编者按/精读指导：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。
我们要完整地学习《凤凰社》中哈利的第一次大脑封闭术课，大家可以跟着罗琳老师认真学习如何描写一节课——大脑封闭术。我们的第一任务是把课文先学会，按照精读的要求，结合单词表，能迅速识别这8页中的每一个单词。这不是对这8课学习的特殊要求，是我们所有精读课的要求，读懂每一个单词。我们的主人公小哈利虽然在佩妮姨妈家备受虐待，随着情节的发展，我们知道了哈利非常有钱，父母在古灵阁银行存有巨款；更为令人羡慕的是，邓布利多校长一直在关注着哈利的成长，斯内普教授一直在默默地保护着哈利。在三年级时卢平教授给哈利开设防御摄魂怪的私人辅导课程，在六年级时校长给哈利开私人辅导课，在《凤凰社》所讲述的五年级中，哈利的守护神斯内普教授给开设大脑封闭术课私人课程，哈利真是同学中的幸运儿。
大脑封闭术课的英文原著共8页，我们会上8次课，讲述斯内普教授第一次给哈利上哈利大脑封闭术课，晚上六点钟哈利怀着恐惧的心情来到斯内普教授的办公室 (Lesson 30)，针对哈利的提问，斯内普教授向哈利解释摄神取念(Legilimency)与读心术(mind-reading)的不同之处(Lesson 31)，哈利可以在大脑放松的情况下，侵入伏地魔的大脑，探知其思想和情感(Lesson 32); 斯内普教授一针见血地指出，伏地魔意识到哈利可以侵入他的大脑，他可能进行相反的操作，进入哈利的大脑，控制哈利做事(Lesson 33)。Lesson 34选自英文版 Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix第24章第493页，在的大脑封闭术训练中，哈利开始回忆起5岁开始的经历。
本课学习要注意temple [太阳穴; 鬓角; 颞颥; 颞部]的另一个含义是 ‘庙宇，寺院’；apprehensively [忧虑地；担心地]这个比较长的单词，大家要练习在写作中使用，我们来看文中的用法：
‘And what are you going to do?’ Harry asked, eyeing Snape’s wand apprehensively (2014e, 493).
‘Is that likely?’ Harry asked apprehensively, but Moody ignored him (2014e, 51).
[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chap 24] page 493
[Sunday, February 13, 2022]
temple [ˈtempl] n: (太阳穴; 鬓角; 颞颥; 颞部). [2014b: 2; 2014e: 493; Unschuld 2016: 193]
tip [tɪp] n: (尖端；尖儿；端) [2014e: 493]
greasy [ˈɡriːsi] adj: (油性的; 多脂的) [2014e: 479]
withdraw [wɪðˈdrɔː] v: to move back or away from a place or situation; to make sb/sth do this. ([使]撤回，撤离；抽) SYN: pull out (of sth) [2014b: 164; 2014e: 493]
stretch [stretʃ] v: ~ sth (拉长；拽宽；撑大；抻松) [2014e: 493]
gossamer [ˈɡɒsəmə(r)] n: (蛛丝) [2014e: 493]
strand [strænd] n: ([线、绳、金属线、毛发等的]股，缕) [2014e: 493; 2014g: 284]
graceful [ˈɡreɪsfl] adj: (优美的;优雅的;雅致的)
gracefully [ˈɡreɪsfəli] adv: [2014e: 493]
swirl [swɜːl] v: to move around quickly in a circle; to make sth do this. ([使]打旋，旋动，起漩涡) [2014d: 492; 2014e: 493; 2014f: 252]
deposit [dɪˈpɒzɪt] v: ~ sb/sth adv./prep. to put or lay sb/sth down in a particular place. (放下；放置) [2014e: 107]
deposit [dɪˈpɒzɪt] v: ~ sth (使沉积；使沉淀；使淤积) [2014e: 493]
at the ready: available to be used immediately. (随时可用；即可使用) [2014e: 493]
foot [fʊt] n (pl. feet): ([人或动物的]脚，足) [2014e: 113]
get/rise to your feet (=stand up) (起立；站起来) [2014d: 229; 2014e: 113]
attempt [əˈtempt] v: (努力; 尝试; 试图) [2014d: 553; 2014e: 493]
disarm [dɪsˈɑːm] v: ~ sb (缴[某人]的械; 解除[某人]的武装) [2014e: 493]
defend [dɪˈfend] v: (防御；保护；保卫) [2014e: 493]
apprehensive [ˌæprɪˈhensɪv] adj: (忧虑的；担心的；疑惧的；恐惧的)
