英语发言稿我上的英语课外班,老师让我们每个人要写一篇发言稿,介绍一个电影或者一本书之类的!

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英语发言稿
我上的英语课外班,老师让我们每个人要写一篇发言稿,介绍一个电影或者一本书之类的!

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The Harry Potter books are a series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) in 1997, the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success worldwide, spawning films, video games, and a wealth of other items.
The six books to date have collectively sold more than 300 million copies "J. K. Rowling". Accessed 23 March 2006. and have been translated into more than 63 languages. The first volume has been translated into Latin and even Ancient Greek, HP in Ancient Greek. Accessed 25 November 2006. making it the longest work in that language since the novels of Heliodorus of Emesa in the 3rd century AD. Greek Harry Accessed 25 November 2006. Due to the tremendous success of the novels, Rowling has become the richest writer in literary history. Watson, Julie and Kellner, Tomas. "J.K. Rowling And The Billion-Dollar Empire". Forbes.com, 26 February 2004. Accessed 19 March 2006. English language versions of the books are published by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom and internationally, and Scholastic Press in the United States, Allen & Unwin in Australia and Raincoast Books in Canada.
A large portion of the narrative takes place in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and focuses on Harry Potter's struggles against the dark wizard Lord Voldemort. At the same time, the books explore the themes of friendship, ambition, choice, prejudice, courage, growing up, love, moral responsibility, and the complexities of death, and are set against the expansive backdrop of a hidden magical world with its own complex history, diverse inhabitants, unique culture, and parallel societies.
Six of the seven planned books have been published, and the seventh, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be released on 21 July 2007 Release date announced on J.K. Rowling's website. The most recently published book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was issued in an English language version on 16 July 2005.
The first four books have been made into very successful motion pictures by Warner Bros. The fifth, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix began filming in February 2006, and is scheduled for release on 13 July 2007, eight days before the final book is due out.