原著|街角出现了一个男人...

Mr. Dursley might have been drifting into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was showing no sign of sleepiness. It was sitting as still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkingly on the far corner of Privet Drive. It didn’t so much as quiver when a car door slammed on the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead. In fact, it was nearly midnight before the cat moved at all.

德思礼先生迷迷糊糊，本来可能胡乱睡上一觉，可花园墙头上那只猫却没有丝毫睡意。它卧在墙头上，宛如一座雕像，纹丝不动，目不转睛地盯着女贞路远处的街角。邻街的一辆汽车砰的一声关上车门，两只猫头鹰扑扇着从头顶上飞过，它也一动不动。实际上，快到午夜时，它才开始动了动。

• drift into 不知不觉地陷入；此处意为 不知不觉地陷入睡眠；相关短语：drift along 随波逐流；任其自然；我们可以说：Don't drift along taking everything for granted. 不要随波逐流，以为什么事都是理所当然的。

• show signs of 显示…迹象；例：The student may show signs of feeling the strain of responsibility and she may give up. 学生可能表现出责任带来的压力感的种种迹象，她也许会放弃。

• fix one's eyes on 注意；凝视；例：When one views the imbalances in the international economy, I don't think it would be fair for oneto fix his eyes on China's exports.我认为世界经济的失衡，不能把眼睛只盯在中国的贸易上。

• unblinkingly 作为 unblinking 的副词含义有目不转睛地；坚定不动摇地；例：Schools were graded, and Mr Klein unblinkingly closed those that were failing. 学校被划分等级，而Klein先生坚定地关闭了那些不成功的。

• not so much ... as 与其…不如；拓展用法：not so much A as B 与其说A不如说B；例：Success lies not so much in luck as in hard work. 与其说成功在于运气不如说是辛勤努力。

A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you’d have thought he’d just popped out of the ground. The cat’s tail twitched and its eyes narrowed.

猫一直眺望着的那个街角出现了一个男人，他来得那样突然，悄无声息，简直像是从地里冒出来的。猫尾巴抖动了一下，眼睛眯成了一条缝。

• pop out of 从…探（冒）出来；从…伸出来；例：With the bump the bit of poisoned apple popped out of her throat.   因为这一撞，那一口毒苹果从白雪公主的喉咙迸了出来。

• narrow 此处作动词意为 变窄（眯成了一条缝）；作形容词时意为 狭窄的；例：...through the town's narrow streets.…穿过小镇狭窄的街道。

知识点回顾

1. “随波逐流/顺其自然” 应该怎么说？

2. not so much A as B 该如何使用？

3. “目不转睛地/坚定不动摇地” 如何表达？