home Objectives In this unit, you will Objectives — listen to an interview with the actor who played Harry Potter; — read a story about Harry Potter; — enlarge your vocabulary for talking about magic stories; — get some tips about the use of inversion in English; — read an interview with J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter; — read and write a summary. main Listening and Speaking Text A Grammar Tips Text B Comprehensive Exercises Practical Reading and Writing Warm-up Joanne Kathleen Rowling and Harry Potter Warm-up-Background Information Discussion Background Information Warm-up Born in Gloucestershire, England, Joanne Kathleen Rowling grew up in the south-western part of that country. Rowling’s childhood experiences shaped her future literary creations. She explored the English countryside, visiting castles and historical sites which inspired her imagination. Warm-up-Background Information Background Information Discussion Warm-up Rowling excelled in literature classes. She wrote funny, fantastical tales, especially the Potter siblings whose name she later used for her novels. As a teenager, Rowling dreamed of ing a published author whose books were sold in stores. Studying languages at Exeter University in order to be employable as a bilingual secretary, Rowling graduated with a degree in French and Classics. This scholarly knowledge aided her later clever construction of characters in the Harry Potter books. Warm-up- The use of the Warm-up Background Information Discussion Rowling did not like her secretarial duties, often writing instead of working. She also often visited her mother. During one of these train trips, Rowling struck on an idea about an orphaned boy wizard named Harry Potter and began inventing characters and settings. She outlined seven books on Harry’s adventures at the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft and his battle against evil forces. Each book would be about one year of Harry’s schooling as he aged
