高中英语第一册上unit 12 Art and literature Reading 2 ppt.pptVIP

Pre-reading Questions 1. Have you read the book or watched the film? Do you like it? Why? 2. Have you ever tried doing a magic trick? 3.Do you know of any other heroes who have strange powers? Describe “Harry” or “Hogwarts” in your own words. Hogwarts unusual…/magic For Harry,… important lesson… makes friends… …brave… …truth/ a dark secret… …power of love/ the real world Discussion Why does Rowling use strange creatures in her books? Rowling uses strange creatures in her books to add to the magic effect of the story. Do you think that we can learn about the real world by reading novels? * Harry Potter is a wizard who is eleven years old when our story begins. Long before the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, begins, Harrys parents are killed in a battle with the evil Lord Voldemort. We first meet Harry when he is living with his repulsive and non-magical (or Muggle) Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon Dursley, and their even more revolting son, Dudley. Following a bizarre but hilarious chain of events, Harry finds himself at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with an outrageous cast of characters, which includes super-smart Hermione Granger, vile Draco Malfoy, sinister Professor Snape and the wise Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. J K Rowing’s signature↓ J K Rowling said: When Goblet of Fire was published I was desperate to go into a bookshop at midnight and see childrens reactions, so this time Im really pleased I could. Much of the pleasure of being published for me is meeting the children who are reading the books. The Harry Potter books have sold over?200 million copies world wide. In the UK alone, they have won numerous prizes, including three Smarties Gold Awards, two Childrens Book Awards, two British Book Awards for Childrens Book of the Year in 1997 and 1998, the Young Telegraph Paperback of the Year Award in 1998, and the Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year in 1999 . Skimming Para. 1 The world of JK Rowli