4 The Leaky Cauldron

CHAPTER FOUR The Leaky Cauldron It took Harry several days to get used to his strange new freedom. Never before had he been able to get up whenever he wanted or eat whatever he fancied. He could even go wherever he liked, as long as it was in Diagon Alley, and as this long cobbled street was packed with the most fascinating wizarding shops in the world, Harry felt no desire to break his word to Fudge and stray back into the Muggle world. Harry ate breakfast each morning in the Leaky Cauldron, where he liked watching the other guests: funny little witches from the country, up for a day's shopping; venerable-looking wizards arguing over the latest article in Transfiguration

第四章破釜酒吧哈利花了好几天时间才适应了这种陌生的新自由。 在这以前，他从来没有想起床就起床，想吃什么就吃什么。 他甚至可以去任何他想去的地方，只要在对角巷就行。这条鹅卵石铺就的长街上到处都是世界上最迷人的魔法商店，哈利不想违背对福吉的诺言，误入麻瓜的世界。 哈利每天早上都在破釜酒吧吃早饭，他喜欢在那里看着其他客人：从乡下来的有趣的小女巫，来买一天的东西；可敬的巫师们在争论《变形课》上最新的一篇文章

Today; wild-looking warlocks, raucous dwarfs and, once, what looked suspiciously like a hag, who ordered a plate of raw liver from behind a thick woollen balaclava. After breakfast Harry would go out into the back yard, take out his wand, tap the third brick from the left above the dustbin, and stand back as the archway into Diagon Alley opened in the wall. Harry spent the long sunny days exploring the shops and eating under the brightly coloured umbrellas outside cafés, where his fellow diners were showing each other their purchases ('it's a lunascope, old boy–no more messing around with moon charts, see?') or else discussing the case of Sirius Black ('personally, I won't let any of the children out alone until he's back in Azkaban'). Harry didn't have to do his homework under the blankets by torchlight any more; now he could sit in the bright sunshine outside Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour, finishing all his essays with occasional help from Florean Fortescue himself, who, apart from knowing a

今天;长相粗野的男巫，声音沙哑的小矮人，还有一次，一个看起来很像女巫的人从厚厚的羊毛巴拉克拉瓦帽后面点了一盘生肝。 早饭后，哈利会到后院去，拿出魔杖，敲一下垃圾箱上方从左数第三块砖，然后站在后面，看见通往对角巷的拱门在墙上打开了。 在漫长的阳光灿烂的日子里，哈利在商店里闲逛，在咖啡馆外色彩鲜艳的雨伞下吃饭，和他一起吃饭的人互相展示他们买的东西（“这是望远镜，老伙计——别再摆弄月亮图了，明白吗？”），或者讨论小天狼星布莱克的案子（“就我个人而言，在他回到阿兹卡班之前，我不会让任何一个孩子单独出去的。”）。 哈利再也不用在毯子下面拿着火把写作业了。现在他可以坐在弗洛林·福特斯克冰淇淋店外面的明媚阳光下，在弗洛林·福特斯克偶尔的帮助下完成他所有的论文

great deal about medieval witch-burnings, gave Harry free sundaes every half hour. Once Harry had refilled his money bag with gold Galleons, silver Sickles and bronze Knuts from his vault at Gringotts, he needed to exercise a lot of self-control not to spend the whole lot at once. He had to keep reminding himself that he had five years to go at Hogwarts, and how it would feel to ask the Dursleys for money for spellbooks, to stop himself buying a handsome set of solid gold Gobstones (a wizarding game rather like marbles, in which the stones squirted a nastysmelling liquid into the other player's face when they lost a point). He was sorely tempted, too, by the perfect, moving model of the galaxy in a large glass ball, which would have meant he never had to take another Astronomy lesson. But the thing that tested Harry's resolution most appeared in his favourite shop, Quality Quidditch Supplies, a week after he'd arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. Curious to know what the crowd in the shop was staring at, Harry edged his way inside and squeezed in amongst the excited witches and

讲了很多关于中世纪烧死女巫的事，每半小时给哈利免费的圣代。 哈利从古灵阁的金库里把金加隆、银西可和铜纳特装满了钱袋之后，他需要非常克制自己，不能一下子把钱花光。 他不得不不断提醒自己，他在霍格沃茨还有五年的时间，如果向德思礼家要钱买咒语书，阻止自己去买一套漂亮的纯金戈布石（一种有点像弹珠的魔法游戏，当对方丢一分时，石头就会向对方脸上喷射一种难闻的液体），那会是什么感觉。 他还被一个大玻璃球里完美的、移动的银河系模型深深吸引住了，这意味着他再也不用上天文学课了。 但是，最考验哈利决心的东西出现在他最喜欢的商店——魁地奇精品用品店，就在他来到破釜酒吧一个星期之后。 哈利很想知道店里的人在看什么，就挤进了兴奋的女巫们中间

