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Period 2　 课文整体阅读(Understanding ideas)
Ⅰ．文章大意
　What is the theme of the text about
A．Success depends on talent．
B．Perseverance is the key to success．
C．Many famous writers have many regrets．
D．Many famous writers have been treated unfairly．
Ⅱ．篇章结构
1．What's the author's intention by writing the last sentence in the first paragraph
A．To advise us to be patient．
B．To show the key to success．
C．To introduce the following contents．
D．To show the writer's attitude towards success．
2．How did Rowling react when she received her first rejection
A．She began to doubt her ability of writing．
B．She was depressed at the comments from the publisher．
C．She gave up the first book and began to write another one．
D．She thought about the way to be out of the ordinary．
3．What did J．D．Salinger have in common with J．K．Rowling
A．Both of them once suffered from poverty．
B．Both of them were filled with perseverance．
C．Neither of them got married．
D．Both of them were bilingual．
4．Why did the three sisters publish one of their books under male names
A．Because they were not as famous as males．
B．Because a book written by a man was more expensive．
C．Because women were not encouraged to be writers in their age．
D．Because that book was forbidden then．
5．What can we learn from the passage
A．Luck is everything．
B．Every coin has two sides．
C．Where there is a will，there is a way．
D．Adjust your life goals in time when in trouble．
1．What's your understanding of the sentence about J．K．Rowling“she now had something in common with her favourite writers”？
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2．What can we learn from the writers mentioned in the text
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Ⅰ．一词多义/熟词生义
1．pace n．速度；进度；步速，节奏；一步的距离 v．(因担忧、紧张而)踱步
①(教材原句)Don't give up though the pace seems slow—You may succeed with another blow． ____________
②She took two paces forward． ____________
③It is difficult to keep up with the rapid pace of change． ____________
④She paced up and down outside the room． ____________
⑤We encourage all students to work at their own pace． ____________
2．guarantee v．保证；确保 n．保证；保证书；担保；抵押品
①(教材原句)So，it seems that talent alone isn't enough to guarantee success． ____________
②He put up his house as a guarantee． ____________
③A close relative，usually a parent，can provide a guarantee for the loan． ____________
④Wealth is not always a guarantee of happiness． ____________
3．She displayed the classic symptoms of depression． ____________
Ⅱ．词块积累
1．________________ 　急切地拆开它
2．________________ 把……贴……上
3．________________ 全球范围内的成功
4．________________ 被鼓励做某事
Ⅲ．写作佳句
1．J．D．Salinger started writing short stories in high school，but later ____________________________________．
J．D．塞林格从高中时就开始写短篇小说了，但之后他的作品却难以发表。
2．So，it seems that ____________________________________．
因此，仅靠天赋似乎不足以保证获得成功。
3．While a lot of hard work and ____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要，但坚持不懈才是关键。
Ⅳ.长难语句
1．The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking when they reach that final sentence．
[分析]　本句为并列复合句。第一个and之后的分句是一个复合句：“the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking”是________，其中“their hearts sinking”为独立主格结构，作________；“when they reach that final sentence”为__________从句。
[翻译]　_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2．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．
[分析]　本句为主从复合句。“When she received her first rejection letter”为____________从句，其后是主句。主句本身是一个复合句：“she decided...stuck it on her kitchen wall”为主句；“that it meant...writers”为________从句，作decided的宾语，其中“she now had something in common with her favourite writers”为省略了__________的宾语从句，作 meant的宾语。
[翻译]　_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Ⅴ．课文语法填空
We Regret to Inform You ...
