12. 厄里斯魔镜（原文讲解）

The Mirror of Erised

“So — back again, Harry?”

Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. He looked behind him. Sitting on one of the desks by the wall was none other than Albus Dumbledore. Harry must have walked straight past him, so desperate to get to the mirror he hadn’t noticed him.

“I — I didn’t see you, sir.”

“Strange how nearsighted being invisible can make you,” said Dumbledore, and Harry was relieved to see that he was smiling.

"Now, can you think what the Mirror of Erised shows us all?"

Harry shook his head.

"Let me explain. The happiest man on earth would be able to use the Mirror of Erised like a normal mirror, that is, he would look into it and see himself exactly as he is. Does that help?"

Harry thought. Then he said slowly, "It shows us what we want...whatever we want..."

"Yes and no," said Dumbledore quietly. "It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts. Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen, or been driven mad, not knowing if what it shows is real or even possible."

"The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go looking for it again. If you ever do run across it, you will now be prepared. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that. Now, why don't you put that admirable Cloak back on and get off to bed?"  

必背表达

none other than

- 正是

- 例句：I walked into the coffee shop, and in front of me was no other than Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. 我走进咖啡店，在我前面的正是亚马逊 CEO 杰夫·贝索斯。

nearsighted

- adj. 近视的

- 同义词：myopic adj. 近视的，目光短浅的

dwell

- v. 居住

- 相关表达：dweller n. 居民

- dwell on: 老是想着

语言点

- insides: n. 内脏

- none other than: 正是；例句：I walked into the coffee shop, and in front of me was no other than Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. 我走进咖啡店，在我前面的正是亚马逊 CEO 杰夫·贝索斯。

- desperate: adj. 极渴望的；例句：Hermione looked desperate to start proving that she wasn’t a dunderhead. 赫敏极其渴望证明自己不是一个傻瓜。

- nearsighted: adj. 近视的；同义词：myopic adj. 近视的，目光短浅的

- desire: n. 欲望

- entrance: v. 着迷

- dwell: v. 居住；相关表达：dweller n. 居民；dwell on: 老是想着

- admirable: adj. 令人钦佩的；例句：You did an admirable job as a teacher. 你作为教师的所作所为非常令人钦佩。

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