12 The Triwizard Tournament

—CHAPTER TWELVE— The Triwizard Tournament Through the gates, flanked with statues of winged boars, and up the sweeping drive the carriages trundled, swaying dangerously in what was fast becoming a gale. Leaning against the window, Harry could see Hogwarts coming nearer, its many lighted windows blurred and shimmering behind the thick curtain of rain. Lightning flashed across the sky as their carriage came to a halt before the great oak front doors, which stood at the top of a flight of stone steps. People who had occupied the carriages in front were already hurrying up the stone steps into the castle; Harry, Ron, Hermione

第十二章三强争霸赛马车穿过大门，两边都是带翅膀的野猪雕像，沿着宽阔的车道行驶，在狂风中危险地摇晃着。 哈利靠在窗户上，看见霍格沃茨越来越近了，许多亮着灯的窗户在厚厚的雨幕后面模糊地闪烁着。 一道闪电划过天空，他们的马车在一段石阶顶上的橡树大门前停了下来。 坐在前面马车上的人已经匆匆走上石阶进入城堡。哈利，罗恩，赫敏

and Neville jumped down from their carriage and dashed up the steps too, looking up only when they were safely inside the cavernous, torch-lit Entrance Hall, with its magnificent marble staircase. 'Blimey,' said Ron, shaking his head and sending water everywhere, 'if that keeps up, the lake's going to overflow. I'm soak– ARGH!' A large, red, water-filled balloon had dropped from out of the ceiling onto Ron's head, and exploded. Drenched and spluttering, Ron staggered sideways into Harry, just as a second water bomb dropped– narrowly missing Hermione, it burst at Harry's feet, sending a wave of cold water over his trainers into his socks. People all around them shrieked and started pushing each other in their efforts to get out of the line of fire– Harry looked up, and saw, floating twenty feet above them, Peeves the poltergeist, a little man in a bell-covered hat and orange bowtie, his wide, malicious face contorted with concentration as he took aim again.

纳威从马车上跳下来，也冲上台阶，直到他们安全进入了大厅，大厅里灯火通明，有一段华丽的大理石楼梯，他才抬起头来。 “天哪，”罗恩说着摇了摇头，把水喷得到处都是，“再这样下去，湖水就要溢出来了。 我湿透了——啊！”一个装满水的红色大气球从天花板上掉到罗恩的头上，然后爆炸了。 罗恩浑身湿透，溅起了水花，摇摇晃晃地向哈利扑去，就在这时，第二颗水弹落了下来——差一点击中赫敏，在哈利脚边炸开了，一股冷水冲过他的运动鞋，流进了他的袜子。 他们周围的人都尖叫起来，开始互相推挤，试图逃离火线——哈利抬头一看，看见皮皮鬼在他们上方二十英尺的地方漂浮着，他个子矮小，戴着一顶铃铛帽，系着橙色领结，他那张恶意的宽脸由于专注而扭曲了，他再次瞄准了目标。

'PEEVES!' yelled an angry voice. 'Peeves, come down here at ONCE!' Professor McGonagall, deputy headmistress and Head of Gryffindor house, had come dashing out of the Great Hall; she skidded on the wet floor and grabbed Hermione around the neck to stop herself falling. 'Ouch– sorry, Miss Granger–' 'That's all right, Professor!' Hermione gasped, massaging her throat. 'Peeves, get down here NOW!' barked Professor McGonagall, straightening her pointed hat and glaring upwards through her square- rimmed spectacles. 'Not doing nothing!' cackled Peeves, lobbing a water bomb at several fifth-year girls, who screamed and dived into the Great Hall. 'Already wet, aren't they? Little squirts! Wheeeeeeeeee!' And he aimed another bomb at a group of second- years who had just arrived. 'I shall call the Headmaster!' shouted Professor McGonagall. 'I'm warning you, Peeves–' Peeves stuck out his tongue, threw the last of his water bombs into the air, and zoomed off up

“讨厌!一个愤怒的声音喊道。 “皮皮鬼，马上下来！”副校长、格兰芬多学院院长麦格教授从礼堂里冲了出来。她在潮湿的地板上滑了一下，抓住赫敏的脖子不让自己掉下去。 “哎哟——对不起，格兰杰小姐——”“没关系，教授！”赫敏喘着气，按摩着喉咙。 “皮皮鬼，马上给我下来！”麦格教授吼道，整了整她的尖顶帽子，透过方框眼镜往上看。 “什么也不做！”皮皮鬼咯咯地笑着，朝几个五年级女生扔了一枚水弹，她们尖叫着冲进了礼堂。 “已经湿了，不是吗？” 小鞘!Wheeeeeeeeee !”他把另一枚炸弹对准了一群刚到的二年级学生。 “我要叫校长来！”麦格教授喊道。 “我警告你，皮皮鬼——”皮皮鬼伸出舌头，把最后几颗水弹扔向空中，嗖地一声飞了上去

the marble staircase, cackling insanely. 'Well, move along, then!' said Professor McGonagall sharply to the bedraggled crowd. 'Into the Great Hall, come on!' Harry, Ron and Hermione slipped and slid across the Entrance Hall and through the double doors on the right, Ron muttering furiously under his breath as he pushed his sopping hair off his face. The Great Hall looked its usual splendid self, decorated for the start-of-term feast. Golden plates and goblets gleamed by the light of hundreds and hundreds of candles, floating over the tables in mid-air. The four long house tables were packed with chattering students; at the top of the Hall, the staff sat along one side of a fifth table, facing their pupils. It was much warmer in here. Harry, Ron and Hermione walked past the Slytherins, the Ravenclaws and the Hufflepuffs, and sat down with the rest of the Gryffindors at the far side of the Hall, next to Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost. ikcjeo. Pearly white and semi- transparent, Nick was dressed tonight in his usual

