编者按/精读指导(B)： 普通巫师等级考试(O.W.L.s: Ordinary Wizarding Levels’ examination)为期两周，是霍格沃茨魔法学校五年级学生必须参加的一次考试。我们会学习4课左右课时来学习这些考试，这次普通巫师等级考试的结果会出现在第六册中，我们届时会学习。我们会学习这两周的考试描写，在学习英语词汇的同时，学习如何写好一场考试、连续几场考试。第一场考试在周一上午考‘咒语理论’(Lesson 39)；普通巫师等级考试的第二场考试为 ‘咒语实践’。本次咒语实践考试的描写比较简洁，描写到同学考前紧张练习咒语，对比马尔福的考试情形而简要的叙写了哈利使用漂浮咒的心理活动(Lesson 40)。Lesson 41选自英文版 Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix第31章第659页，用两小段文字简要描述了周二的变形课理论和实操考试（第三、第四场考试）；用一句话描写了周三的草药课考试（第五、第六场考试）；用一句话来描写第七场‘黑魔法防御术理论’考试：“He had no problem with any of the written questions”，以托福迪教授让哈利额外展示‘博格特驱逐咒’来描写哈利学习最好的学科‘黑魔法防御术’（第八场考试）。
本课学习需要注意 practical, lost your head, bite/snap sb’s head off, flamingo这些词汇。practical形式像形容词，但是在本课实际上是作为名词‘实习课; 实践课; 实验考核’来使用： “He forgot the definition of a Switching Spell during his written paper next morning but thought his practical could have been a lot worse”。固定短语lost your head的含义为‘慌乱；昏了头；失去理智’：“poor Hannah Abbott lost her head completely at the next table”。这个短语在《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》中是放在head 词条下解释，我们再复习本册一个关于head的固定短语bite/snap sb’s head off ‘气愤地对某人大喊大叫；[尤指毫无道理地]呵斥某人’：“‘I know it is, Harry, so will you please stop biting my head off?’ said Hermione wearily (2014e, 233)” 。这些固定短语都需要认真学习，因为从表面上我们不能轻易看出它们的含义。flamingo意思是‘红鹳，火烈鸟， 红鹤’，这个词和形容词flaming ‘鲜红色的；橙黄色的；橘红色的；燃烧的; 冒火焰的’只差一个字母，大家要注意用比较形容词和名词差异的方法来拓展词汇。
Ron, though; Ron had caused a dinner plate to mutate into a large
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, Chap 31, page 659
[Thursday, February 24 & Friday, February 25, 2022]
mutate [mjuːˈteɪt] v: ~ (into sth) (转变；转换) [2014e: 659]
mushroom [ˈmʌʃrʊm] n: a fungus with a round flat head and short STEM. Many mushrooms can be eaten. (蘑菇; 蕈; 伞菌) [2014e: 659]
submerge [səbˈmɜːdʒ] v: ([使]潜入水中，没入水中，; 浸没，淹没) [Minford 2015: 228]
submerge [səbˈmɜːdʒ] v: ~ sth (湮没，湮灭，掩盖[思想、感情等]) [2014e: 659]
revision [rɪˈvɪʒn] n: (BrE) (复习; 温习) [2014a: 282; 2014e: 659]
transfiguration [ˌtrænsˌfɪɡə'reɪʃn] n: (变容; 变形; 美化; 变形术). [2014a: 72; 2014e: 659]
buzz [bʌz] v: to be full of excitement, activity, etc. (充满兴奋[或活动等]) [2014b: 330; 2014e: 659]
model [ˈmɒdl] n: (样本；范例) [2014e: 659]
definition [ˌdefɪˈnɪʃn] n: (定义) [2014e: 659]
switch [swɪtʃ] v: to change or make sth change from one thing to another. ([使]改变；转变；突变) [2014e: 659]
Switching Spell (转换咒) [2014d: 286; 2014e: 659]
