B2174 字1:04演讲美国腔发布于 2026年4月29日 · 更新于 2026年4月29日

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Rowling’s parents, who had experienced poverty, encouraged her to pursue a practical vocational career.

罗琳的父母曾亲身经历过贫穷，因此鼓励她追求实用的职业生涯。

However, she only wanted to study English literature, which was a subject that her parents feared.

然而，她只想学习英国文学，而那是她父母所恐惧的学科。

Seven years after her graduation, by every measure that mattered, she had failed on an epic scale.

毕业七年后，从任何重要的衡量标准来看，她都遭遇了史诗般的惨败。

She was a jobless lone parent who was nearly homeless, facing the hardest challenges of modern life.

她当时是一位失业的单亲家长，几乎无家可归，面临着现代生活最艰巨的挑战。

This failure stripped away everything that was not essential, so she began to use her energy to finish her writing.

这次失败剥离了所有不重要的事物，因此她开始将精力投入到完成写作中。

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

“谷底成了我重建生活的坚实基础。”

Although she had been terrified of failure, she still had a daughter she adored and an old typewriter.

虽然她一直对失败感到恐惧，但她仍拥有一位她深爱的女儿和一台旧打字机。

Once she survived the worst, she rebuilt her life on a foundation that she truly trusted.

一旦她度过了最艰难的时期，她便在一个她真正信任的基础上重建了自己的生活。

Rowling explained that you fail by default unless you live so cautiously that you never learn to endure hard lessons.

罗琳解释说，除非你生活得极其谨慎，以至于从未学会忍受艰难的教训，否则你默认就是失败的。

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"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all."

“活着而不经历某种失败是不可能的，除非你活得如此谨慎，以至于你根本不算活过。”

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