I'm Alex.

我是 Alex

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

And the secret is...

而這個秘密就是…

-"Where am I?

我在哪裡？

And who are you?"

你是誰？

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

Alex，你現在在霍格華茲，我是鄧不利多

-"No you're not.

你才不是呢

Dumbledore looks different."

鄧不利多不是長這樣

-"I shaved.

我把鬍子刮掉了

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

Here, take this and teach them."

來吧，拿這本書去教他們

"Thank you."

謝謝你

"You're a wizard, Alex. Now, go."

Alex，你是個巫師，去吧

We're back.

我回來了

So, today we are going to talk about

今天我們要討論的就是

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,

哈利波特：神秘的魔法石

chapter one.

第一章

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、

the dialogue, the story.

對話、劇情的討論

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.

或是在 Amazon 上購買電子書

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，

that you get the free audio book.

我推薦你們去找免費的有聲書

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

Highly recommend it.

我非常推薦

Now, why should we read Harry Potter?

我們為什麼要讀這本書呢？

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

Dumbledore who I met today.

還有我今天遇到的鄧不利多

How cool was that?

很酷吧？

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.

當然，還有著很多實用的單字

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

native speakers of English.

對母語為英文的小孩來說也一樣

And finally, it's just magical.

最後呢，它非常的不可思議

It's a magical story, a magical book.

這是一個奇幻的故事，一本迷人的書

I love it.

我愛這本書

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.

接下來我會讀一下第一章

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.

對學生來說很實用的單字

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

開始之前，看一下我寫的頁數

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

我現在讀的這本精裝版硬殼書

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

Okay?

可以嗎？

Let me put this down.

我先把它放下

Here we go.

開始吧

Page seven.

第七頁

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

and their son, Dudley.

還有他們的兒子達力來開始看哈利波特

First we have this line:

第一句是這個

"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

and they made drills.

然後他們做鑽孔機

Now, drills are a power tool.

鑽孔機是個電動工具

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）

That's a drill.

就是這樣

Okay?

可以嗎？

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」

Now, "hardly any" means almost zero.

"hardly any" 指的是幾乎沒有

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

Okay? Hardly any neck.

可以嗎？ 幾乎沒有脖子

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

「但他有非常長的鬍子」

So, moustache.

鬍子

Right? Everyone knows what that is there.

沒問題吧？大家都知道這是什麼

And: "Mrs. Dursley"-Mr. Dursley's wife-

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」

So, here is a picture of a fence.

這裡有籬笆的圖畫

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

on her neighbours.

她的鄰居

So Mrs. Dursley is a very curious woman.

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」

-I'm going to step off camera for this-

我先出去鏡頭外一下

"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，

is the Potters.

就是波特一家

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，

the Potters, part of their family.

他們無法承受這種事，

So the Dursleys have a very clean image that they want their neighbours to follow.

德思禮一家想要讓鄰居看到他們有個完美無瑕的形象

All right?

可以嗎？

Let's keep going.

我們繼續看下去

And we're back.

歡迎回來

So, continuing with page seven:

讓我們繼續第七頁

"Mrs. Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister",

「德思禮太太假裝自己沒有妹妹」

so she has a sister and she doesn't like her sister, but she pretended, she acted like

她其實有妹妹，而且很不喜歡她，但她假裝，她表現得好像

she didn't have a sister because...

她沒有妹妹因為…

Excuse me.

抱歉

I like magic.

我喜歡魔法

"...because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be."

「因為她的妹妹和她那一無是處的老公一樣，一點都不德思禮」

First, some excellent vocabulary, here.

這裡有個很棒的單字

A good-for-nothing person is someone who is good for nothing.

A good-for-nothing person 就是一個沒有任何優點的人

So, this is an insult, a negative, very negative thing to say about someone.

這是一個汙辱別人，非常非常負面的形容詞

So: "Your good-for-nothing son", "Your good-for nothing sister", etc.

像是「你那一無是處的兒子」、「你那一無是處的妹妹」

Her good-for-nothing husband, he had no value, no use,

她那一無是處的老公，他一點價值都沒有、很沒用

were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.

這些可能就是非德思禮的人會有的樣子

You will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever use this word outside of this book.

你絕對 絕對 絕對 絕對不可能在除了這本書以外的地方使用這個詞

So, Dursley is the last name of the family, and I guess, you know, if you act in a specific

德思禮是這個家庭的姓，我猜如果你做了某些特定的行為

way you are Dursleyish.

