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19-Wednesday 作家 251詞

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J．K．Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter ，which is now one of the best-sellers in the world．

J．K．Rowling was born in Bristol on July 31st，1965．She has one sister who is two years younger than her．Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them．They especially loved stories about magical worlds．Rowling wrote her first story，called Rabbit ，at the age of six．

After she graduated from the university，Rowling worked as a translator in London．During this time，on a long train trip in the summer of 1990，the idea came to her of a boy who has magic but doesn't know it．In 1992 Rowling began to teach English．She lived with her baby daughter，Jessica，and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers．It appeared in June 1997．To her surprise，the book was greatly successful．The film came out in November 2001．Now Harry Potter series is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries．

Why has the series been so successful？There are a few things．Many other magical stories take place in faraway lands or in past or future times．But Harry lives in modern England．He's also a very normal boy：polite，friendly，brave and clever．So when other children read about Harry，they can imagine being like him．

J．K．Rowling is very happy with the success，and she is now busy finishing the whole series of seven books．She's writing full time and she's really enjoying life．She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children's books.

生詞

bedtime　n． 就寢時間：a bedtime story臨睡前給孩子講的故事/The patient always takes a medicine at bedtime．這位病人通常在就寢時服藥。

magic　n． 魔法，魔術：The witch had used her magic to turn the children into frogs．女巫用巫術把那些小孩變成了青蛙。‖magical　adj． 魔術的；有魔力的，神秘的：I used to believe my mother had magical power．過去我一直相信母親有魔法。

translate　v． 翻譯：She translated the book from French into English．她將這本書從法文翻譯成英文?！瑃ranslator　n． 翻譯者，翻譯家

normal　adj． 正常的，一般的：Your temperature is slightly above normal．你的體溫比正常高了一點。

1．What did J．K．Rowling love listening to when she was very young？

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2．When did the first Harry Potter book come out？

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3．Whom are the Harry Potter series written for？

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4．Is she still writing stories for children after her success？

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5．How is Harry Potter series different from other magical stories？

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參考譯文

J．K．羅琳是《哈利·波特》的作者，該書是當今世界最暢銷的圖書之一。

J．K．羅琳于1965年7月31日出生在布里斯托。她有一個小她兩歲的妹妹。兩個女孩都喜歡在晚上睡覺前聽父親講故事。她們特別喜歡魔幻世界的故事。羅琳在6歲時寫下了她的第一個作品，名字叫《兔子》。

大學畢業(yè)后，羅琳在倫敦從事翻譯工作。其間，她于1990年夏季坐火車長途旅行，突然產生了一個想法，她要寫一個擁有魔力、但自己卻不知道的男孩。1992年，羅琳開始教英語。她和剛出生的女兒杰茜卡生活在一起，她把大量的時間都用在為小讀者們創(chuàng)作第一本《哈利·波特》上。該書于1997年6月面世。讓她吃驚的是，該書取得了巨大成功。2001年11月，同名電影上映了。現在，《哈利·波特》系列受到了各個年齡段讀者的歡迎，在全世界200多個國家，該系列圖書售出了6000萬冊。

為什么這套書能如此成功呢？有幾個原因。許多魔幻圖書的故事都發(fā)生在遙遠的地方，或是過去或將來的某個時間。但哈利生活在現在的英國。他還是一個很普通的男孩：有禮貌、友好、勇敢而聰明。所以當其他孩子讀到哈利的故事時，他們可以把自己想象成和他一樣。

J．K．羅琳對成功很高興，但她現在仍忙著完成整個系列的7本書。她在專職寫作，同時也在享受真正的生活。她說，她將繼續(xù)和女兒一起過普通人的生活，繼續(xù)創(chuàng)作兒童圖書。

參考答案

Wednesday 1．She loved listening to stories．　2．In June 1997．　3．The series are written for young people．　4．Yes，she is．　5．The stories happened in the modern world.