高中英语 Unit 2 onwards and upward 课件 外研版 选择性必修一
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9月12日听写List
1.减轻，缓和（v.）
2.偶然的（adj.）
3.be equipped with
4.pick up
5.对某人表示感谢
6.方便的（adj.）
7.automatical device
8.应对，处理
9.相应的，一致的（adj.）
10.look forward to；look up；look after；look out；look for
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Understanding ideas P18-21
Learning objectives
To obtain the main information of three writers: the life stories, representative works, and setbacks
To understand the passage’s discourse structure and language features
To learn and apply relevant expressions related to the topic, and draw positive life attitudes from the growth stories of the three writers
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Understanding ideas P18-21
What kind of setbacks（挫折） have you encountered in your life How did you deal with them
Pre-viewing
Who, can you think of, are the person with setbacks and achievements
Stephen Hawking
Helen Keller
Ma Yun
What makes
them so successful
with so many setbacks
Pre-reading
Do you know any other famous writers worldwide
J. D. Salinger
杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
Emily Bront
艾米莉·勃朗特
J.K. Rowling
罗琳
What do you know about the writer
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)
J. D. Salinger
麦田里的守望者
What do you know about the writer
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
Pre-reading
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.
Emily Bront
What do you know about the writer
呼啸山庄
Read and match:
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2 _____________ may have written and hidden several unpublished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.
J. D. Salinger
Emily Bront
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
Emily Bront
J. D. Salinger
While-reading
Read the passage and find out what problems the writers overcame.
Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.
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
J. K. Rowling
J. D. Salinger
Bront sisters
We Regret to Inform You
Introduction
Main Body
Conclusion
Read & Locate
Paragraph ___
Paragraph ____
Paragraph ___
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Perseverance is the key to success.
1
2-4
5
Read each paragraph of this passage and work out the main idea.
“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.
“我们很遗憾地通知您…”这些是每个作家都害怕听到的话，但每个作家都很熟悉。出版商的回复回来了，作者急切地打开并阅读，当他们读到最后一句话时，他们的心沉了下来。你可能已经花了很多年放弃你的周末和空闲时间来写你一生的作品，但这是不够的。每个人都知道成功很少在一夜之间发生，但也许没有多少人知道许多非常成功的作家以前面临过退稿信。
Main idea: A lot of highly successful writers previously received rejection letters.
Appreciation
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”. 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 rejecions, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global sucecss, with over 400 millon books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
以罗琳为例。当她收到第一封拒绝信时，她决定这意味着她现在和她最喜欢的作家有了共同之处，并把它贴在了厨房的墙上。罗琳曾有几年只有很少的钱生活，她把所有的时间都花在写作上。当她最终完成她的第一本书时，她收到了出版商的评论，大意是“对儿童来说太难了”、“太长了”、“儿童不会对它感兴趣”。尽管如此，她还是坚持下来了。“在每个出版商拒绝我之前，我不会放弃，但我经常担心这会发生，”她后来写道。在总共十二次退稿后，一家出版商最终同意印刷500册她的第一本书，正如我们所知，《哈利·波特》在全球获得成功，售出了4亿多本书，并被翻译成70多种不同的语言。
Main idea: Harry Potter became a global success after Rowling received a total of 12 rejection letters.
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. 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 millons of copies.
伟大作品的作者常常不得不面对批评和拒绝。J.D .塞林格从高中开始写短篇小说，但后来费尽周折他的作品才得以出版。“我们觉得我们对中心人物不够了解”是他在为《麦田里的守望者》写的手稿中受到的批评。尽管遭到几家出版商的拒绝，J.D .塞林格还是不放弃。即使在第二次世界大战期间他在美国军队服役时，他也随身携带了《麦田里的守望者》的六章，并在整个战争期间为这部小说笔耕不辍。当它最终出版时，这本书立即成为畅销书，并继续销售数百万册。
Main idea: Writers of great works often have had to face criticism along with rejection.
Perhaps the oveall 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.” 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 Bront’s Watbering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it’s 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...”
也许毅力的最高奖项应该颁给来自维多利亚时代的英国的三姐妹，她们梦想看到自己的文字出版。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·骚塞写给其中一位的信中所说:“文学不能成为女性生活的一部分，也不应该成为。”尽管如此，三姊妹并没有停止努力。他们的回应是用男性的名字写一本诗集。即使这本书只卖了两册，三姊妹仍然没有放弃。他们开始写小说，今天夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《简·爱》、艾米莉·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》和安妮·勃朗特的《阿格尼丝·格雷》被认为是世界文学的经典之作。事实上，在《简爱》的书里，我们可以找到这样的话:“我崇尚耐力、毅力、勤奋、才华；因为这些是人们实现伟大目标的手段...
