in the real world, quidditch is a non-magical sport played on broomsticks, and involves bludgers, quaffles and a golden snitch-a person in a yellow t-shirt with a velcro tail attached to their shorts.

in the books, quidditch is a magical sport played on flying broomsticks, and involves bludgers, quaffles and a golden snitch-a small ball with wings.

在《哈利？波特》系列小说中，魁地奇是一种骑飞天扫帚比赛的魔法运动，比赛中会用到游走球、鬼飞球和金色飞贼——一种长翅膀的小球。

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missing him by inches-the next second, harry had pulled out of the dive, his arm raised in triumph, the snitch clasped in his hand.

离他只差几寸——紧接着，哈利停止了俯冲。他胜利地举起手臂，飞贼被他紧紧地抓在手里。

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frank: but not a snitch!

法兰克：但却不是告密出卖。

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a game of quidditch only ends when the snitch is caught, so it can go on for ages--i think the record is three months,

只有当金色飞贼被抓住时，魁地奇比赛才算结束，所以有时候一场比赛会持续好多日子——我想最高记录大概是三个月吧

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carry the snitch along with you, as well as a broomstick, to look as if you just came from a quidditch game.

带着你的金色飞贼和扫帚回来，这样就有刚从魁地奇比赛中胜利归来的感觉啦！

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announcer: the bludgers are up, followed by the golden snitch.

解说∶游走球现在已经飞起来了，金色飞贼跟在后面。

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way up above them, harry was gliding over the game, squinting about for some sign of the snitch.

哈利在很高的空中，在赛场上方轻盈地滑来滑去，眯着眼搜寻飞贼的影子。

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because whichever seeker catches the snitch wins his team an extra hundred and fifty points, so they nearly always win.

如果哪个队的找球手抓住了金色飞贼，他的队就能额外赢得一百五十分，差不多就是稳操胜券了。

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stick two small white or silver feathers into the styrofoam ball to serve as the wings of the snitch.

你的金色飞贼别忘了加上两个银色的翅膀。

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want to take a trip to hogwarts, take part in the dragon challenge or even buy your own golden snitch?

想去霍格沃茨一游吗？想挑战神龙过山车吗？顺便再给自己买一个“金色飞贼”？

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harry flew higher than any of them, squinting around for the snitch.

哈利飞得比所有队员都高，眯着眼睛环顾四周，寻找金色飞贼。

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the seeker who catches the snitch ends the game.

找球手一旦抓到金色飞贼，比赛就结束了。

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a spate of chinese films, plays and television shows have raised the question: what is love in an age of breakneck economic growth?

中国有一大批电影、戏剧和电视剧提出了这样一个问题：在这个经济极速发展的时代，爱情到底有什么意义？

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what is more interesting is what this spate of rumours and conspiracy theories might tell us about the times chinese people are living in.

更有趣的是，这桩流言和阴谋论事件也许让我们更好地理解了中国人民所处的当下。

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when the sichuan spate was over, the us was free of tornadoes and has remained so more or less.

当四川的地震结束后，美国也摆脱了龙卷风的困扰，但或多或少还有一些残余。

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when baby sheep and baby camel are born, our grassland is green and our lake is in spate.

小羊及小骆马出生的时候，草原正好再绿，而湖水，也更阔了。

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however, the recent spate of destructive earthquakes worldwide has pushed chinese experts to watch the earth` s movements more closely.

但鉴于近期世界各地强震频发，中国地震专家们已开始更密切地关注地壳运动。

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after a spate of food scandals, it is no surprise that consumers in china are hugely concerned about food safety.

在一系列和食品有关的丑闻之后，中国普通消费者当然非常重视食品安全。

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a recent spate of bad weather in parts of the country make it hard to form a judgment now, ms. yellen said.

耶伦说，近期美国部分地区连续遭遇恶劣天气，因此现在还难以做出判断。

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along with the advance of science and development of the agricultural transgenic technology has been widely used, a spate of genetically modified crops.

随着科学的不断进步和发展，农业转基因技术得到了广泛的应用，转基因农作物大量涌现。

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