英语录音学习方法：

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。

2、本章英语文字量2640字，每听读（正常语速）一分钟文字量按106字计算，请根据实际自己计算读书量。

3、看着书听英语录音指读并给每一段编号。

4、也可以吃饭、做作业、睡觉、坐车等时间只听不读。

5、低年级初次读可以降低速度，高年级或水平高的可以提高速度最高到2倍速。提高语速可以提高阅读效率。阅读速度可以从每小时4000字到12000字不等。

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Chapter 7 "The Sorting Hat,"

Is everyone here? asks Hagrid. Right then. They follow him up a large flight of stairs to a huge front door made of hard oak wood.

Hagrid raises a gigantic hand and knocks three times on the castle door. The huge oak door opens immediately and loudly. Standing there is a tall witch with black hair wearing emerald green robes.

Her face is very severe. The first thing Harry thinks is, I do not want to make this person angry. Here are your first year students, Professor McGonagall, says Hagrid.

Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here. She opens the doors all the way and the students enter the hall. The hall is massive.

There is a magnificent marble staircase in front of them that goes to the floors upstairs. Up ahead on their right, there is the sound of hundreds of people in conversation. Welcome to Hogwarts, says Professor McGonagall.

You will join your classmates in a moment for the opening banquet where you will be sorted into your houses. Follow me, children. Professor McGonagall continues.

The sorting is a very important ceremony because your new house will become like a castle. It will be like a family to you here at Hogwarts. You will have classes with your housemates.

You will sleep in your house dormitory and you will spend your free time with the other children from your house in your house common room. There are four houses at Hogwarts. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

Each house has its own importance. Each house has its own important history. And each house has produced great witches and wizards.

If you perform well, your house will receive points. If you break the rules, your house will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points will win the house cup.

It is a great honor. I hope each of you will be of help to your house. This year, the sorting ceremony will begin in a few moments in front of all the other students.

As the group walks through the dark hall, several of the children scream. What's that? Someone yells. Harry looks around and gasps.

There are about 20 ghosts that suddenly appear in the hall. They scream. They scream. They scream.