Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• puberty
• stubble
• namesake
• key element

• box office
• phenomenal
• wizardry
• landmark

• come of age

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Harry Potter’s at it again, waving 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 I chat about the movie.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dave

Taylor

Dave:  Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, ah, came 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 don’t know, story, in that respect, isn’t it?

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:  Finally 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 don’t 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?

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