内容正文:
外研
选择性必修
第一册
inform
dread
rarely
overnight
rejection
nevertheless
persevere
criticism
manuscript
rye
v. 通知,告知
v. 畏惧,惧怕
adv.很少,难得
adv. 突然,一下子
n. 拒绝,否决
adv. 然而,不过
v. 锲而不舍,坚持不懈
n. 批评;指责
n. 手稿,底稿
n. 黑麦
Words and Expressions
Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.
best-seller Victorian
laureate
Poet Laureate
classic
endurance
guarantee
delighted
outcome
n. 畅销书,畅销产品
adj. 英国维多利亚(女王)时代
n. 重要奖项获得者
桂冠诗人
n. 名著,经典作品
n. (忍)耐力
n. 保证;确保
adj. 愉快的,高兴的
n. 结果,后果
Words and Expressions
Unit 2
P2 Understanding
ideas
Onwards and upwards
4
Before
reading
J.K.Rowling
J.D. Salinger
Emily Brontë
Have you read any of the three books?
Who are the writers?
What do you know about them?
Research these writers online and match them to the information.
J.D. Salinger
Emily Brontë
J.K.Rowling
1. ____________ has the same birthday as his/her most famous character: 31 July.
2. ____________ may have written and hidden
several unpublished works.
3. ____________ had to pay to have his/her poetry published.
Now share anything else you know about these writers with the class.
P18 1
They are considered as successful writers, but their success didn’t happen overnight.
Read the passage and find out what problems the writers overcame.
While-reading
Read and finish the tasks as quickly as possible.
What problems did the writers overcome?
Writers Problems they overcame
J.K. Rowling
J.D. Salinger
Emily Brontë
She spent years surviving on little
money and her first book received
criticism from publishers and was
rejected twelve times.
He received criticism and rejections
from publishers.
At that time, women were not
encouraged to become writers. Their
book of poems which they wrote
under male names only sold two copies.
P18 2
1. Life Is Hard for Female Writers
2. Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
3. Never Give Up on Your Dreams
4. Successful Writers
Choose another suitable title for the passage.
Give your reasons
P20 3
How many parts are there in the passage?
Introduction
Main body:
three examples
Conclusion
Many successful writers have previously faced rejection.
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter
she was told the book was too difficult and too long for children and it was rejected twelve times by publishers.
Harry Potter became
a global success.
J.D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
He received criticism and rejections from
several publishers
The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published.
Brontë sisters
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey
Women were not
encouraged to become writers at that time.
Their books of poems which they wrote under male names sold only two copies.
Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
Perseverance is the key to success.
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
P21 4
True or false.
1.Not all the successful writers can gain success overnight.
2. J.K. Rowling led a hard life before publishing her works.
3. Harry Potter was translated into seventy different languages.
4. After a total of twelve rejections, J.D. Salinger refused to give up.
5. Robert Southey encouraged more women to write novels and got them published.
6. Charlotte Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's Jane Eyre and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature.
7. It seems that talent is the key to success.
8. The writers would be happy if they read the words “We are delighted to inform you ...”.
Check your answers!
1.Not all the successful writers can gain success
overnight.
2. J.K. Rowling led a hard life before publishing
her works.
3. Harry Potter was translated into seventy
different languages.
4. After a total of twelve rejections, J.D. Salinger
refused to give up.
T
T
F
F
more than
Despite rejections from several publishers,
5. Robert Southey encouraged more women to
write novels and got them published.
6. Charlotte Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Emily
Brontë's Jane Eyre and Anne Brontë's Agnes
Grey are regarded as classics of world literature.
7. It seems that talent is the key to success.
8. The writers would be happy if they read the
words “We are delighted to inform you ...”.
T
F
F
F
opposed
Charlotte
Emily
perseverance
Read the sentences from the passage
and answer the questions.
“We regret to inform you ...”
“We are delighted to inform you ...”
1. What might come next in each sentence?
2. Which paragraph does each of the sentences come from? Why does the author use them like this within the passage?
We regret to inform you that your book is rejected
/ turned down /refused...
We are delighted to inform you that your book is
accepted /well-received....
The author intends to begin with the negative theme of rejection, but then reveal that perseverance can turn a bad beginning into a good ending. Or rather, success comes to those who don't give up. In addition, the passage is made complete by the way in which the first sentence is mirrored by the last sentence.
The last paragraph
P21 4
The first paragraph
After reading
analyzing, mindmap, summary, retelling
1. These are the words that every writer
dreads receiving, but words every writer
knows well.
加强语气
定语从句
定语从句,省略that/which
Paraphrase
Every writer is afraid of receiving these words, but they are familiar with them.
这句话,对每个作家来说,既可怕又熟悉。
dread doing sth
害怕做某事(没有特定指将来的意思)
Sentence analyzing for better understanding
have ... in common with...
① We have something in common with each other - that is the love of peace.
