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When they flew back beneath the clouds a little while later, they had to squint through the darkness for alandmark they knew.
过了一会儿，他们又飞到云层之下，眯起眼在黑暗中寻找一个熟悉的地面目标。
“There!” Harry shouted, making Ron and Hedwig jump.
“那儿！”哈利喊道，把罗恩和海德薇都吓了一跳，
“Straight ahead!”
“就在前面！”
Silhouetted on the dark horizon, high on the cliff over the lake, stood the many turrets and towers ofHogwarts castle.
在黑暗的地平线上，在湖对面高高的悬崖顶端，耸立着霍格沃茨城堡的角楼和高塔的剪影。
But the car had begun to shudder and was losing speed.
可是汽车开始颤抖并逐渐减速。
“Come on,” Ron said cajolingly, giving the steering wheel a little shake, “nearly there, come on—”
“帮帮忙，”罗恩好言好语地哄劝着，并轻轻地摇了摇方向盘，“差不多到了，帮帮忙—”
The engine groaned. Narrow jets of steam were issuing from under the hood.
引擎呻吟着，引擎罩下喷出股股蒸气。
Harry found himself gripping the edges of his seat very hard as they flew toward the lake.
他们朝湖上飞去时，哈利不禁攥紧了座椅边沿。
The car gave a nasty wobble. Glancing out of his window, Harry saw the smooth, black, glassy surface of thewater, a mile below.
汽车剧烈地摇晃了一下。哈利瞥了一眼窗外，看见了一英里之下平静漆黑、光滑如镜的水面。
Ron’s knuckles were white on the steering wheel.
罗恩握着方向盘的手指节都发白了。
The car wobbled again.
汽车又摇晃起来。
“Come on,” Ron muttered.
“帮帮忙。”罗恩喃喃道。
They were over the lake — the castle was right ahead — Ron put his foot down.
他们飞过湖面……城堡就在前头……罗恩踩下油门。
There was a loud clunk, a splutter, and the engine died completely.
哐啷一响，接着噼啪一声，引擎彻底熄火了。
“Uh-oh,” said Ron, into the silence.
“哎呀。”罗恩在一片寂静中说。
The nose of the car dropped. They were falling, gathering speed, heading straight for the solid castle wall.
车头朝下一倾，他们开始坠落，速度越来越快，直朝着城堡的围墙撞去。
“Noooooo!” Ron yelled, swinging the steering wheel around;
“不—！”罗恩大喊道，拼命转动方向盘。
they missed the dark stone wall by inches as the car turned in a great arc,
汽车拐了一个大圆弧，擦墙而过，
soaring over the dark greenhouses, then the vegetable patch, and then out over the black lawns, losing altitudeall the time.
飞过黑暗的温室、菜地，飞到外面黑色的草坪上方，一直在坠落。
Ron let go of the steering wheel completely and pulled his wand out of his back pocket—
罗恩干脆放开方向盘，从背后的衣袋里拔出魔杖。
“STOP! STOP!” he yelled, whacking the dashboard and the windshield,
“停下！停下！”他抽打着仪表板和挡风玻璃高喊，
but they were still plummeting, the ground flying up toward them—
可是他们还是在快速下落，地面向他们扑来……
“WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!” Harry bellowed, lunging for the steering wheel, but too late—
“当心那棵树！”哈利大叫，扑过去抓方向盘，可是太晚—
CRUNCH.
咔啦啦。
