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SectionⅠ Startingout&Understandingideas
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WeRegrettoInformYou...
“Weregrettoinformyou...”Thesearethewordsthateverywriter
dreads[1]receiving,butwordseverywriterknowswel.Theresponsefroma
publishercomesbackandthewritereagerlyopensandreadsit,[2]their
heartssinkingwhentheyreachthatfinalsentence.Youmayhavespent
yearsgivingupyourweekendsandfreetimetowriteyourlifeswork,yet
stilthisisoftennotenough.[3]Everyoneknowsthatsuccessrarelyhappens
overnight,butperhapsnotmanyknowthatalotofhighlysuccessfulwriters
havepreviouslyfacedrejection.
[1]receiving为动名词,在此作dreads的宾语。
[2]theirheartssinking是独立主格结构,这样显得语言简练。
[3]句中的两个that引导的皆是宾语从句,but连接并列句,表示转折
关系。
TakeforexampleJ.K.Rowling.Whenshereceivedherfirstrejection
letter,shedecidedthatitmeantshenowhadsomethingincommonwithher
favouritewriters,andstuckitonherkitchenwal.Rowlinghadspentyears
survivingonlittlemoney,[4]spendingalhertimewriting.Whenshefinaly
finishedherfirstbook,shereceivedcommentsfrompublishersalongthelines
of“toodifficultforchildren”,“toolong”,“Childrenwouldnotbeinterested
init”.Nevertheless,shepersevered.“Iwasntgoingtogiveupuntilevery
singlepublisherturnedmedown,butIoftenfearedthatwouldhappen,”she
laterposted.Afteratotaloftwelverejections,onepublishereventualy
agreedtoprint500copiesofherfirstbook,[5]andasweknow,HarryPot-
terbecameaglobalsuccess,[6]withover400milionbookssoldandtransla-
tedintomorethanseventydifferentlanguages.
[4]spendingalhertimewriting为现在分词短语作状语。
[5]and连接并列句,as引导非限制性定语从句,代替后面整句的内容。
[6]withover400milionbooks...是with的复合结构,其构成为“with
+宾语+宾语补足语”。
[词汇检索]
①regrettodosth.遗憾
地去做某事
regretdoingsth.后 悔
做过某事
②sinkvi.下沉;沉下;坐
下(sank,sunk)
③previouslyadv.以 前,
预先
④takeforexample 以
……为例
⑤have...incommon 与
……有共同点;与……
共有
⑥stick...on把……贴在
……上
⑦survivev.存活,生存,
挺过
survivaln.幸免;幸存;
生还
survivorn.幸存者;生
还者
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Altoooftenwritersofgreatworkshavehadtofacecriticismalong
withrejection.J.D.Sa