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  3. Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper t

Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper t

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问题    Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway or body-to-body passengers on the subway, getting from point A to point B often means zoning out to preserve your reason. But instead of losing herself in a pop song, Joanne Rowling took advantage of a long train ride to come up with an idea that would generate billions of dollars and bring countless joy to fans around the world.
   "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own, and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head," Rowling said. 【F2】"CoincidentaIly, I didn’t have a pen and was too shy to ask anyone for one on the train, which frustrated me at the time, but when I look back it was the best thing for me. It gave me the full four hours on the train to think up all the ideas for the book."
   【F3】Although Rowling would start putting pen to paper to tell Harry’s story that very evening, life would throw her a series of curveballs that delayed the book’s completion. Rowling’s mother passed away and the budding author relocated from England to Portugal. There, she was briefly married to Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes, but the union didn’t work out. She moved back to Edinburgh, Scotland, with her newborn daughter, Jessica, But during this trying time Rowling still found the energy to chip away at the book.
   Finally, in 1995, Rowling completed the manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (later known in America as Sorcerer’s Stone) and began shopping it to publishers. The early feedback didn’t predict well for Rowling’s career as an author. 【F4】But in August 1996, Bloomsbury saw potential in Rowling’s story and made her an offer despite initially having a few hang-ups. Barry Cunningham, who worked at Bloomsbury at the time, said "I loved the story and the heroism, I liked the friendship between the three main characters, the owls and magic was great."
   【F5】Barry’s instincts didn’t fail him, and thanks to his support Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone hit shelves in the UK in June 1997, signaling the dawn of the Potter Era. The single mother who had to live off of welfare found herself richer than the Queen of England in the span of a few short years.
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答案尽管罗琳打算当晚就开始用笔写下哈利-波特的故事，但生活给了她一连串的打击，这耽搁了这本书的完成。
解析 ①本句为主从复合句，包含一个让步状语从句和一个定语从句。第一个逗号前是Although引导的让步状语从句，其中would start…表示过去将来时，指罗琳本来打算当天晚上就开始创作。②主句为主谓双宾结构，throw sb．a series of curveballs是指unexpectedly present someone with challenges“给某人带来意料之外的挑战”，指出生活给罗琳带来的影响。③主句后为that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词curveballs，说明其耽误了《哈利-波特与魔法石》的完成。
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