1. Vocabulary and reading The story of J.K Rowling and Harry Potter

2. With the development of society, women play a more important role in our life. There are many outstanding women in the world.
There are some key words about them .
can you guess who they are

3. A black woman
USA
Talk show

4. 奥普拉.温弗瑞

5. A scientst
Radium(镭) polonium(钋)
The Nobel prize

6. 居里夫人

7. Deaf and blind
If you give me light for three days

8. 海伦凯勒

9. Secretary of state in the USA
The wife of the former president

10. 希拉里.克林顿

11. 国内节目主持人。
《正大综艺》 留学
《_____访谈录》
阳光卫视

12. 杨澜

13. Fantasy literature(奇幻文学)
A billionaire（亿万富翁）
Harry Potter

14. J.K.Rowling

17. Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone
哈利波特与魔法石
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
哈利波特与密室
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
哈利波特与阿兹卡巴囚徒
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
哈利波特与火焰杯
Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
哈利波特与凤凰令
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
哈利波特与混血王子
Harry Potter and the Pyramid of Furmat
哈利波特与福马特金字塔

18. Read the passage quickly. Match the questions and the paragraphs
Read the passage quickly. Match the questions and the paragraphs. There is one extra question.
How long did it take to write the series?
b. What is the appeal of Harry Potter?
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5

19. c. What does J.K Rowling plan to do next?
d. Where did the idea for Harry Potter come from?
e. How many people have read Harry Potter?
extra question
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 6

20. f. How did J.K Rowling begin writing the first book?
g. When did success arrive?
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3

21. Into the text:
1. When J.K Rowling added flesh to the bones of the Harry Potter story, she ___.
a. sold the story for food
b. created the other characters
c. gave more details to the main ideas
d. finished writing the story

22. 2. Looking after a baby and writing a book at the same time ___.
is extremely hard work
b. means you haven’t got much money
c. is impossible in Edinburgh
d. make J.K Rowling give up

23. 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

24. 4. Harry Potter stories are so appealing that they___.
must be included in the school
curriculum
b. encourage children to read more
c. are shown on television in other countries
d. have been criticized for bad style

25. 5. The Harry Potter stories___.
a. can now read in only 50 languages
b. are easy to translate
c. have made J.K Rowling very rich
d. are distributed in 55 countries