Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册外研版（教师用书）

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①inform[ɪn'fɔːm]vt.通知，告知

②dread[dred]vt.畏惧，惧怕(相当于fear)

dread doing sth害怕做某事

③one's heart sinks 某人心情沉重/情绪低落(用于表示失去信心或希望)

④rarely['reəli]adv.很少，难得

⑤overnight[ˌəʊvə'naɪt]adv.突然，一下子，一夜之间

⑥rejection[rɪ'dʒekʃ(ə)n]n.[

We Regret to Inform① You...

“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads② receiving，but words every writer knows well.The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it，[1]their hearts sinking③ when they reach that final sentence.You may have spent years giving up your weekends and free time to write your life's work，yet still this is often not enough.Everyone knows that success rarely④ happens overnight⑤，but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have

我们遗憾地通知您……

“我们遗憾地通知您……”这是每个作家都害怕收到的话，但又为每个作家所熟知。出版商的回复来了，作家急切地展开阅读，当他们读到那最后一句时，心随即跌落谷底。你可能花了数年，放弃了周末和空闲时间去创作你的毕生作品，但这往

C，U]拒绝，否决

a rejection letter 回绝信

reject [rɪ'dʒekt]vt.拒绝接受，不予考虑

⑦take...for example 以……为例

[拓展]与example相关的其他短语：set an example(for/to sb) (为某人) 树立榜样

follow one's example 以某人为榜样，仿效某人

for example(＝for instance) 例如

⑧have...in common with与……有共同之处

⑨survive on 靠……生存

[近义]live on靠(……钱) 生活

⑩nevertheless[ˌnevəðə'les]adv.然而，不过

⑪persevere[ˌpɜːsɪ'vɪə]vi.锲而不舍，坚持不懈

persevere in(doing) sth坚持(做) 某事

perseverance[ˌpɜːsɪ'vɪərəns]n.[U]毅力

⑫turn sb down 拒绝某人

turn one's invitation down 拒绝某人的邀请

⑬all too often有太多时候，太过频繁(表示坏事发生次

previously faced rejection⑥.

　　[1]their hearts sinking是“名词＋v.­ing”构成的独立主格结构，作状语。

Take for example⑦ J．K.Rowling.When she received her first rejection letter，she decided that it meant she now had something in common with⑧ her favourite writers，and stuck it on her kitchen wall.Rowling had spent years surviving on⑨ little money，[2]spending all her time writing.When she finally finished her first book，she received comments from publishers along the lines of “too difficult for children”，“too long”，“Children would not be interested in it”．Nevertheless⑩，she persevered⑪.“I wasn't going to give up until every single publisher turned me down⑫，but I often feared that would happen，” she later posted.After a total of twelve rejections，one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book，and as we know，Harry Potter became a global success，[3]with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.

[2]spending all her time writing是v.­ing 短语作状语。

[3]此处属于“with＋宾语＋宾补”构成的with复合结构，作状语；books与sell、translate之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。

All too often⑬ writers of great works have had to face criticism⑭ along with

往通常还不够。每个人都知道成功很少突然降临，但也许没有多少人知道，很多卓越的作家也都曾被拒稿。

以J.K.罗琳为例。当她收到第一封回绝信时，她认为这意味着她现在和她最喜欢的作家们有了共同之处，并把这封信贴在了厨房的墙上。罗琳过了很多年拮据的生活，她把所有的时间都花在写作上。当她终于写完她的第一本书时，她收到的出版商的评价却是“对孩子们来说太难了”“太长了”“孩子们不会对它感兴趣”。尽管如此，她还是坚持了下来。“我不会放弃的，除非每一个出版商都拒绝我，但我经常担心那会发生，”她后来说道。在总共被拒绝了12次之后，终于有一位出版商同意出版她的第一本书并印刷500本，之后，正如我们

数太多)

⑭criticism['krɪtɪsɪz(ə)m]n.[U，C]批评，指责

criticise['krɪtɪsaɪz]vt. & vi.批评

critical['krɪtɪkl]adj.批评的，挑剔的

critic n．[C]批判家，评论家

⑮struggle to do sth努力做某事

⑯manuscript['mænjʊskrɪpt]n.[C]手稿，底稿

⑰当work on中的on是介词时，该短语表示“从事于”或“对……有作用”，可视具体语境翻译成相应的汉语，如：work on a novel写小说、work on me对我起效；当on是副词时，该短语表示“继续工作”

⑱best­seller[ˌbest'selə]n.[C]畅销书，畅销产品

⑲overall adj.全面的，综合的

⑳go to sb由某人得到，被授予某人

Who did the award for Best Actress go to？谁获得了最佳女演员奖？

rejection.J.D.Salinger started writing short stories in high school，but later struggled to⑮ [4]get his works published.“We feel that we don't know the central character well enough” was the criticism he received on his manuscript⑯ for The Catcher in the Rye.Despite rejections from several publishers，J.D.Salinger refused to give up.Even [5]when serving in the US Army during the Second World War, he carried six chapters of The Catcher in the Rye with him and worked on⑰ the novel throughout his war service.When it was eventually published，the book became an immediate best­seller⑱ and went on to sell millions and millions of copies.

[4]get his works published是“使役动词get＋宾语＋宾补”结构。his works是宾语；published是过去分词形式作宾语补足语，his works与publish之间为逻辑上的动宾关系。

[5]此处属于时间状语从句的省略，其完整形式是“when he was serving...Second World War”。因主句的主语和从句的主语一致且从句谓语中包含be动词的某种形式，故省略了从句的“主语＋be”部分。

Perhaps the overall⑲ prize for perseverance should go to⑳ three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print.This，however，was a time when women were not encouraged to become writers.As the

所知，《哈利·波特》在全球大获成功，销量超过4亿册，并被翻译成70多种不同的语言。

那些写出伟大作品的作家在被回绝的同时，还要遭受批评，这太普遍了。J.D.塞林格高中时开始写短篇小说，但后来自己

的作品却难以发表。“我们觉得我们无法充分理解主角”，这是他《麦田里的守望者》的手稿所受到的批评。尽管遭到几个出版商的拒绝，J.D.塞林格也从未放弃。甚至在第二次世界大战期间，他在美国军队服役时，也随身带着《麦田里的守望者》的六章内容，并在整个战争服役期间致力于这部小说的创作。最终这本书一经出版，便立即成了畅销书，卖出千百万册。

或许坚持不懈的最高荣誉应该给予英国维多利亚时代的三