外研版（2019）选择性必修一 Unit 2 Onwards and upwards starting out understanding ideas 精品英语课件（45张PPT）
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Unit 2
Onwards and Upwards
Guess Who
male
British
scientist
physics and cosmology
black holes
disabled
Guess Who
male
black
president
Nobel Peace Prize
equality
South Africa
Guess Who
artist
Chinese
the 1st half of the 20th century
ink-and-wash painting
reformation of Chinese art
horses
Guess Who
author
British
female
a poor single mother
wizarding world
Harry Potter
Activity 1
Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
2. What made them successful
Names Achievements What made them
successful
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. Their personal qualities of perseverance
willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government's system of racial separation. In 1993. he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China.
What setbacks have you encountered in your life
Activity 2
2. Why do we feel like quitting
【Which of life's difficulties are mentioned in[ the poem 】
Things sometimes go wrong; the road seems all uphill: the funds are low and the debts are high.
Activity 2
3. What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”
Within each failure are lessons that must be learnt in order to succeed. On the road to success, you have to experience failure first. In other words “failure is the mother of success.”
Activity 2
What is the key message of the poem
The poem is all about perseverance, determination
and willpower. Never give up especially when
things go wrong. It reminds us that there are
elements of success within every failure, so we
mustn't quit whatever difficulties we may
encounter in life.
Unit 2
Understanding Ideas
We regret to inform you
Activity 1
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2 _______ may have written and hidden several unpublished works.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.
Match these writers to the information.
1 J.K. Rowling
2 J.D. Salinger
3 Emily Bront
J.K. Rowling
Emily Bront
J.D. Salinger
What do you know about the writer
J. D. Salinger
Born: January 1, 1919, New York City
Died: January 27, 2010 (aged 91)
Cornish, New Hampshire
Occupation: a short story writer, novelist
Education: Marnix College, New York University, Columbia University
Notable works:
The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Nine Stories (1953)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
Franny and Zooey (1961)
Born: July 31, 1965, Yate, near Bristol, England
Occupation: an British author who is one of the world's most successful and wealthiest authors known for her popular children's books Harry Potter series.
Notable work:
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998, film 2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998, film 2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999, film 2004)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000, film 2005)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003, film 2007),
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005, film 2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007, filmed in 2 parts 2010 and 2011)
What do you know about the writer
What do you know about the writer
Emily Bront
Born: July 30, 1818, Thornton, Yorkshire, England
Died: December 19, 1848, Haworth, Yorkshire
Occupation: an English novelist and poet who produced but one novel who was perhaps the greatest of the three Bront sisters.
Notable work:
Wuthering Heights (1847),
a highly imaginative work of
passion and hate set on the
Yorkshire moors, darkens rather
than solves the mystery of her
spiritual existence.
Activity 2
What problems did the writers overcome
J.K. Rowling
She spent years surviving on little money and her first book received criticism from publishers and was rejected twelve times.
J.D. Salinger
He received criticism and rejections from publishers.
Bront sisters
At that time, women were not encouraged to become writers. Their book of poems which they wrote under male names, only sold two copies.
Activity 2
1. What's the thesis statement of the passage
2. What problems did the writers overcome
Para1 introduction--a situation:
How would you feel if you received a rejection letter
What will be mentioned next according to the last sentence
highly successful writers -- have faced rejection\ how do they respond to it
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 1:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
J.K. Rowling
She was told that her book was too difficult and too long for children and it was rejected twelve times by publishers.
Harry Potter became a global success.
Harry Potter
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 2:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
J.D. Salinger
He received criticism and rejections from several publishers.
The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published.
The Catcher in the Rye
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 3:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Bront sisters
Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time.
Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only two copies.
Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 3:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Bront sisters
Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time.
Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only two copies.
Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Conclusion:
Perseverance is the key to success.
