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Inside the castle, there was a buzz of Christmas in the air.
城堡里面，到處有著圣誕節的氣氛。
Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, had already decorated his classroom with shimmering lights that turned out to be real, fluttering fairies.
魔咒課教師弗立維教授已經用有微光閃爍的光源在裝飾他的教室，這些光源其實是真正的不斷振翅的小仙女。
The students were all happily discussing their plans for the holidays.
學生們都在快樂地討論度假計劃。
Both Ron and Hermione had decided to remain at Hogwarts, and though Ron said it was because he couldn't stand two weeks with Percy,
羅恩和赫敏都決定留在霍格沃茨，羅恩說他可忍受不了有兩個星期的時間和珀西待在一起，
and Hermione insisted she needed to use the library, Harry wasn't fooled; they were doing it to keep him company, and he was very grateful.
赫敏則堅持說她要去圖書館，但哈利心里明白：他們這樣做是為了陪他，他很感激。
To everyone's delight except Harry's, there was to be another Hogsmeade trip on the very last weekend of term.
學期的最后一周，又可以到霍格莫德村去一次；除了哈利之外，大家都很高興。
'We can do all our Christmas shopping there!'said Hermione.
“我們想買的圣誕節東西都可以在那里買！”赫敏說，
'Mum and Dad would really love those Toothflossing Stringmints from Honeydukes!'
“媽媽和爸爸實在是喜歡從蜂蜜公爵那里買來的毛毛牙薄荷糖！”
Resigned to the fact that he would be the only third-year staying behind again,
哈利又是惟一留校的三年級學生，對此他十分憤慨，
Harry borrowed a copy of Which Broomstick from Wood, and decided to spend the day reading up on the different makes.
就從伍德那里借了一本《分類飛天掃帚》來看，而且決定把這一天花在了解不同樣式的飛天掃帚上。
He had been riding one of the school brooms at team practice, an ancient Shooting Star, which was very slow and jerky;
在球隊練習的時候，他騎過學校的一把掃帚，那是一把古老的流星，又慢又搖晃。
he definitely needed a new broom of his own.
他肯定需要有一把自己的新掃帚。
On the Saturday morning of the Hogsmeade trip, Harry bid goodbye to Ron and Hermione, who were wrapped in cloaks and scarves,
在大家去霍格莫德村的那個星期六的早晨，哈利和披著斗篷、圍著圍巾的羅恩、赫敏道了別，
then turned up the marble staircase alone, and headed back towards Gryffindor Tower.
然后獨自踏上那道大理石樓梯回格蘭芬多塔樓去了。
Snow had started to fall outside the windows, and the castle was very still and quiet.
窗外飄起了雪花，城堡非常安靜。
