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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Scene 1
(Harry Potter was born a wizard but after Voldemort, an evil wizard, kills his parents, he is raised by his relatives, the Dursleys, who treats him more like vermin than like a family member.)
Uncle Vernon: I'm warning you. If you don't control that bloody bird, it'll have to go!
Harry: But she's bored. If I could only let her out... for an hour or two.
Uncle Vernon: Harumph. So you can send secret messages to your freaking little friends? No, sir!
Harry: But I haven't had any messages from any of my friends. Not one - all summer.
Dudley: Who'd want to be friends with you?
Uncle Vernon: I should think you'd be a little more grateful. We've raised you since you were a baby, given you the food off our table, even let you have Dudley's second bedroom, purely out of the goodness of our hearts.
Aunt Petunia: Not now, Hopkins, not when the Masons arrive.
Uncle Vernon: ...which should be any minute! And, now, let's go over our schedule once again, shall we? Petunia, when the Masons arrive you will be...
Aunt Petunia: ...in the lounge, waiting to welcome them graciously to our home.
Uncle Vernon: Good. And Dudley, you will be...
Dudley: I'll be waiting to open the door.
Uncle Vernon: Excellent! (Pause several seconds, to Harry, menacing) And you?
Harry: I'll be in my bedroom, making no noise and pretending that I don't exist.
Uncle Vernon: Too right you will! With any luck this could well be the day I make the biggest deal in my career, and you will not mess it up!
〖词汇过关〗
evil [ˈiːvl] a.
wizard ['wɪzəd] n.
relative[ˈrelətɪv] n.
vermin[ˈvɜːmɪn] n.
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] a.
freaking [ˈfriːkɪŋ] a.