還記得十月的時候，助教和大家共讀《聽，英國人在說話：THE RED BOOK 英式英語實境秀》，用聲音暢遊英國倫敦嗎？其姊妹作 THE BLUE BOOK 已經上市囉！這次作者還帶領大家一遊哈利波特起源地和拍攝現場呢！本週讓我們一起來「聽」道地英國腔，了解哈利波特作者 J.K. 羅琳當初創作時的小故事吧。
在聆聽音檔以前，助教先給大家一些內容的小提示：
【Pre-Question】 J. K. 羅琳當初在咖啡廳寫《哈利波特》的真正原因是什麼？
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There was a much simpler reason why I went and wrote in coffee shops; as some of us will know, children, babies can make a certain noise, and when they're making that noise, any kind of concentrated thought is impossible. You put them in a pushchair , and you start to walk, and in the pushchair, it's like magic--they fall asleep. And that's what Joanne Rowling said she did in- around Edinburgh. And whenever they fell asleep she would go straight in to the nearest coffee bar and start writing.
到咖啡館寫作的理由其實很簡單。我想大家都知道，小孩子，尤其是小嬰兒總會發出某些聲音，聽到這些聲音時，根本沒辦法專心思考。讓寶寶坐在嬰兒車裡推著散步，然後像變魔術一樣，小嬰兒就在嬰兒車上睡著了。這正是喬安．羅琳說她在愛丁堡做的事。當寶寶一睡著，她便馬上走進最近的一家咖啡館開始寫作。
本文摘錄自《聽，英國人在說話：THE BLUE BOOK 英式英語實境秀》(附MP3)
