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1、HarryPotterandthePrisonerofAzkabanByJ.K.RowlingCHAPTERONEOwlPostHarryPotterwasahighlyunusualboyinmanyways.Foronething,hehatedthesummerholidaysmorethananyothertimeofyear.Foranother,hereallywantedtodohishomeworkbutwasforcedtodoitinsecret,inthedeadofnight.Andhealsohappenedt
2、obeawizard.Itwasnearlymidnight,andhewaslyingonhisstomachinbed,theblanketsdrawnrightoverhisheadlikeatent,aflashlightinonehandandalargeleather-boundbook(AHistoryofMagicbyBathildaBagshot)proppedopenagainstthepillow.Harrymovedthetipofhiseagle-featherquilldownthepage,frowning
3、ashelookedforsomethingthatwouldhelphimwritehisessay,‘WitchBurningintheFourteenthCenturyWasCompletelyPointless—discuss.’Thequillpausedatthetopofalikelylookingparagraph.Harrypushedhisroundglassesupthebridgeofhisnose,movedhisflashlightclosertothebook,andread:Non-magicpeople
4、(morecommonlyknownasMuggles)wereparticularlyafraidofmagicinmedievaltimes,butnotverygoodatrecognizingit.Ontherareoccasionthattheydidcatcharealwitchorwizard,burninghadnoeffectwhatsoever.ThewitchorwizardwouldperformabasicFlame-FreezingCharmandthenpretendtoshriekwithpainwhil
5、eenjoyingagentle,ticklingsensation.Indeed,WendelintheWeirdenjoyedbeingburnedsomuchthatsheallowedherselftobecaughtnolessthanforty-seventimesinvariousdisguises.Harryputhisquillbetweenhisteethandreachedunderneathhispillowforhisinkbottleandarollofparchment.Slowlyandverycaref
6、ullyheunscrewedtheinkbottle,dippedhisquillintoit,andbegantowrite,pausingeverynowandthentolisten,becauseifanyoftheDursleysheardthescratchingofhisquillontheirwaytothebathroom,he’dprobablyfindhimselflockedinthecupboardunderthestairsfortherestofthesummer.TheDursleyfamilyofNu
7、mberFour,PrivetDrive,wasthereasonthatHarryneverenjoyedhissummerholidays.UncleVernon,AuntPetunia,andtheirson,Dudley,wereHarry’sonlylivingrelatives.TheywereMuggles,andtheyhadaverymedievalattitudetowardmagic.Harry’sdeadparents,whohadbeenawitchandwizardthemselves,wereneverme
8、ntionedundertheDursleys’roof.Foryears,AuntPetuniaandUncleVernonhadhopedthatiftheykeptHarryasdowntrodden