“We regret to inform you ...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving．Everyone knows that success rarely 1．______ (happen) overnight，but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have 2．____________ (previous) faced rejection．
J．K．Rowling had spent years 3．________ (survive) on little money，spending all her time writing．Nevertheless，she persevered．4．____________ we know，Harry Potter became a global success．
J．D．Salinger struggled to get his works 5．____________ (publish)．But he faced 6．____________ (criticise) along with rejection．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 7．____________ the novel throughout his war service．
Three sisters from Victorian England dreamt of seeing their words in print．This，however，was a time when women were not encouraged 8．____________ (become) writers．Even when the book sold only two copies，the sisters still didn't give up．Today Charlotte Brontё's Jane Eyre，Emily Brontё's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontё's Agnes Grey 9．____________ (regard) as classics of world literature．While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play 10．____________ part，perseverance is the key．
　　　　　　　　　　　　　
①regret to inform you遗憾地通知您
②dread doing...害怕做……
③the response from a publisher出版商的回复
④reach that final sentence读到最后一句话
⑤give up your weekends and free time放弃周末和空闲时间
⑥a lot of highly successful writers很多非常成功的作家
⑦face rejection面对拒绝
⑧take for example 以……为例
⑨receive her first rejection letter收到她的第一封拒稿信
⑩have...in common with...和……有共同点
survive on靠……生存
along the lines of类似这样，诸如
turn down拒绝
a total of twelve rejections总共12次拒稿
as we know众所周知，正如我们所知
all too often经常，常常；通常，时常
along with和；和……一起
struggle to get his works published艰难地争取让他的作品出版
the central character主要人物
refuse to give up拒绝放弃
serve in the US Army在美国军队服役
carry sth．with sb．随身携带……
work on the novel throughout his war service整个战争服役期间致力于这部小说的创作
become an immediate best-seller立即成为畅销书
millions and millions of copies数百万册
the overall prize for perseverance坚持不懈的最高荣誉
dream of...梦想……
in print 发行，出版
the business of a woman's life一个女人一生的事业
stop doing sth．停止做某事
under male names以男性的名字
be regarded as classics of world literature被认为是世界文学的经典之作
a touch of luck少许/一点运气
play a part起作用
be delighted to很高兴……
We Regret to Inform You①...
“We regret to inform you...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving②，but words every writer knows well．The response from a publisher③ comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking[1] when they reach that final sentence④.You may have spent years giving up your weekends and free time⑤ 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 writers⑥ have previously faced rejection⑦.
[1]their hearts sinking是独立主格结构，在句中作状语。
Take for example⑧ J．K．Rowling．When she received her first rejection letter⑨，she decided that it meant she now had something in common with⑩ 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 [2]，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 know ，Harry Potter became a global success，with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages[3].
[2]句中的not...until...表示“直到……才……”。
[3]句中with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages是“with＋宾语＋宾语补足语”结构。
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 millions of copies .
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 .Even when the book sold only two copies，the sisters still didn't give up．They started writing novels，and today Charlotte Brontё's Jane Eyre，Emily Brontё's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontё's Agnes Grey are 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 means by which men achieve great ends...”[4]
[4]本句是一个强调句，强调within the pages of Jane Eyre。by which引导定语从句，修饰先行词means。
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...”
我们抱歉地通知您……
“我们抱歉地通知您……”这句话，对每个作家来说，既可怕又熟悉。出版商给了回信，作家急切地拆开来读，但读到这最后一句，心随即跌落谷底。你可能已经花费数年，放弃了周末和空闲时间去创作你的毕生作品，但这往往还不够。大家都明白，成功不是一朝一夕可以获得的；但也许很多人都不知道，很多卓越的作家也都曾被拒稿。
J．K．罗琳就是其中一位。当她收到第一封拒稿信时，她决定把这看作是自己与最喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处，并把这封信贴在厨房的墙上。罗琳过了很多年拮据的生活，她把所有时间都用来写作。当她终于完成第一本书时，出版商给出的评价却是“对孩子来说太难理解”“太长”“孩子们不会感兴趣”等等。尽管如此，她依然坚持不懈。“我不会放弃的，除非所有的出版商都拒绝我。不过我常常担心这真的会发生。”她后来说。在收到12封拒稿信后，终于有家出版商同意将她的第一本书印刷500册。我们都知道，《哈利·波特》后来在全球大获成功，销量超过4亿册，被翻译成了70多种不同的语言。
