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在新西兰,追随霍比特人足迹 　　There are three popular stories about The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand. 　　The first is the tale of a wealthy 1）Tolkien fan from the U.S.， who asked the makers of the movies’ One Ring to come up with a costly gold 2）replica， then hired a helicopter to fly him over Mount Doom， where he threw it into the flaming inferno. At least， that’s how they tell it in Wellington. In Nelson， it’s a woman， a spurned lover， who threw her One Ring wedding band into the mouth of the volcano. Then there’s the story of the six-foot-three German tourist who arrived at Hobbiton dressed as， well， a very tall hobbit， who felt so at home in one of the hobbit holes there that he squashed himself in and refused to leave for 12 hours. In Auckland， they’ll tell you he was Belgian. 　　The Lord of the Rings has been big business in New Zealand ever since Wellington-born director Peter Jackson decided to film his 3）trilogy here， back in the late 1990s. Now， with the release of The Hobbit： An Unexpected Journey—the first 4）installment in the new movie trilogy spun from the far shorter book—there’s another opportunity to attract Tolkien devotees. 　　The biggest name in the game right now is Hobbiton， a sheep farm that doubled as the Shire for both trilogies. It’s about two hours’ drive from Auckland， near Matamata； stop at any of the creaking small-town cafes along the way（“Collect your Hot Mail here！” reads the proud sign on one） and you’ll bump into a minibus full of 5）pilgrims on the same journey. 　　Jackson’s location scouts saw potential in Alexander Farm’s rolling green hills， lake， and， crucially， large pines—one of which would eventually become Bilbo’s party tree. After filming was completed in 2004， the set was 6）dismantled， before anyone realised that a massive opportunity had been missed. When it was rebuilt for The Hobbit， the farm fought to keep its hobbit holes. 　　The post-LOTR hobbit holes resembled a 7）Changing Rooms project gone bad， with plain 8）MDF facades f