Intro
Harry Potter's at it again, waing his wand round and getting into trouble. In this part of the series, Harry Potter is chosen to compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, a competition between three schools of magic.
Listen to Taylor and Dave chat about the movie.
Dave: Harry Potter& the Goblet of Fire, ah, come out, I think, last week.
Taylor: Yes,last week
Dave: Yeah, it's number one, number two in the box office right now. It's supposed to be a phenomenal movie
Taylor: You know, there's always been an interest in movies about wizardry, you know,but never has anything been quite as popular until Harry Potter. It's pretty impressive.
Dave: Yeah, yeah. It is kind of a landmark, I dont know, story, in that respect, isnt is?
Taylor: Mm hm
Dave: This, now, in the Goblet of Fire version, this is where the characters start to come of age, I think they're hitting puberty now. Harry Potter, he shows a little bit of stubble on his face.
Taylor: Finially reaching his namesake
Dave: Right,"hairy" Potter
Taylor: Right
Dave: Good call.
Taylor: Do you know what,really, is the key element of the story?
Dave: I dont know. I saw the preview online. AH, just this morning.
Taylor: Mm hm
Dave: And, it seems to center around some sort of competition. So maybe the "Goblet of Fire" is similar to the Olympics trophy, or something?
Discussion
The Harry Potter series have been extremely successful worldwide. Over 250 million copies of the books have been printed. The creator of the series, J.K.Rowling is the world's first billionaire writer.After the Queen, she is the richest woman in England. I guess you could say that she is "Rowling in the money". Have you read any of the Harry Potter books, or seen any of the movies? what do you think about them?
Vocab
puberty
Definition
n.period of time when youro body begins to change (i.e/ growing facial and body hair,ect.)
Examples
Girls reach puberty earlier than boys
stubble
Definition
n. short facial hair on a man
Examples
I like to have a little bit of stubble on my face
namesake
Definition
n. the meaning or origin of someone's name
Examples
George Bush shows all the intelligence of his namesake, George Bush, Senior
key element
Definition
n. most important point or piece of something
Examples
The key element in a White Russian is vodka
box office
Definition
n. the place where you buy tickets at a music hall or theatre
Examples
I reserved three tickets at the box office for Martin Lawrence's new movie
phenomenal
Definition
adj. amazing, exceptional, better than most things
Examples
This pizza is phenomenal. I 've never eaten pizza this good in my whole life
wizardry
Definition
n. magic
Examples
I've always loved books about wizardry and other types of magic
landmark
Definition
n. groundbreaker or trend-setter; first of its kind;very important
Examples
This is a landmark film because it changed the way directors made movies
come to age
Definition
v. become adults
Examples
Legally, in the United States you come of age when you turn 18
