16 Through the Trapdoor

CHAPTER SIXTEEN THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR In years to come, Harry would never quite remember how he had managed to get through his exams when he half expected Voldemort to come bursting through the door at any moment. Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door.

第十六章穿过活板门在今后的许多年里，哈利永远也记不起他是怎样通过考试的，因为他有几分担心伏地魔随时会破门而入。 然而日子一天天过去，毫无疑问，路威还活着，而且在那扇锁着的门后面。

It was sweltering hot, especially in the large classroom where they did their written papers. They had been given special, new quills for the exams, which had been bewitched with an Anti- Cheating spell. They had practical exams as well. Professor Flitwick called them one by one into his class to see if they could make a pineapple tap-dance across a desk. Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuffbox points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had whiskers. Snape made them all nervous, breathing down their necks while they tried to remember how to make a Forgetfulness potion. Harry did the best he could, trying to ignore the stabbing pains in his forehead, which had been bothering him ever since his trip into the forest. Neville thought Harry had a bad case of exam nerves because Harry couldn't sleep, but the truth

天气闷热，尤其是在他们做书面作业的大教室里。 他们得到了专门为考试准备的新羽毛笔，这些羽毛笔被施了防作弊咒。 他们也有实践考试。 弗立维教授把他们一个个叫进教室，看他们能不能让一个菠萝在桌子上跳踢踏舞。 麦格教授看着他们把一只老鼠变成一个鼻烟壶，鼻烟壶长得好看就给分，如果有胡须就扣分。 斯内普让他们都很紧张，在他们努力回忆如何配制遗忘药水的时候，他紧紧地盯着他们。 哈利尽了最大的努力，努力不去理会额头上刺痛的感觉，自从他进入禁林以来，这种感觉就一直困扰着他。 纳威以为哈利得了严重的考试紧张症，因为哈利睡不着觉，但事实是

was that Harry kept being woken by his old nightmare, except that it was now worse than ever because there was a hooded figure dripping blood in it. Maybe it was because they hadn't seen what Harry had seen in the forest, or because they didn't have scars burning on their foreheads, but Ron and Hermione didn't seem as worried about the Stone as Harry. The idea of Voldemort certainly scared them, but he didn't keep visiting them in dreams, and they were so busy with their studying they didn't have much time to fret about what Snape or anyone else might be up to. Their very last exam was History of Magic. One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who'd invented self-stirring cauldrons and they'd be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out. When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their

哈利总是被他过去的噩梦吵醒，只不过现在比以前更糟了，因为有一个戴着兜帽的人在里面滴着血。 也许是因为他们没有看到哈利在禁林里看到的东西，也许是因为他们额头上没有灼烧的伤疤，但罗恩和赫敏似乎不像哈利那样担心魔法石。 伏地魔的想法当然吓坏了他们，但他并不总是在梦中出现，他们忙于学习，没有太多时间担心斯内普或其他人可能在做什么。 他们的最后一门考试是魔法史。 花一个小时回答关于发明自动搅拌坩埚的古怪老巫师的问题，他们就自由了，自由了整整一个星期，直到他们的考试成绩出来。 当宾斯教授的鬼魂叫他们放下

quills and roll up their parchment, Harry couldn't help cheering with the rest. "That was far easier than I thought it would be," said Hermione as they joined the crowds flocking out onto the sunny grounds. "I needn't have learned about the 1637 Werewolf Code of Conduct or the uprising of Elfric the Eager." Hermione always liked to go through their exam papers afterward, but Ron said this made him feel ill, so they wandered down to the lake and flopped under a tree. The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were tickling the tentacles of a giant squid, which was basking in the warm shallows. "No more studying," Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. "You could look more cheerful, Harry, we've got a week before we find out how badly we've done, there's no need to worry yet." Harry was rubbing his forehead.

