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@ 40919 Harry Potter
A 啊，你家居然有全套的《哈利·波特》！
ā, nǐ jiā jūrán yǒu quántào de《Hālì · bōtè》!
Hey, you have the entire set of Harry Potter!
B 有一陣子聽說全世界的小朋友都在看《哈利·波特》，就給弟弟買了3本。沒想到他喜歡得不得了，後來就都買了。我也覺得挺棒的。你看過嗎？
yǒu yīzhènzi tīngshuō quánshìjiè de xiǎopéngyǒu dōu zài kàn《Hālì · bōtè》, jiù gěi dìdi mǎi le sān běn. méixiǎngdào tā xǐhuan de bùdéliǎo, hòulái jiù dōu mǎi le. wǒ yě juéde tǐng bàng de. nǐ kàn guo ma?
I heard that before we know it every kid in the world is reading Harry Potter, so I bought three of the books for my little brother. I never realized he would like them so much, so in the end i bought him the whole set. I think they are pretty good too. Have you read them before?
A 就看過那部魔法石的電影。我一個快奔三的大男人了，哪有閒情看這個！魔法是西方小孩喜歡的吧？
jiù kàn guo nà bù mófǎshí de diànyǐng. wǒ yī ge kuài bènsān de dànánrén le, nǎyǒu xiánqíng kàn zhège! mófǎ shì xīfāng xiǎohái xǐhuan de ba?
I have only seen ``The Sorcerer's Stone" movie. I am almost 30 years old--I don't have the time for things like this. Kids in the west are really into sorcery, hey?
B 中國不像西方那樣有特別的巫師文化。不過大家心裡都有個魔法夢吧！穿了隱形衣別人就看不到你，打碎花瓶念個咒語就沒事了，小時候誰不希望有這樣的好事！
Zhōngguó bù xiàng xīfāng nàyàng yǒu tèbié de wūshī wénhuà. bùguò dàjiā xīnli dōu yǒu ge mófǎ mèng ba! chuān le yǐnxíng yī biérén jiù kānbùdào nǐ, dǎsuì huāpíng niàn ge zhòuyǔ jiù méishì le, xiǎo shíhou shéi bùxīwàng yǒu zhèyàng de hǎoshì!
China doesn't really have the sort of wizard/witch culture that they do in the west. However, everyone deep down enjoys dreaming about magic. Like wearing magic clothes that make you invisible, breaking vases and then chanting something and its fixed. What child wouldn't fantasize about those kinds of cool things?
A 也是。想逃課就吃個讓你狂流鼻血的糖，可以帶自己的寵物，可以騎著掃帚飛來飛去，我也想去讀這樣的魔法學校。
yěshì. xiǎng táokè jiù chī ge ràng nǐ kuáng liú bíxiě de táng, kěyǐ dài zìjǐ de chǒngwù, kěyǐ qí zhe sàozhou fēiláifēiqù, wǒ yě xiǎngqù dú zhèyàng de mófǎ xuéxiào.
For sure. Like if you want to get out of class, you can just eat a special candy that makes your nose bleed, or that you can bring your own pets, and fly all over the place on a broomstick. I'd like to go to a magic school like that, too.
B 這部書可不是簡單的童話，從開始就埋了很深的線索，還是蠻複雜的。
zhè bù shū kěbushì jiǎndān de tónghuà, cōngkāishǐ jiù mái le hěn shēn de xiànsuǒ, hái shì mán fùzá de.
These books are not just simple fairy tales. From the very beginning there were very deep clues hidden, they are really quite complex.
A 是嗎？據說羅琳靠這部書名利雙收，一箇中年單親媽媽能有這樣的想象力，佩服佩服！
shì ma? jùshuō Luólín kào zhè bù shū mínglìshuāngshōu, yī ge zhōngnián dānqīn māma néng yǒu zhèyàng de xiǎngxiànglì, pèifú pèifú!
Really? They say that J.K. Rowling became rich and famous because of this book. I really admire that a middle-aged single mother could have such a great imagination.
B 嗯，大家為制伏伏地魔做了一系列鬥爭。後面幾部越來越不像兒童讀物了。看到校長死的時候我都哭了，哎！
ng4, dàjiā wèi zhìfú fúdìmó zuò le yīxìliè dòuzhēng. hòumian jǐ bù yuèláiyuè bù xiàng értóng dúwù le. kàndào xiàozhǎng sǐ de shíhou wǒ dōu kū le, āi!
Yes, everyone tried so hard to fight off Voldemort and they eventually conquered him. The later books didn't even seem like a children's story. When i saw that the principal died, I cried. Ah...
A 你也別太悲傷嘛！正義戰勝邪惡總是要付出代價的。今年哈6也要上映了，到時候我帶你去看？
nǐ yě bié tài bēishāng ma! zhèngyì zhànshèng xiéè zǒngshì yào fùchū dàijià de. jīnnián Hāliù yě yào shàngyìng le , dào shíhou wǒ dài nǐ qù kān?
I was also was pretty broken up. When good battles evil, sometimes you have to pay the price. Harry Potter 6 is coming out soon. When it's playing how about I take you to see it?
B 好啊，不過你這個"麻瓜"，還是先看看原著吧！
hǎoā, bùguò nǐ zhège `` máguā" , háishì xiān kànkan yuánzhù ba!
OK, you ``Muggles"--but you should read the book first!
Key Vocabulary
哈利·波特 Hālì · bōtè
一陣子 yīzhènzi
不得了 bùdéliǎo
閒情 xiánqíng
魔法 mófǎ
奔三 bènsān
巫師 wūshī
隱形衣 yǐnxíng yī
咒語 zhòuyǔ
掃帚 sàozhou
埋 mái
線索 xiànsuǒ
名利雙收 mínglìshuāngshōu
單親媽媽 dānqīn māma
想象力 xiǎngxiànglì
制伏 zhìfú
伏地魔 fúdìmó
一系列 yīxìliè
兒童讀物 értóng dúwù
悲傷 bēishāng
正義 zhèngyì
戰勝 zhànshèng
邪惡 xié'è
代價 dàijià
上映 shàngyìng
麻瓜 máguā
原著 yuánzhù
Supplementary Vocabulary
粉絲 fěnsī
巫婆 wūpó
發財夢 fācáimèng
叛逆 pànnì
單親家庭 dānqīn jiātíng
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