J.R.R. Tolkien and A Legend He Created Tolkien's grand themes would play out in the world of Middle Earth. It was a world created in his head but 1) imbued with his two greatest loves -- languages and

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: To Middle Earth - that's where author J. R. R. Tolkien transported readers in The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings to follow the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and this creature? (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE

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The Lord of the Rings author was JRR Tolkien. He was a Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University in England. He died in 1973, aged 81. He signed the movie rights to a company in Hollywood in 1969. This included rights to sell

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By Paul Burge London 26 June 2007 The most expensive stage show ever has opened in London's West End. Transformed from page to screen and now the stage, J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy The Lord of the Rings opened (Tuesday, June 19th) at the British

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Parents want their children to read Charles Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' more than any other book during their lifetime. A survey by the University of Worcester discovered one in five parents wanted their children to experience the Victorian

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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Many Hobbit fans were excited or worried when Peter Jackson announced Monday that he will stretch the originally planned two-part adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy-adventure The Hobbit into a trilogy, some

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俚语: 小傻瓜,小笨蛋 英语中有关傻瓜的表达大有泛滥之嫌,不过用时可要小心,弄不好有时会得罪人的!比如,之前我们讲过的dumbbell和chowderhead,其侮辱意味较浓,因此不能随便用在朋友身

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Today we meet the English word folly, and we visit a strange old building and an art exhibition. Lets start with the word folly. I guess you know what foolish means. If someone is foolish, he or she does stupid or unwise things. We can call such a pe

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Are you less than 170cm tall? Do you have hairy feet and toes? You do? Then there may be a job for you. Let me explain. You have probably heard of the writer JRR Tolkien. He wrote the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and a number of other books. His boo

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