Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's

Chapter 7 The Sorting Hat

Sorting was a very important ceremony for the first year students because it partly determined the House to which a student might belonged  according to the student's feature and had an ability of prediction.

There were four Houses in the Hogwarts school:Gryffindor (brave and chivalry),Hufflepuff( just and loyal), Ravenclaw(wit and learning) and Slytherin (pure blood  and cunning).There is an anecdote that J.K.Rowling once was at a lost how to classified the first-year students,and she finally chose the  mechanism of sorting hat from other methods such as tutor choosing.

The chapter also underlayed the  dislike between Professor Snape,a teacher of potions,and Harry.

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Words and phrases:

1.start-of-term banquet 

    开学宴会

2.wear a ruff and tights

    系上领结，穿上紧身衣

3.get in a flap感到焦虑不安 

4.queasy  adj

    1>feeling sick; wanting to vomit 恶心的；欲吐的 SYN nauseous

     2>slightly nervous or worried about sth 稍感紧张的；略有不安的；心神不定的

5.fell over on one's way 摔倒

6.miff 

   n. 微怒；小争执 

=irritation, annoyance, vexation, botheration

    v  恼怒 =anger

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Sentence:

1.表达“紧张，焦虑”的心情

Harry's heart gave a horrible jolt 

=to feel oddly as though his legs had turned to lead

  =to look around anxiously

   =lead him to his doom

  =to get in a flap

  =be queasy

2.表达紧张，焦虑心情的好转

the sudden,horrible feeling he'd just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water

才感到的可怕感觉就像扔进一桶冰冷的水里一般消失殆尽。

3.表达“惊讶”的情感

Something happened that made him jump about a foot in the air.

=Harry's mouth fell open

4.描述“窃窃私语”

Whispers suddenly broke out like little hissing fire all over the hall.

大厅里突然爆发出一阵窃窃私语，像一团嘶嘶作响的小火。