内容正文:
Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
学
文 脉 梳 理
We Regret to Inform You...
的语篇类型为
论说文。 课文通过夹叙夹议的方式, 讲述了
几位卓越的作家曾被拒稿的经历和他们坚持
不懈最后取得成功的故事。 论说文是议论文
的一种, 通过事例论证观点, 得出结论。 本
文也是通过三位作家的例子来阐明观点: 成
功不易, 挫折面前要永不言弃。
Section Ⅱ Understanding ideas
学习目标
1.
细读文章, 感知文章的结构, 掌握相关话题的表达, 并用所学进行交流。
2.
基于文章内容, 从三位作家的成长故事中汲取积极的人生态度。
必备
知识
单词
rarely rejection nevertheless criticism classic guarantee outcome
短语
regret to do take...for example have...in common stick...on along the lines of turn...
down a total of within the pages of play a part
关键能力 读
品 鉴 语 言
在完成汉译英的过程中, 体验和感悟文
章中语言表达的准确、 生动与细腻。
We Regret to Inform You...
“
1.
(我们抱歉地通知您……)”
These are the words that every writer 2.
(害怕收到 )
, but words every writer
knows well. The response from a publisher
comes back and the writer eagerly opens and
reads it, 3.
(他们的心落入谷底)
when they reach that final sentence. You may
have spent years giving up your weekends and
free time to write your life蒺s work, yet still
this is often not enough. Everyone knows that
4.
(成功不是一蹴而就的 )
, but
Para. 1: Introduction A lot of highly successful writers have previously faced 1. .
Para. 5: Conclusion 9. is the key to success.
Although rejected 2. times by publishers, she became famous for
Harry Potter, which became 3. .
J.D. Salinger is a good example that writers of great works have to face 4.
along with rejection. Eventually, The Catcher in the Rye became an
immediate 5. after it was published.
Brontё sisters are best examples of 6. . Though they lived in a time
when 7. were not encouraged to become writers, they never gave up.
Their works, such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey are
regarded as 8. of world literature.
Examples
Para. 2:
J.K. Rowling
Para. 3:
J.D. Salinger
Para. 4:
Brontё sisters
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perhaps not many know that a lot of highly
successful writers 5.
(也都曾面临
拒稿)
.
6.
(以
J.K.
罗琳为例)
. When
she received her first rejection letter, she
decided that it meant she now 7.
(有了共同之处 )
her favourite writers, and
stuck it on her kitchen wall. Rowling 8.
(过了很多年依靠微薄的收入勉强生活
的日子)
, 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
”
.
Nevertheless, she persevered.
“
I wasn蒺t going
to give up until every single publisher 9.
(拒绝我)
, 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 10.
(在全球大获成功 )
, with over 400 million
books sold and translated into more than
seventy different languages.
11.
(太经常了 )
writers of
great works have had to 12.
(除了
面临拒绝还面临批评)
. J.D. Salinger started
writing short stories in high school, but later
13.
(很难使他的作品发表)
.
“
We
feel that we don蒺t know the central character
well enough
”
was the criticism he received on
his manuscript for The Catcher in the Rye.
Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D.
Salinger 14.
(拒绝放弃 )
. Even
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
on the novel throughout his war service. When
it was eventually published, the book 15.
(立刻成为畅销书)
and went on to sell
millions and millions of copies.
Perhaps 16.
(对坚持不懈的最
高奖赏)
should go to three sisters from Vic鄄
torian England who 17.
(梦想看到
自己的作品出版)
. This, however, was a time
when women were not encouraged to become
writers. 18.
(正如当时的桂冠诗
人 )
, Robert Southey, wrote to one of them:
“
Literature cannot be the business of a wo鄄
man蒺s life, and it ought not to be.
”
Neverthe鄄
less, the sisters didn蒺t stop trying. Their re鄄
sponse was to write a book of poems 19.
(以男性的名字)
. Even when the book
sold only two copies, the sisters still didn蒺t
give up. They started writing novels, and to鄄
day Charlotte Brontё蒺s Jane Eyre, Emily
Brontё蒺s Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontё蒺s
Agnes Grey 20.
(被认为是世界文学
的经典之作 )
. In fact, it is within the pages
of Jane Eyre that we can find these words:
“
21.
(我崇尚忍耐、 坚毅、 勤奋、
天赋)
; because these are 22.
(人们
实现宏大目标的途径)
...
”
So, it seems that talent alone isn蒺t enough
to 23.
(保证成功)
. While a lot of
hard work and 24.
(一点点运气)
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play a part, 25.
(坚持不懈是关
键)
. Keep trying and eventually you will read
the words
“
26.
(我们高兴地通知
您)
...
”
重 点 知 识
1. guarantee
(
1
)
v.
意为 “保证, 担保”。
guarantee sb. sth.=guarantee sth. to sb.
表
示 “向某人担保某事”。
The ticket will guarantee you free entry.
这张票保证让你免费入场。
(
2
)
n.
意为 “保证, 担保; 保证书 (金);
担保品, 抵押品”。
①give sb. a guarantee that...
