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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Harry Potter author receives honorary doctorate 哈利波特作者獲榮譽博士學位
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling received an honorary doctorate in recognition of the help she has given researchers into multiple sclerosis.
哈利波特作者J.K.羅琳獲頒榮譽博士學位，以表彰她對多發性硬化症研究人員的裨助。
Rowling, whose mother died of the wasting disease of the nervous system, was awarded a Doctorate of Laws by Aberdeen University in Scotland.
羅琳的母親就是死於這種神經系統耗損疾病，蘇格蘭亞伯丁大學授予她法學博士學位。
The writer of best-selling tales about a young wizard is president of the Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland and has donated substantial sums to Aberdeen University's Institute of Medical Sciences for its research into the illness.
這位創作年輕巫師暢銷故事的作者是蘇格蘭多發性硬化症協會的主席，並捐贈了可觀的款項給亞伯丁大學醫學研究所，贊助研究該疾病。
"J.K. Rowling is best known because of a book that she wrote in a cafe in Edinburgh which has made her a household name," Neva Haites, head of the university's College of Life Sciences and Medicine, told the award ceremony at Aberdeen's Marischal College.
「J.K.羅琳最為人知的是她在愛丁堡咖啡館內寫下的一本書，這本書使她成為家喻戶曉的人，」亞大生命科學與醫學院院長妮娃．黑提斯在亞伯丁瑪莉雪學院的授贈典禮上表示。
"However, what is less well known is Ms. Rowling's significant contribution to many charitable causes." Haites said Rowling had taken on leadership of the MS Society Scotland after discovering "what she called 'the appallingly poor quality of care available to people with multiple sclerosis in Scotland'."
「然而，較不為人知的是羅琳女士對許多慈善事業的重大貢獻。」黑提斯說，羅琳在發現「她所稱『蘇格蘭多發性硬化症病患的駭人照護品質』」後，接掌蘇格蘭多發性硬化症協會。
Rowling smiled to acknowledge the audience's applause as she received the honor."I am thrilled…It is very exciting," she told reporters afterward.
羅琳在接受這項榮銜時，微笑向觀眾的掌聲致意。她後來告訴記者︰「我非常激動…令人感到非常興奮。」
新聞辭典
honorary doctorate：榮譽博士。
multiple sclerosis：多發性硬化症，簡稱MS。
household name：家喻戶曉的人或事。例句︰Bill Gates is a household name.（比爾蓋茲家喻戶曉。）
leadership：領導能力、領導地位。例句︰The vice president took over the leadership of the country. （副總統接掌了國家領導權。）
