Learn English with Harry Potter

#9. The Mirror


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Published: 18 Jan 2020   [ UPDATED OCT 2026 ]
Level 4 (B1+)   |   Time: 3:52
Accent: British

Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised and sees what he wants most in his life.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Head boy n. - a top student in a school who represents other students to teachers
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ The Quidditch Cup n. - a sports trophy [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Bloody hell! exp. - Wow!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a desperate desire exp. - something you really really want
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ waste away phv. - slowly die
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ go mad exp. - become crazy
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ It does not do to... exp. - It is not good to...
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ dwell on v. - focus too much on (in an unhealthy way)

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Harry from Harry Potter Ron from Harry Potter Dumbledore from Harry Potter
Harry Potter Ron Weasley Dumbledore
  • Harry and Ron are in their first year at Hogwarts.
  • Harry's parents died when he was a baby.
  • Harry recently received a magic invisibility cloak as a gift.
  • Dumbledore is one of the professors at Hogwarts.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. Harry sees his parents in the mirror.
    True
    False

  2. Harry's parents talk to him through the mirror.
    True
    False

  3. Ron sees Harry's parents in the mirror.
    True
    False

  4. Ron sees many terrible things about his future life in the mirror.
    True
    False

  5. The mirror shows the future.
    True
    False

  6. Dumbledore is angry when he finds Harry looking at the mirror.
    True
    False

  7. The mirror shows people their deepest desires.
    True
    False

  8. A truly happy person would look at the mirror and only see his or her true reflection.
    True
    False

  9. Dumbledore tells Harry he can learn a lot from the mirror.
    True
    False

  10. Dumbledore thinks looking at the mirror can be dangerous.
    True
    False

  11. Dumbledore plans to move the mirror to a new location.
    True
    False

  12. Dumbledore encourages Harry to spend more time looking in the mirror.
    True
    False

Score:



Story Order 이야기 순서 Ordem da história Orden de la historia Порядок подій


Directions: Put the events in the correct order, then press Check.

  1. Harry creeps into an unused classroom and finds an old mirror.
  2. Harry sees his mother and father in the reflection.
  3. Harry rushes back to his dormitory, pulls Ron out of bed, and brings him back to the mirror.
  4. Ron sees only himself and Harry, but Harry tells him to look properly.
  5. Then Ron sees himself as head boy holding the Quidditch Cup.
  6. Ron wonders if the mirror shows the future.
  7. Dumbledore finds Harry back at the mirror.
  8. Dumbledore explains that the mirror shows people their most desperate desires.
  9. Dumbledore warns Harry that men have wasted their lives looking at the mirror.
  10. Dumbledore asks Harry not to look for it after it is moved.

Score:



Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?


  1. That's me! Only, I'm [ top student leader ] and I'm holding the Quidditch Cup! And [ wow ], I'm Quidditch Captain too!

    [ head boy ]   [ bloody hell ]



  2. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most [ intense longings ] of our hearts.

    [ desperate desires ]



  3. Men have [ slowly died ] in front of it, even [ become insane ].

    [ wasted away ]   [ gone mad ]



  4. [ It's unwise to ] [ think too long about ] dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

    [ It does not do to ]   [ dwell on ]



Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática Граматика (see vs look)


Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instruções:: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a oração.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

Інструкції: Виберіть слово або вираз, який найкраще завершує речення.


  • Mum? Dad?
  • Ron! You've really got to this! Ron! You've got to this! Ron, Ron, come on. Get out of bed!
  • Why?
  • There's something you've got to . Now, come on!
  • Come on. Come. Come . It's my parents!
  • I only us.
  • properly. Go on. Stand there. There. You them, don't you? That’s my dad.
  • That's me! Only, I'm head boy and I'm holding the Quidditch cup! And bloody hell, I'm Quidditch Captain too! I good.
  • Harry, do you think this mirror shows the future?
  • How can it? Both my parents are dead.
  • Back again, Harry? I that you, like so many before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised.
  • I trust by now you realize what it does. Let me give you a clue. The happiest man on earth would the mirror and only himself, exactly as he is.
  • So, then it shows us what we want? Whatever we want?
  • Yes...and no. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts.
  • Now you, who have never known your family, you them standing beside you.
  • But remember this, Harry. This mirror gives us neither knowledge nor truth. Men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad.
  • That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home, and I must ask you not to go it again.
  • It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

Score:



Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково



Sentence 1

Harry / sneak / into / empty / classroom / use / magic / cloak / and / find / dusty / old / mirror

Harry sneaks into an empty classroom using his magic cloak and finds a dusty old mirror.



