6. 《哈利·波特与混血王子》
It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. He was waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and between wondering when the wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring, and difficult week, there was not much space in his head for anything else.
差不多快到午夜了,首相独自坐在办公室里,读着一份长长的备忘录,但是他脑子里一片空白,根本不明白那上面写的是什么意思。他在等一个遥远国家的总统打来电话。他一方面怀疑那个倒霉的家伙到底会不会来电话,另一方面克制着对这一漫长而累人的一周的许多令人不快的回忆,所以脑子里便没有多少空间想别的事情了。
《哈利·波特与混血王子》:书中的混血王子其实是西弗勒斯·斯内普教授,因为其母(纯血统)的姓氏为 “Prince”(普林斯,英文意为“王子”),而其父是个麻瓜,他以自己是半个普林斯而荣幸,故称自己为“混血王子”。斯内普用“阿瓦达索命”这句咒语 杀了邓布利多,麦格教授成为了霍格沃茨魔法学校的临时校长,但是学校很可能将会因为不安全而被关闭。