18 Dumbledore’s Army

— CHAPTER EIGHTEEN — Dumbledore's Army 'Umbridge has been reading your mail, Harry. There's no other explanation.' 'You think Umbridge attacked Hedwig?' he said, outraged. 'I'm almost certain of it,' said Hermione grimly. 'Watch your frog, it's escaping.' Harry pointed his wand at the bullfrog that had been hopping hopefully towards the other side of the table – 'Accio!' – and it zoomed gloomily back into his hand. Charms was always one of the best lessons in which to enjoy a private chat; there was generally so much movement and activity that the danger of being overheard was very slight. Today, with the

-第十八章-邓布利多的军队乌姆里奇一直在看你的信，哈利。 没有别的解释了。“你认为乌姆里奇袭击了海德薇？”他愤怒地说。 “我几乎可以肯定。”赫敏严肃地说。 “小心你的青蛙，它在逃跑。”哈利用魔杖指着那只满怀希望地跳到桌子另一边的牛蛙——“飞来！”——它阴郁地飞回到他手里。 魔咒课一直是享受私人谈话的最佳课程之一；总的来说，那里的动静很大，被人偷听的危险很小。 今天，随着

room full of croaking bullfrogs and cawing ravens, and with a heavy downpour of rain clattering and pounding against the classroom windows, Harry, Ron and Hermione's whispered discussion about how Umbridge had nearly caught Sirius went quite unnoticed. 'I've been suspecting this ever since Filch accused you of ordering Dungbombs, because it seemed such a stupid lie,' Hermione whispered. 'I mean, once your letter had been read it would have been quite clear you weren't ordering them, so you wouldn't have been in trouble at all – it's a bit of a feeble joke, isn't it? But then I thought, what if somebody just wanted an excuse to read your mail? Well then, it would be a perfect way for Umbridge to manage it – tip off Filch, let him do the dirty work and confiscate the letter, then either find a way of stealing it from him or else demand to see it – I don't think Filch would object, when's he ever stuck up for a student's rights? Harry, you're squashing your frog.' Harry looked down; he was indeed squeezing his bullfrog so tightly its eyes were popping; he

教室里满是呱呱叫的牛蛙和呱呱叫的乌鸦，倾盆大雨敲打着教室的窗户，哈利、罗恩和赫敏低声讨论着乌姆里奇差点抓住小天狼星的事，但没有人注意到他们。 “自从费尔奇指责你订购大粪蛋以来，我就一直怀疑这一点，因为这似乎是一个愚蠢的谎言。”赫敏小声说。 “我的意思是，一旦你的信被读了，就会很清楚你没有订购它们，所以你根本不会有麻烦——这是一个有点无力的笑话，不是吗？” 但我又想，如果有人只是想找个借口看你的邮件呢？ 好吧，这对乌姆里奇来说是一个完美的办法——告诉费尔奇，让他干坏事，没收那封信，然后要么想办法从他那里偷走，要么要求看信——我想费尔奇不会反对的，他什么时候维护过学生的权利？ 哈利，你把青蛙压扁了。”哈利低下头。他确实把他的牛蛙捏得太紧了，眼睛都要凸出来了；他

replaced it hastily upon the desk. 'It was a very, very close call last night,' said Hermione. 'I just wonder if Umbridge knows how close it was. Silencio.' The bullfrog on which she was practising her Silencing Charm was struck dumb mid-croak and glared at her reproachfully. 'If she'd caught Snuffles –' Harry finished the sentence for her. '– He'd probably be back in Azkaban this morning.' He waved his wand without really concentrating; his bullfrog swelled like a green balloon and emitted a high-pitched whistle. 'Silencio!' said Hermione hastily, pointing her wand at Harry's frog, which deflated silently before them. 'Well, he mustn't do it again, that's all. I just don't know how we're going to let him know. We can't send him an owl.' 'I don't reckon he'll risk it again,' said Ron. 'He's not stupid, he knows she nearly got him. Silencio.'

急忙把它放回桌上。 “昨晚真是死里逃生。”赫敏说。 “我只是想知道乌姆里奇是否知道它有多近。 Silencio。”她正在牛蛙身上练习消音咒，牛蛙在呱呱叫到一半的时候哑口无言，用责备的目光瞪着她。 “如果她抓住了鼻塞——”哈利替她把话说完。 “——他今天早上可能已经回阿兹卡班了。”他心不在焉地挥了挥魔杖。他的牛蛙膨胀得像一个绿色的气球，发出一声尖利的口哨。 “Silencio !赫敏急忙说，用魔杖指着哈利的青蛙，青蛙在他们面前无声地瘪了。 “好吧，他不能再这样做了，仅此而已。 我只是不知道该怎么让他知道。 我们不能给他派猫头鹰。“我想他不会再冒险了。”罗恩说。 “他不傻，他知道她差点就抓住了他。 Silencio。”

The large and ugly raven in front of him let out a derisive caw. 'Silencio. SILENCIO!' The raven cawed more loudly. 'It's the way you're moving your wand,' said Hermione, watching Ron critically, 'you don't want to wave it, it's more a sharp jab.' 'Ravens are harder than frogs,' said Ron testily. 'Fine, let's swap,' said Hermione, seizing Ron's raven and replacing it with her own fat bullfrog. 'Silencio!' The raven continued to open and close its sharp beak, but no sound came out. 'Very good, Miss Granger!' said Professor Flitwick's squeaky little voice, making Harry, Ron and Hermione all jump. 'Now, let me see you try, Mr Weasley.' 'Wha—? Oh – oh, right,' said Ron, very flustered. 'Er – silencio!' He jabbed at the bullfrog so hard he poked it in the eye: the frog gave a deafening croak and leapt off the desk.

