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Harry Potter is such a cultural touchstone for children and adults the world over, that it's easy to forget that the characters and the world they live in doesn't actually exist.

对于孩子和成年人来说，哈利·波特无疑是世界的文化试金石。人们甚至太容易忘记，这些角色和他们生活的世界其实并不存在。

In Improv Everywhere's latest video, the viral prank group suspended reality for a few employees and travelers in New York City's Penn Station when a real-life Harry Potter lookalike strolled through the station in search of his train to Hogwarts.

在一个名为“Improv Everywhere”的美国团体最近发布的搞笑视频中，纽约宾夕法尼亚火车站走过一个极似哈利·波特的少年询问如何去霍格沃茨，对那几个被问到的工作人员和乘客来说，现实时间似乎停滞了。

The young Potter doppelgänger — complete with the character's signature monogrammed trunks and a would-be Hedwig perched in his cage — makes his way through Penn Station, asking transportation employees and fellow travelers for directions to the infamous Platform 9 3/4.

这个打扮酷似哈利波特的少年有着剧中人物的鲜明特征——带着印有花押字的大皮箱，拎着一个笼子，笼子里有一只猫头鹰，估计也叫海德薇格吧。少年向火车站的工作人员和其他乘客询问如何去的9又3/4车站。

In one clip, the boy expresses frustration when he pushes his cart into the column between platforms 9 and 10 and, of course, fails to make it through to 9 3/4.

在一个片段中，这个男孩把他的手推车推进9站台和10站台之间，当然这不可能成功的通过9又3/4车站了，他脸上表现出懊恼的神情。