When the shooting of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was complete, it was much more than a movie wrap-up (结束).
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, told The Sunday Times that he’s happy to have the time for romance now filming is over. Emma Watson, who is Hermione Granger in the movies, said she looked forward to “finally being free, being my own person” – a change signaled by her new haircut.
Daniel Radcliffe, who has been the face of the boy wizard since 2001, said that he “did cry like a little girl” when the last movie finished.
“It’s like the ending of a relationship,” he told The Vancouver Sun. “There’s a sense of, ‘God, what am I going to do now?’” He said he was eager to see “what life holds for him beyond Hogwarts”.
Along with the three actors, Harry Potter fans, now in their late teens, came of age with J.K. Rowling’s characters. For them, the last film isn’t just a goodbye to a decade of magic, but the close of their childhoods.
“We are the Harry Potter generation,” Canadian Andrea Hill, 19, told The Vancouver Sun. “We started in elementary school, reading about a boy our age who was going through the same things we were going through. We grew up, so did he.”
For Emily Chahal, an 18-year-old student, the series has been an inspiring journey. “That first book was what started my love of literature. It was the inspiration for everything – really teaching me to appreciate my friends, and to face difficulties with a sense of courage,” she said. “I have a sense of sadness. The end of the movies is kind of the end of my childhood, too.”
Fortunately, to the delight of die-hard fans, there are many things that keep the boy wizard alive. For example, in June this year, a Harry Potter theme park opened in Florida, US.
Some schools in the US and UK also have Quidditch teams – players ride broomsticks. “We’re not waiting anymore to see what happens to Harry next,”
Hill told The Vancouver Sun. She founded a Quidditch club at Carleton University in Canada. “We’re still engaged in that magical world.”
小题1:.
How did Emma Watson feel when she finished the shooting of the Harry Potter series?
A．She cried like a little girl.
B．She was ready to move onto something new.
C．She was happy to have the time for romance.
D．She felt it was like the end of a relationship.小题2:.
. What did Daniel Radcliffe mean by saying he was eager to see “what life holds for him beyond Hogwarts”?
A．He was bored with life in Hogwarts.
B．He couldn’t wait to graduate from Hogwarts.
C．He missed life in Hogwarts now he had left.
D．He was looking forward to new life out of Hogwarts.小题3:.
. The series has brought Emily Chahal all the following EXCEPT _______.
A．the chance to live in a magical world
B．the courage to face difficulties
C．the appreciation of her friends
D．encouragement to love literature小题4:.
What is the main focus of the article?
A．Celebration of the close of childhood.
B．Fans’ love for the Harry Potter series.
C．Mixed feelings about the end of the series.
D．Excited anticipation of the opening of the Harry Potter theme park.
