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'The spell I am going to try and teach you is highly advanced magic, Harry — well beyond Ordinary Wizarding Level. It is called the Patronus Charm.'
“我马上要演示并且教你的咒语是一种极高深的魔法，哈利——大大高于普通巫师的水平。它叫做守护神魔咒。”
'How does it work?' said Harry nervously.
“它怎么起作用呢？”哈利紧张不安地问道。
'Well, when it works correctly, it conjures up a Patronus,' said Lupin,
“唔，当它正确起作用的时候，它就会召唤来一个守护神。”卢平说，
'which is a kind of Anti-Dementor — a guardian which acts as a shield between you and the Dementor.'
“守护神是一种抵御摄魂怪的东西——是一种护卫，在你和摄魂怪之间起到盾牌的作用。”
Harry had a sudden vision of himself crouching behind a Hagrid-sized figure holding a large club.
哈利突然想象自己蹲在海格那样的巨人后面，手里拿着一根大棒。
Professor Lupin continued, 'The Patronus is a kind of positive force,
卢平教授继续说道：“守护神是一种正面力量，
a projection of the very things that the Dementor feeds upon — hope, happiness, the desire to survive,
它所倡导的东西正是摄魂怪的食粮——希望、快乐、活下去的愿望，
but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the Dementors can't hurt it.
但它不能像真正的人那样感到绝望，因此摄魂怪就没法伤害它。
But I must warn you, Harry, that the Charm might be too advanced for you.
不过我必须警告你，哈利，这种咒语对你来说可能过于高深。
Many qualified wizards have difficulty with it.'
许多资深巫师使用这种咒语时都感到困难。”
'What does a Patronus look like?' said Harry curiously.
“守护神看起来是什么样子的？”哈利好奇地问道。
'Each one is unique to the wizard who conjures it.'
“每一个样子都不同，跟召唤它的巫师有关。”
'And how do you conjure it?'
“您是怎么召唤它的呢？”
'With an incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all your might, on a single, very happy memory.'
“用一种咒语，这种咒语只有在你集中思想的时候才起作甩，你应该竭尽全力回忆某一件快乐的事情。”
Harry cast about for a happy memory.
哈利搜索枯肠，寻找快乐的回忆。
Certainly, nothing that had happened to him at the Dursleys' was going to do.
在德思礼家的遭遇肯定和快乐的回忆没有关系。
Finally, he settled on the moment when he had first ridden a broomstick.
最后，他就努力回想第一次骑上飞天扫帚的情景。