在被回绝的同时还要遭受批评，这在那些写出伟大作品的作家身上太常见了。J．D．塞林格从高中时就开始写短篇小说了，但之后他的作品却难以发表。“我们觉得自己无法充分理解中心人物。”这是《麦田里的守望者》的手稿受到的批评。即使被多家出版商回绝，J．D．塞林格也从未放弃。甚至在二战期间，他在美国陆军服役时，还随身携带了《麦田里的守望者》一书的六章内容，继续致力于这部小说的创作。最终，这本书一经出版，便立刻成为畅销书，卖出了数百万册。
也许，坚持不懈的最高荣誉应该颁给来自英国维多利亚时代的三姐妹。她们梦想着看到自己的作品出版。然而，这是一个不鼓励妇女成为作家的时代。当时的桂冠诗人，罗伯特·骚塞，在给她们其中一位的信中写道：“文学不可能也不应该成为女人的事业。”尽管如此，三姐妹并没有放弃尝试。她们的应对方式是以男性名字为笔名写了一本诗集。即使这本诗集只卖出了两册，但她们还是没有放弃，转而开始写小说。如今，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《艾格妮丝·格雷》被认为是世界文学的经典之作。其实，这正印证了我们在《简·爱》中读到的：“我崇尚忍耐、坚毅、勤奋、天赋；因为只有依靠这些，人们才能实现宏大的目标……”
因此，仅靠天赋似乎不足以保证获得成功。不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要，但坚持不懈才是关键。坚持下去，你终会收到这样的回复：“我们高兴地通知您……”
Period 2
课文理解
Task 1　整体理解
Ⅰ．B
Ⅱ．1．rejection　2．twelve　3．global　4．criticism　5．best-seller　6．encouraged　7．classics　8．Perseverance
Task 2　细节理解
1－5　CDBCC
Task 3　多维探究
略
课文精粹
Ⅰ．1．①n．速度　②n．一步的距离　③n．进度 　④v．(因担忧、紧张而)踱步　⑤n．节奏
2．①v．保证　②n．抵押品　③n．担保　④n．保证
3．adj．典型的
Ⅱ．1．eagerly open it　2．stick sth．on　3．a global success
4．be encouraged to do sth．
Ⅲ．1．struggled to get his works published　2．talent alone isn't enough to guarantee success　3．a touch of luck play a part，perseverance is the key
Ⅳ．1．分析：主句；状语；时间状语
翻译：出版商给了回信，作家急切地拆开来读，但读到这最后一句，心随即跌落谷底。
2．分析：时间状语；宾语；that
翻译：当她收到第一封拒稿信时，她决定把这看作是自己与最喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处，并把这封信贴在厨房的墙上。
Ⅴ．1．happens　2．previously　3．surviving　4．As　5．published　6．criticism　7．on　8．to become　9．are regarded　10．a
1 / 9(共39张PPT)
复习任务群一
现代文阅读Ⅰ
把握共性之“新”　打通应考之“脉”
Unit 2　
Onwards and upwards
主题语境　人与自我——正确的人生态度
Period 2　课时练案 课文整体阅读(Understanding ideas)
√
Ⅰ．文章大意
What is the theme of the text about
A．Success depends on talent．
B．Perseverance is the key to success．
C．Many famous writers have many regrets．
D．Many famous writers have been treated unfairly．
Ⅱ．篇章结构
rejection
twelve
global
criticism
best-seller
encouraged
classics
Perseverance
√
1．What's the author's intention by writing the last sentence in the first paragraph
A．To advise us to be patient．
B．To show the key to success．
C．To introduce the following contents．
D．To show the writer's attitude towards success．
√
2．How did Rowling react when she received her first rejection
A．She began to doubt her ability of writing．
B．She was depressed at the comments from the publisher．
C．She gave up the first book and began to write another one．
D．She thought about the way to be out of the ordinary．
3．What did J．D．Salinger have in common with J．K．Rowling
A．Both of them once suffered from poverty．
B．Both of them were filled with perseverance．
C．Neither of them got married．
D．Both of them were bilingual．
√
4．Why did the three sisters publish one of their books under male names
A．Because they were not as famous as males．
B．Because a book written by a man was more expensive．
C．Because women were not encouraged to be writers in their age．
D．Because that book was forbidden then．
√
5．What can we learn from the passage
A．Luck is everything．
B．Every coin has two sides．
C．Where there is a will，there is a way．
D．Adjust your life goals in time when in trouble．
√
1．What's your understanding of the sentence about J．K．Rowling“she now had something in common with her favourite writers”？
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________ 2．What can we learn from the writers mentioned in the text
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________
[答案]　略
Ⅰ．一词多义/熟词生义
1．pace n．速度；进度；步速，节奏；一步的距离 v．(因担忧、紧张而)踱步
①(教材原句)Don't give up though the pace seems slow—You may succeed with another blow． _______
②She took two paces forward． _____________
③It is difficult to keep up with the rapid pace of change． _______
④She paced up and down outside the room． ________________________
⑤We encourage all students to work at their own pace． _______
n．速度
n．一步的距离
n．进度
v．(因担忧、紧张而)踱步
n．节奏
2．guarantee v．保证；确保 n．保证；保证书；担保；抵押品
①(教材原句)So，it seems that talent alone isn't enough to guarantee success． _______
②He put up his house as a guarantee． _________
③A close relative，usually a parent，can provide a guarantee for the loan． _______