那你可能就很「德思禮」

"Dursleyish" is kind of an adjective that

"Dursleyish" 被當成是一種形容詞

J.K. Rowling made here.

是JK羅琳在這本書裡創造的

And if you are unDursleyish, you are not acting like a Dursley acts.

如果你不「德思禮」，代表你的行為一點都不像德思禮家的人

Next: "The Dursleys shuttered to think what the neighbours would say if the Potters had

下一句是：「德思裡一家不敢想像如果鄰居知道波特一家也有一個小男孩，

a small son too, but they had never seen him."

但卻從沒看過他，那些鄰居會說些什麼」

So, they shuttered to think.

他們不敢、逃避（shuttered）去想

If you shutter to think, it means you are just very afraid of what other people would

如果你逃避（shutter）去想一件事，代表你非常害怕

say about you.

別人會怎麼說你

They didn't want to think: What would happen if their neighbours discovered that their,

他們不想要思考如果鄰居發現這件事的後果

you know, Mrs. Dursley's sister had a son, and they had never seen Mrs. Dursley's son,

嗯，就是，德思禮太太的妹妹有個兒子，但他們從來沒見過德思禮太太的兒子

Mr. Dursley's sister's son.

德思禮太太的妹妹的兒子

It's a mouthful. Sorry.

這有點拗口，抱歉

Moving on to page eight: "Mr. Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie"

接下來是第八頁「德思禮先生一邊哼歌一邊選出他平淡無奇的領帶」

-I'll get off screen, here-

我出去鏡頭外一下

"for work and Mrs. Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming

「準備去工作，而德思禮太太愉快地說著八卦，並奮力把正在尖叫的

Dudley into his highchair."

達力塞進他的兒童餐椅中

So this is the morning routine of the Dursleys.

這是德思禮一家的早晨日常

Mr. Dursley hummed: "Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm",

德思禮先生哼歌（哼歌的聲音）

this is humming, so he hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work, and Mrs. Dursley gossiped...

這就是 humming，他一邊哼歌一邊選出上班要戴的平淡無奇的領帶，而德思禮太太一邊八卦...

Phrasal verb: "to gossip away".

動詞片語：to gossip away

So, "to gossip" is to tell secret information or kind of talk about people when they are not there.

“to gossip〞 指的是在別人不在場的時候說他們的一些私事，或談論他們

Say: -"Hey, did you hear that [mumbles]?"

像是說：欸，你有聽說…嗎？

-"Oh!

喔！

Did you hear that [mumbles]?"

你有聽說…嗎？

This is gossiping.

這就是 gossiping

So she gossiped away happily as she wrestled...

所以她愉快地談論八卦並把奮力把...

"To wrestle", think of wrestling.

"to wrestle" 字面意思是摔角

She has a small child, his name is Dudley, into his highchair.

她的小孩叫達力，她要把他奮力地塞進兒童餐椅裡面

So, a highchair is what you put babies in or young toddlers in to feed them.

在餵小嬰兒或小孩時，你會把他們放進去兒童餐椅

So in this book, their son, you know, Dudley, is very, very small.

所以在這本書裡，他們的小孩達力，還很小很小

He's just a baby.

只是個小嬰兒

All right. Let's keep going.

好，我們繼續吧

Okay, to continue:

好的，接下來是

"None of them noticed a large tawny owl flutter past the window."

「他們都沒注意到有一隻巨大的黃褐色貓頭鷹飛過窗戶」

So, "tawny" is a colour.

"tawny"是一種顏色

It means light brown, or a mix of brown and orange.

指的是淡褐色，或是褐色和橘黃色的綜合

Okay? So a light brown, brown-orange owl flutter past the window.

懂嗎？ 所以有一隻淡褐色，黃褐色的貓頭鷹飛過窗戶

So, when you think of a bird and the wings going...

想像一下鳥，還有牠翅膀擺動的樣子

Just swinging back and forth, the wings are fluttering.

當牠上下搧動翅膀，就是在 fluttering

Okay?

可以嗎？

So the owl flutter...

所以貓頭鷹搧動翅膀

Fluttered, past tense, past the window.

fluttered，要用過去式，飛過窗戶

All right.

好的

"At half-past eight, Mr. Dursley picked up"

「8:30分，德思禮先生拿起」

-phrasal verb, "picked up"-"his briefcase,"

動詞片語，拿起 ，「他的公事包」

-for work, his case for work with his papers-

上班要用的東西，公事包還有文件

"pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss

「輕吻德思禮太太的臉頰，

Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum

並試圖向達利吻別，但他沒有成功，因為達力在發脾氣，

and throwing the cereal at the walls."

