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'Good afternoon,' he said. 'Would you please put all your books back in your bags.
“下午好，”他說，“請把書都放回到書包里去。
Today's will be a practical lesson. You will only need your wands.'
今天是實踐課，你們只需要魔杖。”
A few curious looks were exchanged as the class put away their books.
全班把書放回了書包，有幾個學生交換了驚奇的眼色。
They had never had a practical Defence Against the Dark Arts before,
他們還從來沒有上過黑魔法防御術的實踐課，
unless you counted the memorable class last year when their old teacher had brought a cageful of pixies to class and set them loose.
除非把去年那可紀念的一課也算在里邊，那堂課上，原來的教師帶來了一籠子小妖精，而且把它們都放了出來。
'Right then,' said Professor Lupin, when everyone was ready, 'if you'd follow me.'
“那么，”教授看到大家都已經準備好了，就說，“你們跟著我好嗎？”
Puzzled but interested, the class got to its feet and followed Professor Lupin out of the classroom.
全班感到迷惑，但也覺得有興趣，都站了起來，跟盧平教授走出教室。
He led them along the deserted corridor and around a corner,
他帶領他們沿著沒有人的走廊走去，轉了個彎。
where the first thing they saw was Peeves the poltergeist, who was floating upside-down in mid-air and stuffing the nearest keyhole with chewing gum.
在那里，他們首先看到的是捉弄人的皮皮鬼，正腦袋朝下地浮在半空之中，而且正在把口香糖塞進離他最近的鑰匙眼里。
Peeves didn't look up until Professor Lupin was two feet away, then he wiggled his curly-toed feet and broke into song.
直到盧平教授走到離皮皮鬼兩英尺時，他才抬頭往上看，然后他扭動著腳趾蜷曲的腳，唱起來了。
'Loony, loopy Lupin,' Peeves sang. 'Loony, loopy Lupin, loony, loopy Lupin —'
“又笨又糊涂的盧平，”皮皮鬼唱道，“又笨又糊涂的盧平，又笨又糊涂的盧平——”
Rude and unmanageable as he almost always was, Peeves usually showed some respect towards the teachers.
皮皮鬼一貫粗魯無禮，又難以管轄，但他通常對教師還有幾分尊重。
Everyone looked quickly at Professor Lupin to see how he would take this; to their surprise, he was still smiling.
大家都迅速把目光轉向教授，看他怎么對待；讓他們吃驚的是，他仍然在微笑。
'I'd take that gum out of the keyhole, if I were you, Peeves,' he said pleasantly. 'Mr Filch won't be able to get in to his brooms.'
“要我是你的話，皮皮鬼，我會把口香糖從鑰匙眼里拿出來的，”盧平愉快地說，“費爾奇先生沒法進去拿掃帚了。”
