1、Unit2 Lesson1Starting out&Understanding i deasWarm-up1.Watch the video and answer the questions.1)Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements?2)What made them successful?2.Listen and read the poem.Answer the questions.1)What is the key message of the poem?2)Which of lif
2、es difficulties are mentioned in the poem?What is your understanding of the line”success is failure turned inside out”?3)Do you like the poem?Give your reasons.Vocabulary debt n 债务，欠款 pace n 速度；进度 inform v 通知，告知 dread v 畏惧，惧怕 rarely adv很少，难得 overnight adv 突然，一下子 rejection n 拒绝，否决 nevertheless adv 然而
3、，不过 persevere v锲而不舍，坚持不懈 criticism n 批评；指责 manuscript n 手稿，底稿 rye n 黑麦 best-seler n 畅销书；畅销产品 Victorian adj英国维多利亚（女王）时代的 laureate n 重要奖项获得者 Poet Laureate 桂冠诗人 classic n 名面 endurance n.耐力 guarantee v 保证，确保 delighted adj.高兴的Pre-reading1.Research these writers online and match them to the information.1.
4、J.K.Rowling has the same birthday as his/her most famous character:31 July.2.J.D.Salinger may have written and hidden several unpublished works.3.Emily Bronte had to pay to have his/her poetry published.2.Now share anything else you know about these writers with the class.J.D.SalingerJerome David Sa
5、linger,was born in New York City on Jan.1,1919,and established his reputation on the basis of a single novel,The Catcher in the Rye(1951),whose principal character,Holden Caulfield,epitomized the growing pains of a generation of high school and college students.Charlotte Bronte(1816-1855)and her sis
6、ters EmilyBronte(1818-1848)and Anne Bront(1820-1849)have charmed,inspired,and even shocked readers from the Victorian Era to the present.The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon better than any other before or since.Joanne Rowling,pen namesJ.K.Rowling and Robert Galbraith,is a British novelist,be
7、st known as the author of the Harry Potter series.The books have gained worldwide attention,won many awards,and sold more than 400 million copies.They have become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a series of Harry Potter films.SkimmingRead the passage quickly and choose
8、 another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.1.Life Is Hard for Female Writers2.Good Things Come to Those Who Wait3.Never Give Up on Your Dreams4.Successful WritersScanning1.Read paragraph 1 and answer the question.What do these words We regret to inform you.mean to writers?What do
9、they feel when they read them from a publisher?Have you received these words before?These words mean the writers works are rejected by publishers.Their hearts sink when they reach that final sentence.Some of us may have received these words.For example,one may not be admitted by a key school because
10、 low marks.2.Read paragraph 2 and answer the questions.What will you stick on the wall in your daily life?Why did J.K.Rowling stick her first rejection letter on her kitchen wall?Because it meant she now had something in common with her favourite writers.What she did showed that she was optimistic.H
11、ave you read Rowlings books?What do youthink of her books?Why did the publishers reject her book?Because publishers consider her book too difficult for children,too long,Children would not be interested in it.What can we learn from her?NEVER Give Up3.Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.What di
12、fficulties did J.D.Salinger get over to publish his masterpiece?What can we learn from him?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
13、the novel throughout his war service.4.Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions.What difficulties were the Bronte sisters faced with?What can we learn from them?Victorian England was a time when women were not encouraged to become writers.As the then Poet Laureate,Robert Southey,wrote to one of the
14、m:Literature cannot be the business of a womans life,and it ought not to be.I honour endurance,perseverance,industry,talent;because these are the means by which men achieve great ends.Post-readingPost-reading1.Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.2.Now read the sentences fr
15、om the passage and answer the questions.We regret to inform you.We are delighted to inform you.1).What might come next in each sentence?2).Which paragraph does each of the sentences come from?Why does the author use them like this within the passage?3.Think&ShareSummarySummarize what we have learnt today.Homework1.Do you know of any other writer who had similar experiences?Share their stories with the class.2.What words and expressions from the passage have you used to tell these stories?
