中英双语新闻——41 Wizard series ends（打印版）

　　Who would have expected that a story about an 11-year-old boy wizard would turn into a multi-billion dollar business? Who would have thought that the series would still be so popular after a decade? Who could have anticipated that the child fans of the original story would loyally follow the series well into their 20s?

　　谁曾想过一个关于11岁魔法少年的故事会带动几十亿美金的产业呢？谁又能想到这个故事十年后依然风靡世界？而又有谁料想到忠实的波特迷们会伴随这个故事跨入20岁的年纪？

　　That’s the magic of the Harry Potter series. Now, with the release of the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, fans must accept that the series is nearing its end.

　　这便是《哈利?波特》的魔力所在。而现在，随着《哈利?波特与死亡圣器（上）》的上映。波特迷必须接受一个事实，该系列电影已经接近尾声。

　　It’s doubtful that popular culture will see anything quite like the Harry Potter phenomenon for a long time to come. Harry Potter’s impact has unquestionably been felt in both book sales and box office receipts.

　　估计在以后的很长一段时间里，不会再有哪种文化热潮能与哈利?波特现象相媲美了。哈利?波特对观众影响力之大，从图书销量以及票房成绩这两点就可以看得出来。

　　“The genius of JK Rowling was that she grounded the wish fulfillment of a real kid with magical powers in the context of the real world. You enter the fantasy with her,” Lionel Wigram, a production executive at Warner Bros, told the Los Angeles Times.

　　华纳兄弟公司执行制片人昂纳尔?威格拉姆对《洛杉矶时报》表示：“J.K.罗琳的才华在于她讲述了在真实世界里，一个有血有肉的小魔法师是如何实现愿望的，你可以和它一同融入这个魔幻世界。”

　　And, after 10 years, millions of fans seem to have enjoyed the ride. “It’s a fantasy that’s also very true to life,” said Deng Hao, 22, a junior student at Shandong University who’s also a Harry Potter fan. “The special effects in the movies don’t outweigh the fact that it’s deeply personal,” said Deng. “It’s really about the characters.”

　　十年过去，数百万粉丝依然对这一奇幻之旅充满热忱。22岁的山东大学大三学生邓浩（音译）也是一个不折不扣的哈利?波特迷，他说：“这部电影描绘了现实生活中的魔法世界。电影特效固然很棒，但依然无法与人物角色的刻画相媲美”

　　Jemima Owen, a 20-year-old college student in the UK, was in her final year of primary school when the first Harry Potter film was released. She recently wrote an article for The Observer from a fan’s perspective.

　　对20岁的英国大学生杰迈玛?欧文来说，《哈利?波特1》是在她小学最后一年上映的。最近她又从一个波特迷的角度在《观察家报》发表了一篇文章。

　　“Eleven-year-olds picking up the first Harry Potter book now will never understand the anticipation and yearning we felt as we waited three years for the release of the next installment,” she wrote.

　　她在文中写到：“现在那些11岁的孩子再拿起第一本《哈利?波特》看时，一定难以理解我们当时盼了三年才盼到下一部书的那种心情。”

　　“To say we ‘grew up’ with Harry, Ron and Hermione might be clichéd, but to me, the end of the series is like a farewell to childhood.”

　　“人们常常会说我们是跟哈利，罗恩以及赫敏同步成长；而在我看来，哈利?波特系列电影完结之时也就是我们告别童年的时刻了。”

　　No longer a mere boy, Harry Potter is drawing closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the first day he stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.

　　在这部影片中，哈利?波特已经不再是个孩子了。他越来越靠近那个自从踏进霍格沃茨魔法学院的第一天就一直准备应付的终极使命了——与伏地魔的终极对抗。

　　The film begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their dangerous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality–the Horcruxes. Without the guidance of their professors, the three friends must rely on one another more than ever.

　　影片一开始，哈利，罗恩，赫敏就一路追查能够毁掉伏地魔的魂器的下落。与以往不同，没有了导师庇护的三人必须依靠自己以及彼此的力量。

中英双语新闻——41 Wizard series ends（在线收听）