Rowling and Harry Potter
Joanne Rowling was born in Bristol in England. Joanne always wanted to write and she wrote her first story when she was only five or six. After leaving the university,she had a variety of different jobs.However, most of all, she wanted to write! One day, during a long train journey, she got the idea of writing about a boy who is a wizard, but doesn’t know it.
In 1992, she left England to go to Portugal to teach English. While she was there she got married to a Portuguese journalist and she had a daughter, Jessica. The marriage ended in divorce and Joanne returned to live in Edinburgh in Scotland. She had very little money and she lived in a very small flat, which was often cold. She could not afford to pay to heat it. While she was there, she finished her story about Harry Potter, a young boy who is a wizard. At first, no one wanted to publish her book.Then, one day, in 1997, she found a publisher. She was very excited and happy!
Much to her surprise, her book was an instant success! It sold in millions! It won many awards and prizes! It made Joanne very rich end it made her famous. Her stories have been translated into many languages, and they can now be read all over the world. Joanne Rowling has written several more books about Harry Potter and all of them have sold millions of copies. Some of these books have now bccn made into films.
羅琳和《哈利·波特》
喬安妮·羅琳生于英格蘭的布里斯托爾。喬安妮酷愛寫作，在五、六歲時便有自己的處女作。大學畢業(yè)后，她從事過各種職業(yè)，然而最喜歡的還是寫作!一天，在一次長途火車旅行中，她突然冒出一個主意，想寫一個身懷巫術，但自己卻全然不知的男孩。
1992年她離開英格蘭去葡萄牙教英語。在那里，她與一位葡萄牙記者結婚，有了一個女兒，叫杰茜卡。這樁婚事以離婚告終，喬安妮又回到蘇格蘭愛丁堡居住。 當時她窮困潦倒，住在一個又小又冷的公寓里。她連取暖費用都無力支付。就是在那兒，她完成了關于哈里·波特 ———一個小男孩巫師的故事。起初，沒有人要出版這本書。 直到1997年的一天，她才找到一家出版商。她又激動又高興!
更令她吃驚的是，她的書一鳴驚人!銷售量達幾百萬冊!該書獲得了許多獎勵和榮譽!它使她十分富有并一舉成名。她的故事現(xiàn)已被譯成多種文字，傳遍世界。 目前，喬安妮·羅琳又完成了其他幾部有關哈里·波特的續(xù)集，銷售量都達幾百萬冊。其中的幾本書已被改編成電影。
