精读哈利波特与魔法石Chapter 2（五）|harry|snake|uncle|哈利

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原文：Dudley had a tantrum because his Knickerbocker glory didn't have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first.

Harry felt, afterward, that he should have known it was all too good to last.

After lunch they went to the reptile house. It was cool and dark in there, with lit windows all along the walls.

Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were crawling and slithering over bits of wood and stone. Dudley and Piers wanted to see huge, poisonous cobras and thick, man-crushing pythons. Dudley quickly found the largest snake in the place. It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon's car and crushed it into a trash can -- but at the moment it didn't look in the mood. In fact, it was fast asleep.

译文：他们在动物园餐厅吃午饭，达力嫌给他来的一份彩宝圣代不够大，于是又大发脾气。弗农姨父赶紧给他点了一份大的，把原先那份让哈利吃掉了。

哈利事后想想，他觉得自己应当明白好事不会持续太久的。

吃过午饭，他们来到爬虫馆。馆里阴冷、晦暗，沿四面墙都是明亮的玻璃窗。隔着玻璃只见各色蜥蜴和蛇在木块上或石块上爬来爬去，溜溜达达。达力和皮尔想看看有剧毒的大眼镜蛇和攻击性很强的巨蟒。达力很快就找到了馆里最大的一条巨蟒。它能用它的身体缠绕弗农姨父的汽车两圈，然后把它挤压成一堆废铁..不过这时看来它并没有这种心思，它睡得正香呢。

思考下列单词和词组在文中的释义

Have a tantrum

Knickerbocker glory

Reptile

Slithering

Cobras

Python

in the mood

精读笔记

第一部分：Dudley had a tantrum because his Knickerbocker glory didn't have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first.

Harry felt, afterward, that he should have known it was all too good to last.

After lunch they went to the reptile house. It was cool and dark in there, with lit windows all along the walls.

写作分析：

1.have a tantrum在原文中意为： If a child has a tantrum, they lose their temper in a noisy and uncontrolled way. If you say that an adult is throwing a tantrum, you are criticizing them for losing their temper and acting in a childish way. 发脾气 [表不满]

例：He immediately threw a tantrum, screaming and stomping up and down like a child.

他立刻发起脾气来，尖叫着，像孩子似的来回跺脚。

拓展：近义词：blow up

例: But the latest blow-up shows that relations between north and south may be explosive for years to come.

但是最近双方的剑拔弦张表明了在未来的几年内南北方的关系都将存在隐患。

2. Knickerbocker glory在原文中意为：a rich confection consisting of layers of ice cream, jelly, cream, and fruit served in a tall glass 高杯什锦冰淇淋（*听着就很诱人啊...阿巴阿巴阿巴...

3. reptile在原文中意为：Reptiles are a group of cold-blooded animals which lay eggs and have skins covered with small, hard plates called scales. Snakes, lizards, and crocodiles are reptiles. 爬行动物

例:Bird evolved from reptiles, so the first bird must have come out of an egg — laid by a reptile.

禽类是由爬虫类进化而来，所以，第一只禽鸟肯定是从爬虫类孵化的蛋里出来的。

第二部分：Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were crawling and slithering over bits of wood and stone. Dudley and Piers wanted to see huge, poisonous cobras and thick, man-crushing pythons. Dudley quickly found the largest snake in the place. It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon's car and crushed it into a trash can -- but at the moment it didn't look in the mood. In fact, it was fast asleep.

写作分析：

1.slithering在原文中意为:If an animal such as a snake slithers, it moves along in a curving way. (蛇等) 蜿蜒地滑行

例：The snake slithered into the water.

那条蛇蜿蜒滑入了水中。

拓展：爬的英文表达

climb, creep, crawl

这组词都有“爬”的意思，其区别是：

climb 通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飞机、日、月的上升，还可用作比喻。

creep 多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。

crawl 指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。

2. cobra在原文中意为:A cobra is a kind of poisonous snake that can make the skin on the back of its neck into a hood. 眼镜蛇

例：Krait and cobra venoms, including that of the king cobra, act very quickly by crippling the nervous system.