When the whole class was seated, Lockhart cleared his throat loudly and silence fell.
全班同学坐好后,洛哈特大声清了清嗓子,使大家安静下来。
He reached forward, picked up Neville Longbottom's copy of Travels with Trolls, and held it up to showhis own, winking portrait on the front.
他伸手拿起纳威隆巴顿的《与巨怪同行》举在手里,展示着封面上他本人眨着眼睛的照片。
“Me,” he said, pointing at it and winking as well.
“我,”他指着自己的照片,也眨着眼睛说,
“Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League,and five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award — but I don't talk about that. Ididn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at her!”
“吉德罗洛哈特,梅林爵士团三等勋章,反黑魔法联盟荣誉会员,五次荣获《巫师周刊》最迷人微笑奖——但我不把那个挂在嘴上,我不是靠微笑驱除万伦的女鬼的!”
He waited for them to laugh; a few people smiled weakly.
他等着大家发笑,有几个人淡淡地微笑了一下。
“I see you've all bought a complete set of my books—well done.
“我看到你们都买了我的全套著作—很好。
I thought we'd start today with a little quiz.
我想咱们今天就先来做个小测验。
Nothing to worry about—just to check how well you've read them, how much you've taken in” Whenhe had handed out the test papers he returned to the front of the class and said, “You have thirtyminutes—start—now!”
不要害怕—只是看看你们读得怎么样,领会了多少……”他发完卷子,回到讲台上说:“给你们三十分钟。现在——开始!”
Harry looked down at his paper and read:
哈利看着卷子,念道:
1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?
1.吉德罗洛哈特最喜欢什么颜色?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?
2.吉德罗洛哈特的秘密抱负是什么?3
3. What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?
.你认为吉德罗洛哈特迄今为止的最大成就是什么?
On and on it went, over three sides of paper, right down to:
如此等等,整整三面纸,最后一题是:
54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday, and what would his ideal gift be?
54.吉德罗洛哈特的生日是哪一天?他理想的生日礼物是什么?