Part.1
(1)tantrum n.发脾气 发怒
Dursley on the cheek, and tried to kiss Dudley good-bye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls.
(2)stumbled vi.踌躇 蹒跚 失足 犯错 vt.使困惑 使绊倒
as the tiny old man stumbled and almost fell.
(3)squeaky adj.吱吱响的 短促的尖声
his face split into a wide smile and he said in a squeaky voice that made passersby stare
(4)rattled adj.慌乱的 愚蠢的 恼火的
He was rattled. He hurried to his car and set off for home, hoping he was imagining things, which he had never hoped before, because he didn’t approve of imagination.
(5)tabby n.斑猫 长舌妇 adj.起波纹的 有斑纹的
As he pulled into the driveway of number four, the first thing he saw — and it didn’t improve his mood — was the tabby cat he’d spotted that morning.
(6)stern n. 船尾 末端 adj.严厉的 坚定的
The cat didn’t move. It just gave him a stern look.
(7)drift into
Mr. Dursley might have been drifting into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was showing no sign of sleepiness.
(8)quiver n. 颤抖 震动 vi. 颤抖 震动
It didn’t so much as quiver when a car door slammed on the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead.
(9)rummaging v. 搜查 到处翻寻
He was busy rummaging in his cloak, looking for some�thing.
Part.2
(1)They were the last people you’d expect to be in�volved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.
(2)He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, al�though he did have a very large mustache. Mrs. Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbors.
(3)As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn’t help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about.
Part 3
第一章详细描写了姨妈和姨夫 从外貌描写 到人物内心活动 很不乐意承认哈利的母亲是姨妈的姊妹 随后引出邓布利多以及海格的出场