Main idea: Endurance, perseverance, industry, talent are the means by which men achieve great ends.
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...”
所以，光有天赋似乎不足以保证成功。虽然大量的努力和一点点运气起了作用，但毅力是关键。继续努力，最终你会读到“我们很高兴通知你……”
Main idea: Perseverance is the key to success.
Writer J. K. Rowling J. D. Salinger Bront sisters
Best known for Harry Potter The Catcher in the Rye Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights
and Agnes Grey
Experie-nce of rejection She was told that her book was too diffi-cult and too long for chil-dren and it was rejected 12 times by publishers. He received criticism and rejections from several publishers. Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time. Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only 2 copies.
Eventual outcome Harry Potter became a global success. The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published. Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
After-reading
Think and share
What can you learn from these writers
新外研版选择性必修Book 1
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Language points P18-20
“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.
定语从句，修饰先行词the words
dread sth/doing sth害怕做某事
regret to do sth. 遗憾要干某事
spend...doing...花费时间做了某事,give up 放弃
副词，在以前；adj.previous eg:以前的经历
副词，在一夜之间
句子分析
adv. eager(adj.)热切的，渴望的 be eager to do sth.
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”. 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 rejecions, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global sucecss, with over 400 millon books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
take for example以...为例
have something in common with...与...有相同之处，此处指她也将面临一次次的退稿
along the lines of...大概是...的话，像...的话
nevertheless, 尽管是这样
turn的第三个短语：关小，调低，拒绝
对......感兴趣
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. 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 millons of copies.
all too often 经常，常常是
批评和拒绝，along with ...和...
struggle to do 费力去做某事
get something done使某事得以做好
从事，从事于
adj.立刻的，马上的
adv.immediately
go on to do sth. 继续干某事，等同于continue
Perhaps the oveall 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.” 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 Bront’s Watbering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it’s 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...
毅力
dream of doing 梦想某事发生
被视为......
be encouraged to do sth.被鼓励干某事
ought to do sth. 应该干某事，表示责任，义务
事实上，等同于as a matter of fact
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...”
it seems/seemed that...仿佛是...
一点点，一丢丢
play a part (in doing) 在...上发挥作用
keep doing
持续做某事
我们很高兴地通知阁下...be delighted to do sth. 很高兴干某事
Thank you!
9月12日听写List
1.减轻，缓和（v.）
2.偶然的（adj.）
3.be equipped with
4.pick up
5.对某人表示感谢
6.方便的（adj.）
7.automatical device
8.应对，处理
9.相应的，一致的（adj.）
10.look forward to；look up；look after；look out；look for
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Understanding ideas P18-21
Learning objectives
To obtain the main information of three writers: the life stories, representative works, and setbacks
To understand the passage’s discourse structure and language features
To learn and apply relevant expressions related to the topic, and draw positive life attitudes from the growth stories of the three writers
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Understanding ideas P18-21
What kind of setbacks（挫折） have you encountered in your life How did you deal with them
Pre-viewing
Who, can you think of, are the person with setbacks and achievements
Stephen Hawking
Helen Keller
Ma Yun
What makes
them so successful
with so many setbacks
Pre-reading
Do you know any other famous writers worldwide
J. D. Salinger
杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
Emily Bront
艾米莉·勃朗特
J.K. Rowling
罗琳
What do you know about the writer
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)
J. D. Salinger
麦田里的守望者
What do you know about the writer
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
Pre-reading
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.
Emily Bront
What do you know about the writer
呼啸山庄
Read and match:
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.
J. D. Salinger
Emily Bront
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
Emily Bront
J. D. Salinger
While-reading
Read the passage and find out what problems the writers overcame.
Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.
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
J. K. Rowling
J. D. Salinger
Bront sisters
We Regret to Inform You
Introduction
Main Body
Conclusion
Read & Locate
Paragraph ___
Paragraph ____
Paragraph ___
A lot of successful writers have previously faced rejection.
Perseverance is the key to success.
1
2-4
5
Read each paragraph of this passage and work out the main idea.
“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.
“我们很遗憾地通知您…”这些是每个作家都害怕听到的话，但每个作家都很熟悉。出版商的回复回来了，作者急切地打开并阅读，当他们读到最后一句话时，他们的心沉了下来。你可能已经花了很多年放弃你的周末和空闲时间来写你一生的作品，但这是不够的。每个人都知道成功很少在一夜之间发生，但也许没有多少人知道许多非常成功的作家以前面临过退稿信。
Main idea: A lot of highly successful writers previously received rejection letters.
