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Fear – horror - panic
Scared – frightened – terrified – frozen – crouching - cowering
Aunt Petunia расплакалась and said she couldn’t believe that Dudley looked so handsome and grown-up.
Harry discovered a present wrapped in gold, & his first ever birthday card. Трясущимися пальцами, he opened the envelope.
Harry looked up into the свирепое, wild, shadowy face and saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile.
A braver man than Vernon Dursley would have quailed (струсить) under the суровый look Hagrid now gave him.
When Hagrid spoke, his every syllable сотрясался от ярости.
Uncle Vernon roared. Pulling Aunt Petunia and Dudley into the other room, he cast one last испуганный look at Hagrid and slammed the door behind them.
‘STOP! I FORBID YOU!’ yelled Uncle Vernon in панике.
Aunt Petunia gave a ахнула от ужаса.
At that moment, Uncle Vernon, still мертвенно-бледный but looking very злой, moved into the firelight.
Hagrid had вскочил на ноги. In his гневе he seemed to fill the whole hut.
The Dursleys were пригнулись against the wall.
Uncle Vernon was glaring at Hagrid and his fists were сжаты.
Dudley sat on the sofa застыл от страха.
Dudley squeaked (взвизгнул) and ran to hide behind his mother, who was сидела на корточках, напугана, behind Uncle Vernon.
Hagrid вышел из себя and granted Dudley a pig’s tail.
Hagrid
| A giant of a man was standing in the doorway. His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair. | |
| an enormous hand | fierce, wild, shadowy face and saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile. |
| bushy eyebrows | gamekeeper |
Agree or disagree with the statements, using the expressions:
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| totally, definitely, absolutely, certainly, of course, sure, it’s true, you are right, quite correct, I guess so | definitely not, of course not, surely not, you are mistaken, that’s not true, I’m afraid that’s wrong, it’s wrong |
1. Harry was always wearing Dudley’s old school uniform.
2. Harry received the first letter and found that he was a wizard.
3. Uncle Vernon moved Harry into Dudley’s second bedroom upstairs.
4. The books were the only things in the Dudley’s room that looked as though they’d never been touched.
5. On Sunday thirty or forty letters came out of the fridge.
6. The Dursleys drove far away from home and stayed at a comfortable hotel.
7. The whole shack shivered when Hagrid knocked at the door.
8. Hagrid gave Harry a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing.
9. Hagrid fried sausages which tasted awfully.
10. The Dursleys were in panic, terrified, trembling with horror, crouching, cowering against the wall.
11. Harry read in the letter that he was accepted to Hogwarts.
12. Muggles are non-magic people.
13. Voldemort lost his powers and was weak to carry on.
Questions exploded inside Harry’s head like fireworks
Imagine you are Harry. What questions would you ask Hagrid?
Story Plan
Introduction
In chapters 3 and 4 Harry receives letters from somebody he doesn’t know, meets Hagrid, discovers the truth about his parents’ death and that he is a wizard.
Events Chapter 3
Key points:
1. Ordinary summer morning at the Dursleys’
2. First letter to Harry
3. Uncle Vernon destroys all the letters
4. The Dursleys drive away
5. Knock at the door
(Dudley in his school uniform • Aunt Petunia dying Harry’s school uniform • Harry’s first letter • The scene when Harry gets his first letter • Dudley’s second Bedroom • The hallway fight • Getting up Early for the mail • Uncle Vernon going crazy • Mail through the Chimney • “We’re going away.” • The Drive • Hotel • The island/ To the island • Night on the island)
Events Chapter 4
Key points:
1. Hagrid comes in
2. Hagrid’s present and the letter from Hogwarts
3. Hagrid tells about Harry’s parents
4. Hagrid tells about Voldemort
5. Hagrid awards Dudley a pig’s tail
Conclusion
Why are the chapters called “ The Letters from No One ” and “ The Keeper of the Keys ”?
