Unit 2 Onwards and upwards Period 1 Starting out and Understanding ideas课件-【新教材精创】高中英语备课外研版选择性必修第一册

Period 1 Starting Out and Understanding ideas 1. Starting out 2. The analysis of the reading passage 3. Intensive reading of the passage The main topic of this unit Difficulties, Failures and Hardship 不经历风雨怎能见彩虹 没有人能随随便便成功 Thomas Alva Edison Feb 11th 1847—Oct 18th 1931 In order to improve lighting, he began to experiment with various materials again and again, failed again and again, and worked hard for 13 months. He tried more than 6,000 kinds of materials and tested more than 7,000 times before he finally succeeded. Lolita《洛丽塔》 《洛丽塔》卖出了5000万册，是一个永恒的、受人尊敬的经典小说，但一开始不得不忍受出版社的无数次退稿：　　 第一封退稿信：　　 “本社花了很长时间决定不出版纳博科夫的《洛丽塔》，你和我都知道我们不可能出版。书稿你想要回吗？我想你不要了吧？如果这样，我们就自行处理了。不过，请告诉我。不知道有没有出版商愿意买？”　　 第二封退稿信：　　 “应该给精神分析学家读读这本书，很可能已经这么做过了，小说里面包含一些优美的章节，但是它过于令人作呕，即使对于最开明的弗洛伊德学者来说也是如此…我请求将其埋葬一千年。” Vladimir Nabokov 纳博科夫 Russian-American writer April 22, 1899 —July 2, 1977 Don't quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low