Appreciation
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”. 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 rejecions, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global sucecss, with over 400 millon books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
以罗琳为例。当她收到第一封拒绝信时，她决定这意味着她现在和她最喜欢的作家有了共同之处，并把它贴在了厨房的墙上。罗琳曾有几年只有很少的钱生活，她把所有的时间都花在写作上。当她最终完成她的第一本书时，她收到了出版商的评论，大意是“对儿童来说太难了”、“太长了”、“儿童不会对它感兴趣”。尽管如此，她还是坚持下来了。“在每个出版商拒绝我之前，我不会放弃，但我经常担心这会发生，”她后来写道。在总共十二次退稿后，一家出版商最终同意印刷500册她的第一本书，正如我们所知，《哈利·波特》在全球获得成功，售出了4亿多本书，并被翻译成70多种不同的语言。
Main idea: Harry Potter became a global success after Rowling received a total of 12 rejection letters.
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. 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 millons of copies.
伟大作品的作者常常不得不面对批评和拒绝。J.D .塞林格从高中开始写短篇小说，但后来费尽周折他的作品才得以出版。“我们觉得我们对中心人物不够了解”是他在为《麦田里的守望者》写的手稿中受到的批评。尽管遭到几家出版商的拒绝，J.D .塞林格还是不放弃。即使在第二次世界大战期间他在美国军队服役时，他也随身携带了《麦田里的守望者》的六章，并在整个战争期间为这部小说笔耕不辍。当它最终出版时，这本书立即成为畅销书，并继续销售数百万册。
Main idea: Writers of great works often have had to face criticism along with rejection.
Perhaps the oveall 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.” 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 Bront’s Watbering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it’s 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...”
也许毅力的最高奖项应该颁给来自维多利亚时代的英国的三姐妹，她们梦想看到自己的文字出版。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·骚塞写给其中一位的信中所说:“文学不能成为女性生活的一部分，也不应该成为。”尽管如此，三姊妹并没有停止努力。他们的回应是用男性的名字写一本诗集。即使这本书只卖了两册，三姊妹仍然没有放弃。他们开始写小说，今天夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《简·爱》、艾米莉·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》和安妮·勃朗特的《阿格尼丝·格雷》被认为是世界文学的经典之作。事实上，在《简爱》的书里，我们可以找到这样的话:“我崇尚耐力、毅力、勤奋、才华；因为这些是人们实现伟大目标的手段...
Main idea: Endurance, perseverance, industry, talent are the means by which men achieve great ends.
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...”
所以，光有天赋似乎不足以保证成功。虽然大量的努力和一点点运气起了作用，但毅力是关键。继续努力，最终你会读到“我们很高兴通知你……”
Main idea: Perseverance is the key to success.
Writer J. K. Rowling J. D. Salinger Bront sisters
Best known for Harry Potter The Catcher in the Rye Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights
and Agnes Grey
Experie-nce of rejection She was told that her book was too diffi-cult and too long for chil-dren and it was rejected 12 times by publishers. He received criticism and rejections from several publishers. Women were not encouraged to become writers at that time. Their book of poems which they wrote under male names sold only 2 copies.
Eventual outcome Harry Potter became a global success. The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published. Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.
After-reading
Think and share
What can you learn from these writers
新外研版选择性必修Book 1
Unit 2 Onwards & upwards
Language points P18-20
“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.
定语从句，修饰先行词the words
dread sth/doing sth害怕做某事
regret to do sth. 遗憾要干某事
spend...doing...花费时间做了某事,give up 放弃
副词，在以前；adj.previous eg:以前的经历
副词，在一夜之间
句子分析
adv. eager(adj.)热切的，渴望的 be eager to do sth.
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”. 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 rejecions, one publisher eventually agreed to print 500 copies of her first book, and as we know, Harry Potter became a global sucecss, with over 400 millon books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
take for example以...为例
have something in common with...与...有相同之处，此处指她也将面临一次次的退稿
along the lines of...大概是...的话，像...的话
nevertheless, 尽管是这样
turn的第三个短语：关小，调低，拒绝
对......感兴趣
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. 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 millons of copies.
all too often 经常，常常是
批评和拒绝，along with ...和...
struggle to do 费力去做某事
get something done使某事得以做好
从事，从事于
adj.立刻的，马上的
adv.immediately
go on to do sth. 继续干某事，等同于continue
Perhaps the oveall 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.” 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 Bront’s Watbering Heights and Anne Bronte’s Agnes Grey are regarded as classics of world literature. In fact, it’s 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...
毅力
dream of doing 梦想某事发生
被视为......
be encouraged to do sth.被鼓励干某事
ought to do sth. 应该干某事，表示责任，义务
事实上，等同于as a matter of fact
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...”
it seems/seemed that...仿佛是...
一点点，一丢丢
play a part (in doing) 在...上发挥作用
keep doing
持续做某事
我们很高兴地通知阁下...be delighted to do sth. 很高兴干某事
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