他面前那只又大又丑的乌鸦发出一声嘲弄的叫声。 “Silencio。SILENCIO !”乌鸦叫得更大声了。 “这是你挥动魔杖的方式，”赫敏说，用挑剔的眼光看着罗恩，“你不应该挥舞魔杖，而应该猛烈地一刺。“乌鸦比青蛙硬。”罗恩不耐烦地说。 “好吧，我们交换吧。”赫敏说着，抓起罗恩的乌鸦，换上了她自己的肥牛蛙。 “Silencio !”乌鸦继续张开和合上它的尖嘴，但没有发出任何声音。 “很好，格兰杰小姐！”弗立维教授尖细的声音说，把哈利、罗恩和赫敏都吓了一跳。 “现在，让我看看你试试，韦斯莱先生。“世界卫生大会- ? “哦——哦，对了。”罗恩非常慌张地说。 “嗯——安静！”他猛地一戳牛蛙的眼睛，牛蛙发出一声震耳欲聋的叫声，从桌子上跳了下来。

It came as no surprise to any of them that Harry and Ron were given additional practice of the Silencing Charm for homework. They were allowed to remain inside over break due to the downpour outside. They found seats in a noisy and overcrowded classroom on the first floor in which Peeves was floating dreamily up near the chandelier, occasionally blowing an ink pellet at the top of somebody's head. They had barely sat down when Angelina came struggling towards them through the groups of gossiping students. 'I've got permission!' she said. 'To reform the Quidditch team!' 'Excellent!' said Ron and Harry together. 'Yeah,' said Angelina, beaming. 'I went to McGonagall and I think she might have appealed to Dumbledore. Anyway, Umbridge had to give in. Ha! So I want you down at the pitch at seven o'clock tonight, all right, because we've got to make up time. You realise we're only three weeks away from our first match?' She squeezed away from them, narrowly dodged an ink pellet from Peeves, which hit a

对于哈利和罗恩在家庭作业中被要求练习沉默咒，他们谁也不感到奇怪。 由于外面下着倾盆大雨，他们被允许在休息期间留在室内。 他们在一楼一间嘈杂拥挤的教室里找到了座位，皮皮鬼在枝形吊灯旁飘浮着，偶尔朝一个人的头顶吹一支墨水球。 他们刚坐下，安吉利娜就从一群议论纷纷的学生中间挣扎着朝他们走来。 “我得到许可了！”她说。 “改革魁地奇球队！”“太好了!罗恩和哈利同时问。 “是啊。”安吉利娜笑着说。 “我去找了麦格，我想她可能向邓布利多申诉过。 总之，乌姆里奇不得不让步。 哈!所以我希望你今晚7点到球场来，好吗，因为我们得把时间补回来。 你知道我们离第一场比赛只有三个星期了吧？”她从他们身边挤开，勉强躲过皮皮鬼扔来的墨水球，墨水球打中了一个

nearby first-year instead, and vanished from sight. Ron's smile slipped slightly as he looked out of the window, which was now opaque with hammering rain. 'Hope this clears up. What's up with you, Hermione?' She, too, was gazing at the window, but not as though she really saw it. Her eyes were unfocused and there was a frown on her face. 'Just thinking …' she said, still frowning at the rain-washed window. 'About Siri— Snuffles?' said Harry. 'No … not exactly …' said Hermione slowly. 'More … wondering … I suppose we're doing the right thing … I think … aren't we?' Harry and Ron looked at each other. 'Well, that clears that up,' said Ron. 'It would've been really annoying if you hadn't explained yourself properly.' Hermione looked at him as though she had only just realised he was there.

而是在附近的一年级新生，然后从视线中消失了。 罗恩望着窗外，脸上的笑容渐渐消失了，窗外已经被大雨打得不透明了。 “希望天气转晴。你怎么啦，赫敏？”她也凝视着窗户，但并不是真的看见了。 她的眼睛没有集中注意力，脸上皱着眉头。 “我只是在想……”她说，仍然皱着眉头看着被雨水冲刷过的窗户。 “关于Siri——鼻塞？”哈利问。 “不……不完全是……”赫敏慢慢地说。 “更多的……想知道……我想我们做的是对的……我想……是不是？”哈利和罗恩面面相觑。 “好吧，这就清楚了。”罗恩说。 “如果你没有解释清楚，那就太烦人了。”赫敏看着他，好像她刚刚意识到他在那里。