Many of the students around us were members of China's urban elite, wealthy and worldly young adults armed with iPhones, frequent-flier cards and a nuanced understanding of "Harry Potter" and "The Big Bang Theory."

J.K. Rowling's-who wrote Harry Potter-her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published.

JK罗琳——《哈利·波特》第一部在出版之前被退稿12次。

Hoping to receive "totally unvarnished feedback," the "Harry Potter" author adopted the pseudonym Robert Galbraith when she published "The Cuckoo's Calling," a book for adults, in 2013.

这位《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）的作家希望得到“不加修饰的反馈”，于是在2013年以罗伯特·加尔布雷思（Robert Galbraith）为笔名出版了《布谷鸟的呼唤》这本书，这本书是写给成年人看的。

In fact, nearly every novel begins and ends with a trip on the Hogwarts Express from Platform 9 ¾ at London's King's Cross Station.

事实上，《哈利·波特》每部小说的开头和结尾都发生在伦敦国王十字车站（King's Cross Station）九又四分之三号站台的霍格沃茨特快列车上。

Author J. K. Rowling says she is co-producing a new play about the wizard's untold earlier years as an orphan and an outcast.

作者J.K.罗琳表示，她正在与他人共同制作一部舞台剧，这部新戏剧将讲述魔术师哈利·波特早年未公开的孤儿生活。

The English version was released worldwide on July 31, the birthday of the hero Harry Potter and also his creator, J.K. Rowling herself.

英文版已于7月31日在全球发行，这一天是书中男主角哈利·波特及其创作者J·K·罗琳的生日。

Get ready for this: J.K. Rowling is in the midst of penning a Harry Potter encyclopedia, confirming the long-standing rumor on her official website.

J.K.罗琳正在写作《哈利·波特百科全书》，证实了其官网上流传已久的说法。

As it turns out, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling owns her childhood home, Church Cottage at Tutshill in Chepstow, according to the The Daily Mail.

据《每日邮报》报道，其实《哈利·波特》的作者J·K·罗琳现在是自己童年那栋房子的业主——位于切普斯托土兹希尔的教堂小屋。

IDK about you, but I consider myself obsessed Potter-related.

我不知道你怎么样，但我自己对任何与哈利·波特有关的事都很着迷。

Hefty Advance: JK Rowling is near the top of the list-but she's not the country's richest woman.

《哈利·波特》作者JK·罗琳也榜上有名，并逼近英国最富有女士榜首。

The Harry Potter novels, the first three of which appeared in the" 90s.

哈利·波特（Harry Potter）系列小说的前三部都是在90年代出版的。

The most notable recruit for the anti-independence campaign has been Ms. Rowling, the popular author of the Harry Potter books, who donated one million pounds to the cause.

反独立阵营最著名的成员要算是哈利·波特（harry potter）系列畅销书的作者罗琳女士，她向这个活动捐赠了100万英镑。

Harry Potter, by J. K. Rowling, Scholastic.

《哈利·波特》，作者罗琳（J.K.Rowling），学者出版社。

It seemed that getting into hot water with female colleagues was the most common thing in the world, and the unanimous advice they offered was DON'T.

似乎和一位女同事陷入感情纠葛是世界上最普遍的事情，而大家提供的一致建议是：不要。

He likes to trifle with his female colleagues.

他老想占女同事便宜。

Her boyfriend mentioned it unconsciously several days ago that one of his female colleagues lives very close to them and he picks her up everyday and treats her breakfast.

前两天男朋友无意中跟晓洁说起，现在的一个女同事跟他家住的很近，他每天去接她一起上班，还请她吃早饭。

Now I know better: my female colleagues don't go to coffee shops because they're shabbily treated when they get there.

而现在我有了更深刻的了解：我的女同事们之所以不去咖啡厅，是因为她们在那里得到的待遇不公。

She added a few comments on her female colleagues in the House.

她就下院女同僚补充了一些评语。

so one could think that investing in my network of female colleagues couldn't bring many benefits

所以能想到投资在我女性同事的人脉并不能带来很大的效益，

This summer, at a software company in Natick, Mass., she and female colleagues are using space heaters.

她是马萨诸塞州纳蒂克一家软件公司的员工，这个夏天，她和女性同事在使用小型取暖设备保暖。

Men work more from the bathroom-20 percent said they have participated in work-related calls, versus 13 percent of their female colleagues.

男性在卫生间里更会忙工作：20%的男性称会接跟工作相关的电话，而女性则只有13%。