VOA慢速英語：哈里波特展覽在大英圖書館開展

Harry Potter Exhibit Opens at British Library

哈里波特展覽在大英圖書館開展

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Harry Potter lovers around the world may want to thank Alice Newton.

世界各地的哈利·波特愛好者可能想要感謝愛麗絲·牛頓(Alice Newton)。

She was eight years old when her father brought home a manuscript for her to read. At the time, he was working for Bloomsbury Publishing.

在她八歲時，父親帶回了一部手稿供她閱讀。她的父親當(dāng)時在布盧姆斯伯里出版社工作。

After reading the manuscript, Alice wrote a note to her father: "The excitement in this book made me feel warm inside," she wrote. "I think it is probably one of the best books an 8 or 9 year old could read."

愛麗絲在閱讀這部手稿之后給父親寫了一個便條：“這本激動人心的書使我內(nèi)心溫暖。我認(rèn)為它可能是最適合八九歲孩子閱讀的書籍之一。”

Based in part on Alice's comments, Bloomsbury went on to publish "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."

部分是基于愛麗絲的評論，布盧姆斯伯里出版社出版了《哈利·波特與魔法石》這本書。

Alice's note to her father is part of the British Library's new exhibition, "Harry Potter: A History of Magic." It celebrates the 20th anniversary of the publication of J.K. Rowling's first book about Harry and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

愛麗絲寫給父親的便條是大英圖書館這次全新的“哈利·波特：魔法史”展覽的一部分。這次展覽是為了慶祝J.K. 羅琳關(guān)于哈利和他的朋友們在霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)校的首本書籍出版。

When "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released in 1997, Bloomsbury sent just 500 copies to stores in Britain and another 500 copies to British libraries.

當(dāng)《哈利·波特與魔法石》于1997年發(fā)行時，布盧姆斯伯里出版社只給書店寄出了500本，另外還向英國的圖書館寄出了500本。

Now, Harry and his friends are known worldwide.

現(xiàn)在，哈利和他的朋友們舉世皆知。

The exhibit at the British Library includes Rowling's outline for her books, her artwork of its characters and a map of the Hogwarts School. It also includes early versions of Rowling's books that were rejected by other publishers.

大英圖書館的這次展覽包括了羅琳的書稿大綱、角色插畫以及一份霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)院的地圖。它還包括羅琳被其它出版社拒絕的早些版本的書稿。

The show has two rooms. They are divided up based on the subjects offered at Hogwarts. Areas include Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Each area describes the stories and beliefs that Rowling included in her books.

這次展覽擁有兩個房間，它們是根據(jù)霍格沃茨魔法學(xué)院開設(shè)的學(xué)科進(jìn)行分組，學(xué)科領(lǐng)域包括魔藥、草藥學(xué)、保護(hù)神奇生物和黑魔法防御。每個領(lǐng)域都描述了羅琳在書中包含的故事和觀念。

Included in the exhibition are discussions of alchemy, the European traditions that led to modern chemistry, and the Ripley Scroll -- a six-meter-long document from the 1500s. It describes how to make a Philosopher's Stone.

這次展覽還包括導(dǎo)致現(xiàn)代化學(xué)產(chǎn)生的煉金術(shù)這種歐洲傳統(tǒng)的詳述，以及描述如何制作魔法石的這套來自十六世紀(jì)的六十米長的文獻(xiàn)《雷普利卷軸》(The Ripley Scroll)。

The British Library has already sold about 30,000 tickets to the exhibit — the most advance tickets ever sold for a British Library exhibition.

大英圖書館這次展覽已經(jīng)售出了約3萬張門票，這是大英圖書館有史以來最為暢銷的門票。

The show closes on February 28, 2018. It will then travel to New York for the 20th anniversary of the release of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," the book's title in the United States.

這次展覽將于2018年2月28日結(jié)束。然后它將前往紐約慶?！豆?middot;波特與魔法石》發(fā)行二十周年。

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