...Harry Potter – the new ugly duckling. Everyone has heard of J.K. Rowling’s book about Harry Potter, which have had their triumph all around the world. The books, which have achieved a total sale of more than 35 million copies, in over 35 languages, are very thick but are being swallowed by children and teenagers who can’t get enough. Everyone knows the story of the little wizard, who must go through much evil in the human world, in order to find happiness at Hogward’s school for wizards. Hogward lies in a parallel world that’s populated with strange creatures and that offers exciting adventures. In this world Harry leads the battle against the evil Lord Voltemort and his followers with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly, which are the names of his best friends. Lord Voltemort, who wants to fight to get the power in the wizard world, exposes Harry to the most terrible dangers in all of the books. J.K. Rowling has planned out seven books about Harry, which are expected with great excitement every time a new book in the series appears. Before a new release people are queuing in front of the book stores to get the first copies. The story about the author is an adventure which is similar to the transformation Harry is exposed to in the switch from the muggler-world, the name for the boring human world, and the wizard world. Joanne Kathleen Rowling herself had to go through some very painful things before she became famous. She is born in 1965 as a daughter to a Scottish French...
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...HANOI UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES ---------- GRADUATION PAPER B.A DEGREE IN ENGLISH A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN NOMINAL CLAUSE IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE EQUIVALENTS Supervisor : Nguyễn Thị Hưởng, MA Student : Đặng Thị Thơi Student ID : 0541180107 Group : ĐHTA2 – Intake 5 Hanoi, May, 2014 DECLARATION I certify that no part of the report has been copied or reproduced by me from any other person’s work without acknowledgement and that the report is originally written by me under strict guidance of my supervisor. Date of submitted: May 05, 2014 StudentĐặng Thị Thơi | SupervisorNguyễn Thị Hưởng | | | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS For the accomplishment of this study, I have received a great deal of support and assistance from many dedicated individuals. First of all, I would like to express my faithful and deepest thanks to my supervisor, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong (M.A) for her useful references, excellent advices and readiness during my study process. Secondly, I would like to show my gratitude to all teachers at Faculty of Foreign Language, Hanoi University of Industry for their support during the time of the course. I want to thank all linguists and grammarians whose researchers have been quoted in this study. My thanks also go to my beloved family and my friends who always stand by my side and encourage me from my reparation until the completion...
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