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We Regret to
Inform You...
Onwards and Upwards -understanding ideas
Book 4 Unit 2
Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
What made them successful
Who are the people mentioned in the video and what are their achievements
Their achievements:
Stephen Hawking was one of the world’s leading scientists.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa. 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.
Stephen Hawking
Nelson Mandela
Xu Beihong.
2. What made them successful
Their personal qualities of perseverance, willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them success.
Read the poem and answer the questions.
1. What is the key message of the poem
The poem is about perseverance, determination, and willpower. It tells us that we mustn’t quit whatever difficulties we may encounter in life.
2. What is your understanding of the line
“Success is the 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”.
Have you ever read the following books
Who are the writers of these books
pre - reading
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2 ______________ may have written and hidden several unpublished works.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 informaion.
J.K. Rowling
Emily Bront
J.D. Salinger
J.K. Rowling
J.D. Salinger
Emily Bront
pre - reading
Read the title and guess
what happened to these writers
We Regret to
Inform You...
Who are “we”
Who are “you”
What kind of response is it
What does this sentence imply
A. Rejection
B. Approval （同意；批准）
pre - reading
Choose another suitable title for the passage and give your reasons.
pre - reading
J. K. Rowling
J. D. Salinger
Bront sisters
We Regret to Inform You
Introduction
Main Body
Conclusion
Paragraph ___
Paragraph ____
Paragraph ___
1
2-4
5
Many successful writers have faced rejection.
Para. 1
"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.
while - reading
1. dread doing sth 惧怕做某事
2. one’s heart sinks 心情沉重
What can we learn from para. 1
A. As long as we stick to writing, we can all become writers.
B. It is very normal for many writers to receive rejections of their works.
C.The publisherss reply will be a delight to the author.
D. The more successful a writer is, the more rejection letters he receive.
while - reading
We
Regret
to Inform You...
Read Para.1 :
Many successful writers received rejections
while - reading
Para. 2
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".
while - reading
3. take...for example 以...为例
4. have...in common 有...共同之处
5. survive on 靠...生存
Para. 2
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 success, with over 400 millon books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages.
while - reading
6. turn down 拒绝；调小
7. a total of 总数为
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
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....to print 500 copies
Harry Potter became a global success:400 million books sold, ..more than 70 diffenent languages.
Harry Potter
Writer:
Many successful writers received rejections
while - reading
Para. 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 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.
while - reading
8. all too aften 太多时候；太过频繁
9. struggle to do sth 努力做某事
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
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
Writer:
Many successful writers received rejections
while - reading
Para. 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, 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.
while - reading
10. dream of doing sth 梦想做某事
11. in print 刊印；出版
Para. 4
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...
while - reading
12. give up 放弃
13. be regarded as 被认为是
Best known for:
Experience of rejection:
Eventual outcome:
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
Writer:
Many successful writers received rejections
while - reading
Para. 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 trying and eventually you will read the words "We are delighted to inform you..."
while - reading
14. play a part 起作用
Perseverance is the key to success.
Many successful writers received rejections
while - reading
害怕做某事
心情沉重
以...为例
有...共同之处
靠...生存
拒绝
总数为　
太多时候
努力做某事
10.梦想做某事 　　　
dread doing sth
one’s heart sinks
take...for example
have...in common
survive on
turn down
a total of
all too aften
struggle to do sth
dream of doing sth
post - reading
刊印；出版
放弃
被认为是
起作用 　　　
in print
give up
be regarded as
play a part
post - reading
eg:
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...
post - reading
“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.
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