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The first 'Harry¹ Potter' book was published 25 years ago in the U.K.

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Three authors — Laura Lam, Amy E. Reichert and Scott Reintgen — weigh in on what the Harry Potter series has meant to them over the decades.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Twenty-five years ago, the first "Harry Potter" book was published in the U.K. The "Potter" series has been hugely influential³, especially for young writers, though some are conflicted about its author, J.K. Rowling. We're going to hear now from three of those authors on what "Harry Potter" has meant to them. We start with Laura Lam, author of "Pantomime" and "Shadowplay."

LAURA LAM: I always loved that Hermione was wicked smart and wasn't really ashamed of it.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE")

EMMA WATSON: (As Hermione Granger) Of course. Here it is. Nicholas Flamel is the only known maker⁴ of the Sorcerer's Stone.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE: (As Harry Potter) The what?

RUPERT GRINT: (As Ron Weasley) The what?

WATSON: (As Hermione) Honestly, don't you two read?

LAM: Especially as kids, we read to escape, and we read to kind of believe that, like, you can be more than you've been told you can be. I'd love for some other reader to really enjoy disappearing into my world as much as I used to into the "Harry Potter" world when I was a kid. But the thing is - is, overall, the books are a little bit complicated for me now. I have kind of complicated emotions about J.K. Rowling's, you know, comments on trans people.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' "HEDWIG'S THEME")

AMY E REICHERT: Wow. First of all, I cannot believe it's been 25 years. That is shocking to me (laughter).

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE")

RADCLIFFE: (As Harry) Make a wish, Harry.

REICHERT: My name is Amy E. Reichert, and I'm an author. I have always loved fantasy and science fiction. I've loved the idea of - there is this parallel, fantastical world running next to ours that only special people get to see and be a part of. So I always really just love that first time Harry gets to go to Diagon Alley⁵ and see the magical world in its fullness. That's one of my favorite scenes in the movies, too.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE")

ROBBIE COLTRANE: (As Hagrid) Welcome, Harry, to Diagon Alley.

REICHERT: Inevitably⁶, I'm a very nerdy person, so through all of my books, even though I write these fun romantic comedies, there is, like, this undercurrent of nerd. There's "Harry Potter" references. There's references to other franchises⁷. So my characters are just as aware and love these things just as much as I do.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' "HEDWIG'S THEME")

SCOTT REINTGEN: I discovered "Harry Potter" alongside my brother. We shared a room, and my mom at night would read the books to him, and I would just kind of listen in.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Reading) Yes, their son, Harry. Mr. Dursley stopped dead. Fear flooded him. He looked back...

REINTGEN: I think the thing that sticks out to me is, like, how you create your own family as you go forward into the world. And it's something that I write a lot of. It's something that I focus on a lot in my own life.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE")

MAGGIE SMITH: (As Professor McGonagall) Welcome to Hogwarts. Before you can take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Now, while you're here, your house will be like your family.

REINTGEN: You know, those books meant a lot to me as a reader, but I can also look at the person who created them and say, I vehemently⁸ disagree with what they say and what they've been saying. And now I can also treat "Harry Potter" as what it was for me, which is an entryway to all the other work that I read.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' "LEAVING HOGWARTS")

MARTINEZ: That was Scott Reintgen, author of the "Nyxia" trilogy. These interviews were conducted by NPR's Miranda Mazariegos.

(SOUNDBITE OF JOHN WILLIAMS' "LEAVING HOGWARTS")

1 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。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

4 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

5 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

6 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

7 franchises   

n.（尤指选举议员的）选举权( franchise的名词复数 )；参政权；获特许权的商业机构（或服务）；（公司授予的）特许经销权v.给…以特许权，出售特许权( franchise的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ford dealerships operated as independent franchises. 福特汽车公司的代销商都是独立的联营商。 来自辞典例句

8 vehemently   

adv. 热烈地

参考例句：

• He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
• Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。