霍格沃茨

11111	be convinced 被動。 深信 ， 當時； overactive 過分積極。 過於天馬行空，異想天開； 怪癖 quirk mortgage 按揭貸款 , 不足以陌生 scuttled off down 小碎步跑 ； 比喻； 最後奔向了古典學； 比喻最後的選擇。
	2008 哈佛畢業典禮 flown academically 學習達到相當高度， 像鳥已經廢的很高。
	Seven years after my graduation day, I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-livedmarriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modernBritain, without being homeless. The fears my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself,had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew. That period ofmv life was a dark one. and I had no idea how far the tnnel extended. and for a lono time. anv lioht
	on an epic scale 史詩； epic ； 大規模的， 我可以說是一敗塗地， 我輸的一塌糊塗。 imploded 向內塌陷， fears my parents come to pass 發生 by standard 按照什麼標準。 tunnel 比喻隧道， 前途渺茫。 不知道要走多久。
	benefits of failure : stripping away 去掉，拋去 除去 ，揭掉 inessential in- 否定， 不必要 rock bottom 跌落谷底， 最低點。 fail by default ;
	adversity 逆境； 經過逆境的考驗。
	as .... so ..... 表示 比較，相同點。