生命中的一年 第11期：罗琳自道不擅长商业活动

What about the razzmatazz and all that stuff?

这些眼花缭乱的场合怎么样？

Well, some of it's fun. And some of it's, frankly¹, horrible.

有些好玩，而坦白说，有些又可怕。

The fun bits are when you get to talk to people who have read your books. That's always great.

好玩的部分在于你能和读者对话。那总是很棒的。

What I find difficult is the kind of stagy midnight moment business.

煎熬的是午夜做作的商业活动。

I'm not... Because I'm not very good at it.

因为我不擅长做这种活动。

I don't think that makes me a better person because I'm not good at it I hasten to add, but I'm not good at it.

不要由于我不擅长这点就认为我没有瑕疵，我必须补充 ，但我真的不擅长。

I'm not a natural tada kind of person.

我不是那种天生能闪亮登场的人。

I get all uptight² about having to do that sort of stuff, and I feel like a prat.

这种活动我一直紧张万分，而且我觉得自己就像个傻瓜。

People definitely expect you to be visibly enjoying yourself.

人们肯定想要你看上去乐在其中。

And I think Quentin Crisp said that was the secret to being good on television.

我觉得昆顿·克里斯普说中了电视上镜的秘密。

Just look happy to be there.

只要在那儿看上去开心就是了。

And I haven't always looked happy to be there.

而我在那儿并没有总是看上去很开心。

In fact sometimes I've looked bloody³ miserable⁴ to be there.

实际上，我有时看起来简直就是超级糟糕。

And I know that that's not televisually good

我也知道这从电视上看不太好。

But I'm, you know. I've got better. I'm having quite a good time here.

但我就是，你知道的，我已经好点儿了，我今天就表现良好。

In a factory in Suffolk, under conditions of extreme secrecy⁵ the book is being printed.

在萨福克郡的一家工厂极度严密的情况下，这本书正在被印刷。

So far the Harry⁶ Potter series has sold 350 million copies in 65 different languages.

哈利·波特小说的销量至今已经达3.5亿被翻译成65种不同的语言。

The conclusion to the series is about to become the fastestselling book in history.

它最后将成为史上销售最快的小说系列。

1 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

2 uptight   

adj.焦虑不安的，紧张的

参考例句：

• He's feeling a bit uptight about his exam tomorrow.他因明天的考试而感到有点紧张。
• Try to laugh at it instead of getting uptight.试着一笑了之，不要紧张。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

5 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

6 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。