You mustn’t be too disappointed, my darling, if you don’t find what you’re looking for underneath that wrapper.(题记)
第七章不长，真是欢天喜地(〃''〃)查理的生日到了，他这一年中唯一收到巧克力的重大日子(big day)。那他能在这小小的巧克力中寻到最后三张入场券的一张吗？
He was holding his present, his only present, very carefully in his two hands. WONKA’S WHIPPLE-SCRUMPTIOUS FUDGEMALLOW DELIGHT, it said on the wrapper.
这个牌子还蛮不好翻译的，scrumptious是美味的，fudge其实是夹心软糖(像小小块的巧朱古力糖一样),mallow应该是棉花糖后缀，delight开心。怎么凑也不晓得怎么翻。中文给出的是旺卡一流开心牛奶巧克力软糖，没问题。但网上搜到觉得更好的是美味嗖嗖棉花软糖夹心巧克力。因为后者将whip(whipple应该就是想表达whip这个声音)以及mallow都很好体现了出来
The four old people, two at either end of the bed, propped themselves up on their pillows ...
词组prop up 靠着，架，搁
He ran his fingers slowly back and forth along the length of it, stroking it lovingly, and the shiny paper wrapper made little sharp crackly noises in the quiet room.
因为前面写到一家子气氛都很安静，这一句简直把当时的氛围推向不安的高潮。豹豹都能感觉到手指拂过包装纸清脆的响声。
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there.
不管怎样，只要有机会就要拽住。
‘You’d better go ahead and open it up, or you’ll be late for school,’ Grandpa Joe said.
‘You might as well get it over with,’ Grandpa George said.
go ahead 干脆一点，直接做某事
might as well (may as well)是指should do sth. because there is nothing better to do and there is no reason not to do it.
eg.
A: What shall we do?Shall we walk?
B:We might as well. It's a nice day and I don't want to wait here for an hour.
我觉得所以这里应该翻译为爷爷说，你干脆直接打开吧，不然上学要晚了。然后姥爷也接了一句你还是赶紧着吧。而不是书里翻译的正好你也可以把它吃掉。
You’re making me jumpy.你让我心惊肉跳的，jumpy坐立不安的， 提心吊胆的
The old people in the bed all leaned forward, craning their scraggy necks.
这一句好心酸，crane v.伸长脖子(像鹤一样)
scraggy:
(disapproval, mainly Brit )If you describe a person or animal as scraggy, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. 骨瘦如柴的
Then suddenly, as though he couldn’t bear the suspense any longer, Charlie tore the wrapper right down the middle…
suspense这里是指悬念，也是较长用的一个词条。
第七章很短，我们的小查理打开了巧克力，果然契合大家在期待之中却更多抱有不大可能的想法一样，只有一块美味的旺卡一级棒美嗖嗖巧克力。但谁知道呢，就像书里埋下的线一样，机会总会在那的。The chance had to be there.
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