wizards until he glimpsed a newly erected podium on which was mounted the most magnificent broom he had ever seen in his life. 'Just come out… prototype…' a square-jawed wizard was telling his companion. 'It's the fastest broom in the world, isn't it, Dad?' squeaked a boy younger than Harry, who was swinging off his father's arm. 'Irish International Side's just put in an order for seven of these beauties!' the proprietor of the shop told the crowd. 'And they're favourites for the World Cup!' A large witch in front of Harry moved, and he was able to read the sign next to the broom: THE FIREBOLT This state-of-the-art racing broom sports a streamlined, super-fine handle of ash, treated with a diamond-hard polish and hand-numbered with its own registration number. Each individually

直到他瞥见一个新搭建的领奖台，领奖台上放着一把他有生以来见过的最华丽的扫帚。 “刚出来……原型……”一个方下巴的巫师对他的同伴说。 “这是世界上最快的扫帚，是不是，爸爸？”一个比哈利小的男孩尖声问道，他正从他父亲的胳膊上荡来荡去。 “爱尔兰国际队刚刚订购了7个这样的美女！”店主对人群说。 “他们是世界杯的大热门！”哈利前面的一个高大的女巫动了一下，他看到了扫帚旁边的牌子：火弩箭这把最先进的飞天扫帚有一个流线型的、超细的灰柄，用钻石般坚硬的抛光剂处理，还用自己的注册号码手工编号。 每一个单独

selected birch twig in the broomtail has been honed to aerodynamic perfection, giving the Firebolt unsurpassable balance and pinpoint precision. The Firebolt has an acceleration of 0–150 miles an hour in ten seconds and incorporates an unbreakable braking charm. Price on request. Price on request… Harry didn't like to think how much gold the Firebolt would cost. He had never wanted anything so much in his whole life–but he had never lost a Quidditch match on his Nimbus Two Thousand, and what was the point in emptying his Gringotts vault for the Firebolt, when he had a very good broom already? Harry didn't ask for the price, but he returned, almost every day after that, just to look at the Firebolt. There were, however, things that Harry needed to buy. He went to the apothecary to replenish his store of Potions' ingredients, and as his school robes were now several inches too short in the arm and leg, he visited Madam Malkin's Robes for All

扫帚尾上精选的桦树树枝被打磨成完美的空气动力学，使火弩箭具有无与伦比的平衡和精确的精度。 火弩箭可以在10秒内加速到每小时0-150英里，并具有牢不可破的制动魅力。 价格要求。价格随要求而定……哈利不愿去想这把火弩箭要花多少金子。 在他的一生中，他从来没有像现在这样渴望得到什么东西——但他从来没有骑着他的光轮2000输过魁地奇比赛，既然他已经有了一把非常好的扫帚，那么清空古灵阁金库去买火弩箭又有什么意义呢？ 哈利没有问价钱，但从那以后，他几乎每天都要回来，只是为了看看那只火弩箭。 然而，哈利需要买一些东西。 他去药房补充药房里的魔药配料，由于他的校服胳膊和腿都短了几英寸，他就去了摩金夫人长袍专卖店

Occasions and bought new ones. Most important of all, he had to buy his new school books, which would include those for his two new subjects, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination. Harry got a surprise as he looked in at the bookshop window. Instead of the usual display of gold-embossed spellbooks the size of paving slabs, there was a large iron cage behind the glass which held about a hundred copies of The Monster Book of Monsters. Torn pages were flying everywhere as the books grappled with each other, locked together in furious wrestling matches and snapping aggressively. Harry pulled his booklist out of his pocket and consulted it for the first time. The Monster Book of Monsters was listed as the set book for Care of Magical Creatures. Now Harry understood why Hagrid had said it would come in useful. He felt relieved; he had been wondering whether Hagrid wanted help with some terrifying new pet. As Harry entered Flourish and Blotts, the manager came hurrying towards him.

然后买了新的。 最重要的是，他必须买新的课本，其中包括他的两门新课程——保护神奇生物课和占卜课。 哈利从书店的橱窗往里看时，吃了一惊。 橱窗里陈列的不是像往常一样，有石板那么大的金色浮雕魔法书，而是一个大铁笼子，里面装着大约一百本《妖怪的妖怪书》。 这些书互相扭打在一起，撕成碎片的书页飞得到处都是。 哈利从口袋里掏出书单，第一次看了看。 《妖怪的妖怪书》被列为保护神奇生物课的课本。 现在哈利明白海格为什么说它会派上用场了。 他感到如释重负；他一直在想，海格是不是需要帮忙照顾某个可怕的新宠物。 哈利走进丽痕书店时，经理匆匆向他走来。