When Mr. and Mrs. Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday, our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.

当德思礼先生和夫人在灰暗阴沉的星期二早晨醒来时，我们的故事便开始了。外面浓云低垂的天空并没有迹象预示这地方即将发生神秘古怪的事情。

His morning double-Potions lesson did nothing to dispel his trepidation, as Snape was as unpleasant as ever.

上午的魔药课没有消除他的恐惧，斯内普还是那么可恶。

It's no good pretending that ecstasy isn't a physical as well as a spiritual experience.

若假装这种极乐不是一种肉体与心灵上的同步体验，那没有意义。

Not to mention there is, sorry, no evidence to support the claims from charcoal enthusiasts that it will prevent bloating, boost energy, brightens skin or whiten teeth.

更不用说，没有证据证明活性炭爱好者声称的活性炭有防止胃胀气、增加能量、提亮肤和美白牙齿这样的作用。（不好意思）。

I don't feel like I inherited an English Department.

我没有接管了英文系的感觉。

Fleur Delacour and Krum hadn't reacted at all.

芙蓉·德拉库尔和克鲁姆没有反应。

Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth, that your modesty, so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections.

“说真的，伊丽莎白小姐，你害羞怕臊，非但对你没有害，而且更增加了你的天生丽质。

Think about it, a lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie.

谎言本身没有力量，而当人将谎言信以为真，它的力量就产生了。

I was very relieved to discover that was all he was worrying about, because I knew that his blindness made no difference at all to my love for him.

原来他担心的就是这些，我感到轻松了许多，因为他失明没有影响到我对他的爱。

Oh, and by the way I have no proof that anyone's going to buy it at all but they said yes because they know that there's a garbage crisis and they really don't want to contribute to it.

哦，顺便说一下，我没有证据证明有人会买它，但有人说确实会这样，因为虽然他们知道垃圾危机的存在，但他们真的不愿为它作出贡献。

Whereas those told it wouldn't be so bad didn't change their opinions at all.

反之，当告诉他们情况没那么糟时，也没有改变他们的意见。

There is no semblance of truth to the story.

这个故事里没有真实的成分。

And one reason why health officials are so angry about that is because of this, while some people who contract COVID-19 have severe and deadly symptoms, others have absolutely none at all in.

令卫生官员抓狂的原因之一是，有些人感染冠状病毒以后会出现严重的、致命的症状，而有些人却没有症状。

But these elements, phosphorus and lime and delicate fibers, are present not in the human body alone: we detect them in places most remote from it.

但是，像磷、石灰、微细的纤维等这些元素，不仅在人体中可以发现，而且在与人体没有关系的地方也能检查出它们的存在。

There's no sympathy for the illness when you call someone a crackup.

当你用" crackup这个词来称呼某人时，表示你对他的疾病没有同情心。

I wasn't alarmed, because I knew I had done what I'd been hired to do: my job, dealing with thorny issues head on and leaving no stone unturned.

我没有感到惊慌，因为我知道，我只是做了我该做的事：我的工作，就是处理棘手的事务，掀开每一块石头，仔细查看，不留死角。

There was nothing warm or open about him.

他没有热情，也从来不敞开心扉。

When I am finished, it is as neat and impersonal as a hotel bathroom.

我打扫完后，卫生间就像酒店里的那样井井有条，没有人情味儿。

But the hours keep passing, and they hardly make an ounce of progress.

但时间一天天过去，他们几乎没有取得进展。

The claustrophobia has points, and it's not erotic.

幽闭恐怖症是有一些，但却没有情的感觉。