Fans around the world (5) _______ for hours to be among the first to see the film...

Harry Potter Film Takes $168m to Break Ticket Records

The (1) ______ Harry Potter movie has shattered box office records in the US and Canada, taking $168m over its opening weekend.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 had already made $92.1m on its opening day, said the film’s distributor, Warner Bros. The (2) ______ opening weekend record was held (3) ______ Batman film The Dark Knight, (4) ______ took $10m.

The Potter film is the eighth movie in the hugely popular franchise. Fans around the world (5) ______ for hours to be among the first to see the film, which was based on the second part of JK Rowling’s seventh and final book in the series.

Most cinemas were showing the film in 3D, which slightly increased the ticket (6) ______ .

The (7) ______ Potter film series has so far earned more than £4bn worldwide, not including the final film’s takings so far. Internationally, the film had taken $157.5m by Friday. “A billion dollars is (8) ______ going to happen,” said Dan Fellman, head of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. It has been 10 years (9) ______ the first movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was (10) ______ . It made stars of its young cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

The (1) ______ Harry Potter movie has shattered box office records in the US and Canada...

Match words with their translation

Why did Katie and her friends stop chattering in the car?

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

What can one conclude about modern children from the text?

What is stated in the text about technology developers?

What does Russell Hampton know about teenagers?

Generation Gap

As president of the Walt Disney Company’s children’s book and magazine publishing unit, Russell Hampton knows a thing or two about teenagers. Or he thought as much until he was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Katie, and two friends to a play last year in Los Angeles.

“Katie and her friends were sitting in the back seat talking to each other about some movie star; I think it was Orlando Bloom,” recalled Mr. Hampton. “I made some comment about him, I don’t remember exactly what, but I got the typical teenager sigh and Katie rolled her eyes at me as if to say, ‘Oh Dad, you are so out of it.”

After that, the back-seat chattering stopped. When Mr. Hampton looked into his rearview mirror he saw his daughter sending a text message on her cellphone. “Katie, you shouldn’t be texting all the time,” Mr. Hampton recalled telling her. “Your friends are there. It’s rude.” Katie rolled her eyes again.

“But, Dad, we’re texting each other,” she replied. “I don’t want you to hear what I’m saying.” Mr. Hampton turned his attention back to the freeway. It’s a common scene these days, one playing out in cars, kitchens and bedrooms across the country.

Children increasingly rely on personal technological devices like cellphones to define themselves and create social circles apart from their families, changing the way they communicate with their parents. Adults and teenagers alike found a form of easy communication unknown to the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, and his daughters.

And the computer, along with the Internet, has given even very young children virtual lives distinctly separate from those of their parents and siblings.

Social psychologists who have studied the social impact of mobile communications, say these trends are likely to continue as cellphones turn into mini hand-held computers, social networking devices and pint-sized movie screens.

“For kids it has become an identity-shaping and psyche-changing object,” Ms. Turkle said. “No one creates a new technology really understanding how it will be used or how it can change a society.”

What is mentioned in the text about Russell Hampton?

He _____ a book by the end of the week.