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原文:"Could I -- could I say good-bye to him, sir?" asked Hagrid. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog."Shhh!" hissed Professor McGonagall, "you'll wake the Muggles!"

译文:“我能—— 我能跟他告别一下吗?先生?”海格问。他把毛发蓬乱的大头凑到哈利脸上,给了他一个胡子拉碴、痒乎乎的吻。接着海格突然像一只受伤的狗号叫了一声。“嘘!”麦格教授嘘了他一声,“你会把麻瓜们吵醒的!”

思考下列单词和词组在文中的释义

Shaggy

Scratchy

Whiskery

let out

Howl

hiss

精读笔记

第一部分:"Could I -- could I say good-bye to him, sir?" asked Hagrid. He bent his great, shaggy head over Harry and gave him what must have been a very scratchy, whiskery kiss.

写作分析:

1.shaggy 在原文中意为:Shaggy hair or fur is long and messy. (毛发等) 又长又乱的

例:Tim, who still has longish, shaggy hair, used to turn up at official dinners in jeans and T-shirt.

仍然留着蓬乱长发的蒂姆过去常常穿着牛仔服和T恤衫出现在正式宴会上。

拓展:hairy意指多毛的

Shaggy强调毛发杂乱

Brushy 意指如毛刷的;灌木丛生的

Flocky 意指毛茸茸的

2.scratchy在原文中意为:Scratchy clothes or fabrics are rough and uncomfortable to wear next to your skin. (衣服或织物)粗糙扎人的;这里指海格的胡子扎人

例:

Wool is so scratchy that it irritates the skin.

羊毛织物太粗糙扎人了,令皮肤很不舒服。

拓展:Scratch的用法: If you scratch yourself, you rub your fingernails against your skin because it is itching. 挠

例:He scratched himself under his arm.

他在自己腋下挠了挠。

也可以用作: If you do something from scratch, you do it without making use of anything that has been done before. 从零开始

例:Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging.

白手起家既激动人心又具有挑战性。

也可以用作:

If you say that someone is scratching their head, you mean that they are thinking hard and trying to solve a problem or puzzle. 绞尽脑汁思考

例:The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.

这家研究所花大量时间绞尽脑汁思考怎样推进美国的生产力。

3.whiskery在原文中意为:If you describe someone as whiskery, you mean that they have lots of stiff little hairs on their face. 胡须多的

第二部分:

写作分析:Then, suddenly, Hagrid let out a howl like a wounded dog."Shhh!" hissed Professor McGonagall, "you'll wake the Muggles!"

1. let out在原文中意为:If you let out a particular sound, you make that sound. 发出 (声音) [书面]

例:When she saw him, she let out a cry of horror.

看到他时,她发出了惊恐的叫声。

2.howl在原文中意为:If an animal such as a wolf or a dog howls, it makes a long, loud, crying sound. (狼、狗等动物) 嗥叫

例:Somewhere a dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon.

某个地方的一只狗突然嗥叫起来,对着月亮狂吠。

3.hiss在原文中意为:To hiss means to make a sound like a long "s." 发嘶嘶声。这里是说麦格教授在叫海格安静点

例:My cat hissed when I stepped on its tail.

我踩在了猫的尾巴上,于是它嘶嘶地叫了起来。

拓展:各种动物的叫声

牛:moo

蛇:hiss

鸡;cackle

绵羊:baa

猪: oink