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They made regular checks on the train as they flew farther and farther north, each dip beneath the clouds showing them a different view.
他們一直朝北飛去，隔一段時間就核對一下火車行駛的方向，每次下降都可以看到一幅不同的景象。
London was soon far behind them, replaced by neat green fields that gave way in turn to wide, purplish moors,
倫敦很快被遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地甩在后面，代替它的是平整的綠色田野，然后是廣闊的紫色沼澤、一座座村莊，村里的教堂像是小孩子的玩具，
a great city alive with cars like multicolored ants, villages with tiny toy churches.
接著是一個繁忙的大城市，無數(shù)車輛像密密麻麻的彩色螞蟻。
Several uneventful hours later, however, Harry had to admit that some of the fun was wearing off.
可是，幾小時之后，哈利不得不承認(rèn)一些樂趣在逐漸消失。
The toffees had made them extremely thirsty and they had nothing to drink.
太妃糖使他們口渴難當(dāng)，又沒有水喝。
He and Ron had pulled off their sweaters, but Harry’s T-shirt was sticking to the back of his seat and his glasses kept sliding down to the end of his sweaty nose.
他和羅恩都脫掉了罩衣，可哈利的襯衫濕得貼在椅背上，眼鏡老往鼻尖上滑。
He had stopped noticing the fantastic cloud shapes now and was thinking longingly of the train miles below, where you could buy ice-cold pumpkin juice from a trolley pushed by a plump witch.
他已經(jīng)無心欣賞那些云彩的奇幻形狀，而想念起數(shù)十英里之下的火車來，那里有胖胖的女巫推著小車叫賣冰鎮(zhèn)南瓜汁。
Why hadn’t they been able to get onto platform nine and three-quarters?
他們?yōu)槭裁礇]能進(jìn)入9又3/4站臺呢？
“Can’t be much further, can it?” croaked Ron, hours later still,
“不會有多遠(yuǎn)了吧？”又過了一個小時，羅恩聲音沙啞地說。
as the sun started to sink into their floor of cloud, staining it a deep pink.
太陽開始沉到云層之下，把云海染成一片粉紅。
“Ready for another check on the train?”
“再下去看一眼火車好嗎？”
It was still right below them, winding its way past a snowcapped mountain.
火車還在他們下方，正蜿蜒繞過一座白雪覆蓋的高山。
It was much darker beneath the canopy of clouds.
在云層下面，天色要暗得多。
Ron put his foot on the accelerator and drove them upward again, but as he did so, the engine began to whine.
羅恩踩住油門，又向上升去，可是引擎開始發(fā)出哀鳴。
Harry and Ron exchanged nervous glances.
哈利和羅恩不安地面面相覷。
“It’s probably just tired,” said Ron. “It’s never been this far before. . . .”
“也許它只是累了，”羅恩說，“它從來沒走過這么遠(yuǎn)……”
And they both pretended not to notice the whining growing louder and louder as the sky became steadily darker.
隨著天空越來越暗，哀鳴聲也越來越響，他們都假裝沒有注意。
Stars were blossoming in the blackness.
夜幕中亮起了點點繁星，
Harry pulled his sweater back on, trying to ignore the way the windshield wipers were now waving feebly, as though in protest.
哈利穿上罩衣，盡量裝作沒看見擋風(fēng)玻璃上的雨刷在無力地擺動，好像是一種抗議。
“Not far,” said Ron, more to the car than to Harry,
“不遠(yuǎn)了，”羅恩更像是對汽車而不是對哈利說，
“not far now,” and he patted the dashboard nervously.
“現(xiàn)在不遠(yuǎn)了。”他緊張地拍了拍儀表板。
