偶像作文之我的偶像是Jkrowling英语作文.docx

1、偶像作文之我的偶像是Jkrowling英语作文我的偶像是Jkrowling英语作文【篇一：j k rowlings biography】 j.k. rowling biography j.k. rowling (b. july 31, 1965, in chipping sodbury, england) became an international literary sensation when the first three installments of her harry potter childrens book series took over the top three slo

2、ts of the new york times best-seller list. the phenomenal response to rowlings books culminated in 2000, when harry potter and the goblet of fire became the fastest-selling book in history. early struggles author. born joanne kathleen rowling, on july 31, 1965, in chipping sodbury, near bristol, eng

3、land. a single mother living in edinburgh, scotland, rowling became an international literary sensation in 1999, when the first three installments of her harry potter childrens book series took over the top three slots of the new york times best-seller list after achieving similar success in her nat

4、ive united kingdom. the phenomenal response to rowlings books culminated in july 2000, when the fourth volume in the series, harry potter and the goblet of fire, became the fastest-selling book in history. a graduate of exeter university, rowling moved to portugal in 1990 to teach english. there, sh

5、e met and married the portuguese journalist jorge arantes. the couples daughter, jessica, was born in 1993. after her marriage ended in divorce, rowling moved to edinburgh with her daughter to live near her younger sister, di. while struggling to support jessica and herself on welfare, rowling worke

6、d on a book, the idea for which had reportedly occurred to her while she was traveling on a train from manchester to london in 1990. after a number of rejections, she finally sold the book, harry potter and the philosophers stone (the word philosopher was changed to sorcerer for its publication in a

7、merica), for the equivalent of about $4,000. the book, and its subseqent series, chronicled the life of harry potter, a young wizard, and his motley band of cohorts at the hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. fame and fortune by the summer of 2000, the first three harry potter books, harry po

8、tter and the sorcerers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets and harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban earned approximately $480 million in three years, with over 35 million copies in print in 35 languages. in july 2000, harry potter and the goblet of fire saw a first printing of 5.3 mil

9、lion copies and advance orders of over 1.8 million. after a postponed release date, the fifth installment, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, hit book stores in june 2003. the sixth installment, harry potter and the half blood prince, sold 6.9 million copies in the united states in its first

10、 24 hours, the biggest opening in publishing history. prior to its july 2007 release, the seventh and final installment in the harry potter series, harry potter and the deathly hallows was the largest ever pre-ordered book at chain stores barnes noble and borders, and at rowling, now britains 13th w

11、ealthiest womanwealthier than even the queendoes not plan to write any more books in the series, but has not entirely ruled out the possibility. a film version of harry potter and the sorcerers stone, directed by chris columbus was released in november 2001. in its opening weekend in the u.s., the f

12、ilm debuted on a record 8,200 screens and 1 smashed the previous box office record, earning an estimated $93.5 million ($20 million more than the previous recordholder, 1999s the lost world: jurassic park). it ended the year as the top-grossing movie of 2001. the second and third films in the series

13、 opened in november 2002 and june 2004 respectively, each enjoying similar record-breaking box office success. harry potter and the goblet of fire, directed by mike newell, was released in 2005. the fifth movie, harry potter and the order of the phoenix released in july 2007, featured screenwriter m

14、ichael goldenberg, who replaced steve kloves, writer of the first four films. in 2009, the film version of harry potter and the half-blood prince is scheduled to hi theaters on july 17. the movie is expected to gross several million at the box office. the potter films are scheduled to come to an end

15、 in 2011. after harry potter although j.k. rowlings harry potter series is finished, the author continues to work on more written works. her newest book hit bookshelves on november 4th, 2008, at a tea party for 200 school children at the national library of scotland in edinburgh. the book, the tales

16、 of beedle the bard is a collection of five fables mentioned in rowlings wildly popular harry potter book series. rowling donated all the royalties from the book to childrens high level group, a charity she co-founded to support institutionalized children in eastern europe. on december 26, 2001, j.k

17、. rowling married the anesthetist dr. neil murray at the couples home in scotland. they have two children together david (b.2003) and mackenzie (b. 2005). rowling has one child, jessica (b. 1993) from her previous marriage. ? 2011 ae television networks. all rights reserved. 2【篇二：j.k rowling】 she is

