Name: 【從電影學英文】哈迷注意啦！如何用哈利波特學英文？ (How to learn English with Harry Potter!)
Uploaded: 2017-06-12T05:42:07.000Z
Duration: 32 min 49 s

Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this important lesson on: "The Secret to Mastering English!"

謝謝你點開這部影片 歡迎來上「精通英語的秘密」這堂很重要的課

-"You're in Hogwarts, Alex. And I'm Dumbledore."

Alex，你現在在霍格華茲，我是鄧不利多

Listen, Alex. I have an important job for you. Can you do it?"

聽好了，Alex，我有個重要的任務要交給你，你可以做到嗎？

-"Anything for you, Dumbledore. What is it?"

鄧不利多，我願意為你做任何事。 我需要做什麼？

-"Your engVid students want you to do a lesson on Harry Potter.

你的學生想要你上一堂和哈利波特有關的課

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,

Now, I know for many of you, Harry Potter was the first book you read in English.

我知道哈利波特是很多人讀過的第一本英文書

And the reason it's a really, really good book for you guys to read is that it is the

這真的是一本很好 也很適合你們讀的書

most popular book series ever, which means that you can find it in many languages, there

因為他是有史以來最受歡迎的套書，被翻譯成很多語言

have been movies made about it, and you can find a lot of discussion about the characters,

而且他有被翻拍成電影，你們可以找到非常多關於角色、

So everyone knows pretty much what happens in a lot of these stories.

每個人對於這故事的內容都滿了解的

Now, if you don't have a copy of the book, what you can do is get a print version or

如果你沒有這本書，你可以去書店買

an e-book version on Amazon attached to this video.

What I recommend, though, if you want a more interactive experience with Harry Potter is

但是如果你想要跟這個故事更有互動的話，

Now, you can get a free audio book of Harry Potter, not just this one, the entire series,

如果你想要哈利波特的有聲書，當然不只這一集，是整套的書，

by signing up for the free trial at www.audible.com, which is attached to this video.

上去 www.audible.com 免費註冊成為會員，這部影片上有連結

When you click on the link, you will have to go through a couple of different pages

點下去後，你要瀏覽不同的頁面

and signups, but at the end you do get the book for free.

並註冊，但完成後你就能拿到免費的書了

So go through it, sign up, get the book for free, and it's an excellent audio book.

完成這些步驟、註冊，然後免費拿到這本書，而且這是本很棒的有聲書

Well, it has interesting characters; Harry, Ron, Hermione, the Dursleys,

嗯，因為它有很多有趣的角色：哈利、榮恩、妙麗、德思禮一家

It has great dialogue, great plot, and the language is pretty easy to follow, but of

這本書有著很棒的對話和劇情，用詞淺顯易懂

course, it still has a ton of useful vocabulary.

Not just for non-native English speakers, but even for, you know, kids who are already

不只是對於非英文母語者來說，甚至是

對母語為英文的小孩來說也一樣

這是一個奇幻的故事，一本迷人的書

It's one of my all-time favourites, so let's start looking at chapter one.

它是我最愛的書之一，讓我們來看第一章吧

So what I'm going to do is look at the actual text from chapter one.

Not every line, of course, but I'm going to pick some very specific lines that tell us

當然不會每一句都讀，我會挑一些具體的句子

important details about the story or that tell us some important vocabulary that I think

讓我們能知道重要劇情，或是一些我覺得很重要、

is going to be useful for English students.

Now, you notice I gave a page number to start this.

I am going to be looking at this hard cover version of the book.

This was published by Raincoast Books in Vancouver, so this was published in Canada.

是由加拿大溫哥華的 Raincoast Books 出版的

Maybe your version is this one, maybe it's not.

你讀的版本可能跟我一樣，也有可能不同

Maybe you're listening to the audio version, in which case page numbers are not important.

也許你是聽有聲書，這樣的話頁數完全不重要

But if you want to follow with a physical copy, this is the version that I am using.

但如果你想跟著實體書的進度走，這就是我用的版本

So we start Harry Potter by learning about the Dursleys, Mr. and Mrs. Dursley,

我們從德思禮一家，德思禮先生、德思禮太太

還有他們的兒子達力來開始看哈利波特

"Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm named Grunnings, which made drills."

德思禮先生是一家叫格朗寧的公司的主管，他們專做鑽孔機

So, a firm is a company, and Mr. Dursley was the director of this company,

firm 的意思是公司，而德思禮先生是這家公司的主管

Think of the tool that allows you to put screws into things, like: "[Drilling noise]".

可以讓你在東西上鑽洞，把釘子放進去，像是：（模仿鑽孔聲）

So he was a director of a firm named Grunnings, which made drills.

所以他是一家叫格朗寧的公司的主管，他們專做鑽孔機

Now, we have a description of him: "He was a big beefy man", "beefy", think of beef.

這裡有一些關於他的描述：他是一個肥壯的男人，"beefy"，想想牛肉

So he was a little bit fat, and: "...with hardly any neck".

所以他有點胖，而且胖到「幾乎沒有脖子」

So, he was so big and round that you couldn't see his neck.

所以他很大隻，身材圓滾以至於你幾乎無法看到他的脖子

"...although he did have a very large moustache".

Right? Everyone knows what that is there.

沒問題吧？大家都知道這是什麼

接下來是德思禮太太，德思禮先生的老婆

"spent so much of her time craning over the garden fences, spying on her neighbours."

「花大多數的時間伸長脖子向花園籬笆外看，監視她鄰居的舉動」

In your backyard you have a fence that separates your house from your neighbour's house, and

在你家後院會有籬笆，把你和鄰居的房子隔開來

here is a picture of Mrs. Dursley craning her neck.

這個圖是德思禮太太在伸長她的脖子

So, "to crane your neck" is to stretch it almost to the maximum point, and she's spying

"to crane your neck" 指的是盡最大努力的伸長脖子，她正在監視

所以德思禮太太是個好奇心旺盛的人

"The Dursleys had everything they wanted"

「德思禮一家擁有他們想要的一切」

"but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it.

「但他們有個秘密，而且非常害怕被別人發現」

They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters."

「他們不認為他們能承受讓人發現波特一家的後果」

So, they're a very happy family, they have everything they need, but they have a secret,

所以他們是非常快樂的家庭，擁有一切想要的東西，但是他們有個秘密

a family secret: They are ashamed of part of their family, and that part of the family

一個關於家族的秘密：他們對家族中的某些人感到羞恥，

Now, here: "They didn't think they could bear it",

這個「他們不認為他們能夠承受（bear it）」

so if you can bear something or you can't bear something

如果你可以忍受（bear）一些事或是無法忍受一些事

it means that you can't handle it, support it, survive it.

代表你無法處理，支持或是戰勝他

So they would not be able to handle it if someone, if their neighbours found out about

如果被別人、被鄰居發現他們的秘密，發現波特一家，

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