④Wealth is not always a guarantee of happiness． _______
3．She displayed the classic symptoms of depression． ___________
v．保证
n．抵押品
n．担保
n．保证
adj．典型的
Ⅱ．词块积累
1．_______________ 急切地拆开它
2．____________ 把……贴……上
3．________________ 全球范围内的成功
4．________________________被鼓励做某事
eagerly open it
stick sth．on
a global success
be encouraged to do sth．
Ⅲ．写作佳句
1．J．D．Salinger started writing short stories in high school，but later ____________________________________．
J．D．塞林格从高中时就开始写短篇小说了，但之后他的作品却难以发表。
2．So，it seems that _______________________________________．
因此，仅靠天赋似乎不足以保证获得成功。
struggled to get his works published
talent alone isn't enough to guarantee success
3．While a lot of hard work and ________________________________
___________________．
不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要，但坚持不懈才是关键。
a touch of luck play a part，
perseverance is the key
Ⅳ．长难语句
1．The response from a publisher comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking when they reach that final sentence．
[分析]　本句为并列复合句。第一个and之后的分句是一个复合句：“the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking”是____，其中“their hearts sinking”为独立主格结构，作____；“when they reach that final sentence”为________从句。
主句
状语
时间状语
[翻译]　_______________________________________________________________________
出版商给了回信，作家急切地拆开来读，但读到这最后一句，心随即跌落谷底。
2．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．
[分析]　本句为主从复合句。“When she received her first rejection letter”为________从句，其后是主句。主句本身是一个复合句：“she decided...stuck it on her kitchen wall”为主句；“that it meant...writers”为____从句，作decided的宾语，其中“she now had something in common with her favourite writers”为省略了____的宾语从句，作 meant的宾语。
时间状语
宾语
that
[翻译]　______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
当她收到第一封拒稿信时，她决定把这看作是自己与最喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处，并把这封信贴在厨房的墙上。
Ⅴ．课文语法填空
We Regret to Inform You ...
“We regret to inform you ...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving．Everyone knows that success rarely 1．_______ (happen) overnight，but perhaps not many know that a lot of highly successful writers have 2．__________ (previous) faced rejection．
happens
previously
J．K．Rowling had spent years 3．_________ (survive) on little money，spending all her time writing．Nevertheless，she persevered．4．__ we know，Harry Potter became a global success．
J．D．Salinger struggled to get his works 5．_________ (publish)．But he faced 6．_________ (criticise) along with rejection．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 7．__ the novel throughout his war service．
surviving
As
published
criticism
on
Three sisters from Victorian England dreamt of seeing their words in print．This，however，was a time when women were not encouraged 8．_________ (become) writers．Even when the book sold only two copies，the sisters still didn't give up．Today Charlotte Brontё's Jane Eyre，Emily Brontё's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontё's Agnes Grey 9．____________ (regard) as classics of world literature．While a lot of hard work and a touch of luck play 10．__ part，perseverance is the key．
to become
are regarded
a
①regret to inform you遗憾地通知您
②dread doing...害怕做……
③the response from a publisher出版商的回复
④reach that final sentence读到最后一句话
⑤give up your weekends and free time放弃周末和空闲时间
⑥a lot of highly successful writers 很多非常成功的作家
⑦face rejection面对拒绝
⑧take for example 以……为例
⑨receive her first rejection letter收到她的第一封拒稿信
⑩have...in common with...和……有共同点
survive on靠……生存
along the lines of类似这样，诸如
turn down拒绝
a total of twelve rejections总共12次拒稿
as we know众所周知，正如我们所知
all too often经常，常常；通常，时常
along with 和；和……一起
struggle to get his works published艰难地争取让他的作品出版
the central character主要人物
refuse to give up 拒绝放弃
serve in the US Army在美国军队服役
carry sth．with sb． 随身携带……
work on the novel throughout his war service整个战争服役期间致力于这部小说的创作
become an immediate best-seller立即成为畅销书
millions and millions of copies数百万册
the overall prize for perseverance 坚持不懈的最高荣誉
dream of...梦想……
in print 发行，出版
the business of a woman's life一个女人一生的事业
stop doing sth．停止做某事
under male names 以男性的名字
be regarded as classics of world literature被认为是世界文学的经典之作
a touch of luck少许/一点运气
play a part起作用
be delighted to很高兴……
We Regret to Inform You①...
