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  3. Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper t

Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper t

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问题    Most people spend their daily commutes trying desperately to shut out the world around them. 【F1】Whether it’s bumper-to-bumper traffic on the highway or body-to-body passengers on the subway, getting from point A to point B often means zoning out to preserve your reason. But instead of losing herself in a pop song, Joanne Rowling took advantage of a long train ride to come up with an idea that would generate billions of dollars and bring countless joy to fans around the world.
   "One weekend after flat hunting, I took the train back to London on my own, and the idea for Harry Potter fell into my head," Rowling said. 【F2】"CoincidentaIly, I didn’t have a pen and was too shy to ask anyone for one on the train, which frustrated me at the time, but when I look back it was the best thing for me. It gave me the full four hours on the train to think up all the ideas for the book."
   【F3】Although Rowling would start putting pen to paper to tell Harry’s story that very evening, life would throw her a series of curveballs that delayed the book’s completion. Rowling’s mother passed away and the budding author relocated from England to Portugal. There, she was briefly married to Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes, but the union didn’t work out. She moved back to Edinburgh, Scotland, with her newborn daughter, Jessica, But during this trying time Rowling still found the energy to chip away at the book.
   Finally, in 1995, Rowling completed the manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (later known in America as Sorcerer’s Stone) and began shopping it to publishers. The early feedback didn’t predict well for Rowling’s career as an author. 【F4】But in August 1996, Bloomsbury saw potential in Rowling’s story and made her an offer despite initially having a few hang-ups. Barry Cunningham, who worked at Bloomsbury at the time, said "I loved the story and the heroism, I liked the friendship between the three main characters, the owls and magic was great."
   【F5】Barry’s instincts didn’t fail him, and thanks to his support Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone hit shelves in the UK in June 1997, signaling the dawn of the Potter Era. The single mother who had to live off of welfare found herself richer than the Queen of England in the span of a few short years.
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答案碰巧的是，当时我没带笔，又太害羞，在车上不敢问人借。这让我很沮丧。不过，回想起来，这对我来说是最好的安排。
解析 ①本句是并列句，包含一个定语从句和一个时间状语从句。分句1本身是and连接的并列句，连词and后省略了主语I，and前后分别为主谓宾结构和主系表结构。②which引导一个定语从句，同时作从句的主语。该定语从句先行词是which前的所有内容，指罗琳当时没有带笔又不好意思借笔这件事。③分句2包含when引导的时间状语从句，说明罗琳是在什么时候认为it was the best thing for me，it指代的也是上文中提到的没有笔又不好意思借笔这件事情。
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