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A Writer's Dream

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים למתחילים.

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The idea for the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came to Joanne Kathleen Rowling in 1990. It took her seven years to finish writing it. During those seven years, she had a number of jobs, including one job as an English teacher in Portugal.

Rowling sent the book to four publishers before one of them bought it. She was very happy to sell her book because it was her life’s dream to be a published writer. Before she sold her book, Rowling was living in a small apartment with her daughter and was very poor. She could not afford heat in the winter. 

 Harry Potter became very successful with children and adults in England. The book also really took off in the United States. After her second and third books were published, the three Harry Potter books filled the top three places on many newspapers’ lists of best-sellers then the books were made into popular movies. Without question, Rowling’s life had completely changed, in just three years. 

Harry Potter has now sold more than 30 million books around the world and has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. In 1997, she earned £70 (about US$110) a week. By the end of 2001, she had earned over £150 million ($250million), making her one of the most successful female writers of all time. 

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Publish /pə-blish/ verb לְפַרְסֵם

    print of sell books, magazines, or newspapers.

    They publish new books.

  • Translate /tran(t)s-ˈlāt/ verb לתרגם

    change from one language to another

    Please translate this English sentence to Hebrew.

  • Earn /ˈərn/ verb להרוויח

    to get money by working

    Doctors earn a lot of money.

  • Afford /ə-ˈfȯrd/ verb לְהַרְשׁוֹת לְעַצמוֹ

    to have enough money to be able to buy something

    I can’t afford to buy a Lamborghini.

  • Apartment /ə-ˈpärt-mənt/ noun דִירָה

    room for living in a building or house.

    My boyfriend and I live in an apartment.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Which books have you read that are also movies?
  2. Which did you enjoy more – the books or the movies?
  3. Which books have you read that were translated from other languages?
  4. What is the best seller book from your country?
  5. What do you think about J.K. Rowling?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. Which sentence is true about the first Harry Potter book?

  2. How many languages has Harry Potter been translated into?

  3. Which sentence is true about Rowling?

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