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'They can't!' Ron howled. 'I've spent ages reading up stuff for him, they can't just ignore it all!'
“他們不能這樣！”羅恩咆哮道，“我花了那么多時間為他閱讀材料，他們不能全部不放在眼里！”
But Harry had a horrible feeling that the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures had had its mind made up for it by Mr Malfoy.
但是哈利有一種可怕的感覺，那就是馬爾福先生已經替處置危險生物委員會下了決心。
Draco, who had been noticeably subdued since Gryffindor's triumph in the Quidditch final,
馬爾福自從格蘭芬多在魁地奇決賽中勝出以來，明顯收斂了不少，
seemed to regain some of his old swagger over the next few days.
但最近幾天，他往日的狂妄自大又恢復了幾分。
From sneering comments Harry overheard, Malfoy was certain Buckbeak was going to be killed,
從哈利偷聽到的嘲笑性評論來看，馬爾福肯定巴克比克是死定了，
and seemed thoroughly pleased with himself for bringing it about.
而且似乎因為是自己促成的而高興得不得了。
It was all Harry could do to stop himself imitating Hermione and hitting Malfoy in the face on these occasions.
哈利所能做到的，只是不去模仿赫敏在這種場合打馬爾福的耳光而已。
And the worst thing of all was that they had no time or opportunity to go and see Hagrid,
這件事最糟糕的地方在于他們既沒有時間也沒有機會去看海格，
because the strict new security measures had not been lifted, and Harry didn't dare retrieve his Invisibility Cloak from below the one-eyed witch.
因為新的嚴格的保安紀律還沒有撤消，哈利又不敢從獨眼女巫雕像下面取回他的隱形衣。
Exam week began and an unnatural hush fell over the castle.
考試周開始了，城堡里一片不尋常的靜寂。
The third-years emerged from Transfiguration at lunch-time on Monday limp and ashen-faced,
三年級學生星期一午飯時從變形課堂出來，個個灰頭土臉，走路也沒了精神，
comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they had been set, which had included turning a teapot into a tortoise.
大家互相比較成績并且慨嘆給他們的任務太難，這些任務包括把茶壺變成烏龜。
Hermione irritated the rest by fussing about how her tortoise had looked more like a turtle, which was the least of everyone else's worries.
赫敏大驚小怪地說，她變出來的烏龜倒像甲魚，而別人對這點已很滿足了，因此她的牢騷讓人惱火。
'Mine still had a spout for a tail, what a nightmare ...'
“我變的鳥龜尾巴仍舊是茶壺嘴，這可要命……”
'Were the tortoises supposed to breathe steam?'
“人們是不是以為烏龜呼吸水蒸氣？”
'It still had a willow-patterned shell, d'you think that'll count against me?'
“我的烏龜仍舊有柳葉花紋的硬殼，你說這會給我扣分嗎？”