18、 challenging something, j.k. rowling, because you cant put them down. j.k. rowling was born joanne rowling on july 31, 1965. from an early age, rowling wanted to be a writer. at the university of exeter, rowling studied french, graduating in 1987. she moved to london, working in many jobs, including

19、 amnesty international, a charity she continues to support. in 1990, she first conceived of the idea for harry potter, and on a delayed train journey from manchester to london, ideas began to come to her. on december 30th, 1990, her mother, who had been battling multiple sclerosis, died at the age o

20、f 45. the flaws of other people, the complexity of this adult world in harry potters foundamental. as the book perpetrates, you see that families are very complex. to escape her grief, she accepted a job teaching in portugal, where she married journalist jorge arantes. the couples daughter jessica w

21、as born in 1993. the marriage ended in divorce in 1995. she moved back to edinborough, scotland, where she finished writing the first potter book. in august 1996, bloomsbury, a small publishing company agreed to release the book harry potter and the philosophers stone for an advance of around 3,000

22、dollars. rowling was asked to use initials, as a pseudonym, to attract more male readers. rowling chose k, for kathleen, as her second initial, to honor her grandmother. book sales started to take off, and a grant from a scottish arts council enabled rowling to write full time. then, scholastic corp

23、 agreed to pay about 200,000 dollars for the us rights. in 1998, the author was awarded the british book award for childrens book of the year. there was a rather strange phenomenon where all my friends with children. we are going on about these books and were reading them. i was sort of slightly sus

24、pect. frankly, the grown-ups whore obsessed with childrens books, and i thought its a sign that they are poorly educated. and i started the first book, and i looked it up and it was three days later. i read four of them, and er, and i got it and i understood they, they are the cracker of childrens l

25、iterature. she is a really nice woman, im, im her biggest fan. one of the things about harry potter which makes it so great is that young children from watch it to grannies, i mean, everyone has something and on so many different levels they can relate to harry potter.revenues from the books, films

26、and other merchandise bearing harry potter images has made rowling one of the richest people in the world, wealthier than queen elisabeth. on december 26, 2001, rowling married dr neil murray at the couples home in scotland. the couple add two additional children: david gordon and mackenzie jean. in

27、 the late 1990s, the author found herself the target of a lawsuit, claimed that the books were based on the series published in 1984. the case was found to be without merit. rowling again found herself on the defensive. this time, a parent school in the us wanted the books banned from school librari

28、es. the school board decided the books could stay. the fifth installment hit bookstores in june 2003, and the sixth, released in 2005, sold 6.9 million copies in the united states in its first 24 hours. the final book, the deathly hallows, was released in july of 2007. while it was the end of harry

29、potter, j.k. rowling continues to write.【篇三：高三英语周考题十一】 仁化二中2010届高三英语周考测试题(十一) 命题教师：滕向萍 考试用时：50分钟 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） there was once a farmer _31_worked hard every day. one day when he was hoeing _32_ the sunshine, he suddenly _33_(hear) a loud sound ?peng?. he turned around and _34_(hurry) to

30、the tree. there he found _35_ rabbit dying. he took hold of the rabbit with excitement. “_36_ a good rabbit! i?ll have it for dinner!” then he had a good idea, “why not wait for more rabbits here? it?s cool under the tree.” so he dropped off his hoe and _37_(wait) there. _38_ , day after day, there

31、were no more rabbits coming. what was _39_(bad), all his crops were dead. the story tells us that if you want to get something, you must _40_ hard for it. remember, “no pains, no gains!” 阅读理解。（共两节，每小题2分, 满分40分） 第一节 仔细阅读以下文章从每小题四个选项中选出一个最佳的选项。（每小题2分，共30分） a litter is garbage-like food, paper, and can

32、s-on the ground or in the street. where many people live together, litter is a problem. people don?t always put their garbage in the garbage can. it?s easier to drop a piece of paper than to find a garbage can. but litter is ugly. it makes the city look dirty. the wind blows a lot of paper far away. they are often difficult to catch. when they blow against a fence they stay there. this fence is a wall of garbage. litter is a health problem, too. food and garbage sometimes can bring animals some bacteria(细菌) and diseases. some people want to control litter. they never throw litter