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[English]

Gather round!

Gather round.

Can everybody see me?

Can you all hear me?

Excellent.

In light of the dark events of recent weeks,

Professor Dumbledore has granted me

permission to start this little

duelling club

to train you all up

in case you ever need

to defend yourselves,

as I myself have done on countless occasions.

For full details, see my published work.

Let me introduce

my assistant, Professor Snape.

He has sportingly agreed to help

me with a short demonstration.

Now, I don't want any of you

youngsters to worry.

You'll still have your Potions master,

when I'm through with him.

Never fear.

One, two, three.

Expelliarmus!

Whoa!

Do you think he's all right?

Who cares?

An excellent idea to show them that,

Professor Snape.

But if you don't mind me saying,

it was pretty obvious

what you were about to do.

And if I had wanted to stop you,

it would have been only too easy.

Perhaps it would be prudent

to first teach the students

to block unfriendly spells, professor.

An excellent suggestion, Professor Snape.

Uh.

Let's have a volunteer pair.

Potter, Weasley, how about you?

Weasley's wand causes devastation

with the simplest spells.

We'll be sending Potter to the

hospital wing in a matchbox.

Might I suggest someone

from my own house?

Malfoy, perhaps?

Good luck, Potter.

Thank you, sir.

Wands at the ready.

Scared, Potter?

You wish.

On the count of three,

cast your charms

to disarm your opponent.

Only to disarm.

We don't want any accidents here.

One.

Two.

Everte Statum!

Rictusempra!

I said disarm only!

Serpensortia!

Don't move, Potter.

I'll get rid of it for you.

Allow me, Professor Snape.

Alarte Ascendare!

[Harry speaking Parseltongue]

[Harry speaking Parseltongue]

[Harry speaking Parseltongue]

Vipera Evanesca.

What are you playing at?

You're a Parselmouth.

Why didn't you tell us?

I'm a what?

You can talk to snakes.

I know.

I mean, I accidentally set a python

on my cousin Dudley at the zoo once.

Once.

But so what?

I bet loads of people here can do it.

No, they can't.

It's not a very common gift, Harry.

This is bad.

What's bad?

If I hadn't told that snake

not to attack Justin—

Oh, that's what you said to it.

You were there.

You heard me.

I heard you speaking Parseltongue,

snake language.

I spoke a different language?

But I didn't realise...

How can I speak a language

without knowing I can?

I don't know, Harry,

but it sounded like you were

egging the snake on or something.

Harry, listen to me.

There's a reason the symbol

of Slytherin House is a serpent.

Salazar Slytherin was a Parselmouth.

He could talk to snakes too.

Exactly.

Now the whole school's

gonna think you're his

great, great, great grandson or something.

But I'm not.

I can't be.

He lived 1,000 years ago.

For all we know,

you could be.

I'll see you back in the common room.

Caught in the act.

I'll have you out this time, Potter.

Mark my words.

No, Mr Filch.

You don't understand.

Professor.

I swear I didn't.

This is out of my hands, Potter.

Professor Dumbledore will be waiting for you.

Sherbert lemon.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
excellent /ˈeksələnt/ A2	adjective - extremely good or outstanding
permission /pəˈmɪʃən/ B1	noun - consent or authorization
demonstration /ˌdemənˈstreɪʃən/ B2	noun - an act of showing how something is used or works
obvious /ˈɒbviəs/ B1	adjective - easily perceived or understood
prudent /ˈpruːdənt/ C1	adjective - acting with or showing care and thought for the future
suggestion /səˈdʒestʃən/ A2	noun - an idea or plan put forward for consideration
devastation /ˌdevəˈsteɪʃən/ C1	noun - great destruction or damage
opponent /əˈpəʊnənt/ B2	noun - someone who competes against another in a contest
accident /ˈæksɪdənt/ A2	noun - an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly
common /ˈkɒmən/ A2	adjective - occurring, found, or done often
attack /əˈtæk/ A2	verb - to take aggressive action against
realise /ˈrɪəlaɪz/ B2	verb - to become fully aware of as a fact
symbol /ˈsɪmbəl/ B1	noun - a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object
serpent /ˈsɜːpənt/ C2	noun - a large snake
understand /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ A1	verb - to perceive the intended meaning of words

Key Grammar Structures

• In light of the dark events of recent weeks, Professor Dumbledore has granted me permission...

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense

  ➔ "Has granted" indicates an action that happened at an unspecified time in the past but has relevance to the present.

• as I myself have done on countless occasions.

  ➔ Reflexive Pronoun for Emphasis

  ➔ "Myself" is used here to emphasize the subject (I) and their personal experience.

• And if I had wanted to stop you, it would have been only too easy.

  ➔ Third Conditional

  ➔ "Had wanted / would have been" expresses a hypothetical situation in the past that did not happen.

• Perhaps it would be prudent to first teach the students to block unfriendly spells.

  ➔ Infinitive as Subject Complement

  ➔ The infinitive "to teach" follows the adjective "prudent" to define the action being suggested.

• Why didn't you tell us?

  ➔ Negative Interrogative Past Simple

  ➔ "Didn't you tell" is used to express surprise or to seek confirmation about a past action that didn't occur.

• How can I speak a language without knowing I can?

  ➔ Preposition + Gerund

  ➔ "Without" is a preposition followed by the gerund "knowing", indicating a condition that accompanies another action.

• There's a reason the symbol of Slytherin House is a serpent.

  ➔ Relative Clause (omitted 'that')

  ➔ The relative clause "(that) the symbol... is a serpent" modifies the noun "reason".

• I'll have you out this time, Potter.

  ➔ Causative structure (have + object + past participle/adverb)

  ➔ "Have you out" implies forcing or causing someone to be expelled or removed.