1、Unit 2Onwards and upwards-Understanding ideas1.Students could remember some words and phrases.2.Students could know some knowledge of this poem.3.Students should have a broad view of failure and achievement.Learning Aims:What is your understanding of the title of this unit.Share you ideas with other
2、sIt might be a prediction of bad ending.We regret to inform you作者简介 杰罗姆大卫塞林格（Jerome David Salinger，1919年2010）美国作家，1919年1月1日生于纽约。父亲是犹太进口商。他的著名小说麦田里的守望者被认为是二十世纪美国文学的经典作品之一。2010年1月27日，杰罗姆大卫塞林格在位于美国新罕布什尔州的家中去世，享年91岁。作者简介：艾米莉勃朗特(Emily Bronte，1818年7月30日-1848年12月19日)，19世纪英国作家与诗人，著名的勃朗特三姐妹之一，世界文学名著呼啸山庄的作者。这
3、部作品是艾米莉勃朗特一生中唯一的一部小说，奠定了她在英国文学史以及世界文学史上的地位。此外，她还创作了193首诗，被认为是英国一位天才型的女作家。作者简介：乔安妮凯瑟琳罗琳(J.K.Rowling)，1965年7月31日出生于英国格温特郡，毕业于英国埃克塞特大学，英国作家。1997年6月，推出哈利波特系列第一本哈利波特与魔法石。随后，又分别创作了哈利波特与密室和哈利波特与阿兹卡班的囚徒。截至2008年，哈利波特系列7本小说被翻译成67种文字在全球发行4亿册。2010年，哈利波特电影系列的完结篇哈利波特与死亡圣器拍摄完成。2017年12月12日，被英国王室授予名誉勋位，剑桥公爵威廉王子为其授勋。
4、Its about some bad stories.1.Shakespeare2.Lin Yutang3.Lu Xun1“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
5、 final sentence.重点词汇regret 后悔;遗憾;inform 报告;知会，dreads 非常害怕;极为担心;恐惧;eagerly 渴望地；热切地sinking 颓丧的，抑郁的response 回答，回复publisher 出版商Take notes quickly！You may have spent years giving up your weekends and free time to write your lifes work,yet still this is often not enough.Everyone knows that success rarely
6、happens overnight,but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have previously faced rejection.Take notes quickly！重点词汇free time 自由支配时间still 还;仍然 rarely 很少地;很少;overnight 在夜间;在晚上highly 很;非常 successful 成功的;达到目的;previously 先前;以前rejection 拒绝;否决;2.Take for example J.K.Rowling.When she
7、 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 fr
8、om publishers along the lines of“too difficult for children”,“too long”,“Children would not be interested in it”.Harry Potter became a global successWhat is her achievement?Take notes quickly！重点词汇take.for example 以.为例rejection 拒绝;否决;抛弃;拒斥have.in common 与.有共同之处survive 生存;存活comments 议论;评论;publishers 出
9、版人;发行人;be interested in 对感兴趣 Nevertheless,she persevered.“I wasnt 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 kno
10、w,Harry Potter became a global success,with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.Take notes quickly！重点词汇persevere 坚持;孜孜以求;give up 投降，认输feared 害怕;畏惧 a total of 总数为rejections 拒绝;否决;Harry Potter 哈利波特;translated 翻译;译 more than 非常，极其;3 All too often writer
11、s 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 dont know the central character well enough”was the criticism he received on his manuscript for The Catcher in th
12、e 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
13、 an immediate best-seller and went on to sell millions and millions of copies.The Catcher in the Rye became an immediate best-seller after it was published.What is his achievement?Take notes quickly！重点词汇along with 随着;随同一起，跟一起short stories 短篇小说;high school 高中;中学，well enough 还不错;还好The Catcher in the R
14、ye 麦田的守望者 Even when 即使当Second World War 第二次世界大战millions of 数百万4 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,Ro
15、bert Southey,wrote to one of them:“Literature cannot be the business of a womans life,and it ought not to be.”Nevertheless,the sisters didnt 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 didnt give up.They started w
16、riting novels,and today Charlotte Bronts Jane Eyre,Emily Bronts Wuthering Heights and Anne Bronts Agnes Greyare 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 mea
17、ns by which men achieve great ends”Their novels are regarded as classics of world literature.What is her achievements?Take notes quickly！重点词汇in print 仍在印行，仍在出版;Poet Laureate 桂冠诗人;最杰出诗人，代表诗人Even when 即使当give up 投降，认输，Jane Eyre 简爱;英国著名小说家夏绿蒂勃朗特的著作Wuthering Heights 呼啸山庄world literature 世界文学;外国文学5 So,it
18、 seems that talent alone isnt 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”Take notes quickly！重点词汇it seems that 似乎;看起来;好像enough to 足够去做;足以;足够可以a lot of 很多
19、;许多hard work 难苦的工作luck 好运;幸运 play a part 扮演一个角色，起作用，有影响perseverance 毅力;韧性;delighted 高兴的;inform 报告;知会，What is the structure of the passage?IntroductionExamplesConclusion12-45Matching!A.Conclusion:Perseverance is the important way to success.B.Introduction:many successful writers have faced rejection.
20、C.Examples:Some writers experiences.Because of his frightening and boring experience of going to hospital when he was a kid.why did the author choose to be a clown?Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,And you never can tell just how close you are,It may be near
21、 when it seems so far;So stick to the fight when youre hardest hit Its when things seem worst that you must not quit.(Excerpts from“Dont quit”by Edgar Albert Guest)Stop chipping halfway,you cannot chop down deadwood;and keep chipping a way,gold and stone can be carved.Xun Kuang锲而舍之，朽木不折；锲而不舍，金石可镂。荀况Do you know of any other writer who had similar experiences?Share their stories with the class.virturesDeterminedgood luck healthconfidenceperseverance Try to think about other benefits of laughingQuestion1.2.3.Thank you!
