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Then came Astronomy at midnight, up on the tallest tower;
午夜時刻考天文學，大家都到最高的樓上去了。
History of Magic on Wednesday morning, in which Harry scribbled everything Florean Fortescue had ever told him about medieval witch hunts,
魔術史是星期三上午考的，哈利一面在試卷上寫下弗洛林曾經告訴他的有關中世紀追捕女巫的所有情況，
while wishing he could have had one of Fortescue's choco-nut sundaes with him in the stifling classroom.
一面希望在這間悶人的教室里能夠有一份弗洛林的巧克力堅果圣代冰淇淋。
Wednesday afternoon meant Herbology, in the greenhouses under a baking hot sun;
星期三下午考草藥，那就得在灼熱的陽光下待在暖房里；
then back to the common room once more, with the backs of their necks sunburnt,
回到公共休息室的時候，大家的后脖子都給太陽曬傷了，
thinking longingly of this time next day, when it would all be over.
心里都巴望著快到第二天，那時考試就都結束了。
Their second from last exam, on Thursday morning, was Defence Against the Dark Arts.
星期四上午考黑魔法防御術，這是他們的倒數第二門考試。
Professor Lupin had compiled the most unusual exam any of them had ever taken;
盧平教授擬定的考試是他們誰都沒有考過的，是最不同尋常的：
a sort of obstacle course outside in the sun, where they had to wade across a deep paddling pool containing a Grindylow,
那是在戶外，在陽光下的一種類似障礙賽的考試，學生們必須涉水走過一處有格林迪洛的池塘，
cross a series of potholes full of Red Caps, squish their way across a patch of marsh,
穿行一系列滿是紅帽子的坑洼，咯吱咯吱地走過一片沼澤地，
ignoring the misleading directions from a Hinkypunk, then climb into an old trunk and battle with a new Boggart.
不去理會一頭欣克龐克發出的錯誤的指示，然后還要爬進一個舊箱子與一個新的博格特打斗。
'Excellent, Harry,' Lupin muttered, as Harry climbed out of the trunk, grinning. 'Full marks.'
“棒極了，哈利，”盧平說道，這時哈利笑著從箱子里爬出來，“滿分。”
Flushed with his success, Harry hung around to watch Ron and Hermione.
哈利高興得臉通紅，留在那兒沒走，等著看羅恩和赫敏的成績。
Ron did very well until he reached the Hinkypunk, which successfully confused him into sinking waist-high into the quagmire.
羅恩在遇到欣克龐克以前一直很棒，但是欣克龐克的錯誤指導讓他陷進了齊腰深的泥濘中。
Hermione did everything perfectly until she reached the trunk with the Boggart in it.
赫敏在到達有博格特的箱子以前無懈可擊。
After about a minute inside it, she burst out again, screaming.
在箱子里待了大約一分鐘之后，她又尖叫著沖了出來。
'Hermione!' said Lupin, startled. 'What's the matter?'
“赫敏！”盧平說，嚇了一跳，“怎么啦？”
'P-P-Professor McGonagall!' Hermione gasped, pointing into the trunk. 'Sh-she said I'd failed everything!'
“麥——麥格教授！”赫敏喘著氣說，指著那箱子，“她——她說我全部考試都不及格！”
