She also gives humorous background to the long-running animosity between Harry's parents and the Dursleys – "Vernon tried to patronise James, asking what car he drove.

此外罗琳对哈利父母与德思礼一家长期的不和给出了幽默的背景解释：弗农试图保护詹姆斯，问他开的什么车，詹姆斯回答‘扫帚’。

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Vernon supposed out loud that wizards had to live on unemployment benefit. James explained about Gringotts, and the fortune his parents had saved there, in solid gold.

弗农大声说巫师得靠失业救济金过活，詹姆斯解释了古灵阁和他父母存在那儿的财产，都是金子。

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Vernon tried to patronise James, asking what car he drove. James described his racing broom.

弗农瞧不起詹姆斯，假惺惺地问他开什么车，詹姆斯就描述了一番他的飞天扫帚。

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Of the nine Texans, the best known are Vernon Fisher, Joseph Havel and James Drake, veteran artists whose work has gone in new directions in recent years.

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Indeed, summertime on the Vineyard is a celebrity-spotter's paradise: Spike Lee is a regular visitor, as are Walter Cronkite, Carly Simon, James Taylor, the president's good friend Vernon Jordan, and Alan Dershowitz, a peripatetic Harvard law professor.

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On Sunday, trailing by three scores midway through the second quarter, San Francisco rallied for two quick touchdowns -- one on a LaMichael James 11-yard run, the other on a four-yard reception by tight end Vernon Davis.

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