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1、UnitThreeLeisurewithoutliteratureisdeathandburialalive.—Seneca,Romanphilosopher没有文学的休闲生活犹如死亡抑或活埋。——西尼加(古罗马哲学家)WHYHARRY'SHOT?《哈利波特》风行之迷1J.K.Rowlingswearssheneversawitcoming.Inherwildestdreams,shedidn'tthinkherHarryPotterbookswouldappealtomorethanahandfulofreaders."Ineverexpectedalotofpeopletol
2、ikethem,"sheinsistedinarecentinterview."Well,itturnedoutIwasverywrong,obviously.Itstrikesachordwithanenormousnumberofpeople."That'sputtingitmildly.With35millioncopiesinprint,in35languages,thefirstthreeHarryPotterbookshaveearnedaconservativelyestimated$480millioninthreeyears.Andthatwasjustthew
3、arm-up.Withafirstprintingof5.3millioncopiesandadvanceorderstopping1.8million,HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire,thefourthinstallmentoftheseries,promisestobreakeverybooksellingrecord.JackMorrissey,12,plainlyspeaksforagenerationofreaderswhenhesays,"TheHarryPotterbooksarelikelife,butbetter."1J．K．罗琳发誓
4、说自己从来没有过这种预想。她做梦也没有想到会有那么多人对她的书感兴趣。“我从来没有指望过有这么多人喜欢它，”在最近的一次访谈中她仍然这样说，“可是，很显然，我大错特错了。它在许多人心中产生了共鸣。”她说得很委婉。《哈利波特》系列丛书的前三册被翻译成了35种语言，已出版3,500万册，据保守估计，这三册书在三年时间里已经赚了四亿八千万美金。而这还只是个开始。《哈里波特》系列丛书的第四册《哈利波特与火焰杯》初版530万册，加上高达180万册的订单，有望创造新的畅销书销售记录。12岁的杰克·莫里西的话很清楚地表达了他们这一代读者的想法。他说：“《哈利波特》就如同生活，但比生活更美好。”
5、2Amazingly,Rowlingkeepsherseveralplotlinesclearofeachotheruntiltheend,whenhedeftlybringseverythingtogetherinacataclysmicconclusion.Forpurenarrativepower,thisisthebestPotterbookyet.2让人称奇的是，罗琳让每一册书的情节相互独立，但最后，她却能够巧妙地把它们衔接起来，形成一个意想不到的结局。单从叙述能力而言，《哈利波特与火焰杯》也是《哈利波特》系列丛书中最好的一本。3Whenthebookfinallywe
6、ntonsaleat12:01am.Saturday,thousandsofchildreninBritainandNorthAmericarushedtoclaimtheircopies.Bookstoreshostedpajamaparties,hiredmagiciansandservedcookiesandpunch,butnobodyneededtoliftthespiritsofthesecrowds.Inonecase,customersmadesuchabig,happynoisethatneighborscalledthecops.AtaBordersinCha
7、rlotte,N.C.,ErinRankin,12,quicklythumbedtothebackassoonasshegothercopy.“Iheardthata_majorcharacterdies,andIreallywanttofindoutwho,"shesaid.Butminuteslatershegaveup.“Ijustcan'tdoit.Ican'treadtheendfirst."3当这本书终于在星期六午夜12：01面市时，在英国和北美，成千上万的孩子争相购
