یادگیری زبان انگلیسی با هری پاتر

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Hey guys

Why the long faces?

who is that?

that man?

He is a murderer

Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison

Harry Potter series of movies

are about three main characters,

Harry, Ron and Hermione

who are students in the Hogwarts school of

witchcraft and wizardry,

and their struggle against the evil witches

and Wizards of the wizarding world.

Each movie in the series

is concerned with a distinct incident

involving these three friends

and He Who Must Not Be Named.

It is a fantasy movie series with

settings different from the real world.

Each movie starts with the beginning of

a new school year

and has various plots and subplots.

At the 64th British Academy Film Awards

in February 2011,

J K Rowling, David Heyman, David Barron,

David Yates, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell,

Rupert Grint and Emma Watson

collected the Michael Balcon Award

for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema

for the series.

In addition,

the American Film Institute recognised

the entire series with a Special Award

at the American Film Institute Awards in 2011.

Although not successful at the Oscars,

the Harry Potter series has gained success

in many other award ceremonies,

including the annual Saturn Awards and

Art Directors Guild Awards.

The series has also gained

a total of 24 nominations

at the British Academy Film Awards

presented at the annual BAFTAs,

winning several,

and 5 nominations at the Grammy Awards.

Now, let’s learn some words and expressions

from the film

If you truly loved her.

No one can know.

That I should never reveal the best of you, Severus?

Your word

Should I tell you to abandon me and save yourself

you must do so.

your word, Harry.

my word

If you have someone’s word

it means that they promise to do something.

In this case is to not reveal the secret.

He seems to relish his fame.

By relish his fame

he means Harry enjoys the benefits of being famous.

To relish means to enjoy an experience

or the thought of something

that’s going to happen.

Don’t say a word against my father.

He means he doesn’t want to hear Snape

insulting his father.

There are a few alternative ways we can say this.

An informal expression that we often use is:

talk trash about somebody.

In formal example is to speak ill of someone.

My father was a great man.

Your father was a swine!

What do you think he means by this word?

Swine is an insult for someone

behaving very rudely and unpleasantly.

Drink the rest

It will contain the curse to your hand

for the time being.

me?

yes,

that ain’t no ordinary cut on your forehead, harry.

A mark like that only comes from being touched

by a curse.

an evil curse at that.

A curse is a word or phrase

intended to invoke a supernatural power

to inflict harm or punishment

on someone or something.

We also use it as a verb.

I think Miss Bell is lucky to be alive.

She was cursed, wasn’t she?

I know Katie.

Off the Quidditch pitch, she wouldn’t hurt a fly.

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