羽毛笔和卷起羊皮纸，哈利忍不住和其他人一起欢呼。 “这比我想象的容易多了。”赫敏说，这时他们加入了涌向阳光灿烂的场地的人群。 “我不需要了解1637年的《狼人行为准则》，也不需要了解渴望者埃尔弗里克的起义。” 赫敏总是喜欢在考试结束后再看一遍试卷，但罗恩说这让他觉得不舒服，于是他们就走到湖边，扑通一声躺在一棵树下。 韦斯莱家的双胞胎兄弟和李·乔丹正在挠一只大乌贼的触手，这只乌贼正在温暖的浅滩上晒太阳。 “不用再学习了。”罗恩高兴地叹了口气，伸开四肢躺在草地上。 “你可以高兴一点，哈利。我们还有一个星期才知道我们考得有多糟，现在还不必担心。” 哈利揉着额头。

"I wish I knew what this means!" he burst out angrily. "My scar keeps hurting it's happened before, but never as often as this." "Go to Madam Pomfrey," Hermione suggested. "I'm not ill," said Harry. "I think it's a warning it means danger's coming...." Ron couldn't get worked up, it was too hot. "Harry, relax, Hermione's right, the Stone's safe as long as Dumbledore's around. Anyway, we've never had any proof Snape found out how to get past Fluffy. He nearly had his leg ripped off once, he's not going to try it again in a hurry. And Neville will play Quidditch for England before Hagrid lets Dumbledore down." Harry nodded, but he couldn't shake off a lurking feeling that there was something he'd forgotten to do, something important. When he tried to explain this, Hermione said, "That's just the exams. I woke up last night and was halfway

“真希望我知道这是什么意思！” “我的伤疤一直疼，以前也有过，但从来没有像这次这么频繁。” “去找庞弗雷夫人。”赫敏建议道。 “我没病。”哈利说。 “我认为这是一个警告，意味着危险即将来临....” 罗恩激动不起来，天气太热了。 “哈利，别紧张，赫敏说得对，只要邓布利多在，魔法石就很安全。 总之，我们没有任何证据证明斯内普知道如何通过路威。 有一次他的腿差点被人扯掉，他不会急着再试一次的。 在海格让邓布利多失望之前，纳威将代表英格兰打魁地奇。” 哈利点了点头，但他无法摆脱一种隐隐的感觉，觉得自己忘了做什么事，一件很重要的事。 当他试图解释这一点时，赫敏说：“那只是考试。 我昨晚醒了，还在半路上

through my Transfiguration notes before I remembered we'd done that one." Harry was quite sure the unsettled feeling didn't have anything to do with work, though. He watched an owl flutter toward the school across the bright blue sky, a note clamped in its mouth. Hagrid was the only one who ever sent him letters. Hagrid would never betray Dumbledore. Hagrid would never tell anyone how to get past Fluffy never but Harry suddenly jumped to his feet. "Where're you going?" said Ron sleepily. "I've just thought of something," said Harry. He had turned white. "We've got to go and see Hagrid, now." "Why?" panted Hermione, hurrying to keep up. "Don't you think it's a bit odd," said Harry, scrambling up the grassy slope, "that what Hagrid wants more than anything else is a dragon, and a stranger turns up who just happens to have an egg

在我记起我们学过那门课之前，我一直在看变形课的笔记。” 不过，哈利可以肯定，这种不安的感觉与工作毫无关系。 他看见一只猫头鹰在明亮的蓝天上向学校飞来，嘴里叼着一张纸条。 海格是唯一给他写信的人。 海格绝不会背叛邓布利多。 海格永远不会告诉任何人如何通过路威，但哈利突然跳了起来。 “你上哪儿去？”罗恩困倦地问。 “我刚想到一件事。”哈利说。 他脸色煞白。“我们现在必须去见海格。” “为什么？”赫敏喘着气说，赶紧跟上。 “你不觉得这有点奇怪吗，”哈利说，一边爬上草坡，“海格最想要的就是一条龙，而一个陌生人恰好有一只龙蛋