Take Away English-Harry Potter Film Premiere 哈里波特首映式

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The fifth Harry Potter film, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix²', premiered in London on 3rd July under stormy skies, in torrential rain.

However, the weather didn’t deter³ the many fans, who gathered in Leicester Square to see the stars of the film arrive. Some fans had camped out overnight to make sure they got right to the front of the crowd.

Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, arrived at the premiere with a large umbrella to avoid getting drenched⁴. He told reporters that the new film is darker than the previous ones, and there’s not so much direct comedy as in previous films.

However, the young wizard is no longer a child – Daniel was 10 when he first played the role but is now 17, so the new film addresses some more mature emotional issues. The film features Harry’s first on-screen kiss, with Cho Chang, played by Katie Leung. The film will be on general release from 13th July.

The stars of the film were immortalised in concrete at the Los Angeles premiere at Graumans Chinese Theatre. They made hand, foot and wand prints to join the many famous people who have already made their mark there.

Author of the Harry Potter books, JK Rowling was also at the premiere, and talked about finishing the final book in the series, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. She said she was very emotional at having finished the series, and that it had been "a hell of a month".

The seventh and final book will be released on 21st July, and over 1.5 million orders have already been placed in bookshops. In addition, plans are already afoot for the movie adaptation of the 6th book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'.

So look out for more Harry Potter soon!

GLOSSARY 词汇表
premiered 首映 deter 阻止 camped out 露宿 darker 严肃 wizard 巫师 mature 成熟的 on-screen 屏幕上 immortalised 不可磨灭的 made their mark 烙下印迹 afoot 着手, 准备	torrential 急流的, 洪流的 stars 明星 drenched 淋湿 comedy 喜剧 addresses 提到 emotional 感情上的 on general release 全面上映 wand 魔棒 a hell of a (用来加重语气)极恶劣的; 不象样的; 使人受不了的 adaptation 改编

 

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

4 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》