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When Jo was 9 years old, the family moved to a village outside Chepstow on the edge of the Forest of Dean.
喬9歲的時候，家里搬到了切普斯托外的鄉村，就在迪安森林的邊緣。
Here was a location that offered a whole range of imaginative possibilities...magical creatures, mystery and intrigue.
這是一個給想象力提供了無窮可能性的地方，充滿了魔法生物，神秘，陰謀。
I'm very drawn to forests.
我對森林著了迷。
And it's my favorite part of the Hogwarts grounds.
這也是霍格沃茨里我最喜歡的地方。
The advantage of a forest is it can be so many things.
森林的迷人之處在于它包含了太多的東西。
It can be a place of enchantment.
它可以成為一個充滿魔力的地方。
You never imagine a crowd in a forest. It's a solitary place.
你無法想象森林里會有擁擠的人流，這是一個離群索居的地方。
Is it because it used to be a place of shelter and safety to us, I suppose.
我想這是我們尋求庇護和安全的地方。
So I think- I'm very drawn to them. Even though they can be spooky.
盡管森林里可能有可怕的東西，但我就是對它們著了迷。
Jo wrote stories from an early age.
喬很小的時候就開始寫故事。
There was resonant material all around her.
她身邊有那么多靈感元素。
She even lived next door to a graveyard.
甚至她就住在墓地的旁邊。
The family lived in this house.
一家人住在這幢房子里。
Jo and her sister, Di, earned extra pocket money as part-time cleaners of St. Luke's church.
喬和她的妹妹小戴在圣路克教堂做兼職清潔工賺零花錢。
I cannot overstate how cold it got in this church in winter when we were cleaning it. It was freezing.
毫不夸張地說，你無法想像有多冷。我們冬天在這里打掃，冷死了。
For a pound each. It's tragic, really.
每人賺一磅，真的挺慘。
We must be in here loads.
在這里肯定有我們的記錄。
Because we used to sign this book all the time.
因為以前我們總是在這本書上簽名。
Oh, God, I know- Oh, look, it's me. There I am.
上帝，我就知道，看，這就是我，就在這里。
Me and Di together.
我和小戴簽在了一起。
"Joanne Rowling, age 12. Dianne Rowling, age 10."
“喬安妮·羅琳，12歲。戴安妮·羅琳，10歲。”
There's a name I stole for Harry Potter.
我在這里偷了一個名字放在《哈利·波特》里。
For an unpleasant character as well.
還是個討厭的人物。
Hide the book. Lock it away.
把書藏起來，鎖起來。
Heh, heh. Forgotten about that.
我已經忘了這件事了。
Yes.
是的。
