CHAPTER ONE

The Worst Birthday

阅读[原著]是提高语感的唯一选择。

b|果汁+原味

阅读是把英语阅读分为四类：

1. 精读

2. 广泛的阅读

3.略读

泛读是重、快、长阅读。心态，理解行文的一般含义，一切以兴趣为基础。

有一条重要的定律[28定律]也适用于英语学习，在泛读过程中，对于文章的理解是80%，是非常适合自己的，> 80%难度较大(不适合)，> 80%难度> 60%简单，> 60%难度极简(不适合)。

Not for the frist time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Mr Vernon Durself had been woken in the early hours of the morning by a loud, hooting noise from his nephew Harry's room.

'Third time this week!' he roared across the table. 'If you can't control that owl, it'll have to go!'

Harry tried, yet again, to explain

“她很无聊，”他说，“她习惯了在外面飞来飞去。如果我能在晚上把她放出去……”

'Do I look stupid?' snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy moustache. 'I know what'love happen if that owl's let out.'

He exchanged dark looks with his wife, Petunia.

Harry tried to argue back but his words were drowned by a long, loud belch from the Dursleys' son, Dudley.

'I want more bacon.'

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“煎锅里还有呢，宝贝。”佩妮姨妈说，用迷糊的眼睛看着她那胖胖的儿子。“我们必须趁有机会把你喂饱……我不喜欢学校食物的味道……”

'Nonsense, Petunia, I never went hungry when I was at Smeltings,' said Uncle Vernon heartily. 'Dudley gets enough, don't you, son?'

Dudley, who was so large his bottom dropped over either side of the kitchen chair, grinned and turned to harry.

'Pass the frying pan.'

'you've forgotten the magic word,' said Harry irritable.

The effect of this simple sentence on the rest of the family crash that shook the whole kitchen; Mrs Dursleys gave a small scream and clapped her hands to her mouth; Mr Dursleys jumped to his feet, veins throbbing in his temples.

'I meant 'please'!' said Harry quickly. 'I didn't mean -'

'WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU,' thundered his uncle, spraying spit over the table, 'ABOUT SAYING THE M WORD IN OUR HOUSE?'

'But I -'

'HOW DARE YOU THREATEN DUDLEY!' roared Uncle Vernon, pounding the table with his fist.

'I just- '

'I WARNED YOU! I WILL NOT TOLERTE MENTION OF YOUR ABNORMALITY UNDER THIS ROOF!'

Harry started from his purple-faced uncle to his pale aunt, who was trying to heaven Dudley to his feet.

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