甚至把麥片往牆上丟

So, a lot of information here.

好，這裡有很多資訊

So, Mr. Dursley is getting ready to go to work.

德思禮先生已經準備好要去上班了

He pecked Mrs. Dursley on the cheek.

他輕吻了德思禮太太的臉頰

So this is your cheek, a peck can be a quick kiss, like:

這裡就是 cheek，peck 指的是很快的親一下像是

"[Kisses]", that's a peck.

（親）這就是 peck

Also think of birds eating seeds, they peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck, peck.

想像一下鳥吃種子的時侯，會啄 啄 啄 啄

Okay?

這樣？

So this action is quick movement of the mouth, is a quick peck.

所以這個動作是指嘴巴很快速的移動，就是 quick peck

All right?

懂嗎？

On the cheek.

在臉頰上

He tried to kiss Dudley, but Dudley was throwing cereal at the walls.

他試圖親達力，但達力正在把麥片往牆上丟

So, a tantrum is like an emotional episode, a period where a child or an adult sometimes

tantrum 是一個很情緒化的行為，當小孩或大人有時候

is acting really, really emotionally and angrily, like: "Ah."

非常非常生氣或是情緒化的時候，像是「啊」

If you go to a department store and you see a child lying on the floor crying, and the

如果你去百貨公司時看到小孩躺在地板上哭鬧

parents are saying: "Come on, let's go, let's go", the child is having a tantrum.

然後爸媽在旁邊說：「好啦，走了走了」這時這小孩就是在 "having a tantrum"

It's not a nice scene.

這種畫面不怎麼好看

And: "There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive.

「一隻虎斑貓站在水蠟樹街的街角」

What could he have been thinking of?"

「他那時在想什麼呢？」

So before this line it is important to note that now Mr. Dursley has left his house, he's

在看句子前有件重要的事要提醒你們，現在德思禮先生已經離開他的家了

in his car, he has left his driveway, and before this line he thinks he sees a cat reading

他坐在車裡，已經離開車道，在這之前他覺得他看到了一隻貓

a map.

在看地圖

Okay? So he's like: "There's a cat reading a map. Wait, wait?"

可以嗎？所以他這時有點，「有一隻貓在看地圖。等等，什麼？」

So he sees the cat reading a map, he does what he keeps doing, he looks back and then

所以他看到貓在看地圖，他繼續做他原本正在做的事，他往回看

he says:

然後他說

"Okay, there was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive."

「喔，有隻貓站在水蠟樹街的街角」

This is the street the Dursleys live on.

這條街是德思禮住的地方

"Ah, what could he have been thinking of?"

「呃，他那時在想什麼？」

What could Mr. Dursley have been thinking of?

德思禮先生可能在想什麼呢？

He couldn't have seen a cat reading a map, could he?

他不可能看到一隻貓在看地圖的，這種事可能嗎?

So a tabby cat...

虎斑貓…

Tabby refers to kind of like the fur of the cat.

虎斑是一種貓的毛色

Any cat that has a lot of stripes of different colours, and usually an "M" pattern on their

身上有不同顏色條紋的貓咪都是虎斑貓，

forehead is a tabby.

通常他們額頭上會有一個 M 的花紋

Many native speakers only think of orange cats as being tabby cats, but it's actually

很多英文母語人士以為只有橘色毛色的貓是虎斑貓

all cats, so we learned something new today.

但事實上所有有條紋花紋的貓都是，所以我們今天還學到了一點新知識

Yeah, I love this book, too.

對，我也很愛這本書

Okay, we'll talk later.

好啦，我們晚點再說

Okay, see ya.

好，再見阿

All right.

好的

So: "Mr. Dursley couldn't bear people who dressed in funny clothes - the get-ups you saw on young people!"

所以：「德思禮先生不能忍受穿著奇裝異服的人，像是年輕人穿的那種怪衣服！」

So before this, Mr. Dursley is driving to work and he sees lots of people dressed in

在這之前，德思禮先生正開車去上班，他看到很多人

really bright cloaks, which are these kind of long robes. Okay?

穿著亮色的大衣，就是那種很長的長袍，可以嗎？

So he couldn't bear...

所以他沒辦法忍受

He couldn't handle people who dressed in funny clothes.

他沒辦法應付穿著奇裝異服的人

The get-ups you saw on young people today.

像現在年輕人穿的古怪衣服

So, a get-up is kind of like a costume.

get-up 是一種服裝