You may be in memory of the place where you learned to ride your first bike or the door frame where your parents tracked your heights. But would that nostalgia (怀旧) be enough for you to drop half a million to buy back the house?
If you’re author J.K. Rowling and your childhood home inspired certain parts of what would become one of the most well-known fiction series to ever exist, it’s worth considering. As it turns out, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling owns her childhood home, Church Cottage at Tutshill in Chepstow, according to the Daily Mail.Rowling quietly obtained the gothic-style (哥特式) cottage when it went on the market back in 2011 for $400,000.
Now, the secret is out, as this week, Rowling and her husband applied for renovation (翻新) projects of the house, after years of no activity. The district council has granted the couple planning permission to install two windows and rebuild the garage.
Rowling lived here from ages 9 to 18, marking her territory by scrawling “Joanne Rowling slept here, about 1982”on the wall when she was 17, reports The Daily Mail.
The home includes a cupboard under the stairs, which is believed to have been the inspiration for Harry's room at the Dursley family’s house. Rowling also got the name for the Quidditch team Tutshill Tornados from the name of the house’s street.
Some wise fans were able to connect the dots leading to the home, often trying to visit it. “There are always members of the public asking to come in to see the house,” Julian Mercer, the home’s former owner, told BBC. “But we haven't let them in.”
【小题1】Why did Rowling buy back the cottage at a great cost?| A．Because it was a place Rowling once lived in. |
| B．Because it gave her inspiration of her most well-known Fiction series. |
| C．Because it the price of the house increased. |
| D．Because it was a gothic-style cottage that Rowling liked. |
| A．rebuilding | B．purchase | C．consideration | D．structure |
| A．Rowling would make it convenient for readers to pay a visit to the cottage. |
| B．The cottage in the possession of others can’t reflect its value. |
| C．Some parts of the building might need rebuilding for Rowling’s family. |
| D．Some elements of the cottage are named after the great series of Rowling. |
