史上最暢銷的作者
Life was not particularly easy for J.K. Rowling before she got famous. When she first conceived the idea of Harry Potter, her life suffered a tremendous blow from the death of her mother.
在J.K.羅琳成名以前她的日子並不好過。當她構想出哈利波特的主意時，她的人生遭受母親逝世的重大打擊。
conceive (v.)想出,構想blow (n.)打擊 suffer a blow 遭受打擊tremendous (adj.)巨大的
Then, she took a job teaching English in Portugal for a year to cut herself off from her troubles.
然後，她便到葡萄牙教一年的英文以斷開她的煩惱。
cut off 切斷,中斷,打斷
She fell in love in the exotic country, got married, and gave birth to a girl.
她在異國墜入情網、結婚、並生下一名女娃。
exotic (adj.)異國的,富有異國情調的=foreignexotic cuisine 異國料理give birth to 生下(小孩)
But Rowling suffered domestic abuse in the marriage and had no choice but to end it.
但羅琳卻在婚姻中飽受家暴，她別無選擇只好結束婚姻。
domestic (adj.)國內的,家庭的have no choice but to V 別無選擇而只能……
Just like that, she came back to England with nothing. She had a hard time raising her daughter on her own.
就這樣，她一無所有地回到英國。她一個人辛苦地養育女兒。
have + a hard time(difficulty, trouble) +Ving 做……有困難
Desperately wanting to finish her book, she quickly resumed writing while living off unemployment benefits.
她非常想要完成她的書，於是便很快地開始寫作並靠著失業救濟過活。
desperately (adv.)極度,相當live off sb.(sth.) 依靠……過活benefit (n.)(政府的)救濟金,補助金
Her manuscript was rejected by 12 different publishers before it finally got accepted by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC because the editor’s 8-year-old daughter could not get enough of it.
她的手稿被12家出版社拒絕，之後才被布魯姆斯伯里出版社接受，因為編輯的八歲大女兒對她的書愛不釋手。
manuscript (n.)手稿,原稿PLC=public limited company 有限公司
In 1997, the publication of her book soon made her one of the best-selling authors of all time.
在1997年，她書的出版讓她很快成為有史以來最暢銷的作者。
publication (n.)出版publish (v.)出版publisher(n.)出版商,出版社of all time 有史以來
Rowling is a great example of how to not let failures and rejections get in the way of doing what you love.
羅琳是一個不讓失敗和拒絕阻撓你做喜歡的事的絕佳典範。
failure (n.)失敗 Failure is the mother of success.失敗為成功之母rejection (n.)拒絕get in the way 擋住去路,阻撓,妨礙