- Ginny! Ginny, please don't be dead. Wake up, wake up. Please wake up.
- She won't wake.
- Tom. Tom Riddle. What do you mean, she won't wake? She's not...?
- She's still alive, but only just.
- Are you a ghost?
- A memory preserved in a diary for 50 years.

dead – [ded] – мертвый
wake (woke, waken) up – [weɪk (wəʊk, ˈweɪkən) ʌp] – просыпаться, очнуться
wake (woke, waken) – [weɪk (wəʊk, ˈweɪkən)] – просыпаться, очнуться
riddle – [rɪdl] – тайна, загадка
mean (meant, meant) – [mi:n (ment, ment)] – иметь в виду, хотеть сказать
still – [ˈstɪl] – всё ещё
alive – [əˈlaɪv] – живой
ghost – [ɡəʊst] – призрак, приведение
memory –meməri] – воспоминание
preserve – [prɪˈzɜ:v] – сохранять, хранить
diary – daɪəri] – дневник

- She's cold as ice. Ginny, please don't be dead. Wake up. You've got to help me, Tom. There's a basilisk.
- It won't come until it's called.
- Give me my wand, Tom.
- You won't be needing it.
- We've got to go. We've got to save her.
- I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, as poor Ginny grows weaker, I grow stronger. Yes, Harry, it was Ginny Weasley who opened the Chamber of Secrets.
- No. She couldn't. She wouldn't.
- It was Ginny who set the basilisk on the Mudbloods and Filch's cat. Ginny who wrote the threatening messages on the walls.
- But why?

basilisk – [ˈbæzəlɪsk] – василиск
call – [ˈkɒl] – позвать
wand – [nd] – волшебная палочка
save – [seɪv] – спасать
I’m afraid – [m əˈfreɪd] к сожалению; я боюсь
poor – [pʊə] – бедный, несчастный
grow (grew; grown) weak – [ɡrəʊ (ɡru:, ɡrəʊn) wi:k] – ослабевать
grow (grew; grown) strong – [ɡrəʊ (ɡru:, ɡrəʊn) strɒŋ] – крепнуть
chamber – [ˈtʃeɪmbə] – комната, покои, апартаменты, камера
set (set, set) on – [set (set, set) ɒn] – натравить
Mudblood – [mʌdblʌd] = (mud – грязь) + (blood – кровь)
write (wrote, written) – [ˈraɪt (rəʊt, ˈrɪtn̩)] – писать
threatening – θretn̩ɪŋ] – угрожающий
message – [mesɪdʒ] – послание, сообщение

- Because I told her to. You'll find I can be very persuasive. Not that she knew what she was doing. She was, shall we say, in a kind of trance. Still, the power of the diary began to scare her. She tried to dispose of it in the girls' bathroom. And then who should find it but you? The very person I was most anxious to meet.

tell (told, told) – [ˈtel (toʊld, toʊld)] – сказать
find (found, found) – [faɪnd (faʊnd, faʊnd)] – найти, убедиться
persuasive – [pəˈsweɪsɪv] – убедительный
know (knew, known) – [nəʊ (nju:, nəʊn)] – знать
kind of – kaɪnd ʌv] – вроде как, своего рода
trance – [trɑ:ns] – транс, гипнотическое состояние
still – [ˈstɪl] – всё ещё
power – [paʊə] – сила
diary – daɪəri] – дневник
begin (began, begun) – [bɪˈɡɪn (bɪˈɡæn, bɪˈɡʌn)] – начать
scare – [skeə] – пугать
try (tried) – traɪ (ˈtraɪd)] – пытаться
dispose – [dɪˈspəʊz] – избавиться
bathroom – bɑ:θru:m] – ванная комната
person – pɜ:sn̩] – человек
anxious – [ˈæŋkʃəs] – сильно желающий
meet (met, met) – [mi:t (met, met)] – встречать, познакомиться 