“We regret to inform you...”These are the words that every writer dreads receiving②，but words every writer knows well．The response from a publisher③ comes back and the writer eagerly opens and reads it，their hearts sinking[1] when they reach that final sentence④．You may have spent years giving up your weekends and free time⑤ 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 writers⑥ have previously faced rejection⑦．
[1]their hearts sinking是独立主格结构，在句中作状语。
Take for example⑧ J．K．Rowling．When she received her first rejection letter⑨，she decided that it meant she now had something in common with⑩ 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 [2]，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 know ，Harry Potter became a global success，with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages[3]．
[2]句中的not...until...表示“直到……才……”。
[3]句中with over 400 million books sold and translated into more than seventy different languages是“with＋宾语＋宾语补足语”结构。
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 millions of copies ．
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 ．Even when the book sold only two copies，the sisters still didn't give up．They started writing novels，and today
Charlotte Brontё's Jane Eyre，Emily Brontё's Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontё's Agnes Grey are 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 means by which men achieve great ends...”[4]
[4]本句是一个强调句，强调within the pages of Jane Eyre。by which引导定语从句，修饰先行词means。
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...”
我们抱歉地通知您……
“我们抱歉地通知您……”这句话，对每个作家来说，既可怕又熟悉。出版商给了回信，作家急切地拆开来读，但读到这最后一句，心随即跌落谷底。你可能已经花费数年，放弃了周末和空闲时间去创作你的毕生作品，但这往往还不够。大家都明白，成功不是一朝一夕可以获得的；但也许很多人都不知道，很多卓越的作家也都曾被拒稿。
J．K．罗琳就是其中一位。当她收到第一封拒稿信时，她决定把这看作是自己与最喜爱的作家之间有了共同之处，并把这封信贴在厨房的墙上。罗琳过了很多年拮据的生活，她把所有时间都用来写作。当她终于完成第一本书时，出版商给出的评价却是“对孩子来说太难理解”“太长”“孩子们不会感兴趣”等等。尽管如此，她依然坚持不懈。“我不会放弃的，除非所有的出版商都拒绝我。不过我常常担心这真的会发生。”她后来说。在收到12封拒稿信后，终于有家出版商同意将她的第一本书印刷500册。我们都知道，《哈利·波特》后来在全球大获成功，销量超过4亿册，被翻译成了70多种不同的语言。
在被回绝的同时还要遭受批评，这在那些写出伟大作品的作家身上太常见了。J．D．塞林格从高中时就开始写短篇小说了，但之后他的作品却难以发表。“我们觉得自己无法充分理解中心人物。”这是《麦田里的守望者》的手稿受到的批评。即使被多家出版商回绝，J．D．塞林格也从未放弃。甚至在二战期间，他在美国陆军服役时，还随身携带了《麦田里的守望者》一书的六章内容，继续致力于这部小说的创作。最终，这本书一经出版，便立刻成为畅销书，卖出了数百万册。
也许，坚持不懈的最高荣誉应该颁给来自英国维多利亚时代的三姐妹。她们梦想着看到自己的作品出版。然而，这是一个不鼓励妇女成为作家的时代。当时的桂冠诗人，罗伯特·骚塞，在给她们其中一位的信中写道：“文学不可能也不应该成为女人的事业。”尽管如此，三姐妹并没有放弃尝试。她们的应对方式是以男性名字为笔名写了一本诗集。即使这本诗集只卖出了两册，但她们还是没有放弃，转而开始写小说。如今，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《艾格妮丝·格雷》被认为是世界文学的经典之作。其实，这正印证了我们在《简·爱》中读到的：“我崇尚忍耐、坚毅、勤奋、天赋；因为只有依靠这些，人们才能实现宏大的目标……”
因此，仅靠天赋似乎不足以保证获得成功。不懈的努力和一点点运气固然很重要，但坚持不懈才是关键。坚持下去，你终会收到这样的回复：“我们高兴地通知您……”
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