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1、HarryPotterandtheSorcerer'sStone CHAPTERONE THEBOYWHOLIVED Mr.andMrs.Dursley,ofnumberfour,PrivetDrive,wereproudtosaythattheywereperfectlynormal,thankyouverymuch.Theywerethelastpeopleyou'dexpecttobeinvolvedinanythingstrangeormysterious,becausetheyjustdidn't
2、holdwithsuchnonsense. Mr.DursleywasthedirectorofafirmcalledGrunnings,whichmadedrills.Hewasabig,beefymanwithhardlyanyneck,althoughhedidhaveaverylargemustache.Mrs.Dursleywasthinandblondeandhadnearlytwicetheusualamountofneck,whichcameinveryusefulasshespentsomuc
3、hofhertimecraningovergardenfences,spyingontheneighbors.TheDursleyshadasmallsoncalledDudleyandintheiropiniontherewasnofinerboyanywhere. TheDursleyshadeverythingtheywanted,buttheyalsohadasecret,andtheirgreatestfearwasthatsomebodywoulddiscoverit.Theydidn'tthink
4、theycouldbearitifanyonefoundoutaboutthePotters.Mrs.PotterwasMrs.Dursley'ssister,buttheyhadn'tmetforseveralyears;infact,Mrs.Dursleypretendedshedidn'thaveasister,becausehersisterandhergood-for-nothinghusbandwereasunDursleyishasitwaspossibletobe.TheDursleysshudd
5、eredtothinkwhattheneighborswouldsayifthePottersarrivedinthestreet.TheDursleysknewthatthe第页(共页)Pottershadasmallson,too,buttheyhadneverevenseenhim.ThisboywasanothergoodreasonforkeepingthePottersaway;theydidn'twantDudleymixingwithachildlikethat. WhenMr.andMrs.D
6、ursleywokeuponthedull,grayTuesdayourstorystarts,therewasnothingaboutthecloudyskyoutsidetosuggestthatstrangeandmysteriousthingswouldsoonbehappeningalloverthecountry.Mr.Dursleyhummedashepickedouthismostboringtieforwork,andMrs.Dursleygossipedawayhappilyasshewres
7、tledascreamingDudleyintohishighchair. Noneofthemnoticedalarge,tawnyowlflutterpastthewindow. Athalfpasteight,Mr.Dursleypickeduphisbriefcase,peckedMrs.Dursleyonthecheek,andtriedtokissDudleygood-byebutmissed,becauseDudleywasnowhavingatantrumandthrowinghiscerea
8、latthewalls."Littletyke,"chortledMr.Dursleyasheleftthehouse.Hegotintohiscarandbackedoutofnumberfour'sdrive. Itwasonthecornerofthestreetthathenoticedthefirstsignofsomethingpeculiar--acatr