时间:2019-01-04 作者:英语课 分类:2007年VOA标准英语(七月)


英语课
By Zulima Palacio
Washington, D.C.
24 July 2007
 


The new book "Harry 1 Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the fastest-selling book in history with record sales around the world. Producer Zulima Palacio prepared the story. Jim Bertel narrates 2 it.






The seventh and final book in the series,


The seventh and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"



"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" broke sales records in the U.S and in Britain during it first 24 hours on the market. According to the publisher, Scholastic 3 Corporation, the seventh and final book of the series written by J.K. Rowling sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S. on Saturday (July 21st) and 2.65 million copies in Britain.


Children around the world waited in long lines to get a copy of the final book in the Harry Potter series. An executive from the publisher compared the excitement, anticipation 4 and plain hysteria of the book's release to the Beatles' first visit to the U.S.






The Harry Potter series has sold more than 325 million books worldwide since 1997, making it the biggest children's book series ever, according to Bloomberg, a financial information network


The Harry Potter series has sold more than 325 million books worldwide since 1997, making it the biggest children's book series ever, according to Bloomberg, a financial information network



The new book topped last year's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as the fastest-selling book in history.


The Harry Potter series of books, movies and CDs has become a multi-billion dollar franchise 5. According to Bloomberg, a financial information network, the Harry Potter series has sold more than 325 million books worldwide since 1997, making it the biggest children's book series ever.


Nielsen BookScan says all the figures were provisional and that full and final numbers will be announced later this week. In the meantime, Potter-mania continues in bookstores around the world.




vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天,人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )
  • It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
  • Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网
adj.学校的,学院的,学术上的
  • There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题。
  • This would do harm to students' scholastic performance in the long run.这将对学生未来的学习成绩有害。
n.预期,预料,期望
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。
n.特许,特权,专营权,特许权
  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
学英语单词
a nine days' wonder
alannah
alderlin
allogenetic
alumina ceramic
arnosky
ASSR,A.S.S.R.
astronaut productivity
automatic obedience
Bacillus ovisepticus
bile cyst
Bolivina
cash poor
co-crystallizing
coal pile
connector base
cosi2 high power-added efficiency
croisilles har.
cyano groups
Dammam
data loss
delivery of vessel
destructive animal
detrusion ratio
Dexromaplatin
discrete or integral variates
Ediswan wiring system
efficiency production
elective purchaser
erosus
euro-americans
ffore
Fodda, Oued
G-System
gas-to-gas heat exchanger
gastronomes
gate-drain overlap
god'n
graphite celectrode
Great Exuma
hawse
highway user's benefit
i-strangled
IkTORIVIL
impartest
indexing chart
jacol
jockey valve
laurinburg
lead silver ore
long-term frequency stability
makes no difference to
male parent line
measurement of non linear distortion
metal deactivating agent
methods of fluxions
milliarium
minor switch
minsed
model rule
multifuel fired boiler
n-tuple
neeves
novene
okiseius subtropicus
operation efficiency rate
oral-lateral
Piper's manometer
pliomerids
prebreak-in
prestress without bond
production values
pulp tester
pure holding company
Pyatigorsk
range of uses
rear fender
rider
right of territorial sea
right-hand mounted
rotary cut
sack handling
salting (-out) evaporator
sarcolactate
single slot winding
single-phase series motor
sparries
splurges
stairchairs
static wick discharger
threshold potential
topliner
tradesperson
Villacaňas
viscaria
visual feature
vivo per lei
Volvox aureus Ehrenb.
vomero-nasal organ
Wilson experiment
zebrasoma scopas
zigzaggery