大理石楼梯，疯狂地咯咯作响。 “好吧，那就走吧！”麦格教授严厉地对浑身湿透的人群说。 “进大厅，快！”哈利、罗恩和赫敏一滑一滑地穿过门厅，穿过右边的两扇门。罗恩一边使劲拨开脸上湿漉漉的头发，一边愤怒地低声嘟囔着。 礼堂一如既往地富丽堂皇，为开学宴会布置得十分华丽。 成百上千的蜡烛照亮了金色的盘子和高脚杯，在桌子上空飘浮着。 四张长桌子上坐满了叽叽喳喳的学生；在礼堂的顶端，教职员工坐在第五张桌子的一边，面对着他们的学生。 这里暖和多了。 哈利、罗恩和赫敏走过斯莱特林、拉文克劳和赫奇帕奇的学生，和其他格兰芬多的学生一起坐在礼堂的另一边，紧挨着格兰芬多的幽灵——差点没头的尼克。 今晚，尼克穿着他平时穿的衣服，晶莹剔透，洁白如珍珠

doublet, with a particularly large ruff, which served the dual purpose of looking extra festive and ensuring that his head didn't wobble too much on his partially severed neck. 'Good evening,' he said, beaming at them. 'Says who?' said Harry, taking off his trainers and emptying them of water. 'Hope they hurry up with the Sorting, I'm starving.' The Sorting of the new students into houses took place at the start of every school year, but by an unlucky combination of circumstances, Harry hadn't been present at one since his own. He was quite looking forward to it. Just then, a highly excited, breathless voice called down the table, 'Hiya, Harry!' It was Colin Creevey, a third-year to whom Harry was something of a hero. 'Hi, Colin,' said Harry warily. 'Harry, guess what? Guess what, Harry? My brother's starting! My brother Dennis!' 'Er– good,' said Harry.

紧身胸衣，有一个特别大的褶边，这有两个目的，既看起来特别喜庆，又能确保他的头在半断的脖子上不会晃动得太厉害。 “晚上好，”他微笑着对他们说。 “谁说的?哈利说着，脱下他的运动鞋，把里面的水倒掉。 “希望他们快点分院，我快饿死了。”每个学年开始时都会给新生分院，但不幸的是，哈利自从自己的学院之后就再也没有参加过分院。 他很期待这件事。 正在这时，一个非常兴奋、上气不接下气的声音从桌子那头喊道：“你好，哈利！”他是科林·克里维，一个三年级学生，在他看来，哈利有点像个英雄。 “嗨，科林。”哈利警惕地说。 “哈利，你猜怎么着？”你猜怎么着，哈利？ 我哥哥要开始了！我弟弟丹尼斯！“嗯——很好。”哈利说。

'He's really excited!' said Colin, practically bouncing up and down in his seat. 'I just hope he's in Gryffindor! Keep your fingers crossed, eh, Harry?' 'Er– yeah, all right,' said Harry. He turned back to Hermione, Ron and Nearly Headless Nick. 'Brothers and sisters usually go in the same houses, don't they?' he said. He was judging by the Weasleys, all seven of whom had been put into Gryffindor. 'Oh, no, not necessarily,' said Hermione. 'Parvati Patil's twin's in Ravenclaw, and they're identical, you'd think they'd be together, wouldn't you?' Harry looked up at the staff table. There seemed to be rather more empty seats there than usual. Hagrid, of course, was still fighting his way across the lake with the first-years; Professor McGonagall was presumably supervising the drying of the Entrance Hall floor, but there was another empty chair, too, and he couldn't think who else was missing.

“他真的很兴奋！”科林说，几乎在座位上跳来跳去。 “我只希望他在格兰芬多！”祈求好运吧，哈利？“嗯——好吧，好吧。”哈利说。 他转向赫敏、罗恩和差点没头的尼克。 “兄弟姐妹通常住在同一所房子里，是吗？”他说。 他是根据韦斯莱一家来判断的，他们七个人都被分到格兰芬多。 “哦，不，不一定。”赫敏说。 “帕瓦蒂·佩蒂尔的双胞胎姐妹在拉文克劳，她们长得一模一样，你以为她们会在一起，是不是？”哈利抬头看着教工桌子。 那里的空座位似乎比平时多。 当然，海格还在和一年级新生一起奋力渡过湖；麦格教授大概是在监督晾干门厅的地板，但还有一把空椅子，他想不出还有谁不见了。