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1、Likethatofherowncharacter,HarryPotter,J.K.Rowling'slifehasthelusterofafairytale.J.K.罗琳的生活就像她创造的人物哈里·波特一样,颇具童话色彩。Divorced,livingonpublicassistanceinatinyEdinburghflatwithherlittledaughter,RowlingwroteHarryPotterandtheSorcerer'sStoneatatableinacaféduringherdaughter'snap
2、s--anditwasHarryPotterthatrescuedher.First,theScottishAntsCouncilgaveheragranttofinishthebook.AfteritssaletoBloomsbury(UK)andScholasticBooks,theaccoladesbegantopileup.HarryPotterwonTheBritishBookAwardsChildren'sBookoftheyear,andtheSmartiesPrize,andravereviewsonbothsid
3、esoftheAtlantic.离异后,她带着年幼的女儿靠政府救济居住在爱丁堡的小小公寓里。《哈利·波特和魔法石》是她趁着女儿午睡时,在一家小咖啡馆的桌子上写成的。正是《哈利·波特》挽救了她。最初,苏格兰艺术协会资助她完成了该书。书稿卖给英国的布卢母斯伯里出版社和学究书籍出版社以后,荣誉纷至沓来。该书不仅获得年度英国儿童图书奖和史玛提斯童书奖,也得到了大西洋两岸的盛赞。AgraduateofExeterUniversity,ateacher,andthenunemployedsingleparent,RowlingwroteHar
4、ryPotterwhen"Iwasverylow,andIhadtoachievesomething.Withoutthechallenge,Iwouldhavegonestarkravingmad."ButRowlinghasalwayswrittenbooks,andherfirstbookwascalledRabbit."Iwasaboutsix,andIhaven'tstoppedscribblingsince."罗琳毕业于埃克塞特大学,毕业后当了一名老师,后来就成了失业的单身母亲。罗琳说:“写《哈里·波特》时,我情绪低落
5、,我必须做点什么。没有挑战的话,我会变成胡言乱语的十足的疯子。”其实罗琳一直在写作,她的第一本书名为《兔子》。“那时我大约六岁,从此我就没停止过涂鸦。”ThefollowingisanabstractfromwhatJ.K.Rowlingwroteaboutherself.Fromwhichwemightkeeptrackwiththegrowthofthepersonwhogavebirthtothelivingambitionoftheworld,HarryPottertheLittleWizard.下面文字节选自罗琳的自述。
6、我们或许可以从中找到她成长的轨迹,正是她创造了小魔法师哈利·波特,点燃了全世界人的梦想。Iwrotealotinmyteens,butInevershowedanyofittomyfriends...IwenttoExeterUniversitystraightafterschool,whereIstudiedFrench.Thiswasabigmistake.Ihadlistenedtoohardtomyparents,whothoughtlanguageswouldleadtoagreatcareerasabilinguals
7、ecretary.UnfortunatelyIamoneofthemostdisorganizedpeopleintheworldand,asIlaterproved,theworstsecretaryever.我少年时写了很多东西,但从未给朋友们看过......中学毕业后我直接上了埃克塞特大学,学了法语。这是个天大的错误。我父母认为学好语言可以从事好职业,做双语秘书。我顺从了他们。遗憾的是我是这世界上最缺乏条理的人,事实也证明我是最糟糕的秘书。WhenIwastwenty-sixIgaveuponofficescompletel
8、yandwentabroadtoteachEnglishasaforeignlanguage.IlovedteachingEnglish,andasIworkedafternoonsandevenings,Ihadmorningsfreeforwr