apprehensively adv: [2014b: 244; 2014e: 51]
softly [ˈsɒftli] adv: (轻轻地; 轻柔地; 温和地; 柔和地) [2014e: 493]
aptitude [ˈæptɪtjuːd] n: (天资; 天生的才能；天赋) SYN: talent. [2014e: 493]
resist [rɪˈzɪst] v: (反抗；回击；抵抗) [2014e: 493]
Imperius Curse [imperio] (夺魂咒) (2014d: 179; 2014e: 493; 2014f: 35; 2014g: 432)
brace [breɪs] v: ~ sb/yourself (for sth) | ~ sb/yourself (to do sth) to prepare sb/yourself for sth difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen. ([为困难或坏事]使做准备；使防备). [2014e: 493; 2014g: 401]
strike [straɪk] (struck, struck) v: (突击；攻击) [2014b: 205; 2014e: 493]
strike [straɪk] (struck, struck) v: ~ sb/sth (sth) (formal) (打; 击) [2014e: 493]
summon [ˈsʌmən] v: ~ sth (formal) to call for or try to obtain sth. (吁求；请求；争取) [2014e: 493]
resistance [rɪˈzɪstəns] n: (抵抗; 反抗) [2014e: 493]
swim [swɪm] v: to feel confused and /or as if everything is spinning around. (眩晕；感觉天旋地转) [2014a: 76; 2014e: 493].
vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] v: to disappear suddenly and /or in a way that you cannot explain. ([莫名其妙地]突然消失). [2014a: 19; 2014e: 245]
race [reɪs] v: ([因为害怕、兴奋等]急速跳动，快速转动) [2014e: 493]
flicker [ˈflɪkə(r)] v: (闪现；一闪而过) [2014e: 493]
vivid [ˈvɪvɪd] adj: (清晰的; 生动的; 逼真的) SYN: graphic. [2014e: 493]
blind [blaɪnd] v: (使眼花；使目眩) [2014e: 493]
surroundings [səˈraʊndɪŋz] n: (环境) SYN: environment. [2014e: 493]
burst [bɜːst] v: be bursting (with sth) (爆满；涨满) [2014e: 493]
jealousy [ˈdʒeləsi] n: (忌妒；妒羡；羡慕) [2014e: 493]
ripper [ˈrɪpə(r)] n: (informal) (滑雪板运动高手) [2014e: 493]
bulldog [ˈbʊldɒɡ] n: (斗牛狗，牛头犬[头大鼻短平、脖子粗短]) [2014e: 493]
chase [tʃeɪs] v: to run, drive, etc. after sb/sth in order to catch them. (追赶；追逐；追捕). [2014a: 26; 2014b: 211; 2014e: 167]
lawn [lɔːn] n: (草坪；草地) [2014b: 74; 2014e: 51]
sort [sɔːt] v: (整理；把…分类) [2014a: 122; 2014e: 493]
lie [laɪ] v (lies, lying, lay, lain): (躺; 平躺; 平卧). [9A: 157; 2014e: 235; 2014g: 400]
draw [drɔː] v: adv/prep. to move in the direction mentioned. ([向某个方向]移动，行进). [2014a: 68; 2014b: 232]
misteltoe [ˈmɪsltəʊ] n: a plant with small shiny white BERRIES that grows on other trees and is often used as a decoration at Christmas. (槲寄生[结白色小浆果，寄生于其他树木，常用于圣诞节装饰]). [2014b: 224; 2014c: 235; 2014d: 350; 2014e: 493; 2014f: 252]
Lesson 34 [page 493] 作业：
1. What is the silvery substance Snape withdrew from his temple? Why did he do it?
2. 翻译：I have been told you have already shown aptitude at resisting the Imperus Curse (2014e: 493).
3. 坚持每天掌握1到2个生词，风雨无阻，天天坚持。
