世界名人简介 第164期:J.K.罗琳（在线收听） |
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. J.K.罗琳是她作为作家的笔名。“J”是乔安妮的缩写，她真名中的第一个名字，但她更愿被叫做乔。 Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they're angry with her. 很显然，人们只有对她生气时才会叫她的全名。
The K is made up. Her publisher asked her to write using a name with two initials, but she didn't have a middle name. 她的出版商叫她使用带有两个首字母的笔名，但她真名中没有中名，所以“K”是编造的。
Jo did a few different things before she struck upon the idea of writing children's books. 在她有写儿童书的想法前，乔做过几份不同的工作。
She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an English teacher in Portugal. 她做过调查员、国际特赦组织的双语秘书，在葡萄牙做过英语老师。
The idea for the Harry Potter novels came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. 她在去伦敦的火车上萌生了创作哈利·波特的想法。
She said,"The characters and situations came flooding into my head". 她说“人物形象和情景涌入了脑海。”
Seven Potter novels later and Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. 七部哈利·波特小说出版后，罗琳成为世界上最富有的女人之一。
In fact, she is the first novelist ever to become a billionaire from writing. 事实上，她是有史以来第一位因为写作成为百万富翁的作家。
Her rags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. 她白手起家的故事本身就是一个奇幻故事。
She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. 罗琳写第一部小说时在政府宣传部门工作，
Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary history. 她的后四部小说打破了文学史上卖得最快的畅销书记录。
Today she devotes much of her time to many charitable causes. 现在罗琳在许多慈善事业上倾注了大量时间。
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. 最著名的是，她高调要求可口可乐公司向“阅读是基础”基金会捐献180万美元，如果可口可乐想通过哈利波特电影宣传。
The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy". 未来罗琳会做什么？2008年3月，罗琳说“我会继续为孩子们写故事，因为这是我非常享受的事情。” |
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