Bob: Rags to riches, right? I read she was on the dole when she wrote the first book.

Yijun: Now look at her. She’s a billionaire.

Bob: I guess the true magic at work involved her computer rather than a wand and a broom.

Yijun: Now you can’t tell me you don’t like her story.

Bob: I get enough of Harry Potter from my children. Besides, I’m a Lord of the Rings man, myself.

Yijun: How can you compare them? Harry Potter is way better.

Bob: Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings fifty years before Harry Potter, thank you very much.

鲍伯：由穷至富吗?我看报导说她写第一本小说时靠领失业救济金过活。

怡君：现在看看她。她可是亿万富翁呢。

鲍伯：我猜她的计算机才有真正管用的魔法，而不是魔杖和扫帚。

怡君：你不能跟我说你不喜欢她的故事了。

鲍伯：我的小孩让我受够了《哈利波特》。此外，我自己是个《魔戒》迷。

怡君：你怎么能拿他们比在一起?《哈利波特》好太多了。

鲍伯：托尔金早《哈利波特》五十年就写了《魔戒》，谢谢你喔。

重点解说

★ rags to riches 由穷至富。rag是指‘破烂衣衫’，比喻穷苦

★ on the dole 接受失业救济金的

★ billionaire (n.) 亿万富翁

★ involve (v.) 牵涉，包含

★ wand (n.) 魔杖

★ broom (n.) 扫帚

★ I’m a...man. 我是一个…迷。

★ compare (v.) 比较)