31. J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter share the same birthday, July 31th. JK罗琳和哈利·波特的生日都是7月31日。
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32. Over 7000 girls tried out for the part of Lavender Brown, Ron’s love interest in the Half-Blood Prince. 罗恩在《混血王子》中的暧昧对象拉文德·布朗一角有7000名女孩参与试镜角逐。
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33. The original script for the Harf-Blood Prince showed Harry taking possesion of Dumbledore’s wand. After the release of the Deathly Hallows book, the script had to be changed. 《混血王子》原先的剧本里哈利拥有了邓布利多的魔杖,不过在《死圣》的书出版后这一情节就不得不改掉了。
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34. The ring of fire that Dumbledore conjures in the Half-Blood Prince took graphic artists eight months to complete. 绘图艺术家花了八个月才完成《混血王子》中邓布利多变出的火圈(就是在伏地魔藏挂坠盒的山洞里邓布利多变出来驱赶阴尸体的火圈)。
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35. In Greek Mythology, a Seer named Cassandra was given her powers by the God Apollo, who later cursed her so no one would believe her prophecies. Professor Trelawney’s great grandmother’s name is Cassandra. 在希腊神话中,阿波罗神赐予了一个叫卡珊德拉的先知力量;后来阿波罗诅咒了她,所以没有人会相信她的预言。特里劳妮教授的曾祖母的名字是卡珊德拉。
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36. The carpet in Professor Umbriage’s office cost 50000 ($71225) to make. 打造乌姆里奇教授办公室里的地毯花了五万英镑(七万一千二百二十五美元)。
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37. Daniel Radcliffe has joked about playing a drag queen as a character because he thinks he looks good in makeup, and would love to wear the costumes. 丹尼尔·雷德克里夫曾经开玩笑说要扮演一名变装皇后的角色,因为他觉得自己化了妆一定很美,而且他会喜欢变装的。
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38. Dean Thomas was almost named Gary. 迪安·托马斯差点被命名为盖瑞。
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39. Publishers suggested Rowling used the name “J.K.” to appeal to male readers. She took the “K” from her grandmother’s name Kathleen. In fact, there is no “K” in her legal name. 出版商建议罗琳用“JK”这个名字吸引男性读者。她从他的祖母凯瑟琳的名字里取了“K”这个字母。事实上,她的真名里没有“K”这个字母。
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40. Several publishers rejected the fist copy of Harry Potter saying it was too long and literary, but Bloomsbury Publisher finally accepted it in 1996. 几家出版商因为“太长太文艺”而拒绝了《哈利·波特》的初稿,但是1996年布鲁姆斯伯里出版商最终接受了这本书。
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31. J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter share the same birthday, July 31th.
JK罗琳和哈利·波特的生日都是7月31日。
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32. Over 7000 girls tried out for the part of Lavender Brown, Ron’s love interest in the Half-Blood Prince.
罗恩在《混血王子》中的暧昧对象拉文德·布朗一角有7000名女孩参与试镜角逐。
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33. The original script for the Harf-Blood Prince showed Harry taking possesion of Dumbledore’s wand. After the release of the Deathly Hallows book, the script had to be changed.
《混血王子》原先的剧本里哈利拥有了邓布利多的魔杖,不过在《死圣》的书出版后这一情节就不得不改掉了。
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34. The ring of fire that Dumbledore conjures in the Half-Blood Prince took graphic artists eight months to complete.
绘图艺术家花了八个月才完成《混血王子》中邓布利多变出的火圈(就是在伏地魔藏挂坠盒的山洞里邓布利多变出来驱赶阴尸体的火圈)。
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35. In Greek Mythology, a Seer named Cassandra was given her powers by the God Apollo, who later cursed her so no one would believe her prophecies. Professor Trelawney’s great grandmother’s name is Cassandra.
在希腊神话中,阿波罗神赐予了一个叫卡珊德拉的先知力量;后来阿波罗诅咒了她,所以没有人会相信她的预言。特里劳妮教授的曾祖母的名字是卡珊德拉。
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36. The carpet in Professor Umbriage’s office cost ?50000 ($71225) to make.
打造乌姆里奇教授办公室里的地毯花了五万英镑(七万一千二百二十五美元)。
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37. Daniel Radcliffe has joked about playing a drag queen as a character because he thinks he looks good in makeup, and would love to wear the costumes.
丹尼尔·雷德克里夫曾经开玩笑说要扮演一名变装皇后的角色,因为他觉得自己化了妆一定很美,而且他会喜欢变装的。
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38. Dean Thomas was almost named Gary.
迪安·托马斯差点被命名为盖瑞。
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39. Publishers suggested Rowling used the name “J.K.” to appeal to male readers. She took the “K” from her grandmother’s name Kathleen. In fact, there is no “K” in her legal name.
出版商建议罗琳用“JK”这个名字吸引男性读者。她从他的祖母凯瑟琳的名字里取了“K”这个字母。事实上,她的真名里没有“K”这个字母。
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40. Several publishers rejected the fist copy of Harry Potter saying it was too long and literary, but Bloomsbury Publisher finally accepted it in 1996.
几家出版商因为“太长太文艺”而拒绝了《哈利·波特》的初稿,但是1996年布鲁姆斯伯里出版商最终接受了这本书。