Sentence 2

he / look / in / mirror / and / see / parent / smile / back / him

He looks in the mirror and sees his parents smiling back at him.



Sentence 3

Harry / run / back / Gryffindor / tower / and / wake / up / Ron / show / him / mirror

Harry runs back to Gryffindor Tower and wakes up Ron (in order) to show him the mirror.



Sentence 4

when / Ron / look / mirror / Harry / expect / him / see / parent / as / well

When Ron looks in the mirror, Harry expects him to see his parents as well.



Sentence 5

however / Ron / see / self / as / head / boy / hold / Quidditch / cup

However, Ron sees himself as head boy, holding the Quidditch Cup.



Sentence 6

Ron / ask / Harry / mirror / show / future / but / Harry / know / it / not / because / parent / dead

Ron asks Harry [if/whether] the mirror shows the future, but Harry knows (that) it can't because his parents are dead.



Sentence 7

sometime / later / Dumbledore / find / Harry / sit / front / mirror

Sometime later, Dumbledore finds Harry sitting in front of the mirror.



Sentence 8

he / explain / mirror / show / people / deep / desire

He explains (that) the mirror shows people their deepest desire(s).



Sentence 9

because / Harry / never / know / parent / mirror / show / them / stand / beside / him

Because Harry never knew his parents, the mirror shows them standing beside him.



Sentence 10

Dumbledore / warn / Harry / mirror / give / neither / knowledge / nor / truth / and / ask / him / not / come / look / it / again

Dumbledore warns Harry (that) the mirror gives neither knowledge nor truth and asks him not to come looking for it again.



Sentence 11

final / he / tell / Harry / it / not / good / dwell / dream / and / forget / live

Finally, he tells Harry (that) it is not good to dwell on dreams and forget to live.



Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir Слухайте і повторюйте


Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1
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You've really got to see this! Ron, you've got to see this!



Clip 2
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Ron, come on. Get out of bed!



Clip 3
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There's something you've got to see. Now, come on!



Clip 4
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I only see us.



Clip 5
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There. You see them, don't you?



Clip 6
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Do you think this mirror shows the future?



Clip 7
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I see that you, like so many before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised.



Clip 8
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I trust by now you realize what it does.



Clip 9
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The happiest man on earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is.



Clip 10
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It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts.



Clip 11
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That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. What does Harry see in the mirror? What does Ron see? Why do they see different things?
  2. Would you rather see the past or the future in the mirror? Why?
  3. If you could look and see your real future, how many years in the future would you like to see?
  4. Harry and Ron didn't choose. The mirror showed them their true desire. What do you think you would see in the mirror? (i.e. What are the deepest and most desperate desires of your heart?)
  5. Dumbledore says that the mirror cannot give him knowledge or truth. What does he mean? Why does he say this?
  6. Who (what kind of person) do you think made the mirror? Be creative. Use your imagination.
  7. Harry is in danger of becoming addicted to the mirror. Are you addicted to anything (other than your phone) — a game, coffee, shopping? Do you think it is a dangerous addiction?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Harry: Mum? Dad?


Harry: Ron! You've really got to see this! Ron, you've got to see this! Ron, Ron, come on. Get out of bed!

Ron: Why?

Harry: There's something you've got to see. Now, come on!

Harry: Come on. Come. Come look. It's my parents!

Ron: I only see us.

Harry: Look in properly. Go on. Stand there. There. You see them, don't you?

Ron: That's me! Only, I'm head boy, and I'm holding the Quidditch Cup! And bloody hell, I'm Quidditch Captain too! I look good. Harry, do you think this mirror shows the future?

Harry: How can it? Both my parents are dead.


Dumbledore: Back again, Harry? I see that you, like so many before you, have discovered the delights of the Mirror of Erised. I trust by now you realize what it does. Let me give you a clue. The happiest man on earth would look into the mirror and see only himself, exactly as he is.

Harry: So, then it shows us what we want? Whatever we want?

Dumbledore: Yes...and no. It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest and most desperate desires of our hearts. Now you, who have never known your family, you see them standing beside you.

Dumbledore: But remember this, Harry. This mirror gives us neither knowledge nor truth. Men have wasted away in front of it, even gone mad.

Dumbledore: That is why tomorrow it will be moved to a new home, and I must ask you not to go looking for it again. It does not do to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.

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