《哈利波特与魔法石》第4章-钥匙保管员（11）

She stopped to draw a deep breath and then went ranting on. It seemed she had been wanting to say all this for years."Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you, and of course I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange, just as -- as -- abnormal -- and then, if you please, she went and got herself blown up and we got landed with you!"

Harry had gone very white. As soon as he found his voice he said, "Blown up? You told me they died in a car crash!"

"CAR CRASH!" roared Hagrid, jumping up so angrily that the Dursleys scuttled back to their corner. "How could a car crash kill Lily an' James Potter? It's an outrage! A scandal! Harry Potter not knowin' his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!"

"But why? What happened?" Harry asked urgently.

The anger faded from Hagrid's face. He looked suddenly anxious. "I never expected this," he said, in a low, worried voice. "I had no idea, when Dumbledore told me there might be trouble gettin' hold of yeh, how much yeh didn't know. Ah, Harry, I don' know if I'm the right person ter tell yeh -- but someone's gotta -- yeh can't go off ter Hogwarts not knowin'."

一，关于结婚的表达：

marry是一个非持续性动词。

1. get married：非持续性，仅表示结婚那一刻

2. be married：持续性，表示婚姻状态一直持续且仍未离婚

二，一词多义：

go：去世（“死”的委婉表达方式）

三，词组知识：

1. if you please：抱歉

2. blow up：爆炸

3. land with：背上包袱

四，句型知识：

have to=have got to=gotta

五，识记生词：

1. scuttle：逃跑

2. outrage：震惊

3. scandal：流言蜚语

4. urgently：急切地

5. fade：褪色