There was a definite end-of-the-holidays gloom in the air when Harry awoke next morning.

第二天早晨，哈利醒来时，家笼罩着一种假期结束的气氛。

Most Anglo-Americans enjoy entertaining at home, but they don't enjoy stuffy, formal dinners.

大部分英美人士喜欢在家招待客人，而不喜欢的正式晚宴。

It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle.

暖和得令人感到郁，壁炉塞得满满的，火上烧着一个大铜壶，于是火焰就发出一种、发腻的香味。

Although, to be honest, a penny would never really clunk.

不过老实说，一便士永远不会发出的响声。

In those boring lectures, many students just sat gazing through the classroom window.

在那些的课堂学中，许多学只是呆呆地坐着望着窗外。

But their exacting curriculum, tough competition and reclusive campus lifestyle have taken a toll on students. Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common among IIT students.

但高难度的课程、激烈的竞争和“与世隔绝”式的校园活严重影响了这些学的身心健康。、不正常的活方式在印度理工学院很普遍。

Didn't have one of its terrible boggy ones.

没有出现那种糟糕的况。

With a funny, muffled sort of thump he landed on something soft.

随着一声奇怪而的撞击声，哈利落到了一个柔软的东西上面。

It is time for the dismal science to improve its dismal record on gender.

这门的科学是时候改善它在性别方面的记录了。

The dismal science has not become entirely harmonious, though.

然而，这门的科学并没有变得完全和谐。

Most professors even believe that the classes in which there is no challenge from students are the most boring and the most unsuccessful classes.

许多授甚至觉得，没有受到学挑战的课是最无聊的课，也是最不成功的课。

How I wish something would liven up this already tedious day.

真希望有什么东西能让的一天快乐起来。

Each time I recevied one of my little girl's gifts, it brightened my heart.

每次收到小女儿的礼物，我的心就豁然开朗。

A dull clunk echoed through the Hall on his every other step.

的金属撞击声随着他的每个脚步响彻大厅。

Her crocheted flowers decorate dull walls and fences around the city.

她用钩针编织的花朵装饰着城市周围的墙壁和栅栏。

It was here that the stuffy archduke met Countess Sophie Chotek.

就是在这，这位的大公遇到了索菲·乔泰克伯爵夫人。

As if shaking off the winter, a bright and optimistic atmosphere fills the city.

仿佛摆脱了冬季的，整座城市洋溢着明亮乐观的氛围。

Just then a hollow explosion was audible.

这时，我听到了一声的爆炸声。

It's 'cause my parents, they own this godforsaken place.

是因为我的父母。这个荒凉的地方是他们的。

He heard Ron give a strangled cheer, and they turned the next bend to see his eager face staring through the sizable gap he had managed to make in the rock fall.

他听见罗恩发出一声的欢呼。他们又转过一个弯道，就看见罗恩的脸透过一个很大的豁口，急切地向他们张望，这个豁口是他好不容易在坠落的碎石准中掏出来的。