practical [ˈpræktɪkl] n: (BrE, informal) (实习课; 实践课; 实验考核) [2014e: 659]
iguana [ɪˈɡwɑːnə] n: (美洲鬣蜥[美洲热带大蜥蜴]) [2014e: 659]
lose your head: to become unable to act in a calm or sensible way. (慌乱；昏了头；失去理智) [2014e: 659]
somehow [ˈsʌmhaʊ] adv: for a reason that you do not know or understand. (由于某种未知的原因；不知为什么; 不知怎么地). [2014a: 13; 2014e: 659]
multiply [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] v: (成倍增加; 迅速增加) [2014e: 659]
ferret [ˈferɪt] n: (雪貂[身体细长，饲养用于驱兔灭鼠]) [2014e: 659]
flock [flɒk] n: ~ (of sth) ([羊或鸟] 群). [2014a: 10; 2014e: 659]
flamingo [fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ] n: (红鹳，火烈鸟， 红鹤 [热带大涉禽，羽色粉红，腿细长，长颈]) [2014e: 659]
cause [kɔːz] v: (使发生; 造成; 引起; 导致) [2014e: 659; Minford 2015: 232]
halt [hɔːlt] v: to stop; to make sb/sth stop. ([使]停止，停下； 立定) [2014e: 659]
capture [ˈkæptʃə(r)] v: (俘虏；俘获；捕获) [2014d: 444; 2014e: 659]
herbology [hə'bɒlə dʒɪ] n: (草药学) [2014a: 330; 2014e: 659]
bite [baɪt] n: an act of biting. (咬) [2014e: 659]
fang [fæŋ] n: (尖牙; 犬齿; [蛇的]毒牙). [2014a: 87; 2014d: 296; 2014e: 659]
geranium [dʒəˈreɪniəm] n: (天竺葵; 老鹳草) [2014e: 659]
reasonably [ˈriːznəbli] adv: to a degree that is fairly good but not very good. (尚可；过得去). [2014e: 659; 2014g: 401]
counter- [ˈkaʊntə(r)] combining form: against, opposite. (逆；发对；相反；对立) [2014e: 659]
jinx [dʒɪŋks] n: [sing] ~ (on sb/sth) bad luck; sb/sth that is thought to bring bad luck in a mysterious way. (厄运; 霉运; 不祥之人[或物]； 咒语) [2014e: 659; 2014f: 280]
counter-jinx (破解咒) [2014e: 659]
defensive [dɪˈfensɪv] adj: protecting sb/sth against attack. (防御的；保护的；保卫的) [2014e: 223]
defensive spell (防御咒) [2014e: 659]
coolly [ˈkuːlli] adv: in a way that is not friendly or enthusiastic. (冷漠地; 冷淡地) [2014e: 453]
bravo [ˌbrɑːˈvəʊ] exclamation: (becoming old fashioned) people say Bravo! at the end of sth they have enjoyed, such as a play at the theatre. ([喝彩声、叫好声]好哇). [2014a: 91; 2014e: 659]
examine [ɪɡˈzæmɪn] v: ~ sb (in/on sth) (formal) (考，测验[某人]) [2014e: 659]
demonstrate [ˈdemənstreɪt] v: ~ sth to show by your actions that you have a particular quality, feeling or opinion. (表达; 表露; 表现; 显露； 展示) SYN: display. [2014e: 659]
demonstrate [ˈdemənstreɪt] v: (示范; 演示)
boggart [ˈbɒɡət] n: it’s shape-shifter, it can take the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten people most. (博格特) [2014c: 139; 2014e: 659]
Boggart banishing spell (博格特驱逐咒) [2014e: 659]
