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Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
Starting out and understanding ideas
Preparation:
1. 出问题__________________ 2.上坡的______________________
3. 曲曲折折___________________
4. 许多__________________________
5. turn about______________________
6. stick it out________________________
7. turn…inside out________________ 9.节选__________________
1. What is the key message of the poem?
___________________________________________________________
2. How do you understand the line“Success is failure turned inside out”?____________________________________________________
Match these writers to the information. (P18)
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2._______ may have written and hidden several unpublished works.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.
Step 2 Individual work(自学静悟)
Useful expressions
1._______________抱歉地通知您
2.____________害怕做某事
3._____________卓越成功的作家
4.__________________面临拒稿(拒绝)
5. take… for example_________________
6.____________靠微薄的钱度日(生活拮据)
7. turn down________________
8. ________________总计...
9. ____________时常,经常
10.________________面临回绝并遭受批评
11.________________在军队服役
12. dream of doing___________________
13. see their words in print_____________________
14.________________以...的名字
15.___________________被视为世界文学的经典之作
16.______________achieve great ends
17._____________guarantee success
18.__________________a touch of luck
19._________________be delighted to inform you
Step 3 Group work(合作学习)
Task 1 Scanning
Choose another title for the passage and give your reasons.
A. Life Is Hard for Female Writer
B. Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
C. Never Give Up on Your Dreams
D. Successful Writers
Task 2 Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Task 3 Think and share
“We regret to inform you…”
We are delighted to inform you…”
Why does the author use them within the passage?
Step 4 Evaluation 检测达标
Fill in the following blanks.
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.
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.
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