Learning English from Harry Potter - 3

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban

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“ HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I- WANT – TO – TALK – TO – HARRY –POTTER! “

Ron was yelling叫喊 so loudly大聲地 that….

he Roared咆哮

Ron Bellowed back以吼叫回應

原來 yelling(叫喊) so loudly(大聲地) 可以用大 capital letters( 大寫) 去表

示。

Learning English from George Orwell 1984 1

George Orwell 1984

且看 George Orwell 在其1984 一書怎样表現人們在看 Two minutes Hate

In its second minute the Hate rose升 to a frenzy.狂亂 People were leaping跳躍 up and down in their places and shouting大叫 at the tops of their voices 声in an effort to 企圖drown(以其聲音) 淹沒 the maddening令人發狂的 bleating胡扯 voice嗓音 that came from the screen.屏幕

 

激動地叫嚷之人，其面部表情可以這樣生动描述！

The little sandy-haired woman had turned bright pink, and her mouth was opening and shutting合 like that of a landed fish. ( 整個人激動得粉紅的，叫嚷時活像一尾脫了水上了岸的鱼兒，嘴巴不停開開合合，描述相當搞笑)

另一个人，則有另一番表現

 Even O'Brien's heavy 沉重的face面容 was flushed. 激動的 He was sitting very straight直 in his chair, his powerful chest胸部 swelling脹 and quivering抖動 as though 很像he were standing up to the assault攻擊 of a wave. 波浪

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"死亡的聖物

Chapter One

The hallway走廊 was large, dimly暗 lit照亮, and sumptuously decorated,豪裝with a magnificent 華麗高尚carpet covering most of the stone floor.

Sumptuously =豪華奢侈

也可用 luxuriously

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 死亡的聖物

Chapter 1

 His (Voldemort’s) red eyes fastened 盯著upon Snape's black ones with such intensity that some of the watchers旁觀者 looked away, apparently fearful that they themselves would be scorched 燒焦by the ferocity如火焰般兇猛 of the gaze.凝視目光.  Snape, however, looked calmly back into Voldemort's face and, after a moment or two, Voldemort's  lipless mouth curved彎曲 into something like a smile.

學習點:

1. 如何描寫眼神間之交流，眼神如何厲害，

 … red eyes fastened 盯著upon Snape's black ones

..scorched 燒焦by the ferocity如火焰般兇猛 of the gaze.凝視目光.

2.面部表情之變化

lipless mouth 字面是沒有唇的口 = 緊合著的嘴 ，可表示其人是緊張或嚴肅的樣子