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Book 6 Module 2 The Story of J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter

Teaching aims: Learn something more about J. K. Rowling and Harry Potter.

Develop a positive attitude towards life.

I.Introduction 1. Background knowledge

a. Are you familiar with this movie? b. Have you ever watched any of the Harry Potter film series? c. Do you know the author of Harry Potter series? Say as much as you know about the author. 2. Predicting before Reading

Harry Potter is designed for _______.

A. schoolchildren

B. adults

C. young people II. Skimming 1: Match the main ideas with the paragraphs. Para. 1

A. How long did it take to write the series?

Para. 2

B. When did success arrive? Para. 3

C. Where did the idea for Harry Potter come from? Para. 4

D. What is the appeal of Harry Potter?

Para. 5

E. How many people have read Harry

Potter? Para. 6

F. How long did it take to write the series?

2.

Listen to the text and choose the best answer 1．When J.K.Rowling added flesh to the bones of the Harry Potter story, she________

A: sold the story for food

B: gave more details to the main ideas C: created the other characters

D: finished writing the story 2．Looking after a baby and writing a book at the same time________

A: is extremely hard work

B: is impossible in Edinburgh

C: means you haven’t got much money

D: make J.k.Rowling give up

3. As soon as the first book was a success, ________

A: J.k.Rowling finished the series more quickly than planned B: the publishers asked her to finish one book a year C: she wrote The Order of the Phoenix D: it was clear that the others would be successful too. 4. Harry Potter stories are so appealing that they________

A: must be included in the school curriculum B: are shown on television in other countries

C: encourage children to read more

D: have been criticized for bad style 5. The Harry Potter stories ________

A: can now read in only 50 languages

B: have made J.K. Rowling very rich C: are easy to translate

D: are distributed in 55 countries III. Careful Reading Para 1 When and where did the idea for Harry Potter come to her?

Para 2-Para 4 What difficulties are mentioned in Para 2? What was Rowling's attitude to difficulties?

She was _________and __________all the difficulties. What should we do when we meet difficulties? Para 5-Para 6 （true or false）

1. The books appeal to readers of all ages. 2. Rowling's books have been translated into only 50 languages. 3. Rowling has attained the status of being the first writer to become a millionaire. Ⅳ. Post Reading & Summary

J.K.Rowling grew up in the southeast of England. She was on a delayed train when the idea for Harry Potter came to her suddenly. She wrote down the idea on the back of 1_____ envelope in case she missed the 2_________(inspire). And then she continued to add flesh to the bones of the story. Later, she developed other books of the series. There are some anecdotes behind the story. Rowling had to look 3_____ her baby daughter. She was too poor to own a typewriter 4_____ she had to write by hand. In order to save the heating at home, she even spent several hours 5______ (write) in a warm cafeteria and ordered only a cup of coffee. But she tried to overcome all the 6________（difficult）.

It was in 1997 7_______ she finished writing the first book of Harry Potter. It took her about ten years 8_________(complete) the whole series. Although some people criticized the books, they appealed 9_______ readers of all ages. And they 10______________(translate)into many kinds of languages and Rowling has thus become the first billionaire writer. V. Homework

1. Read the passage fluently and remember the phrases in the text.

2. Tell J. K Rowling’s story in your own words.

（注：哈利波特一至七部的英文名称分别是）

《哈利波特与魔法石》：Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's（Philosopher's) Stone，

《哈利波特与密室》: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

《哈利波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒》:Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

《哈利波特与火焰杯》: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

《哈利波特与凤凰社》: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

《哈利波特与混血王子》:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

《哈利波特与死亡圣器》:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Language points 1. …because they appeal to readers of all ages…

appeal 常用作不及物动词。

(1) 意为“有吸引力；引起兴趣”, 常与介词to连用。

e.g. Does the idea of working for a foreign enterprise appeal to you?

你有没有兴趣到外企去工作? (2) 意为“呼吁；恳求”。appeal for sth.

e.g. They are appealing for money to build a new school.

他们呼吁希望得到钱来建一所新学校。

appeal to sb. for sth. 向某人呼吁某事

appeal to sb. to do sth. 呼吁某人做某事

appeal n. (1) 意为“吸引力; 感染力;魅力”, 常用作不可数名词。

(2) 意为“恳求;呼吁”, 常用作可数名词make an appeal to sb.for sth 2. She had the extra burden of looking after her baby daughter while she worked. burden n 负担, 重负

be a burden to sb ….是某人的负担

e.g. 他不想成为孩子们的负担

He don’t want to be a burden to children

burden v 使负重, 加重压于

burden sb with

让某人负担

be burdened with/ by sth

肩负…的重担

e.g. 1. 我不想以我的烦恼来加重她的负担

I don’t want to burden her with my troubles.

2. 他肩负家庭的重担

He is burdened with family 3. It was only in 1997 that she completed the first Harry Potter story.

本句为强调句型，此处强调时间状语。

强调句型的判断方法：将强调句结构中的It is/was...that/who...去掉，如果句子

所剩下的部分不缺少任何成分(句义完整，无语法错误)，这个句子就是强调句，否则就是其他从句。

(1)强调句型基本结构：

肯定句式：It is/was＋强调部分＋that/who＋非强调部分.

疑问句式：Is/Was it＋强调部分＋that/who＋非强调部分？

特殊疑问词＋is/was it＋

that＋非强调部分？

(2)含有not...until的句式：It is/was not until＋强调部分＋that＋非强调部分．

①It was in 2014 that my brother graduated from the university. 我哥哥是在2014年大学毕业的。

②When was it that he left here? 他是什么时候离开这儿的？