2017年12月英语四级阅读200篇：J·k罗林的成功之路思维导图

Likethatofherowncharacter,HarryPotter,J.K.Rowling'slifehasthelusterofafairytale.Divorced,livingonpublicassistanceinatinyEdinburghflatwithherlittledaughter,RowlingwroteHarryPotterandtheSorcerer'sStoneatatableinacaféduringherdaughter'snaps—anditwasHarryPotterthatrescuedher.First,theScottishAntsCouncilgaveheragranttofinishthebook.AfteritssaletoBloomsbury(UK)andScholasticBooks,theaccoladesbegantopileup.HarryPotterwonTheBritishBookAwardsChildren'sBookoftheyear,andtheSmartiesPrize,andrave1reviewsonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.

AgraduateofExeterUniversity,ateacher,andthenunemployedsingleparent,RowlingwroteHarryPotterwhen"Iwasverylow,andIhadtoachievesomething.Withoutthechallenge,Iwouldhavegonestarkravingmad."ButRowlinghasalwayswrittenbooks,andherfirstbookwascalledRabbit."Iwasaboutsix,andIhaven'tstoppedscribblingsince."

ThefollowingisanabstractfromwhatJ.K.Rowlingwroteaboutherself.Fromwhichwemightkeeptrackwiththegrowthofthepersonwhogavebirthtothelivingambitionoftheworld,HarryPottertheLittleWizard.

Iwrotealotinmyteens,butInevershowedanyofittomyfriends,...IwenttoExeterUniversitystraightafterschool,whereIstudiedFrench.Thiswasabigmistake.Ihadlistenedtoohardtomyparents,whothoughtlanguageswouldleadtoagreatcareerasabilingualsecretary.UnfortunatelyIamoneofthemostdisorganizedpeopleintheworldand,asIlaterproved,theworstsecretaryever.

WhenIwastwenty-sixIgaveuponofficescompletelyandwentabroadtoteachEnglishasaforeignlanguage.IlovedteachingEnglish,andasIworkedafternoonsandevenings,Ihadmorningsfreeforwriting.ThiswasparticularlygoodnewsasIhadnowstartedmythirdnovel.Thenewbookwasaboutaboywhofoundouthewasawizardandwassentoff2towizardschool.WhenIcamebackfromPortugalhalfasuitcasewasfullofpaperscoveredwithshortstoriesaboutHarryPotter.IcametoliveinEdinburghwithmyverysmalldaughter,Isetmyselfadeadline;IwouldfinishtheHarrynovelbeforestartingworkasaFrenchteacher,andtrytogetitpublished.

Itwasayearafterfinishingthebookbeforeapublisherboughtit.ThemomentwhenIfoundoutthatHarrywouldbepublishedwasoneofthebestofmylife.

J.K.罗琳的生活就像她创造的人物哈里·波特一样,颇具童话色彩。离异后,她带着年幼的女儿靠政府救济居住在爱丁堡的小小公寓里。《哈里·波特和魔法石》是她趁着女儿午睡时,在一家小咖啡馆的桌子上写成的。正是哈里·波特挽救了她。最初,苏格兰艺术协会资助她完成了该书。书稿卖给英国的布卢母斯伯里(Bloomsbury)出版社和学究书籍(ScholasticBook)出版社以后,荣誉纷至沓来。该书不仅获得年度英国儿童图书奖和聪明人奖,也得到了大西洋两岸的盛赞。

罗琳毕业于埃克塞特大学,毕业后当了一名老师,后来就成了失业的单身母亲。罗琳说:“写《哈里·波特》时,我情绪低落,我必须做点什么。没有挑战的话,我会变成胡言乱语的十足的疯子。”其实罗琳一直在写作,她的第一本书名为《兔子》。“那时我大约六岁,从此我就没停止过涂鸦。”

下面文字节选自罗琳的自述。我们或许可以从中找到她成长的轨迹,正是她创造了小魔法师哈里·波特,点燃了全世界人的梦想。

我少年时写了很多东西,但从未给朋友们看过⋯⋯中学毕业后我直接上了埃克塞特大学,学了法语。这是个天大的错误。我父母认为学好语言可以从事好职业,做双语秘书。我顺从了他们。遗憾的是我是这世界上最缺乏条理的人,事实也证明我是最糟糕的秘书。二十六岁时,我完全放弃了文秘工作,到国外教英语。我爱教英语,因为中午和晚上工作,早上就可以写作。这对我来说非常好,因为当时我已经开始写第三本小说了。新书讲的是一个小孩,发现自己有魔法,然后进了魔法学校。我从葡萄牙回国时,已经装了半行李箱哈里·波特故事的原稿。之后,我带着年幼的女儿来到爱丁堡生活,并且给了自己一个最后期限:在开始教法语之前完成哈里·波特,然后设法出版。

故事写完一年后,一个出版商买下了这本书。而得知哈里·波特要出版是我一生中最美妙的时刻。