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The enormous serpent, bright, poisonous green, thick as an oak trunk,
那條巨大的蛇怪，通體綠盈盈的，泛著毒蛇特有的艷麗光芒，身子有櫟樹的樹干那么粗，
had raised itself high in the air and its great blunt head was weaving drunkenly between the pillars.
它把上半身高高地伸向空中，扁平的大腦袋在石柱之間胡亂地穿繞著，像喝醉了酒一樣。
As Harry trembled, ready to close his eyes if it turned, he saw what had distracted the snake.
就在哈利顫抖著想閉上眼睛時，蛇怪轉過身來，于是哈利看清了是什么轉移了它的注意力。
Fawkes was soaring around its head, and the Basilisk was snapping furiously at him with fangs long and thin as sabres.
福克斯正繞著它的腦袋盤旋，蛇怪憤怒地朝鳳凰撲去，嘴里露出軍刀一般又薄又長的毒牙。
Fawkes dived. His long golden beak sank out of sight and a sudden shower of dark blood spattered the floor.
福克斯猛地俯沖下來，它長長的金喙扎進了蛇怪的腦袋，頓時，一股黑血潑濺到地面上，像一場陣雨。
The snake's tail thrashed, narrowly missing Harry, and before Harry could shut his eyes, it turned.
蛇怪的尾巴瘋狂地擺動著，差點打中了哈利。沒等哈利來得及閉上眼睛，蛇怪已經轉過頭來。
Harry looked straight into its face, and saw that its eyes, both its great bulbous yellow eyes, had been punctured by the phoenix;
哈利正面看見了它的臉，看見了它的眼睛——那兩只燈泡般的巨大的黃眼睛，都被鳳凰啄瞎了。
blood was streaming to the floor and the snake was spitting in agony.
黑血洶涌地噴到地上，蛇怪痛苦地發出呼嚕呼嚕的聲音。
'No!' Harry heard Riddle screaming. 'Leave the bird! Leave the bird!
“不要！”哈利聽見里德爾在尖叫，“離開那只鳥！離開那只鳥！
The boy is behind you! You can still smell him! Kill him!'
男孩在你后面！你還可以聞到他的氣味！殺死他！”
The blinded serpent swayed, confused, still deadly.
瞎了眼的蛇怪轉過身來，它失去了目標，不知道該怎么辦，但仍然很兇險。
Fawkes was circling its head, piping his eerie song,
福克斯圍著它的腦袋飛舞，嘴里唱著古怪的歌兒，
jabbing here and there at the Basilisk's scaly nose as the blood poured from its ruined eyes.
時不時地對準蛇怪那布滿鱗片的鼻子，這里啄一下，那里啄一下，黑血從蛇怪被戳瞎的眼睛里噴涌而出。