“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well. The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it, their hearts sinking 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 rarely happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection.
a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it.
inform sb of\about sth
dread doing sth\ ~ to think
conj.
little, seldom, scarcely
face sth, be faced with
“We regret to inform you...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well.
“我们抱歉地通知您……”这句话，对每个作家来说，既可怕又熟悉。
1. regret doing sth. 后悔/遗憾做了某事
regret to do sth. 后悔/遗憾去做某事
regret that... （某人）后悔……
很抱歉地通知您，您的申请未能通过。
We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
他很后悔提及那些事。
He regretted ever having mentioned it.
很抱歉我不能接受您的邀请。
I regret that I am unable to accept your invitation.
2. dread doing sth. 害怕做某事
dread to do sth. 害怕去做某事
dread that... （某人）害怕……
我害怕生病。
I dread being sick.
我害怕去想到如果真的有火灾，将会发生什么。
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
她害怕孩子会被带走。
She dreaded that her child might be taken from her.
动词不定式to inform和动名词receiving在句中作宾语：
有些动词后面通常用动词的-ing形式作宾语，
如：avoid, enjoy, mind, feel like等。
有些动词后面通常用动词不定式to do作宾语，如：want, offer, decide, fail, refuse, ask, pretend, intend, attempt, teach, discuss等。
有些动词后面可以用这两种形式作宾语，且意思基本相同，如：like, love, prefer, hate, start等。
独立主格
名词（代词）+现在分词 -
明天假设天气好，我们就进行比赛。
We shall play the match tomorrow, weather permitting.
名词（代词）+过去分词 -
如果给我们更多的时间，我们会把工作做得更好。
More time given, we should have done the job much better.
Take for example J.K. Rowling. 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. Rowling had spent years surviving on little money, 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”.
take...for example= take... as an example
stick stuck stuck
similar to sth\ like sth
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.
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。
have... in common with... 与……有共同点
这两种文化有很多共同点。
The two cultures have a lot in common.
我和Jane没有共同点。
I have nothing in common with Jane.
Nevertheless, she persevered. “I wasn’t going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, 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, with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
despite the fact that
perseverance
1. to reject 2. to reduce the noise\heat...
in total 总计
agree to do
All too often writers of great works have had to face criticism along with rejection. J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, but later struggled to get his works published. “We feel that we don’t know the central character well enough” was the criticism he received on his manuscript for The Catcher in the Rye.
too frequently
struggle for\to do
get sth done
The novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from[ be forced to leave] prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against [ complain about sth/sb] the “phoniness” of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally unstable.The Catcher in the Rye takes the loss of innocence as its primary concern. Holden wants to be the “catcher in the rye”—someone who saves children from falling off a cliff, which can be understood as a metaphor for entering adulthood.
The Catcher in the Rye
Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused to give up. 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 became an immediate best-seller and went on to sell millions and millions of copies.
despite the fact that
serve as; serve sb sth=serve sth to sb
to try hard to improve or achieve sth
Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to 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 then Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, wrote to one of them: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.”
to be given to sb/sth
dream of\about doing
A Poet Laureate is a person who has been officially chosen to write poetry for the country's important occasions.
Poet Laureate
Robert Southey, (born Aug. 12, 1774, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died March 21, 1843, Keswick, Cumberland), English poet and writer of miscellaneous(各种各样的) prose who is chiefly remembered for his association with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, both of whom were leaders of the early Romantic movement.
Robert Southey
Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop trying. Their response was to write a book of poems under male names. Even when the book sold only two copies, the sisters still didn’t give up. They started writing novels, and today Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it is within the pages of Jane Eyre that we can find these words: “I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends...”
under the name of ...
by means of
end: an aim or a purpose
So, it seems that talent alone isn’t enough to guarantee success. While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the key. Keep trying and eventually you will read the words “We are delighted to inform you...”
guarantee sth\that
Basic human rights are now guaranteed.
a very small amount
have/play a part (in sth): to be involved in sth
Keep trying and eventually you will read the words“We are delighted to inform you...”
