“Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe led groups of excited kids dressed in Hogwarts uniforms as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park officially opened on Friday to long lines and snarled traffic.
哈利波特魔法世界主題公園于上周五正式開放，開放日當(dāng)天公園門口排起長(zhǎng)隊(duì)，被堵得水泄不通。《哈利波特》系列電影的主演丹尼爾雷德克里夫則帶領(lǐng)著一群興高采烈、身穿霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)校校服的孩子們暢游樂園。

Radcliffe, Rupert Grint who plays the boy wizard's best friend Ron Weasley, and other actors from the blockbuster movie and book series, were on hand at Universal Orlando as fans lined up more than eight hours to be among the first visitors.
當(dāng)天，雷德克里夫和《哈利波特》系列電影和小說中哈利波特的好友羅恩韋斯萊的扮演者魯伯特格林特及其它主創(chuàng)都現(xiàn)身奧蘭多環(huán)球影城，而“哈迷”們則為了成為公園的第一批游客不惜排隊(duì)等待八個(gè)多小時(shí)。

Before dawn, the backup of Potter fans began to block the main highway throughOrlandonear the entrances to Universal, prompting the theme park to open its parking garage at 5 am -- 30 minutes earlier than planned, according to local media.
據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w報(bào)道，當(dāng)天天亮之前，環(huán)球影城入口附近的市內(nèi)主要通道已開始被“哈迷”們堵塞，使得主題公園不得不提前30分鐘，于凌晨5點(diǎn)就開放了停車場(chǎng)。

Visitors said that by 8:30 am the line to get inside wrapped around the exterior of Universal's Islands of Adventure park, of which the Wizarding World is one of six unique sections. And the wait for the signature ride, the Forbidden Journey, reached at least 90 minutes, at one point.
據(jù)游客介紹，在當(dāng)天早上8點(diǎn)半之前，排隊(duì)等待入園的長(zhǎng)龍已經(jīng)將位于環(huán)球影城的冒險(xiǎn)島樂園外圍得水泄不通。魔法世界是冒險(xiǎn)島樂園六大特色板塊之一。而園內(nèi)“哈利波特禁忌之旅”特色游樂項(xiàng)目的等待時(shí)間則一度達(dá)到了90分鐘。

“It was worth it, just because I'm a Harry Potter fanatic,” said Kelsey Rigg, 18, a British transplant toFloridawho at 3 am joined a crowd of several hundred people.
現(xiàn)居住在佛羅里達(dá)的英國(guó)人、18歲的凱爾西瑞格說：“我覺得很值得，因?yàn)槲沂枪ㄌ孛浴?span>”瑞格在當(dāng)天凌晨三點(diǎn)就加入了數(shù)百人的排隊(duì)大軍。

Universal executives did not immediately have information about crowd size.
環(huán)球影城的工作人員當(dāng)天未公布具體的排隊(duì)人數(shù)。

The 20-acre Harry Potter park reportedly cost $250 million to build and recreates the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and other places dreamed up by author J.K. Rowling in her fantasy novels about the boy wizard and his friends.
據(jù)報(bào)道，占地20英畝的哈利波特公園建造耗資達(dá)2.5億美元，園內(nèi)再現(xiàn)了霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)校和作者J?K?羅琳在這部魔幻小說中構(gòu)想的其他場(chǎng)景。

Attractions include the Dragon Challenge, a high-speed ride based on the Triwizard Tournament, a fictional 13th century contest between students of the three most prestigious magical schools ofEurope.
園內(nèi)的其它游樂設(shè)施還包括基于“三強(qiáng)爭(zhēng)霸賽”設(shè)計(jì)的“龍的挑戰(zhàn)”高速過山車。“三強(qiáng)爭(zhēng)霸賽”是小說中虛構(gòu)的13世紀(jì)在歐洲三所最具盛名的魔法學(xué)校的學(xué)生之間舉行的一項(xiàng)比賽。

Notes:
on hand: available 現(xiàn)有，在場(chǎng)
backup: an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage 擁堵
wizardry: 巫術(shù)