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The Lord of the Rings (A2)

A – Before you start

 Answer the questions with a partner.

1. Do you like fantasy stories? Why (not)?

2. If so, which one is your favourite?3. Have you read The Lord of the Rings or seen any of the fils?

!. What do you know a"out the author #. $. $. %olkien?

B – Listen and answer

 Read these statements. Then listen (without reading) and write T (true) or F (false).

1. The Lord of the Rings has sold ore co&ies all over the world than %he 'i"le.

2. %he first volue of the novel cae out in 1!.

3. It was the first novel %olkien had written.

!. %olkien e*&ected The Lord of the Rings to "e a success.

. %he 'eatles asked +tanley u"rick to direct the fil version of the "ook.

-. %he screen version was filed in ew /ealand.0. %olkien rew u& in 'irinha.

. He "ecae a &rofessor of nlish 4anuae and 4iterature at 'irinha 5niversity.

C – Read and answer

 Read the article and answer the questions.

1. Why did %olkien6s &u"lishers divide his novel into three volues?

2. What6s the connection "etween The Hobbit  and The Lord of the Rings?

3. Who did %olkien write The Hobbit  for?

!. Did he en7oy "ein a cult fiure?

. Which 'eatle wanted to &lay the &art of 8rodo in the fil version of The Lord of the Rings?-. Why did +tanley u"rick refuse to direct the fil?

0. Why did the rock "and 9arillion have to chane their nae?

. Where did %olkien et the idea for the title :%he %wo %owers;?

D – Learn it! Use it!

Complete these sentences with words from the glossar. (!ou ma ha"e to adapt the e#pression in

 some wa$ e.g. change the "erb tense.)

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AnswersB – Listen and answer

1. 8 E %he article says it isn6t as &o&ular as %he 'i"le. 2. % 3. 8 E He had already written The

 Hobbit in 130. !. 8 E He was sur&rised "y its success. . % -. % 0. % . 8 E He tauht at

F*ford 5niversity.

C – Read and answer1. 'ecause they thouht it was too lon. 2. The Lord of the Rings is the seGuel to The Hobbit .

3. He wrote it for his children. !. o, he didn6t. He said it wasn6t at all &leasant. . aul

9cartney. -. 'ecause he thouht the "ook was unfila"le6. 0. %o avoid co&yriht &ro"les,

 "ecause their oriinal nae, +ilarillion, was the title of a %olkien novel. . 8ro "uildins in

'irinha.

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