هری پاتر و تالار اسرار

Prof.Sprout: Morning,  everyone.

Good morning, everyone.

All both: Good morning,  Professor Sprout.

Prof.Sprout: Welcome to Greenhouse Three, second years.

Now, gather around, everyone.

Today we’re going to repot mandrakes.

Who here can tell me the properties of the mandrake root?

Yes, Miss Granger?

Hermione: Mandrake, or Mandragora, is used to return those who have been petrified to their original state.

It’s also quite dangerous.

The Mandrake’s cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.

Prof.Sprout: Excellent.

Ten points to Gryffindor.

Now, as our Mandrakes are still only seedlings their cries won’t kill you yet.

But they could knock you out for hours, which is why l’ve give each of you a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection.

So could you please put them on, right away?

Quickly.

Prof.Sprout: Morning,  everyone.

Good morning, everyone.

All both: Good morning,  Professor Sprout.

Narrator: So here we meet the Herbology professor at Hogwarts, Professor Pomona Sprout.

Sprout is her surname [Last name], but it is also a word in English.

In the context of plants, to sprout is to begin to develop leaves and other parts, as we can see here happening with this plant.

By the way, did you know that “professor” and “teacher” do not mean the same thing?

In the real world, “professor” is a title normally given to a teacher at a university or college, because they have more studies than a normal teacher.

Teacher is a more general wor, which refers to the professional who educates [teaches] others.

However, in the world of Harry Potter, the teachers at Hogwarts and called professors, even though they teach young children.

Prof.Sprout: Morning,  everyone.

Good morning,everyone.

All both: Good morning,  Professor Sprout.

Narrator: By the way, the children tell her “Good morning”, but did you notice that her greeting before was simply, “Morning?

Prof.Sprout: Morning,  everyone.

Narrator: It’s extremely common for natives to drop the word “good” in these common greetings.

So, instead of:

Good morning

Good afternoon

Good evening

Good night

We will simply say:

morning

afternoon

evening

night

Example:

Evening, do you know what you would like to drink?

Check out these other Example.

1- Afternoon, men.

Sheldon.

2- Evening, officer.

• Evening. License and registration,  please.

3- Morning! Hey!

How’s my favourite genius and his little robot buddy, huh?

• Don’t touch him!

• Okay!

4- Good morning!

• Good morning!

• Morning!

• Morning!

• Morning!

• Morning, Paul!

Prof.Sprout: Morning,  everyone.

Good morning, everyone.

All both: Good morning,  Professor Sprout.

Prof.Sprout: Welcome to Greenhouse Three, second years.

Narrator: As we can hear Professor Sprout say, this Herbology class is taking place [happening] at Greenhouse number 3.

A greenhouse is a building that usually looks like a house, but that has roofs and sides made of glass, used for growing plants that need warmth [heat] and protection.

And as you probably know, she refers to the students as “second years”, as they are in their second year of studies at Hogwarts.

 Prof.Sprout: Welcome to Greenhouse Three, second years.

Now,gather around, everyone.

Narrator: To gather is to bring together [accumulate] things/people at on location.

Example: We gathered a lot of apples from the trees.

All the people gathered to watch the show.

Example:

-It was dark times, Harry.

Dark times.

-Voldemort started to gather some followers.

Brought them over to the dark side.

Narrator: So Professor Sprout is asking the students to gather around her [or the table] so she can start the class.

Also, to gather around is a common phrasal verb, and it can normally be heard as a command by itself [alone].

Example:

Gather around!

The show is about to start!

Example:

Follow me, everyone.

Keep up.

Quickly.

Come on.

Gather around here.

Welcome to the Gryffindor common room.

Prof.Sprout: Today we’re going to repot mandrakes.

Who here can tell me the properties of the mandrake root?

Narrator: The root of a plant is the part that grows down into the earth to get water and nutrients [food, and holds the plant firmly into the ground.

The professor is asking about the properties, that is, the characteristics or attributes of a mandrake.

And this is what a real mandrake root looks like.

Now, in the Wizarding World,  the mandrake root is magical, and it looks alive and moves just like a human baby.

Aln this class,the students are going to repot mandrakes.

To pot is a specific verb used in gardening, which means to put a plant or seed into a pot with soil [dirt].

So to repot just means to move a plant that has already been potted into a new pot.

This is normally done in order to give plants more space to grow, as they change in sizes.

Prof.Sprout: Today we’re going to repot mandrakes.

Who here can tell me the properties of the mandrake root?

Yes, Miss Granger?

Hermione: Mandrake, or Mandragora, is used to return those who have been petrified to their original state.

Narrator: In fantasy stories; if somebody or something is petrified, they/it is turned into stone.

For example, these creatures were petrified and became like statues.

In the real world, this word also means to be extremely frightened, or so terrified that you are unable to move.

She felt petrified when her mom found cigarettes in her room.

Hermione: It’s also quite dangerous.

The Mandrake’s cry is fatal to anyone who hears it.

Narrator: If something is fatal, it causes death.

For example, a stunning spell is not fatal, as it just leaves the target [person hit] unconscious-that is, not awake.

On the other hand, Avada kedavra is afatal spell, as it is used for killing the target.

Professor Sprout is saying that the Mandrake’s cry kills anyone who hears it.

Prof.Sprout: Now, as our Mandrakes are still only seedlings their cries won’t kill you yet.

Narrator: A seedling is a very young plant, still in its initial phase of growth.

Prof.Sprout: But they could knock you out for hours, which is why l’ve give each of you a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection.

So could you please put them on, right away?

