Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
Understanding ideas
(Reading)
Learning objectives(教学目标):
1. To learn more words and phrases.
2. To get the main idea and the structure of the passage.
3. To learn the perseverance of the famous writers in the passage.
课前预习案
Ⅰ.Words and expressions in the passage
1.mention
2.achievement
3.poem
4.failure
5.quit doing sth
6.stick to doing sth
7.regret
8.inform
9.dread doing sth
10.response
11.eagerly
12.give up doing sth
13.rarely
14.overnight
15.rejection
16.have sth. in common
17.stick sth. on
18.survive on
ment
20.publish
21.along with
22.nevertheless
23.turn down
24.a total of
25.copy
26.global
27.translate
28.language
29.all too often
30.criticism
31.struggle to do sth
32.despite
33.refuse to do sth
34.work on
35.immediate
36.overall
37.perseverance
38.go to sb
39.dream of\about doing sth
40.in print
41. stop to do sth
stop doing sth
42.literature
43.houour
44.endurance
45.industry
46.guarantee
47.a touch of
48.play a part\role
49.delighted
课中探究案
Activity 1. Lead-in
Look at some pictures of books and guess the writers’ names.
The Catcher in the Rye Harry Potter Wuthering Heights
《麦田里的守望者》 《哈利波特》 《呼啸山庄》
Activity2.Pre-reading
Now share anything else you know about these writers with the class.
Activity3.Fast reading
Task1.Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.
1.What does the title of passage imply
A.Rejection B.Approval C.Acceptance
2.Fill in the blanks of the structure of the passage.
3.Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.(P20)
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
Activity 4.Careful reading
Task1.Read paras 2~4 carefully and complete the chart
Task2.Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Task3.Choose the best answer according to the text.
1.What's the author's purpose by writing the last sentence in the first paragraph
A.To advise us to be patient. B.To show everyone must face rejection.
C.To introduce the following context. D.To promote novels of the famous authors.
2.What's the meaning of “Nevertheless” in Paragraph 2
A.Therefore. B.However. C.Besides. D.Afterwards.
3.Why did Bront sisters write a book of poems under male names
A.Because they liked male names.
B.Because Robert Southey discouraged them from writing.
C.Because male names were more powerful.
D.Because the tradition didn't allow women to write.
4.According to the passage, success comes to those who .
A.stick to their dreams B.may give up at times
C.like creating new ideas D.dare to challenge themselves
Activity5.Post-reading
1.How to understand these two sentences “We regret to inform you” and “We are delighted to inform you”
2.What can we learn from these writers
Activity5.Homework
Finish the exercise on your Learning guidance.
课后复习案
链接高考-(语法填空)
We Regret to Inform You...(我们抱歉地通知您)……
1 “We regret to inform you...” These are the words every writer dreads (receive), but words every writer knows well. The response from a publisher (come) back and the writer (eager) opens and reads it, their hearts sinking when they reach that final sentence. You may have spent years (give) 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 (success)writers have (previous) faced rejection.
2 Take for example J.K. Rowling. When she (receive) her first rejection letter, she decided that it meant she now had something in common with her favourite writers, and (stick)it on her kitchen wall. Rowling had spent years (survive) 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”. 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 (eventual) 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 (translate) into more than seventy different (language).
3 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 (publish).“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. Despite rejections from several publishers, J.D. Salinger refused (give) up. Even when (serve) in the US Army during the Second World War, he carried six chapters of The Catcher in the Rye with him and (work) on the novel throughout his war service. When it was eventually (publish), the book became an immediate best-seller and went on to sell millions and (million)of copies.
4 Perhaps the overall prize for perseverance should go to three sisters from Victorian England dreamt of (see) their words in print. This, however, was a time when women were not encouraged (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.”Nevertheless, the sisters didn’t stop (try). 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 Bront ’s Jane Eyre, Emily Bront ’s Wuthering Heights and Anne Bront ’s Agnes Grey are regarded classics of world literature. In fact, it is within the pages of Jane Eyre we can find these words:“I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends...”
5 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 (try) and eventually you will read the words“We are (delight) to inform you...”