混血王子

[59]“I suppose you wanted to make an entrance, did you?" Snape continued. "And with no flying car available you decided that bursting into the Great Hall halfway through the feast ought to create a dramatic effect."

“我猜你是想来一个登场亮相吧？”斯内普继续说道，“你弄不到会飞的汽车，就以为在宴会进行到一半时冲进礼堂也会产生戏剧性的效果。”

[60]As though he had read Harry's mind, however, Snape said, "No cloak. You can walk in so that everyone sees you, which is what you wanted, I'm sure."

然而，斯内普似乎猜到了哈利的心思，他说：“不许穿隐形衣。你就这样走进去，让大家都看看你，我相信这正是你想要的效果。”

[61]"Inside," he said.

“进来。”他说。

[62]"I have not asked you to take out your books," said Snape, closing the door and moving to face the class from behind his desk; Hermione hastily dropped her copy of Confronting the Faceless back into her bag and stowed it under her chair. "I wish to speak to you, and I want your fullest attention."

“我还没有叫你们把书拿出来。”斯内普说着关上教室的门，走到讲台后面面对着全班同学。赫敏赶紧把她那本《遭遇无脸妖怪》扔回书包，塞到了椅子下面。“我有话要对你们说，希望你们的注意力高度集中。”

[63]"You have had five teachers in this subject so far, I believe."

“迄今为止，这门课程想必你们已经换过五位老师了。”

[64]Naturally, these teachers will all have had their own methods and priorities. Given this confusion I am surprised so many of you scraped an O.WL. in this subject. I shall be even more surprised if all of you manage to keep up with the N.E.W.T. work, which will be more advanced."

“不用说，这些老师都有他们自己的教学方式和教学重点。在这种混乱的状况下，我很吃惊你们竟然有这么多人还勉强通过了这门课的O.W.L.考试。如果你们都能跟上提高班的课程，我将会更加吃惊，因为它的内容要高深得多。”