世界名人简介 第134期:J.K.罗琳

 　　J.K. Rowling is the pen name she uses as a writer. The J is for Joanne, her real first name, but she prefers to be called Jo. Apparently¹, people only call her Joanne when they’re angry with her. The K is made up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials², but she didn’t have a middle name.

　　J.K.罗琳是她的笔名。J代表她的名乔安妮，但她喜欢人们叫她乔。只有人们对她表示愤慨时才会叫她乔安妮。K是自己编造的。出版商要求她使用两个首字母，罗琳没有中间名。

　　Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the idea of writing children’s books. She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an English teacher in Portugal. The idea for the Harry³ Potter novels came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said, “The characters and situations came flooding into my head”.

　　在编写儿童读物之前，她从事过一些其它行业。她曾担任过研究员，特赦国际组织的双语秘书，也曾前往葡萄牙教授英语。在前往伦敦的火车上，她突然想要撰写哈利波特小说。她称这些角色和场景突然浮现在我的眼前。

　　Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. In fact, she is the first novelist ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts⁴ while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary⁵ history.

　　七部哈利波特小说问世后，罗琳成为了全球最富有女性之一。事实上，她也是首位亿万富翁小说家。她从无到有的故事本身就是传奇。在撰写第一部小说时，她依靠政府补贴过活。她的后四部小说也打破了文学史上销售最快纪录。

　　Today she devotes much of her time to many charitable causes. She famously demanded that Coca-Cola donate $18 million to the Reading is Fundamental charity if it wanted a tie-up with the Potter movies. The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".

　　如今，她将大部分时间投身于慈善事业。她曾表示，要想拿到波特电影营销权，可口可乐就要先向“阅读是基础”慈善组织捐款1800万美元。那么未来呢？2008年3月，她表示：“我将继续为儿童写书，因为这是我的最爱。”

　　1.be angry with 对某人发脾气

　　例句：Consider that the person you may really be angry with is yourself.

　　仔细想想最让你生气的那个人其实是你自己。

　　2.tie-up 联系

　　例句：The deal is expected to result in similar tie-ups between big media companies and telecommunications operators.

　　这笔交易可能促成大型传媒公司和电信运营商结成类似的联营关系。

　　3.donate to 捐赠

　　例句：The professor donated his books to the library.

　　这位教授把他的书捐赠给图书馆。

　　4.charitable cause 慈善事业

　　例句：Create more taxes for the state, most of the charitable cause more contributions!

　　多为国家创税，多为慈善事业多做贡献！

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 initials   

n.首字母，姓名

参考例句：

• a glass tankard with his initials etched on it 刻有他姓名首字母的玻璃大酒杯
• All the towels were personalized with their initials. 所有毛巾上都标有物主姓名的首字母。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 handouts   

救济品( handout的名词复数 )； 施舍物； 印刷品； 讲义

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts. 士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Even after losing his job, he was too proud to accept handouts. 甚至在失去工作后，他仍然很骄傲，不愿接受施舍。

5 literary   

adj.文学（上）的

参考例句：

• Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎。
• The book was favourably noticed in literary magazines.这本书在文学杂志上得到好评。