坚持下去，你终会收到这样的回复：“我们高兴地通知您……”
delighted: adj. very pleased and happy 愉快的，高兴的
我很高兴你能留下来。
I was delighted that you could stay.
她用玩具取悦孩子。
She delighted the children with toys.
这是我见过的最令人愉快的花园。
It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen.
Activity 4
Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1 What might come next in each sentence
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...
2 Which paragraph does each of the sentences come from Why does the author use them like this within the passage
Activity 4
Read the sentences and answer the questions.
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…” comes from the first paragraph.
“We are delighted to inform you…” comes from the last paragraph.
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.
regret to inform you
dread doing
highly successful writers
face rejection
take.. for example
have sth in common with
survive on little money
turn down
a total of
agree to do
抱歉地通知您
害怕做某事
卓越成功的作家
面临拒稿（拒绝）
以...为例
和...有共同点
靠微薄的钱度日（生活拮据）
拒绝
总计...
同意做某事
be translated in to different languages
all too often
face criticism along with refection
struggle to do
get his works published
serve in the army
work on the novel
throughout his war service
the prize for perseverance should go to...
被翻译成不同的语言
时常，经常
面临回绝并遭受批评
争取\斗争做某事
出版他的作品
在军队服役
致力于写小说
在战时服役期间
坚持不懈的荣誉应该颁给...
dream of doing
see their words in print
under one’s name\ under the name of
be regarded as classics of world literature
achieve great ends
guarantee success
a touch of luck
play a part （in）sth
be delighted to inform you
梦想做某事
看到他们的作品（文字）出版
以...的名字
被视为世界文学的经典之作
实现宏大的目标
保证获得成功
一点点运气
在...中起作用
高兴地通知您
Unit 2
Onwards and Upwards
Guess Who
male
British
scientist
physics and cosmology
black holes
disabled
Guess Who
male
black
president
Nobel Peace Prize
equality
South Africa
Guess Who
artist
Chinese
the 1st half of the 20th century
ink-and-wash painting
reformation of Chinese art
horses
Guess Who
author
British
female
a poor single mother
wizarding world
Harry Potter
Activity 1
Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
2. What made them successful
Names Achievements What made them
successful
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. Their personal qualities of perseverance
willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government's system of racial separation. In 1993. he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China.
What setbacks have you encountered in your life
Activity 2
2. Why do we feel like quitting
【Which of life's difficulties are mentioned in[ the poem 】
Things sometimes go wrong; the road seems all uphill: the funds are low and the debts are high.
Activity 2
3. What is your understanding of the line “Success is failure turned inside out”
Within each failure are lessons that must be learnt in order to succeed. On the road to success, you have to experience failure first. In other words “failure is the mother of success.”
Activity 2
What is the key message of the poem
The poem is all about perseverance, determination
and willpower. Never give up especially when
things go wrong. It reminds us that there are
elements of success within every failure, so we
mustn't quit whatever difficulties we may
encounter in life.
Unit 2
Understanding Ideas
We regret to inform you
Activity 1
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.
Match these writers to the information.
1 J.K. Rowling
2 J.D. Salinger
3 Emily Bront
J.K. Rowling
Emily Bront
J.D. Salinger
What do you know about the writer
J. D. Salinger
Born: January 1, 1919, New York City
Died: January 27, 2010 (aged 91)
Cornish, New Hampshire
Occupation: a short story writer, novelist
Education: Marnix College, New York University, Columbia University
Notable works:
The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Nine Stories (1953)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
Franny and Zooey (1961)
Born: July 31, 1965, Yate, near Bristol, England
Occupation: an British author who is one of the world's most successful and wealthiest authors known for her popular children's books Harry Potter series.
