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A. Can we talk to our friends there? B. Have you got Harry Potter DVDs? C. What are you reading? D. You can give the books back in two weeks. E. You can use the computers. |
Lingling: Hi, Amy!
Amy: Hi, Lingling. I'm reading a Harry Potter book.
Lingling: Oh, good! We like Harry Potter in China, too.
Amy: No, I haven't. But we can borrow them in the library.
Lingling: That's great! What can we do in English libraries?
Amy: We can do lots of things. You can borrow books, videos and CDs. You can do your homework.
Lingling:
Amy: No, you can't. You can't talk to your friends.
Lingling: I see! When can I return the books?
Amy:
Lingling: Why don't we go to the library and borrow the Harry Potter videos together?
Amy: That's a good idea.
J.K. Rowling is the writer of Harry Potter. She was born in Bristol on July 31st, 1965. She has one sister who is two years younger than her. Both girls loved listening to their father reading bedtime stories to them. They especially loved stories about magical worlds. Rowling wrote her first story, called Rabbit, at the age of six. In 1992 Rowling began to teach English. She lived with her baby daughter, Jessica, and spent much time finishing the first Harry Potter book for young readers. It appeared in June 1997. To her surprise, the book was greatly successful. The film came out in November 2001. Now Harry Potter series (系列) is popular with people of all ages and about 60 million books were sold in 200 countries. She says she will go on living a normal life with her daughter and writing children's books.
