3 Will and Won’t

CHAPTER THREE Will and Won't Harry Potter was snoring loudly. He had been sitting in a chair beside his bedroom window for the best part of four hours, staring out at the darkening street, and had finally fallen asleep with one side of his face pressed against the cold window-pane, his glasses askew and his mouth wide open. The misty fug his breath had left on the window sparkled in the orange glare of the streetlamp outside, and the artificial light drained his face of all colour so that he looked ghostly beneath his shock of untidy black hair. The room was strewn with various possessions and a good smattering of rubbish. Owl feathers, apple cores and sweet wrappers littered the floor, a

第三章威尔和不会哈利·波特鼾声大作。 他在卧室窗边的椅子上坐了大半个小时，凝视着外面渐渐变黑的街道，最后睡着了，他的一侧脸贴在冰冷的窗玻璃上，眼镜歪着，嘴巴张得大大的。 他呼出的气留在窗户上的雾气，在外面橘黄色的街灯的照射下闪闪发光，人造的灯光使他的脸上毫无血色，在他那乱蓬蓬的黑发下，他看起来像个幽灵。 房间里散落着各种各样的物品和少量的垃圾。 地上散落着猫头鹰羽毛、苹果核和糖纸

number of spellbooks lay higgledy-piggledy among the tangled robes on his bed, and a mess of newspapers sat in a puddle of light on his desk. The headline of one blared: HARRY POTTER: THE CHOSEN ONE? Rumours continue to fly about the mysterious recent disturbance at the Ministry of Magic, during which He Who Must Not Be Named was sighted once more. 'We're not allowed to talk about it, don't ask me anything,' said one agitated Obliviator, who refused to give his name as he left the Ministry last night. Nevertheless, highly placed sources within the Ministry have confirmed that the disturbance centred on the fabled Hall of Prophecy. Though Ministry spokeswizards have hitherto refused even to confirm the existence of such a place, a growing number of the

他床上乱糟糟的袍子里乱七八糟地放着几本咒语书，桌子上的一滩灯光里放着一堆报纸。 其中一份的标题是：哈利·波特：天选之子？ 关于魔法部最近发生的神秘骚乱的谣言不断，在此期间，那个连名字都不能提的人又出现了。 “我们不能谈论这件事，什么都别问我。”昨晚离开魔法部时，一位不愿透露姓名的神情激动的记忆注销员说。 尽管如此，魔法部内部的高层人士已经证实这次骚乱集中在传说中的预言厅。 尽管外交部发言人到目前为止甚至拒绝证实这样一个地方的存在，但越来越多的人

wizarding community believe that the Death Eaters now serving sentences in Azkaban for trespass and attempted theft were attempting to steal a prophecy. The nature of that prophecy is unknown, although speculation is rife that it concerns Harry Potter, the only person ever known to have survived the Killing Curse, and who is also known to have been at the Ministry on the night in question. Some are going so far as to call Potter the 'Chosen One', believing that the prophecy names him as the only one who will be able to rid us of He Who Must Not Be Named. The current whereabouts of the prophecy, if it exists, are unknown, although (cont. page 2, column 5) A second newspaper lay beside the first. This one bore the headline: SCRIMGEOUR SUCCEEDS FUDGE

巫师界认为，那些因非法侵入和盗窃未遂而在阿兹卡班服刑的食死徒是想偷一个预言球。 这个预言的本质是未知的，尽管人们普遍猜测它与哈利·波特有关，他是已知的唯一一个从杀戮咒中幸存下来的人，而且众所周知，他在事发当晚也在魔法部。 有些人甚至称波特为“救世之星”，相信预言中提到的波特是唯一能够让我们摆脱那个连名字都不能提的魔头的人。 预言目前的下落，如果它存在的话，是未知的，尽管（续）。 在第一份报纸旁边放着第二份报纸。 这张的标题是：斯克林杰接替福吉