我们之间有一个共同点,那就是热爱和平。
② Although they are sisters, they have nothing in common (with each other).
虽然她们是姐妹,但她们一点也不像。
2. When she received her first rejection letter, she decided that it meant she now had something in common with her favourite writers, and stuck it on her kitchen wall.
时间状语从句
宾语从句
宾语从句
与……有共同处, 和……一样
Paraphrase
When she was rejected for the first time, she told herself that from then on she had the same experience as her favourite writers, and she placed the letter on the wall of her kitchen.
当她收到第一封拒稿信时,她决定把这看作是自己与喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处,并把这封信贴在了厨房的墙上。
把……贴在……上
3. In fact, it is within the pages of Jane Eyre
that we can find these words.
It is/was
被强调部分
句子其余部分
+
+
that/who
+
主语
宾语
状语
强调人用
that/who,强
调物用that
①It was Tom that/who broke the window.
就是汤姆打破了窗户。
②It is because he is ill that he can’t come.
正是因为他病了,所以他不能来。
其实,这正印证了我们在《简·爱》中读到的。
practice
1. 这是他昨天买的那支钢笔。
This is the pen (which/that) he bought yesterday.
仿句练习
3. 他第一次遇见他的妻子是在公园里。
It was in the park that he met his wife for the first time.
2. 我发现我和这些人有很多共同之处。
I found I have a lot in common with these people.
Discussion
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Work in groups. Discuss these questions with other students.
1. What can you learn from these writers?
2. Have you read any books by these writers? Recommend one to your classmates.
3. Do you know of any other writer who had similar experiences? Share their stories with the class.
4. What words and expressions from the passage have you used to tell these stories?
Think and Share
P21
In the process of your growth, you must have experienced difficulties, rejections and failures.
When facing these, what did you do?
Discussion
My last piece of advice-this is simple, but perhaps most important; Persevere. Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has avoided failure - sometimes catastrophic(悲惨的) failures.
But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don't quit.
Remarks by Obama at Barnard College Commencement
Conclusion
1. regret to do sth.
2. with great regret
3. inform sb. of sth.
4. dread doing sth.
5. take ...for example
6. have sth. in common with
7. survive on
8. persevere in (doing) sth.
9. turn down
10. a total of
11. more than
12. get/have sth. done
13. dream of
14. be regarded as
15. be delighted to do sth.
遗憾地做某事
十分遗憾地
通知某人某事
害怕做某事
以……为例
与……有共同处
靠……活下来;靠……生存
坚持不懈做……
调低;拒绝
总共
多于;超出
让/使某人做某事
梦想
被认为是
乐意做某事
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Individual activity
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I. 翻译下列句子。
1.大家都明白,成功不是一朝一夕可以获得的。
2.在被回绝的同时,还要遭受批评,这在那些写出伟大作品的作家身上太普遍了。
3.即使被多家出版商回绝,J.D.塞林格也从未放弃。
4.也许,坚持不懈的最高荣誉应该颁给来自英国维多利亚时代的三姐妹。她们梦想着看到自己的作品出版。
5.仅靠天赋似乎不足以保证成功。
1. Everyone knows that success rarely happens overnight.
2. All too often writers of great works have had to face criticism along with rejection.
3. Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused to give up.
4. Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print.
5. It seems that talent alone isn't enough to guarantee success.
Check your answers!
Everyone knows that success rarely happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that lots of highly 1.__________ (success) writers have previously faced rejection.
Take for example J.K. Rowling. When she received her first rejection letter, she 2.______ (stick) it on her kitchen wall. Rowling's life was hard, but she spent all her time 3._______(write). When she finally finished her first book, she received rejections from different publishers. Nevertheless, she persevered. After she 4.____________ (reject) twelve times, one publisher 5.__________ (eventual) agreed to print 500 copies of her first book Harry Potter, which became a global success, with over 400 million books 6._____ (sell) and translated into more than seventy different languages.
II. 根据课本第18-20页课文内容,在空白处填入
1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
successful
stuck
writing
was rejected
eventually
sold
All too often writers of great works have had to face 7._________(criticise) along with rejection. J.D. Salinger's manuscript for The Catcher in the Rye was criticised as not having the central character. Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused to give up. When it was finally published, the book became 8.____ immediate best-seller.
The overall prize for perseverance may go to three sisters from Victorian England who dreamt of seeing their words in print. Although they lived in a time 9._______ women were not encouraged to become writers, the sisters didn't stop trying. Later, the three sisters each wrote a famous novel.
According to the above examples, we know success 10._______ (lie) perseverance, talent, a lot of hard work and a touch of luck.
lies in
criticism
an
when
Self-evaluation
各个击破
1. Can you describe the writers' experiences and how they overcame the problems?
2. What have you learned from the three successful writers?
3. Can you describe your own experiences on how you overcame your problems?
Who is your favorite writer?
Write a short story about your favorite writer and tell your classmates what problem he/she has met and how he/she overcame it.
Homework
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