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'Just come out... prototype... ' a square-jawed wizard was telling his companion.
“剛剛問世……樣品掃帚……”一個長著方下巴的男巫在告訴他的同伴。
'It's the fastest broom in the world, isn't it, Dad?' squeaked a boy younger than Harry, who was swinging off his father's arm.
“這是世界上最快的掃帚，是不是，爸爸？”一個比哈利小的男孩尖聲問他的爸爸，這個男孩正吊在他爸爸的手臂上搖晃著。
'Irish International Side's just put in an order for seven of these beauties!' the proprietor of the shop told the crowd.
“愛爾蘭國際隊剛剛訂購了七把這樣漂亮的掃帚！”店主對大家說，
'And they're favourites for the World Cup!'
“這種產(chǎn)品是世界杯賽上的寵兒！”
A large witch in front of Harry moved, and he was able to read the sign next to the broom: The Firebolt
哈利前面一個高大的女巫走開了，因此他得以讀到這把掃帚旁邊的說明：火弩箭
This state-of-the-art racing broom sports a streamlined, super-fine handle of ash, treated with a diamond-hard polish and hand-numbered with its own registration number.
此類飛天掃帚代表目前最高工藝水平，其帚把系用白蠟樹木材精制而成，呈流線型，精美無比，經(jīng)硬如鉆石之擦光劑加以處理，并有手工鏤刻之注冊號碼。
Each individually selected birch twig in the broomtail has been honed to aerodynamic perfection,
本產(chǎn)品尾部的每一掃帚細(xì)枝皆經(jīng)過篩選，務(wù)使其流線型臻于完美，
giving the Firebolt unsurpassable balance and pinpoint precision.
故本產(chǎn)品在平衡與精確度方面無與倫比。
The Firebolt has an acceleration of 0–150 miles an hour in ten seconds and incorporates an unbreakable braking charm. Price on request.
火弩箭十秒之內(nèi)加速可達每小時一百五十英里，且其制動裝置魅力無窮。價格面議。
Price on request... Harry didn't like to think how much gold the Firebolt would cost.
價格面議……哈利不愿意去想這種火弩箭值多少錢。
He had never wanted anything so much in his whole life — but he had never lost a Quidditch match on his Nimbus Two Thousand,
在他整個一生中，從來沒有像現(xiàn)在這樣渴望得到它——但是他騎著“光輪2000”，在魁她奇比賽中從來沒有敗過。
and what was the point in emptying his Gringotts vault for the Firebolt, when he had a very good broom already?
他既然已經(jīng)有了一把很好的掃帚，那他傾囊而出購買火弩箭有什么意義呢？
