[90]"Keep your voice down!" spat Snape, for Malfoy ' s voice had risen excitedly. "If your friends Crabbe and Goyle intend to pass their Defense Against the Dark Arts OWL this time around, they will need to work a little harder than they are doing at pres —"
“小点儿声!”斯内普警告道,因为马尔福这时激动得提高了嗓门,“你的朋友克拉布和高尔这次要想通过黑魔法防御术的O.W.L.考试,还得多下点儿功夫——”
[91]"It is an act that is crucial to success, Draco!" said Snape. "Where do you think I would have been all these years, if I had not known how to act? Now listen to me! You are being incautious, wandering around at night, getting yourself caught, and if you are placing your reliance in assistants like Crabbe and Goyle —"
“这是一场对成功非常关键的戏,德拉科!”斯内普说,“如果我不会演戏,你想我这些年会在哪儿?听我说!你现在很不谨慎,夜里到处乱走,被人当场抓住,还有,如果你依赖克拉布和高尔这样的助手——”
[92]"Then why not confide in me, and I can —"
“为什么不能告诉我,我可以——”
[93]There was another pause, then Snape said coldly, "You are speaking like a child. I quite understand that your fathers capture and imprisonment has upset you, but —"
又停了一阵子,斯内普冷冷地说道:“你说话像个小孩子。我很理解你父亲入狱令你心烦意乱,但——”
[94]"Late again, Potter," said Snape coldly, as Harry hurried into the candlelit classroom. "Ten points from Gryfrindor."
“又迟到了,波特,”哈利匆匆跑进点着蜡烛的教室时,斯内普冷冷地说,“格兰芬多扣十分。”