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中英文本
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. Apparently, people only call her Joanne when they're angry with her. 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.
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。很显然，人们只有对她生气时才会叫她的全名。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. She worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International and as an English teacher in Portugal. The idea for the Harry Potter novels came from nowhere while she was on a train to London. She said,"The characters and situations came flooding into my head".
在她有写儿童书的想法前，乔做过几份不同的工作。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。她在去伦敦的火车上萌生了创作哈利·波特的想法。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. In fact, she is the first novelist ever to become a billionaire from writing. Her rags to riches story is a fantasy story in itself. She was on government handouts while writing her first novel. Her last four books broke records for the fastest sellers in literary history.
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。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。她白手起家的故事本身就是一个奇幻故事。罗琳写第一部小说时在政府宣传部门工作，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. 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. The future? In March 2008, she said: "I will continue writing for children because that's what I enjoy".
现在罗琳在许多慈善事业上倾注了大量时间。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。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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重点讲解
1. prefer to 更喜欢；宁愿
例句：Everyone has certain likes and dislikes, and there is no denying that we all prefer to do the things that we like.
每个人都有某些自己喜欢和不喜欢的事，而且不可否认的是，我们都比较喜欢做自己喜欢做的事。
2. make up 编造
例句：So far, as of today, we know that she herself made up that title—probably because she feels proud to be associated with charity.
时至今日，我们所知道的事实是，她谎报了她的头衔，可能是因为她的虚荣心，希望把自己和慈善机构联系起来。
3. strike upon 触动；想起
例句：But it seemed to strike upon her grandfather, though he had not noticed it before . 但是它好象触动了她外祖父的心，虽然他先前不曾注意到。
4. flood into 涌进
例句：There have been some 54-thousand displaced people flooding into the county since the earthquake.
地震发生后，约有54000名流离失所的人涌进芦山县。
5. rags to riches story 白手起家
例句：John's from rags to riches story is amazing.
约翰白手起家的故事很令人惊奇。