lean [liːn] v: (+ adv./prep.) to bend or move from a vertical position. (前俯[或后仰]; 倾斜). [2014b: 302; 2014e: 153]
patronus ['pætrənəs] n: ([拉]庇护者；守护神;保护人). [2014c: 251; 2014e: 659]
bonus [ˈbəʊnəs] n: (奖金; 红利) [2014e: 659]
sack [sæk] v: ~ sb (informal) (解雇; 炒鱿鱼) SYN: fire. [2014e: 659]
stag [stæɡ] n: a male deer. (雄鹿；牡鹿). [2014c: 437; 2014e: 17; 2014g: 164]
erupt [ɪˈrʌpt] v: ([火山]爆发；[岩浆、烟等]喷出) [2014e: 17]
canter [ˈkæntə(r)] v: ~ (sth)(慢跑; 使马慢跑) [2014c: 434; 2014e: 659]
length [leŋθ] n: (长; 长度) [2014e: 659]
examiner [ɪɡˈzæmɪnə(r)] n: (主考人；考官) [2014e: 658]
look around/round: (环视；环顾；四下查看) [2014d: 379; 2014e: 479]
progress [ˈprəʊɡres] n: + adv./prep. (formal) to move forward. (前进; 行进) [2014e: 659]
dissolve [dɪˈzɒlv] v: to disappear; to make sth disappear. (消除;[使]消失；消散) [2014e: 659]
mist [mɪst] n: (薄雾；水汽) [2014a: 208; 2014d: 553; 2014e: 659]
clap [klæp] v: (鼓掌，拍手[表示赞许或欣赏]). [2014a: 91; 2014e: 659]
veined [veɪnd] adj: (有静脉的; 有叶脉的; 有翅脉的; 有纹理的； 青筋暴突的) [2014e: 659]
knot [nɒt] n: ([因害怕、激动等而]痉挛，紧缩，使痉挛) [2014e: 659]
enthusiastic [ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪk] adj: (热情的; 热心的; 热烈的; 满腔热忱的)
enthusiasticaly [ɪnˌθjuːziˈæstɪkli] adv: [2014e: 659]
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Lesson 41 [page 659] 作业：
1. With reference to the Chinese translation, discuss the meaning of “knotted”: “All of the examiners looked around to watch its progress and when it dissolved into silver mist Professor Tofty clapped his veined and knotted hands enthusiastically”.
2. How many examinations mentioned on page 659 [Lesson 41]?
3. 坚持每天掌握1到2个生词，风雨无阻，天天坚持。
《哈利波特》精读系类之编者按/精读指导(A)： 成人英语学习应该有更多的主动性，在高中英语的基础上，应该尽快进入英语原著和英文报纸的阅读，这样才能尽快的提升英语水平。因为英语原著和英语报纸，不同于中学的考试，其中的内容都是英语的实际应用。我会和朋友们一起分享英语原著《哈利波特》7册的内容和中国日报(China Daily)上面的英文报道。我们本着共享的理念，以“雅思6.5及之上的考生英语阅读水平”来编辑《哈利波特英语词典》，其中也会收录中学英语课本的一些单词。用《哈利波特英语词典》里面收录的单词来为《中国日报》等阅读文章做单词表。我们会认真精讲7册《哈利波特》中每一页，制出相对对应的单词表。
就我们初级英语课程而言，我们目前有两个工作目标：一是编写《哈利波特英语词典》，单词收录量为2到3万；二是编写《博雅英语阅读文库·中国日报1000篇》。我们有三级英语课程，初级英语课程为《哈利波特》7册的内容和中国日报(China Daily) 、《乔布斯传》、《马斯克传》等英语原著，以训练学生流畅地阅读英语小说、英语报刊杂志和按照英语习惯顺畅地写作为目标；中级英语课程为英语学术训练，能流畅地阅读英语学术著作，如 A New History of Western Philosophy，并能够书写规范的学术论文；高级英语课程是以了解通过英语来学习文化，学习莎士比亚等英美名家著作、英文版的《圣经》、《易经》等等，目的是更加深入地了解英语背后的文明和中华文明等，让英语学习不仅仅止于语言，要上升到文明的角度来学习英语和用英语来学习。我们认可这样的理念“语言和宗教是定义一个文明的核心标志”。我们的课程有三个立足点，一、高中毕业的英语水平；二、有学习的主动性；三、雅思最低成绩6.5。