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Harry had almost forgotten that the exam results were still to come, but come they did.
哈利幾乎忘了考試成績還沒有公布，那一天終于到來了.
To their great surprise, both he and Ron passed with good marks;
沒想到，他和羅恩都以很高的分?jǐn)?shù)通過了考試，這使他們感到十分意外；
Hermione, of course, had the best grades of the first years.
赫敏自然是獲得了全年級第一名。
Even Neville scraped through, his good Herbology mark making up for his abysmal Potions one.
就連納威也僥幸過關(guān)了，他草藥的成績不錯，大大彌補(bǔ)了在魔藥上丟失的分?jǐn)?shù)。
They had hoped that Goyle, who was almost as stupid as he was mean, might be thrown out, but he had passed, too.
他們本來以為，高爾笨得像頭豬，為人又自私刻薄，這次大概會被開除，不料他竟然也通過了。
It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn't have everything in life.
這似乎有點(diǎn)美中不足，但是正如羅恩所說，生活中是不可能樣樣順心的。
And suddenly, their wardrobes were empty, their trunks were packed,
好像是在突然之間，他們的衣柜空了，東西都裝到了行李箱里，
Neville's toad was found lurking in a corner of the toilets;
納威的癩蛤蟆藏在盥洗室的角落里被人發(fā)現(xiàn)了。
notes were handed out to all students, warning them not to use magic over the holidays
通知發(fā)到了每個學(xué)生手里，警告他們放假期間不許使用魔法
("I always hope they'll forget to give us these," said Fred Weasley sadly);
（“我一直希望他們忘記把這個發(fā)給我們?！备ダ椎隆ろf斯萊遺憾地說）。
Hagrid was there to take them down to the fleet of boats that sailed across the lake;
海格負(fù)責(zé)帶領(lǐng)他們登上渡過湖面的船隊。
they were boarding the Hogwarts Express;
現(xiàn)在，他們已經(jīng)坐上了霍格沃茨特快列車，
talking and laughing as the countryside became greener and tidier;
一路談笑風(fēng)生，看著窗外的鄉(xiāng)村越來越青翠，越來越整潔。
eating Bettie Bott's Every Flavor Beans as they sped past Muggle towns;
列車駛過一個個麻瓜的城鎮(zhèn)，他們吃著比比多味豆，脫掉了身上的巫師長袍，
pulling off their wizard robes and putting on jackets and coats;
換上夾克衫和短上衣；
pulling into platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station.
終于，列車?？吭诹藝跏旨苘囌镜?又3/4站臺。
It took quite a while for them all to get off the platform.
他們花了很長時間，才全部走出站臺。
A wizened old guard was up by the ticket barrier, letting them go through the gate in twos and threes
一個干癟的老警衛(wèi)守在檢票口，一次只允許兩個或三個人通過，
so they didn't attract attention by all bursting out of a solid wall at once and alarming the Muggles.
這樣他們就不會一大堆人同時從堅固的墻壁里出來，引起麻瓜們的注意。
