霍格沃茨

11111	be convinced     被动。   深信  ， 当时；   overactive  过分积极。  过于天马行空，异想天开；  怪癖 quirk   mortgage 按揭贷款 , 不足以陌生 scuttled off  down   小碎步跑   ；  比喻；  最后奔向了古典学； 比喻最后的选择。
	2008  哈佛毕业典礼 flown  academically    学习达到相当高度，  像鸟已经废的很高。
	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    史诗；   epic ；   大规模的，  我可以说是一败涂地， 我输的一塌糊涂。   imploded   向内塌陷，   fears my parents  come to pass   发生    by  standard  按照什么标准。    tunnel   比喻隧道，  前途渺茫。 不知道要走多久。
	benefits of failure :   stripping away  去掉，抛去   除去 ，揭掉 inessential   in- 否定，  不必要 rock bottom   跌落谷底， 最低点。   fail by default   ;
	adversity   逆境；  经过逆境的考验。
	as ....  so .....      表示 比较，相同点。