六年级上册英语课件 unit 5 famous people 课件.ppt

The Story of J.K.Rowling and Harry Potter,Unit 5 Famous people,J.K.Rowling,Joanne Kathleen Rowling 乔安妮·凯瑟琳·罗琳,J.K.Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury, England, on July 31, 1965. She studied French at Exeter University and then took a job with Amnesty International in London, the human rights group. The idea for Harry Potter came to Rowling in 1990 during a ride train from Manchester to London. She then went to work on the story. That same year, her mother died, leaving Rowling and the rest of her family heartbroken. It is this loss that shaped the way she wrote about Harry Potter and his dead parents.,J.K.Rowling has formed the habit of writing since the age of six. She kept writing even after she moved to Portugal to teach English. She got married to a Portuguese journalist. The couple had a daughter but later divorced. Then she moved from Portugal to Edinburgh, Scotland. She struggled to support herself and her daughter Jessica while working on her novel.,It took her almost 7 years to finish the first book and after several rejections, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in the United Kingdom in 1997. In America, it is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.,Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone 哈里波特与魔法石,Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 哈里波特与密室,Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 哈里波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒,Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 哈里波特与火焰杯,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 哈里波特与凤凰社,Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 哈里波特与混血王子,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 哈里波特与死圣,Achievements(成就),After the first three titles were published, it seemed like the entire world had Harry Potter fever. Fans camped out at bookstores to get one of the first copies. The books have been translated into more than 55 languages. The series of films score at the box office(票房).,,。