【英语原著】哈利·波特与魔法石 （29）

‘In the car crash when your parents died,’ she had said. ‘And don’t ask questions.’
Don’t ask questions – that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.
Uncle Vernon entered the kitchen as Harry was turning over the bacon.
‘Comb your hair!’ he barked, by way of a morning greeting.
About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of his newspaper and shouted that Harry needed a haircut. Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way – all over the place.
Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchen with his mother. Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. He had a large, pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes and thick, blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel – Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.
Harry put the plates of egg and bacon on the table, which was difficult as there wasn’t much room. Dudley, meanwhile, was counting his presents. His face fell.

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Knowledge Point

• ‘In the car crash when your parents died,’ she had said. ‘And don’t ask questions.’
  ⇒ car crash 【参见图片】
  a serious accident involving one or more cars

  
  car crash

• Don’t ask questions – that was the first rule for a quiet life with the Dursleys.
  ⇒ 禁止提问，是Dursleys全家为了能平静生活的第一准则。

• Uncle Vernon entered the kitchen as Harry was turning over the bacon.
  ⇒ turn over 翻转
  Harry was burning bacon by frying pan. （此时Harry正在煎培根，给培根翻个面。）

• ‘Comb your hair!’ he barked, by way of a morning greeting.
  ⇒ comb [noun] 【参见图片】
  ⇒ comb one's hair 梳头
  ⇒ bark [verb]
  to shout at someone in a forceful manner

  
  comb

• About once a week, Uncle Vernon looked over the top of his newspaper and shouted that Harry needed a haircut.
  ⇒ look over sth
  to quickly examine something

• Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way – all over the place.
  ⇒ put together （放在句尾的用法）
  said after a phrase that refers to a group of people or things to show that you are thinking of them as a group rather than separately
  e.g. She earns more than all the rest of us put together.

• Harry was frying eggs by the time Dudley arrived in the kitchen with his mother.
  ⇒ fry eggs 【参见图片】

  
  fry eggs

• Dudley looked a lot like Uncle Vernon. He had a large, pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes and thick, blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head.
  ⇒ 样貌描写：
  a large, pink face
  not much neck
  small, watery blue eyes
  thick, blond hair
  thick, fat head

• Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel – Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.
  ⇒ look like a pig in a wig
  样貌描写：像戴假发的猪

• Harry put the plates of egg and bacon on the table, which was difficult as there wasn’t much room.
  ⇒ room [noun]
  这里指的是桌子上可以放东西的空间，从difficult可以看出空间很小。

• Dudley, meanwhile, was counting his presents. His face fell.
  ⇒ Dudley此时正在数他的礼物。（数着数着）脸沉了下来。

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