Notable work:
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998, film 2001)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998, film 2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999, film 2004)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000, film 2005)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003, film 2007),
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005, film 2009)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007, filmed in 2 parts 2010 and 2011)
What do you know about the writer
What do you know about the writer
Emily Bront
Born: July 30, 1818, Thornton, Yorkshire, England
Died: December 19, 1848, Haworth, Yorkshire
Occupation: an English novelist and poet who produced but one novel who was perhaps the greatest of the three Bront sisters.
Notable work:
Wuthering Heights (1847),
a highly imaginative work of
passion and hate set on the
Yorkshire moors, darkens rather
than solves the mystery of her
spiritual existence.
Activity 2
What problems did the writers overcome
J.K. Rowling
She spent years surviving on little money and her first book received criticism from publishers and was rejected twelve times.
J.D. Salinger
He received criticism and rejections from publishers.
Bront sisters
At that time, women were not encouraged to become writers. Their book of poems which they wrote under male names, only sold two copies.
Activity 2
1. What's the thesis statement of the passage
2. What problems did the writers overcome
Para1 introduction--a situation:
How would you feel if you received a rejection letter
What will be mentioned next according to the last sentence
highly successful writers -- have faced rejection\ how do they respond to it
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 1:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
J.K. Rowling
She was told that her book was too difficult and too long for children and it was rejected twelve times by publishers.
Harry Potter became a global success.
Harry Potter
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 2:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
J.D. Salinger
He received criticism and rejections from several publishers.
The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published.
The Catcher in the Rye
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 3:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Bront sisters
Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time.
Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only two copies.
Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Activity 4
Complete the diagram.
Introduction:
Example 3:
Writer:
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Bront sisters
Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time.
Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only two copies.
Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Conclusion:
Perseverance is the key to success.
“We regret to inform you...” These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well. The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it, their hearts sinking 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 rarely happens overnight, but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection.
a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it.
inform sb of\about sth
dread doing sth\ ~ to think
conj.
little, seldom, scarcely
face sth, be faced with
“We regret to inform you...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving, but words every writer knows well.
“我们抱歉地通知您……”这句话，对每个作家来说，既可怕又熟悉。
1. regret doing sth. 后悔/遗憾做了某事
regret to do sth. 后悔/遗憾去做某事
regret that... （某人）后悔……
很抱歉地通知您，您的申请未能通过。
We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
他很后悔提及那些事。
He regretted ever having mentioned it.
很抱歉我不能接受您的邀请。
I regret that I am unable to accept your invitation.
2. dread doing sth. 害怕做某事
dread to do sth. 害怕去做某事
dread that... （某人）害怕……
我害怕生病。
I dread being sick.
我害怕去想到如果真的有火灾，将会发生什么。
I dread to think what would happen if there really was a fire here.
她害怕孩子会被带走。
She dreaded that her child might be taken from her.
动词不定式to inform和动名词receiving在句中作宾语：
有些动词后面通常用动词的-ing形式作宾语，
如：avoid, enjoy, mind, feel like等。
有些动词后面通常用动词不定式to do作宾语，如：want, offer, decide, fail, refuse, ask, pretend, intend, attempt, teach, discuss等。
有些动词后面可以用这两种形式作宾语，且意思基本相同，如：like, love, prefer, hate, start等。
独立主格
名词（代词）+现在分词 -
明天假设天气好，我们就进行比赛。
We shall play the match tomorrow, weather permitting.
名词（代词）+过去分词 -
如果给我们更多的时间，我们会把工作做得更好。
More time given, we should have done the job much better.
Take for example J.K. Rowling. 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. Rowling had spent years surviving on little money, 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”.
take...for example= take... as an example
stick stuck stuck
similar to sth\ like sth
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.
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。
have... in common with... 与……有共同点
这两种文化有很多共同点。
The two cultures have a lot in common.
我和Jane没有共同点。
I have nothing in common with Jane.