Quickly.

Narrator: To knock someone out means to cause or force them to become unconscious or to go to sleep.

For example, the stunning spell “stupefy” can be used to knock out opponents.

Or in a boxing match, you lose if you get knocked out.

This is also abbreviated to a K.O.

Example:

• Is it. dead?

• I don’t think so.

• Just knocked out.

Narrator: In the scene, she is saying that these mandrakes are still very young.

So, hearing their cries will not kill you, but it will leave you unconscious.

Prof.Sprout: But they could knock you out for hours, which is why l’ve give each of you a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection.

Narrator: As you can already see the students wearing them, earmuffs are a pair of ear coverings such as these, which protect your ears against loud noises or cold temperatures.

“Auditory” is an adjective, more used in medical context, that defines anything involving hearing, like an auditory disease or auditory equipment.

Prof.Sprout: So could you please put them on, right away?

Quickly.

Narrator: When talking about clothing or items that you can wear, to put something on simply means to start wearing something.

For example, Hogwarts students need to put their black robes on to go to class.

Example:

• What is it?

• Some kind of cloak.

• Well. let’s see then.

• PutC on.

• Whoa!

Prof.Sprout: So could you please put them on, right away?

Quickly.

Narrator: Right away, or straight away, means immediately; right now.

Example:

• Are you okay?

• No.

• I think my– I think my arm is broken.

• I will fix that arm of your straight away.

• Now,  remember-any sight of movement, close your eyes, straight away.

Prof.Sprout: Flaps tight down, and watch me closely.

You grasp your Mandrake firmly.

You pull it sharply out of the pot.

Got it? And. now you dunk it down into the other pot and pour a little sprinkling of do it to keep him warm.

Longbottom’s been neglecting his earmuffs.

Son: No, ma’am.

He’s just fainted.

Prof.Sprout: Yes, well, just leave him there.

Right,  on we go.

Plenty of to go around.

Grasp your Mandrake. and pull it up.

Prof.Sprout: Flaps tight down, and watch me closely.

Narrator: By flaps, she’s referring to these parts of the earmuffs.

Something that is tight is firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved.

For example, this is a loose knot, and this is a tight knot.

Tight is an adjectiv.

The verb is to tighten.

So if you tighten something down, you are making it more tight.

Prof.Sprout: Flaps tight down, and watch me closely.

Narrator: To watch closely is to pay attention to a situation that interests or worries you, as to see how it develops.

Example:

This presentation will only be explained once, so watch it closely.

Prof.Sprout: You grasp your Mandrake firmly.

Narrator: Literally, to grasp something is to take it into your hand and hold it, as she does with the mandrake.

Another useful and practice definition of this word [grasp] means to understand something.

Example: Do you grasp what I’m saying?

I didn’t really grasp all the parts of the professor’s lecture.

Can you help me to understand it?

Example:

It’s impossible to grasp [understand] just how powerful “live” is.

Prof.Sprout: You grasp [hol] your Mandrake firmly.

You pull it sharply out of the pot.

Narrator: To pull something out is to take something out of the interior of something, like to pull your notebook of your backpack, or to pull your wallet out of your pocket.

Example:

• “Godric Gryffindor”.

• It would take a tru Gryffindor to pull that out of the hat.

Narrator: In this case, she is pulling the mandrake out of the pot.

Prof.Sprout: You pull it sharply out of the pot.

Narrator: To perform a movement sharply is to do it in a quick, intense or sudden way.

Prof.Sprout: Got it? And.

Narrator: One of the possible meanings of the verb to get is to understand, much like the verb grasp that we saw before.

Example:

If they aren’t getting it, explain it in a different way.

Example:

• And you?

Are you coming, or are you staying?

Fine.

I get it.

I saw you two the other night.

-Ron, that’s nothing!

Prof.Sprout: Got it?

Narrator: So you can informally ask “Got it?” meaning the same as “Do you understand?”.

Prof.Sprout: now you dunk it down into the other pot and pour a little sprinkling of do it to keep him warm.

Narrator: To dunk something into a place such as cup, jar, or pot is simply to put something inside of that recipient in a vigorous [energetic] way.

For example, you might dunk cookies in milk or coffee.

To pour something is normally used to refer to making a substance flow out of a container, and into another container.

For example, I spilled some milk while pouring it into the bowl.

In the case of this scene, she means that she’s taking the soil [earth] from one pot and adding it to another.

A sprinkling is a small amount of drops/particles of a substance.

For example,  sprinklings of water, or sand.

This comes from the verb to sprinkle, which means to drop small amounts of something onto or into something else.

So we could also say that Professor Sprout is sprinkling soil into the pot.

Prof.Sprout: now you dunk it down into the other pot and pour a little sprinkling of do it to keep him warm.

Longbottom’s been neglecting his earmuffs.

Narrator: If you are responsible for something, and you neglect it, that means you do not give it the necessary attention or care.

In this case, the Professor think Neville [Longbottom] did not take care to wear his earmuffs properly, and because of that he became unconscious.

Prof.Sprout: Longbottom’s been neglecting his earmuffs.

Son: No, ma’am. He’s just fainted.

Narrator: To faint is to suddenly becone unconscious for a short tine, usually falling down.

Example: She faints every time she sees blood.

Prof.Sprout: Plenty of to go around.

Grasp your Mandrake. and pull it up.

Narrator: If therw is Plenty of something,  there is an amount that is enough, or more than enough, for what will be needed.

For example, if you go to a part, and there is Plenty of food, that means there’s lots of food, and that it should be enough to feed everyone there.