" It's this joke shop idea they've got, " said Ron.

“他们想开一个玩笑商店，”罗恩说。

" Does that mean they've already got some gold to start a joke shop? "

“莫非他们已经弄到了一些开办笑话商店所需要的资金？”

" Must be doing all right out of that joke shop, eh? "

“他们的笑话商店一定弄得挺红火，呃？”

" I didn't need the gold and they'll be great at a joke shop."

“我不需要那些金子，而他们却可以开一家成功的笑话商店。”

" But where are you going to get the gold to start a joke shop? " asked Hermione sceptically.

“可是你们从哪儿去弄开办笑话商店的本钱呢？”赫敏怀疑地问。

It's a load from the joke shop.

玩具店里的爆竹。

You can't be happy running a joke shop.

那开家整盅商店也不会开心。

" Dunno, " said Ron, " but if Fred and George've left it here, it's probably not ready for the joke shop yet, so be careful."

“不知道，”罗恩说，“不过既然弗雷德和乔治把它留在这儿，它恐怕还不能拿到笑话商店里去卖，你可得小心点儿。”

But the common room was packed and full of shrieks of laughter and excitement; Fred and George were demonstrating their latest bit of joke shop merchandise.

但公共休息室里闹哄哄的，弗雷德和乔治在演示笑话商店的最新产品。

" And then there was this big row, " Ginny said, " because Mum wants them to go into the Ministry of Magic like Dad, and they told her all they want to do is open a joke shop."

" 那一次吵得可凶了。" 金妮说，" 妈妈想让他们今后进魔法部工作，像爸爸那样，可他们对她说，他们只想开一家玩笑商店。"

" We're going to use it to do a bit of market research, find out exactly what the average Hogwarts student requires from a joke shop, carefully evaluate the results of our research, and then produce products to fit the demand."

“我们要利用这一年时间做一些市场研究，弄清霍格沃茨的普通学生到底希望从笑话商店里买到什么，认真鉴定我们的研究成果，然后生产出满足需要的产品。”