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Congratulations! I’m Prefect Gemma Farley, and I’m delighted to welcome you to SLYTHERIN HOUSE. Our emblem is the serpent, the wisest of creatures; our house colours are emerald green and silver, and our common room lies behind a concealed entrance down in the dungeons. As you’ll see, its windows look out into the depths of the Hogwarts lake. We often see the giant squid swooshing by – and sometimes more interesting creatures. We like to feel that our hangout has the aura of a mysterious, underwater shipwreck.
祝贺你们！我是级长Gemma Farley，欢迎来到斯莱特林学院。我们的徽章动物是蛇，最聪明的生物。我们学院颜色是翠绿色和银色，我们的公共休息室位于地牢的一个隐秘入口后面。正如大家所看到的，休息室的窗户外就是霍格沃茨湖水的深处。我们经常可以看见巨大的水生生物游过，通常是很有意思的生物。我们喜欢这里有一种神秘的，水底轮船失事的氛围。
Now, there are a few things you should know about Slytherin – and a few you should forget.
现在，关于斯莱特林的一些事你们需要知道，一些你们则应该忘记。
Firstly, let’s dispel a few myths. You might have heard rumours about Slytherin house – that we’re all into the Dark Arts, and will only talk to you if your great-grandfather was a famous wizard, and rubbish like that. Well, you don’t want to believe everything you hear from competing houses. I’m not denying that we’ve produced our share of Dark wizards, but so have the other three houses – they just don’t like admitting it. And yes, we have traditionally tended to take students who come from long lines of witches and wizards, but nowadays you’ll find plenty of people in Slytherin house who have at least one Muggle parent.