读原版小说，有利于提高词汇量，还可以学到很多原汁原味的英文表达，帮助我们把英文说的更地道，培养英语思维。
例如：
It would be enough to turn any boy’s head.
turn sb's head
使某人得意忘形
Harry nudged Ron in the ribs.
nudge sb/sth
(用肘) 轻推，轻触
如何选择原版小说，首先要感兴趣，兴趣是最好的老师，其次，不能太简单，也不能太难，太简单对于自身提高不是很大，太难的又容易失去信心兴趣。
哈利波特系列，人物个性鲜明，故事情节曲折生动，同时也是从非常好的分级读物，7部哈利波特难度逐级递增，前面两部相当于童书。从哈利波特开始会是一个不错的选择。
今天开始一个新的系列，跟原版小说学英语，从哈利波特开始，学习小说中地道的英文表达。
哈利波特尚在襁褓之中时，父母被伏地魔杀害，伏地魔有着“史上最危险的黑巫师”之称，一般人都不敢直呼其名。但是伏地魔没能伤害到哈利波特，自己却身受重伤，于是哈利波特成了魔法世界的英雄，人尽皆知。
父母去世后，哈利波特被送到了姨妈家，姨妈姨夫非常讨厌魔法，不想与魔法世界有半点瓜葛。于是哈利波特就在姨妈姨夫的虐待，和他们宠坏了的儿子达力的欺凌下长大。
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Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley’s sister, but they hadn’t met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn’t have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.
🍒 good-for-nothing
adj.（形容词）
Having little worth; useless.
无用的；没有价值的
At half past eight, Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls.
🍒 peck
( informal) to kiss sb lightly and quickly 匆匆地轻吻
peck sb on sth
🍃 He pecked her on the cheek as he went out. 他出门时匆匆轻吻了一下她的面颊。
He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead.
🍒 (in) broad ˈdaylight
(in) the clear light of day, when it is easy to see
光天化日（之下）
🍃 The robbery occurred in broad daylight, in a crowded street. 抢劫就发生在光天化日之下的一条熙熙攘攘的街道上。
Going to be any more showers of owls tonight, Jim?’
🍒 shower
A fall of a group of objects, especially from the sky
阵雨般的东西：一群物体的降落，尤指从空中的：
🍃 a meteor shower; a shower of leaves.
流星雨；一阵落叶
Mrs Dursley sipped her tea through pursed lips.
🍒 sip
to drink sth, taking a very small amount each time
小口喝；抿
sip(at sth)
🍃 She sat there, sipping at her tea. 她坐在那儿抿着茶。
sipsth
🍃 He slowly sipped his wine. 他慢酌浅饮。
🍒 purse
To gather or contract (the lips or brow) into wrinkles or folds; pucker.
使皱起，噘起：聚拢或皱起（嘴唇或眉毛）从而形成皱纹或褶；使皱起
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