【原】精读 | 如果邓布利多一开始就告诉哈利他是被选中的那个人呢?（6）

With that knowledge, Harry might actually have focused on learning Occlumency, too. While his connection to Voldemort saved Arthur Weasley’s life, it also put numerous people at risk, Harry included. It might also have saved a lot of angst in Order of the Phoenix as Dumbledore wouldn’t have had to give Harry the cold shoulder for a year.

有了这些了解，哈利可能也会集中精力学习大脑封闭术。尽管他与伏地魔的联系救了亚瑟·韦斯莱的命，但也让包括哈利在内的许多人处于危险之中。在《凤凰社》中，邓布利多也不用冷落哈利一年，这也能省去不少烦恼。

Indeed, with the foresight that he would one day have to vanquish Voldemort or perish himself,you can’t help but wonder whether Harry might have held on to a smidgen of self-preservation.Instead of descending into the Chamber of Secrets, he might have known not to get involved. Likewise with the Triwizard Tournament – while Harry couldn’t have prevented his name being entered, surely an awareness of the prophecy could have meant thathe failed all the tasks (perhaps on purpose). It could have stopped Voldemort’s full return and given Harry more time to really train himself for the final battle.

事实上，由于预见到有一天他将不得不杀死伏地魔或者毁灭他自己，你不禁怀疑哈利是否会坚持自我保护。他可能知道不要介入，而不是走进密室。三强争霸赛也是如此。虽然哈利不能阻止他的名字被录入，但如果他意识到了预言，那么肯定意味着他所有的任务都失败了(也许是故意的)。这本可能会阻止伏地魔的回归，并给哈利更多的时间来训练自己，迎接最后的战斗。

• numerous 许多的，很多的；拓展：multiple 多样的；许多的；例：He died of multiple injuries.  他死于多处受伤。还有一个含义是 倍数；例：Their numerical system, derived from the Babylonians, was based on multiples of the number six.  他们的数制是袭用巴比伦人的，以数字6的倍数为基准。

• 常用表达：give a cold shoulder 意为 忽视；不理不睬；冷淡；例：You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.   当你的朋友没有信守诺言，或者某人在其他人面前对你说三道四时，你会对他冷漠。

• self-preservation 自卫本能，自我保护；例：The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.  警察和我们其他人一样，都有自我保护的人类本能。

知识点回顾

1. 想要表达”很多的；多样的“可以用哪些单词？

2. give a cold shoulder 有什么含义？

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