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1、HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStoneByJ.K.RowlingCHAPTERONETheBoyWhoLivedMr.andMrs.Dursley,ofnumberfour,PrivetDrive,wereproudtosaythattheywereperfectlynormal,thankyouverymuch.Theywerethelastpeopleyou’dexpecttobeinvolvedinanythingstrangeormysterious,becauseth
2、eyjustdidn’tholdwithsuchnonsense.Mr.DursleywasthedirectorofafirmcalledGrunnings,whichmadedrills.Hewasabig,beefymanwithhardlyanyneck,althoughhedidhaveaverylargemustache.Mrs.Dursleywasthinandblondeandhadnearlytwicetheusualamountofneck,whichcameinveryuseful
3、asshespentsomuchofhertimecraningovergardenfences,spyingontheneighbors.TheDursleyshadasmallsoncalledDudleyandintheiropiniontherewasnofinerboyanywhere.TheDursleyshadeverythingtheywanted,buttheyalsohadasecret,andtheirgreatestfearwasthatsomebodywoulddiscover
4、it.Theydidn’tthinktheycouldbearitifanyonefoundoutaboutthePotters.Mrs.PotterwasMrs.Dursley’ssister,buttheyhadn’tmetforseveralyears;infact,Mrs.Dursleypretendedshedidn’thaveasister,becausehersisterandhergood-for-nothinghusbandwereasunDursleyishasitwaspossib
5、letobe.TheDursleysshudderedtothinkwhattheneighborswouldsayifthePottersarrivedinthestreet.TheDursleysknewthatthePottershadasmallson,too,buttheyhadneverevenseenhim.ThisboywasanothergoodreasonforkeepingthePottersaway;theydidn’twantDudleymixingwithachildlike
6、that.WhenMr.andMrs.Dursleywokeuponthedull,grayTuesdayourstorystarts,therewasnothingaboutthecloudyskyoutsidetosuggestthatstrangeandmysteriousthingswouldsoonbehappeningalloverthecountry.Mr.Dursleyhummedashepickedouthismostboringtieforwork,andMrs.Dursleygos
7、sipedawayhappilyasshewrestledascreamingDudleyintohishighchair.Noneofthemnoticedalarge,tawnyowlflutterpastthewindow.Athalfpasteight,Mr.Dursleypickeduphisbriefcase,peckedMrs.Dursleyonthecheek,andtriedtokissDudleygood-byebutmissed,becauseDudleywasnowhavinga
8、tantrumandthrowinghiscerealatthewalls.“Littletyke,”chortledMr.Dursleyasheleftthehouse.Hegotintohiscarandbackedoutofnumberfour’sdrive.Itwasonthecornerofthestreetthathenoticedthefirstsignofsomethingpeculiar—acatreadingamap.F
