" Bet Umbridge is in History of Magic, " said Ron grimly, as they set off for Binns's lesson.

“我敢打赌乌姆里奇在魔法史课上，”他们赶着去上课时，罗恩阴郁地说。

" Yes? Here's tea. You needn't wait, Binns. Sugar, Inspector" ?

“是吗？这是茶。你不用等了， 宾斯。糖，探长” ？

Binns worked the door at various Manhattan clubs.

【work】宾斯在曼哈顿的多家夜总会收过票。

" History of Magic, double Potions, Divination and double Defence Against the Dark Arts...Binns, Snape, Trelawney and that Umbridge woman all in one day! "

“看看今天！”罗恩唉声叹气地说，“魔法历史、两节魔药课、占卜课、两节黑魔法防御术课......宾斯、斯内普、特里劳妮，还有那个叫乌姆里奇的女人，都在这同一天里！”

Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates, and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up.

上课时宾斯教授用单调乏味的声音不停地讲，学生们则潦潦草草地记下人名和日期，把恶人墨瑞克和怪人尤里克也搞混了。

Binns set us a foot-and-a-half-long essay on giant wars, Snape wants a foot on the use of moonstones, and now we've got a month's dream diary from Trelawney!

宾斯叫我们写一篇一英尺半长的论文，谈巨人战争，斯内普要的论文是一英尺长，讲月长石的用途，现在特里劳妮又要我们记下一个月里每天做的梦！

Harry and Ron had so far managed to scrape passes in this subject only by copying Hermione's notes before exams; she alone seemed able to resist the soporific power of Binns's voice.

哈利和罗恩的这门功课一直勉强能够及格，多亏了在考试前照抄赫敏的笔记。似乎只有赫敏一个人能够抵挡住宾斯声音的催眠力量。

" Hermione, " said Ron in a low and indignant voice, " are you gonna stop telling Harry off and listen to Binns, or am I gonna have to take my own notes instead? "

“赫敏，”罗恩低声愤愤不平地说，“你别再责备哈利了，听听宾斯教授讲课吧，要不然非得让我自己记笔记吗？”

" How would it be, " she asked them coldly, as they left the classroom for break (Binns drifting away through the blackboard) , " if I refused to lend you my notes this year? "

“如果我今年不把笔记借给你们，会怎么样呢？”他们离开教室出去休息时（宾斯教授穿过黑板飘走了），赫敏冷冷地问他们。