- And why did you want to meet me?
- I knew I had to talk to you, meet you if I could. So I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf Hagrid to gain your trust.
- Hagrid's my friend. And you framed him, didn't you?
- It was my word against Hagrid's. Only Dumbledore seemed to think he was innocent.
- I'll bet Dumbledore saw right through you.

meet (met, met) – [mi:t (met, met)] – встречать, познакомиться
know (knew, known) – [nəʊ (nju:, nəʊn)] – знать
decide – [dɪˈsaɪd] – решить
capture – [ˈkæptʃə] – поимка
brainless – [ˈbreɪnləs] – безмозглый, пустоголовый, глупый
oaf – [əʊf] – болван, олух, тупица
gain – [ɡeɪn] – приобрести, заработать
trust – [trʌst] – доверие
frame – [freɪm] – ложно обвинять
word – wɜ:d] – слово
seem – [si:m] – казаться
innocent – [ɪnəsnt] – невиновный
bet – [bet] – биться об заклад, быть уверенным, держать пари
see (saw, seen) right through – [ˈsi: (ˈsɔ:, ˈsi:n) raɪt θru:] – видеть насквозь

- He certainly kept an annoyingly close watch on me after that. I knew it wouldn't be safe to open the Chamber again while I was at school so I decided to leave behind a diary preserving my 16-year-old self in its pages so that one day I would be able to lead another to finish Salazar Slytherin's noble work.

certainly – [ˈsɜ:tnli] – конечно, разумеется
keep (kept, kept) – [ki:p (kept, kept)] – вести, продолжать
annoyingly – [əˈnɔɪɪŋli] – надоедливо, раздражающе
watch – [wɒtʃ] – наблюдение
know (knew, known) – [nəʊ (nju:, nəʊn)] – знать
safe –  seɪf] – безопасный
chamber – mbə] – комната, покои, апартаменты, камера
decide – [dɪˈsaɪd] – решать
leave (left; left) behind – [li:v (ˈleft; ˈleft) bɪˈhaɪnd] – оставить после себя
diary – daɪəri] – дневник
preserve – [prɪˈzɜ:v] – сохранять, хранить
page – [peɪdʒ] – страница
be able to – [bi ˈbl̩ tu:] – быть в силах, быть в состоянии
lead (led, led) – [li:d (led, led)] – привести
noble – [ˈnəʊbl̩] – замечательный, выдающийся

- Well, you haven't finished it this time. In a few hours, the Mandrake Draught will be ready. And everyone who was Petrified will be all right again.
- Haven't I told you? Killing Mudbloods doesn't matter to me anymore. For many months now, my new target has been you.

few – fju:] – несколько
Mandrake – [ˈmændreɪk] – мандрагора
draught – [drɑ:ft] – доза жидкого лекарства
petrify – [ˈpetrɪfaɪ] – окаменеть, каменеть, превратиться в камень
tell (told, told) – [ˈtel (toʊld, toʊld)] – сказать
Mudblood – [mʌdblʌd] = (mud – грязь) + (blood – кровь)
matter –tə] – быть важным, иметь значение
month – [nθ] – месяц
target – [ˈtɑ:ɡɪt] – цель 

- How is it that a baby with no extraordinary magical talent was able to defeat the greatest wizard of all time? How did you escape with nothing but a scar while Lord Voldemort's powers were destroyed?
- Why do you care how I escaped? Voldemort was after your time.
- Voldemort is my past, present and future.

extraordinary –strɔ:dn̩ri] – исключительный, необычный
magical – dʒɪkl̩] – волшебный, магический
be able to – [bi ˈbl̩ tu:] – быть в силах, быть в состоянии
defeat – [dɪˈfi:t] – победить, нанести поражение
wizard –d] – маг, волшебник
escape – [ɪˈskeɪp] – избежать (опасности)
scar – [skɑ:] – шрам
powers – [ˈpaʊəz] – силы
destroy – [dɪˈstroɪ] – уничтожить
care – [keə] – беспокоиться, волноваться, заботиться, переживать
past – [pɑ:st] – прошлое
present – [prezent] – настоящее
future –fju:tʃə] – будущее

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