Nevertheless, she persevered. “I wasn’t going to give up until every single publisher turned me down, 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, with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
despite the fact that
perseverance
1. to reject 2. to reduce the noise\heat...
in total 总计
agree to do
All too often writers of great works have had to face criticism along with rejection. J.D. Salinger started writing short stories in high school, but later struggled to get his works published. “We feel that we don’t know the central character well enough” was the criticism he received on his manuscript for The Catcher in the Rye.
too frequently
struggle for\to do
get sth done
The novel details two days in the life of 16-year-old Holden Caulfield after he has been expelled from[ be forced to leave] prep school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden searches for truth and rails against [ complain about sth/sb] the “phoniness” of the adult world. He ends up exhausted and emotionally unstable.The Catcher in the Rye takes the loss of innocence as its primary concern. Holden wants to be the “catcher in the rye”—someone who saves children from falling off a cliff, which can be understood as a metaphor for entering adulthood.
The Catcher in the Rye
Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused to give up. 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 became an immediate best-seller and went on to sell millions and millions of copies.
despite the fact that
serve as; serve sb sth=serve sth to sb
to try hard to improve or achieve sth
Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to 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 then Poet Laureate, Robert Southey, wrote to one of them: “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.”
to be given to sb/sth
dream of\about doing
A Poet Laureate is a person who has been officially chosen to write poetry for the country's important occasions.
Poet Laureate
Robert Southey, (born Aug. 12, 1774, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died March 21, 1843, Keswick, Cumberland), English poet and writer of miscellaneous(各种各样的) prose who is chiefly remembered for his association with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, both of whom were leaders of the early Romantic movement.
Robert Southey
Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop trying. Their response was to write a book of poems under male names. Even when the book sold only two copies, the sisters still didn’t give up. They started writing novels, and today Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it is within the pages of Jane Eyre that we can find these words: “I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends...”
under the name of ...
by means of
end: an aim or a purpose
So, it seems that talent alone isn’t enough to guarantee success. While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play a part, perseverance is the key. Keep trying and eventually you will read the words “We are delighted to inform you...”
guarantee sth\that
Basic human rights are now guaranteed.
a very small amount
have/play a part (in sth): to be involved in sth
Keep trying and eventually you will read the words“We are delighted to inform you...”
坚持下去，你终会收到这样的回复：“我们高兴地通知您……”
delighted: adj. very pleased and happy 愉快的，高兴的
我很高兴你能留下来。
I was delighted that you could stay.
她用玩具取悦孩子。
She delighted the children with toys.
这是我见过的最令人愉快的花园。
It was the most delightful garden I had ever seen.
Activity 4
Read the sentences and answer the questions.
1 What might come next in each sentence
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...
2 Which paragraph does each of the sentences come from Why does the author use them like this within the passage
Activity 4
Read the sentences and answer the questions.
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…” comes from the first paragraph.
“We are delighted to inform you…” comes from the last paragraph.
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.
regret to inform you
dread doing
highly successful writers
face rejection
take.. for example
have sth in common with
survive on little money
turn down
a total of
agree to do
抱歉地通知您
害怕做某事
卓越成功的作家
面临拒稿（拒绝）
以...为例
和...有共同点
靠微薄的钱度日（生活拮据）
拒绝
总计...
同意做某事
be translated in to different languages
all too often
face criticism along with refection
struggle to do
get his works published
serve in the army
work on the novel
throughout his war service
the prize for perseverance should go to...
被翻译成不同的语言
时常，经常
面临回绝并遭受批评
争取\斗争做某事
出版他的作品
在军队服役
致力于写小说
在战时服役期间
坚持不懈的荣誉应该颁给...
dream of doing
see their words in print
under one’s name\ under the name of
be regarded as classics of world literature
achieve great ends
guarantee success
a touch of luck
play a part （in）sth
be delighted to inform you
梦想做某事
看到他们的作品（文字）出版
以...的名字
被视为世界文学的经典之作
实现宏大的目标
保证获得成功
一点点运气
在...中起作用
高兴地通知您