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1、在听过双语录音，指读过双语文本之后，在能听懂的情况下，听全英语录音，指读英语文本。

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Chapter 6, "Platform 9,¾

Harry spends the next month with the Dursleys. Dudley is now afraid of Harry, and Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia pretend Harry does not exist. It is a very depressing month for Harry, but he stays in his room with his new owl for company.

He names her Hedwig, a name he discovers in his book A History of Magic. Each lonely day, Harry checks off a box on his calendar. He can't wait until September the 1st, the first day of school at Hogwarts.

On his last night with the Dursleys, he convinces Uncle Vernon to take him to the train station the next day. He seems very happy to take him there. It is obvious that the Dursleys do not want him in their house any longer.

The next day, when they arrive at the train station, Harry has no idea what to do or where to go. There is no platform 9 ¾. He asks several guards, but they laugh at him and think he is crazy. Harry begins to feel desperate.

He tries not to panic when the large clock in the train station says he only has 10 minutes before his train leaves. Has Hagrid forgotten to tell him something about the train or the platform? He thinks. Do I have to tap something with an umbrella?

At that moment, a group of people pass by Harry and he hears some of their conversation. The station is full of muggles, of course. Harry looks quickly at the woman who is talking. She is talking to four boys.

All of them have red hair the color of fire. Each of them has a trunk, like Harry's, and there is an owl on it. The owl is full with them. Harry begins to follow them, pushing his cart with his trunk.

When they stop, he stops and listens to what they are saying. Now, boys, what's the platform number again? asks the mother. 9 ¾, answers a small girl who is holding her mother's hand. Mummy, I want to go too.

You're not old enough yet, Jenny. All right, Percy, you go first. A tall boy, probably the oldest of the four, walks towards a barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Harry watches and tries not to close his eyes.

He does not want to miss anything. The boy is about to reach the barrier and suddenly a group of tourists walks in front of him. When they are gone, the boy is gone too. Fred, your turn, the mother says.

I'm not Fred, I'm George, says the boy. I can't believe you call yourself our mother. I know we're twins, but you still can't tell us apart. Sorry, George, dear. I'm just joking, mother. I am Fred, says the boy, as he walks with his twin brother towards the platform barrier.

One moment the boys are there and then suddenly they are not. They have disappeared completely. But Harry cannot see how they do it. He finds some courage and approaches the mother. Excuse me, Harry says to the woman.

Hello, dear, she says. Is this your first time at Hogwarts? Ron is new too. She points to her last and youngest son. He is tall and thin, with freckles, big hands and big feet and a long nose. You don't know how to find the platform, do you, dear?

It's easy enough. Just walk through the barrier between nine and ten. Don't stop and don't be scared. You can run through if you're nervous. That might help you. Go ahead. Go before Ron.