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讲述J.K.罗琳如何在困境中创作出哈利波特系列。适合练习英语阅读和故事理解。
Welcome to Spotlight.
欢迎来到《Spotlight》节目。
I'm Alice Irisari.
我是爱丽丝·伊里萨里（Alice Irisari）。
And I'm Andrew Davis.
我是安德鲁·戴维斯。
Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
Spotlight采用了一种特殊的英语广播方式。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
无论人们生活在世界的哪个角落，这种表达方式都更容易被他们理解。
She was so sad that she thought about killing herself.
她非常悲伤，甚至想到了自杀。
She was ready to give up.
她已经准备放弃了。
She had no money.
她没有钱。
She had to apply for the welfare system in Scotland.
她不得不向苏格兰的福利机构提出申请。
Welfare is a government system that gives poor people food, housing, and money.
福利制度是一种政府机制，旨在为贫困人群提供食物、住房和经济援助。
She spent her days with her young daughter in a small coffee shop called The Elephant House Cafe.
她每天都会和年幼的女儿一起待在一家名叫“The Elephant House Cafe”的小咖啡店里。
She could only afford coffee.
她只能买得起咖啡。
She drank it slowly for hours.
她慢慢地喝着这东西，持续了好几个小时。
She did not own a computer.
她没有电脑。
She wrote page after page in her notepad.
她在笔记本上一页又一页地写着内容。
She was wondered if people would like it.
她想知道大家是否会对这个东西感兴趣。
She hoped she could finish it.
她希望自己能够完成这件事。
Customers passed her day after day in the small coffee shop.
每天，顾客们都会来到这家小咖啡店，与她见面。
They had no idea she was writing a book that would become one of the most famous in the world.
他们根本不知道她正在写一本后来会成为世界上最著名的书之一的作品。
Today's Spotlight episode looks at JK Rowling.
今天的《焦点》节目将聚焦J.K.罗琳。
She is a famous writer who has written 48 books.
她是一位著名的作家，已经出版了48本书。
She is worth over a billion dollars.
她的财富价值超过十亿美元。
She has won many awards, including the Hans Christian Anderson Literature Award.
她获得了许多奖项，其中包括汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生文学奖。
But none of that seemed possible as she sat in that coffee shop writing in her notepad.
然而，当她坐在那家咖啡店里，在笔记本上写着些什么时，这一切似乎都显得不可能实现。
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was born in Yeet Gloucestershire.
出生于格洛斯特郡的耶特（Yeet）。
She began writing as a young girl.
她从小就开始写作了。
She loved storytelling.
她非常喜欢讲故事。
She attended the University of Exeter.
她曾就读于埃克塞特大学。
She studied French and the classics.
她学习了法语和古典文学。
The classics is the study of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
古典学”（Classics）是研究古希腊和古罗马文明的学科。
After graduating, Rowling spent the late 1980s working different unsatisfying jobs.
毕业后，罗琳在20世纪80年代末从事了几份让她感到不满意的工作。
In 1990, Rowling took a train ride that would change her life.
1990年，罗琳乘坐了一趟火车，而这次火车之旅彻底改变了她的人生。
She and the man she was in a relationship with were looking for an apartment in Manchester,
她和她的男友当时正在曼彻斯特寻找一套公寓。
England.
英格兰。
They travelled back and forth from London to Manchester.
他们在伦敦和曼彻斯特之间来回往返。
One weekend, Rowling took the train back to London by herself.
一个周末，罗琳独自乘火车回到了伦敦。
The train was delayed.
火车晚点了。
Rowling saw a boy waiting on the train platform.
罗琳看到一个男孩在火车站的站台上等待。
She suddenly had an idea for a story.
她突然想到了一个故事的想法。