Most of this front page was taken up with a large black-and-white picture of a man with a lionlike mane of thick hair and a rather ravaged face. The picture was moving– the man was waving at the ceiling. Rufus Scrimgeour, previously Head of the Auror Office in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, has succeeded Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic. The appointment has largely been greeted with enthusiasm by the wizarding community, though rumours of a rift between the new Minister and Albus Dumbledore, newly reinstated Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, surfaced within hours of Scrimgeour taking office. Scrimgeour's representatives admitted that he had met with Dumbledore at once upon taking possession of the top job, but refused to comment on the topics under discussion. Albus Dumbledore is known to (cont. mclhfa. page 3, column 2)

这个头版的大部分版面都被一幅巨大的黑白照片占据了，照片上是一个男人，一头浓密的鬃毛像狮子一样，一张饱经沧桑的脸。 画面在动——那个人在向天花板挥手。 鲁弗斯·斯克林杰，原魔法法律执行司傲罗办公室主任，接替康奈利·福吉出任魔法部部长。 这一任命在很大程度上受到了巫师界的热烈欢迎，尽管有关新部长与新恢复的威森加摩首席巫师阿不思·邓布利多之间不和的谣言在斯克林杰就职后几小时内就出现了。 斯克林杰的代表承认，斯克林杰担任校长后立即与邓布利多见了面，但拒绝就讨论的话题发表评论。 阿不思·邓布利多（续） 第三页，第二栏)

To the left of this paper sat another, which had been folded so that a story bearing the title MINISTRY GUARANTEES STUDENTS' SAFETY was visible. Newly appointed Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, spoke today of the tough new measures taken by his Ministry to ensure the safety of students returning to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this autumn. 'For obvious reasons, the Ministry will not be going into detail about its stringent new security plans,' said the Minister, although an insider confirmed that measures include defensive spells and charms, a complex array of counter-curses and a small task force of Aurors dedicated solely to the protection of Hogwarts School. Most seem reassured by the new Minister's tough stand on student safety. Said Mrs Augusta Longbottom, 'My grandson Neville–

在这张纸的左边放着另一张，它被折叠起来，这样就可以看到一个标题为“魔法部保证学生安全”的故事。 新任命的魔法部部长鲁弗斯·斯克林杰今天谈到了魔法部为确保今年秋天返回霍格沃茨魔法学校的学生的安全而采取的严厉的新措施。 “出于显而易见的原因，魔法部不会透露其严格的新安全计划的细节。”部长说，不过一位内部人士证实，这些措施包括防御咒和魔咒、一系列复杂的反咒，以及一支专门负责保护霍格沃茨学校的傲罗小组。 大多数人似乎对新部长在学生安全问题上的强硬立场感到放心。 奥古斯塔·隆巴顿夫人说，“我的孙子纳威——

a good friend of Harry Potter's, incidentally, who fought the Death Eaters alongside him at the Ministry in June and– But the rest of this story was obscured by the large birdcage standing on top of it. Inside it was a magnificent snowy owl. Her amber eyes surveyed the room imperiously, her head swivelling occasionally to gaze at her snoring master. Once or twice she clicked her beak impatiently, but Harry was too deeply asleep to hear her. A large trunk stood in the very middle of the room. Its lid was open: it looked expectant; yet it was almost empty but for a residue of old underwear, sweets, empty ink bottles and broken quills that coated the very bottom. Nearby, on the floor, lay a purple leaflet emblazoned with the words: Issued on Behalf of the Ministry of Magic PROTECTING YOUR HOME AND FAMILY AGAINST DARK FORCES

顺便说一句，他是哈利·波特的一个好朋友，曾在六月和他一起在魔法部和食死徒搏斗过——不过这个故事的其余部分被顶上的那个大鸟笼遮住了。 里面是一只漂亮的雪鸮。 她琥珀色的眼睛专横地扫视着房间，她的头偶尔转动一下，凝视着她打鼾的主人。 她不耐烦地咔哒了一两次，但哈利睡得太沉了，听不见她的声音。 房间正中央放着一只大箱子。 它的盖子开着，看上去很期待。然而，它几乎是空的，只有旧内衣、糖果、空墨水瓶和破羽毛笔的残留物覆盖在底部。 旁边的地板上放着一张紫色的传单，上面醒目地写着：代表魔法部印发，保护您的家庭和家人免受黑势力的侵害