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'God, this place is going to the dogs,' said Malfoy loudly.
“上帝，這地方要完蛋了?！瘪R爾福大聲說，
'That oaf teaching classes, my father'll have a fit when I tell him —'
“這種蠢人教學，要是我告訴我爸爸，他不大發睥氣才怪——”
'Shut up, Malfoy,' Harry repeated.
“住嘴，馬爾福?！惫终f。
'Careful, Potter, there's a Dementor behind you —'
“小心，波特，你后面就是個攝魂怪——”
'Oooooooh!' squealed Lavender Brown, pointing towards the opposite side of the paddock.
“哦哦哦——！”拉文德布朗尖叫起來，指著圍場對面。
Trotting towards them were a dozen of the most bizarre creatures Harry had ever seen.
十二個哈利平生未曾見過的最希奇古怪的家伙向著他們快步走來。
They had the bodies, hind legs and tails of horses,
它們有馬的身體、后腿和尾巴，
but the front legs, wings and heads of what seemed to be giant eagles, with cruel, steel-coloured beaks and large, brilliantly orange eyes.
但它們的前腿、雙翼和腦袋似乎是鷹的，它們有鋼鐵一樣顏色的利喙和明亮的橘色大眼睛。
The talons on their front legs were half a foot long and deadly-looking.
它們前腿上的爪子有半英尺長，看上去會致人于死地。
Each of the beasts had a thick leather collar around its neck, which was attached to a long chain,
每頭野獸的脖子上都圍著一個濃密的羽毛領子，上面系著一根長長的鏈子，
and the ends of all of these were held in the vast hands of Hagrid, who came jogging into the paddock behind the creatures.
這些鏈子的末端都握在海格的那只大手里，他跟在這些動物后面慢步跑到圍場上。
'Gee up, there!' he roared, shaking the chains and urging the creatures towards the fence where the class stood.
“上那邊去！”他吼道，搖晃著鏈子，吆喝這些家伙到全班學生站立的籬笆前面來。
Everyone drew back slightly as Hagrid reached them and tethered the creatures to the fence.
海格走近并且把這些家伙拴在籬笆上的時候，大家都退后了一些。
'Hippogriffs!' Hagrid roared happily, waving a hand at them. 'Beau'iful, aren' they?'
“鷹頭馬身有翼獸！”海格快樂地吼道，向他們舞動著一只手，“它們可漂亮了，是不是？”
Harry could sort of see what Hagrid meant.
哈利多少能懂得一些海格的意思。