表示 “向某人
保证……”。
Can you give me a guarantee that the goods
will be delivered before Friday?
你能向我
保证这批货在星期五之前交吗?
②under guarantee
表示 “在保修期内”。
The car is less than a year old, so it is still
under guarantee.
这辆车不到一年, 所以它
仍然在保修期内。
誅
牛刀小试
①
我保证他会出庭。
②
事业成功并不是幸福的保证。
2. inform v.
通知; 告知
inform sb. of/about sth.
通知某人某事
inform sb. that
告知某人
Please inform us of any changes of address.
地址若有变动请随时通知我们。
keep sb. informed of sth.
随时告知某人
誅
牛刀小试
The Internet has become an essential part of
our daily life, .
网络成了我们每日生活重要的一部分, 让我
们了解每天世界的最新消息。
参 考 译 文
我们抱歉地通知您……
“我们抱歉地通知您……” 这句话对每
个作家而言既害怕又熟悉。 出版商给了反
馈, 作家急切地拆开来读, 但读到这最后一
句, 心随即跌落谷底。 你可能已经花费数年
时间, 放弃了周末和空闲时间去创作你的毕
生作品, 但这往往还不够。 大家都明白, 成
功不是一蹴而就的; 但也许很多人都不知
道, 许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, 并把这封信贴在厨房的
墙上。 罗琳过了很多年拮据的生活, 她把所
有时间都用在写作上。 当她终于完成第一本
书时, 出版商给出的评价却是 “对孩子来说
太难理解” “太长” “孩子们不会对它感兴
趣”, 等等。 尽管如此, 她还是坚持了下来。
“我不会放弃的, 除非所有的出版商都拒绝
我。 不过我常常担心这真的会发生。” 她后
来说。 在收到
12
封拒稿信后, 终于有一家
出版商同意将她的第一本书印刷
500
册。 我
们都知道, 《哈利·波特》 后来在全球大获
成功, 销量超过
4
亿册, 被翻译成了
70
多
种不同的语言。
伟大作品的作家也常常在被回绝的同时
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还要遭受批评。
J.D.
塞林格从高中就开始写
短篇小说了, 但之后他的作品却难以发表。
“我们觉得自己无法充分理解主人公。” 这是
他的 《麦田里的守望者》 的手稿收到的批
评。 即使被多家出版商回绝,
J.D.
塞林格也
从未放弃。 甚至二战期间在美国陆军服役
时, 他还随身携带了 《麦田里的守望者》 一
书的六章内容, 并在整个服役期间一直致力
于小说的修改。 最终, 这本书一经出版, 便
立刻成为畅销书, 卖出了上千万册。
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。 然而, 这是一个不鼓励
女性成为作家的时代。 正如当时的桂冠诗人
罗伯特·索西在给她们其中一位的信中所说:
“文学不可能也不应该成为女人的事业。” 尽
管如此, 三姐妹并没有放弃尝试。 她们的应
对方式是以男性名字为笔名写了一本诗集。
虽然这本诗集只卖出了两册, 但她们还是没
有放弃, 转而开始写小说。 如今, 夏洛蒂·
勃朗特的 《简·爱》、 艾米莉·勃朗特的 《呼
啸山庄》 和安妮·勃朗特的 《艾格妮丝·格
雷》 被认为是世界文学的经典之作。 其实,
这正印证了我们在 《简·爱 》 中读到的 :
“我崇尚忍耐、 坚毅、 勤奋、 天赋; 因为只
有依靠这些, 人们才能实现宏大的目标……”
因此, 似乎仅凭天赋不足以保证成功。
不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要, 但坚
持不懈才是关键。 坚持下去, 你终会收到这
样的回复: “我们高兴地通知您……”
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4. took place 5. The Tower of London 6. similar to
7. on visitors 8. annoyed 9. a university professor 10.
his invention 11. to be carried 12. smelling a TV screen
13. on earth 14. phone him 15. water 16. convince
yourself of anything 17. a really good harvest 18. pick鄄
ing spaghetti off 19. laying it 20. fell for 21. I can
imagine
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
文脉梳理
1. essential 2. throw new light on sensitive or emo鄄
tive issues 3. more serious messages 4. funny and mis鄄
chievous 5. his witty remarks in his everyday interactions
with people 6. his own unique brand of humour 7. per鄄
sonality 8. attitude toward life 9. laughter 10. way of
life 11. tool
重点知识
1. ①interact with ②enough interaction between you
2. ① can be concluded; a proper amount of exercise
contributes to a good health ②with a saying ③ con鄄
clude/draw a conclusion; laughter is the best medicine
④It takes time, energy, and patience to learn a foreign lan鄄
guage. In conclusion, it蒺s not easy.
3. ①
他们有两次被人看见在一起。
②
我记得他因
为健康不佳而被迫取消的情况绝无仅有。
③
他在退休
时获赠这块手表。
④
公司在其成立
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周年之际举办
了一个派对 。
⑤She took the occasion to thank every鄄
one for their support.
