 Can you believe it's 20 years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone? Joanne Rowling, as she was known then, dreamed up the story of the bespectacled boy wizard on a train trip between London and Manchester. She finished the manuscript in 1995, writing much of it in cafes in Edinburgh while her baby from her first marriage slept in a pram. After many rejections, the manuscript was eventually picked up by Bloomsbury. The first hardback print run, which came out on 26 June 1997, was just 500 copies. Then something magic happened. That first book - and the six that followed - went on to sell more than 450 million copies around the world. 1997年6月26日，“哈利·波特”系列的第一本——《哈利·波特与魔法石》——在伦敦出版。不知不觉《哈利波特与魔法石》出版已有20周年。罗琳凭借她所塑造的带着眼镜的小魔法师一夜成名。实际上，早在1995年，罗琳在咖啡厅，带着刚出世的宝宝，创作完成《哈利波特》，经过几次的退稿，她的作品终于在1997年出版。也许是出于某种魔力，这部作品有了接下来的六部，销往全世界，现已超过4亿5千万本。 罗琳专访 “哈利 · 波特” 的创作起源 In the summer of 1990, Rowling’s boyfriend relocated to Manchester. She spent a flat-hunting weekend with him. When returning to London by train an idea of Harry Potter suddenly came into her mind during that trip. Joanne could not tell why or what triggered it. However, she saw the whole story of the book and the wizard school apparently. The idea about a boy who did not know he was a wizard until he was invited to the wizard school. On returning home, Joanne immediately sat down at her desk and began to write. One day, the apartment, where she had been living, was robbed. The thieves took away many memorable things left from her mother, but, fortunately, they did not steal the shoe box full of the outline of “Harry Potter.” Joanne knew that these sketches were hermain jewel. 1990年，罗琳和男友乘坐火车时突然有了灵感，她仿佛看到一个小男孩，并不值得自己是魔法师，直到他被带入魔法世界。回到家中，她马不停蹄的提笔创作。有一天，罗琳家中遭遇盗窃，她丢了很多珍贵的妈妈留下的物品，而幸运的是，放在鞋盒中的哈利波特底稿没有失窃。 The death of her mother sent Joanne into a depression. Nine months after the death of her mother, in an attempt to escape from despair, Joanne decided to leave the country and start a new life in Portugal. She began to teach English as a foreign language. After staying for eighteen months in Porto, she met Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes, and on October 16, 1992, they got married. Soon, Jorge was called for the training assembly, and he was absent for a few months. While her husband was not at home, Joanne wrote the first three chapters of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 母亲的去世对罗琳打击巨大，她为了从悲伤中走出，去了葡萄牙教书，并在那里遇到了第一任丈夫。在丈夫出差期间，萝莉写下了《哈利波特与魔法石》的前三章。 By the end of 1993, Rowling hit rock bottom and saw herself as a failure. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had collapsed, and she was unemployed. During this period, Rowling was diagnosed with clinical depression and contemplated suicide. Her illness helped her to invent the characters known as Dementors, dark creatures, feeding upon human happiness, introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third novel in the Harry Potter series. 离婚又失业的罗琳被诊断为抑郁症，曾多次产生过轻生的欲望。她的这段黑暗时光帮助她创造了“摄魂怪”--专门吸食人类快乐的怪物，并在《哈利波特与阿磁卡班的囚徒》中出现。 In order not to stay at home, every single day Joanne went out for a walk with her daughter and wandered through the streets because it was the best way to make Jessica fall asleep. Then, sitting with a cup of coffee at Nicolson’s Cafe, owned by her brother-in-law, Roger Moore, or at the Elephant House, Joanne, continued to work on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 为了不待在家里，罗琳每天都会带着小女儿散步，因为这是哄她睡着最好的方式。随后，她就会躲在咖啡馆中继续创作。  罗琳就是在这家咖啡店写出了《哈利波特与魔法石》 、 作为铁杆粉丝，我也专门来到这家咖啡店品尝了一杯 还记得第一部时的小哈利吗？ Platform 9 ? 9又3/4站台 经历了诸多起起伏伏 罗琳于2008年在哈佛大学的一场演讲中说 Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies. 失败使我的内心产生一种安全感，这是我从考试中没有得到过的。失败让我看清自己，这也是我通过其他方式无法体会的。我发现，我比自己认为的，要有更强的意志和决心。我还发现，我拥有比宝石更加珍贵的朋友。 ★ 让我们再来回顾一下网友剪辑的1到7部精彩片段 ★ 你读过《哈利波特》吗？ 你最喜欢哪一部？ 《哈利波特》20周年 你有什么话想说？ 在留言告诉我吧 |
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