《哈利波特与密室》第15章-阿拉戈克（1）

Chapter Fifteen ARAGOG

A second later, Harry spotted something. 
Several large spiders were scuttling over the ground on the other side of the glass, moving in an unnaturally straight line as though taking the shortest route to a prearranged meeting. Harry hit Ron over the hand with his pruning shears. 
“Ouch! What’re you —” 
Harry pointed out the spiders, following their progress with his eyes screwed up against the sun. 
“Oh, yeah,” said Ron, trying, and failing, to look pleased. “But we can’t follow them now —” 
Ernie and Hannah were listening curiously. 
Harry’s eyes narrowed as he focused on the spiders. If they pursued their fixed course, there could be no doubt about where they would end up. 
“Looks like they’re heading for the Forbidden Forest. . . .” 
At the end of the lesson Professor Sprout escorted the class to their Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Harry and Ron lagged behind the others so they could talk out of earshot. 
“We’ll have to use the Invisibility Cloak again,” Harry told Ron. 
“We can take Fang with us. He’s used to going into the forest with Hagrid, he might be some help.” 
“Right,” said Ron, who was twirling his wand nervously in his fingers. “Er — aren’t there — aren’t there supposed to be werewolves in the forest?” he added as they took their usual places at the back of Lockhart’s classroom. 

知识讲解：

1. stifled：窒息的

2. strut：趾高气昂地走

3. gloat：幸灾乐祸

4. fill in：替代

5. scramble：混乱

6. at：抓

7. scuttle：急促奔跑

8. screw：拧

9. screw up：拧紧

10. pursue：跟随（直至成功）