4. ①The meeting is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
②I蒺m scheduled to arrive in Beijing at 5 o蒺clock.
5. ①
每当他看到她时, 他总是忍不住微笑。
②
尽
管试图保持冷静, 但她无法不因这个消息感到不知所措。
6. ①
维持治安
②
稳定价格
③
保持平衡
④
她一
直坚持说她是无辜的。
⑤
汽车保养
Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
例文鉴赏
Para. 1: A general introduction of Charlie Chaplin.
Para. 2: The reason for him being one of the best.
Para. 3: An example of his works and a funny scene.
Para. 4: Comments on Charlie Chaplin.
Section Ⅰ Starting out
精听练习
1. leading 2. intelligent and curious 3. brain 4. de鄄
voted 5. progressed 6. achieving 7. best鄄seller 8. chal鄄
lenges 9. hardship 10. equality 11. racial separation
12. prison 13. release 14. was awarded 15. determina鄄
tion, patience and leadership 16. painter 17. paintings
18. local success 19. recognition 20. hardship and loss
21. realism 22. desire 23. traditional Chinese painting
24. a modern China 25. talent and hard work 26. ap鄄
proach
重点知识
1. ①
这个城市的生活节奏既是惊人的也是累人的。
②
我朋友走路通常很快, 我跟不上她。
2.
我离开村子前需要还清所有的债。
Section Ⅱ Understanding
ideas
文脉梳理
1. rejection 2. twelve 3. a global success 4. criti鄄
cism 5. best鄄seller 6. perseverance 7. women 8. clas鄄
sics 9. Perseverance
品鉴语言
1. We regret to inform you... 2. dreads receiving
3. their hearts sinking 4. success rarely happens overnight
5. have previously faced rejection 6. Take for example
J.K. Rowling 7. had something in common with 8. had
spent years surviving on little money 9. turned me down
10. became a global success 11. All too often 12. face
criticism along with rejection 13. struggled to get his
works published 14. refused to give up 15. became an
immediate best鄄seller 16. the overall prize for persever鄄
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参 考 答 案
ance 17. dreamt of seeing their words in print 18. As
the then Poet Laureate 19. under male names 20. are
regarded as classics of world literature 21. I honour en鄄
durance, perseverance, industry, talent 22. the means by
which men achieve great ends 23. guarantee success 24.
a touch of luck 25. perseverance is the key 26. We are
delighted to inform you
重点知识
1. ①I guarantee that he will appear in court. ②Ca鄄
reer success is no guarantee of happiness.
2. keeping us informed of the latest news around the
world every day
Section Ⅲ Using language
重点语法
① receiving ② to print ③writing/to write ④ to
give ⑤sweeping/to be swept ⑥to eat; trying
话题词块
Positive: an eager beaver, cool as a cucumber, turn
over a new leaf, like a duck to water
Negative: not lift a finger, drag one蒺s feet, a wet blan鄄
ket, a fish out of water
重点知识
1. ①enthusiastic about sports ②two young computer
enthusiasts ③showed little enthusiasm for ④enthusiasm
⑤about ⑥enthusiast
2. ①
打乱
②
使心烦意乱
③
碰倒
精听练习
1. history project 2. lifted a finger 3. motivated
4. deadline 5. such a wet blanket 6. an eager beaver
7. drags his feet 8. gets into trouble 9. turn over a new
leaf 10. as cool as a cucumber 11. tough 12. noisy
13. down 14. in last place 15. get into the competition
16. be proud of yourself 17. national 18. the school
competition 19. fair and square 20. the national compe鄄
tition 21. would have won 22. lost 23. cheer up
24. fantastic people 25. country 26. the spirit 27. cheered
me up
Section Ⅳ Developing ideas
文脉梳理
1. Darkness would make him more appreciative of
sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
2. She wanted to see the people around her, to see the
books and to take a walk in the woods.
3. She wanted to visit the museums, a theatre or the
movies.
4. She wanted to greet the dawn and experience the
busy life of common people.
5. She wanted to ask all who can see to fully use their
senses
(
sight, listening, touch, smell and taste
)
to experi鄄
ence life so that they can best treasure life and be appre鄄
ciative of life.
重点知识
1. ① I would appreciate it if you could ②Many
friends from other countries appreciate Chinese offering
bikes to them. ③of ④making ⑤appreciation
2.
(
1
)
①merely ②mere
(
2
) 他什么都没说, 只是微笑地看着她。
(
3
)
Social robots will be much more like human com鄄
panions than mere tools.
3.
(
1
)
①His suggestion is worth considering/consid鄄
eration. ②His suggestion is worthy of consideration/being
considered/to be considered. ③ It is worthwhile consider鄄
ing/to consider his suggestion.
(
2
)
sticking to
(
3
) 把它都再写出来似乎没有必要。
Section Ⅴ Presenting ideas
例文鉴赏
Para. 1: I had an experience as...
Para. 2: The most difficult thing was...and that蒺s be鄄
cause...
Para. 3: I overcame the difficulty by...
Para. 4: I have learnt that...
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