Pre-reading

Question: Why is the man called the Hobbit?

Intensive Reading

This news is about a lawyer. His name is Yuri. He is from Moscow. He moves to a forest. He lives there in a hut. He has a white rabbit.

这条新闻是关于一名律师的。他的名字叫尤里。他来自莫斯科。他移居到一座森林里。在那儿他住在一个小屋里。他有一只小白兔。

Yuri’s hut is underground. It has a door. It looks like a hobbit door. People call Yuri the Hobbit.

尤里的小木屋在地下。它有一个门。它看上去像一个霍比特人的门。人们称尤里“霍比特人”。

The Hobbit makes videos, and puts them on YouTube. He also gives lectures on The Cherry Orchard. He has 4,500 books. He shares his books with people.

这个“霍比特人”做视频，并把它们放到油管上。他还在樱桃园讲课。他有4500本书。他和人们分享他的书。

Notes:

1. hut：n. (木头、泥、草或石头搭成的) 小屋，木屋。

2. underground：adj. 地下的，也可以作副词，意为“在地下”。

3. hobbit：n. 霍比特人; 传说中居住在洞穴里的矮人族。

4. share：v. 分享，“与某人分享某物”即share sth. with sb.。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

What does the man do in the forest?