid and his tree off to the Great Hall, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy with the Christmas decorations. "Ah, Hagrid, the last tree— put it in the far corner, would you?"

“不管怎样，打架是违反霍格沃茨校规的，海格。”斯内普圆滑地说。 “格兰芬多扣掉五分，韦斯莱，别再扣掉了，你应该感到庆幸。 你们都走吧。”马尔福、克拉布和高尔粗暴地挤过那棵树，把针撒得到处都是，一边傻笑着。 “我会抓到他的，”罗恩对着马尔福的背影咬牙切齿地说，“总有一天，我会抓到他的——”“我讨厌他们两个，”哈利说，“马尔福和斯内普。” “别这样，振作起来，圣诞节就要到了。”海格说。 “这样吧，跟我一起去看看大礼堂吧，看起来很不错。” 于是他们三个跟着海格和他的圣诞树来到礼堂，麦格教授和弗立维教授正忙着布置圣诞装饰品。 “啊，海格，最后一棵树——把它放在远处的角落里，好吗？”

The hall looked spectacular. Festoons of holly and mistletoe hung all around the walls, and no less than twelve towering Christmas trees stood around the room, some sparkling with tiny icicles, some glittering with hundreds of candles. "How many days you got left until yer holidays?" Hagrid asked. "Just one," said Hermione. "And that reminds me— Harry, Ron, we've got half an hour before lunch, we should be in the library." "Oh yeah, you're right," said Ron, tearing his eyes away from Professor Flitwick, who had golden bubbles blossoming out of his wand and was trailing them over the branches of the new tree. "The library?" said Hagrid, following them out of the hall. "Just before the holidays? Bit keen, aren't yeh?" "Oh, we're not working," Harry told him brightly. "Ever since you mentioned Nicolas

大厅看起来很壮观。 墙上挂满了冬青树和槲寄生的彩带，房间周围耸立着不下十二棵高耸的圣诞树，有些树上挂着闪闪发光的小冰柱，有些树上挂着几百支蜡烛。 “离你的假期还有几天？”海格问道。 “就一个。”赫敏说。 “这倒提醒了我——哈利，罗恩，离午饭还有半个小时，我们应该到图书馆去。” “哦，是啊，你说得对。”罗恩说着，把目光从弗立维教授身上移开。弗立维教授的魔杖上冒出了一个个金色的泡泡，正把它们拖到那棵新树的树枝上。 “图书馆？”海格跟着他们走出大厅。 “就在假期前？” 有点敏锐，是不是？”“哦，我们没有工作。”哈利高兴地告诉他。 “自从你提到尼古拉斯