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高中英语外研版选择性必修1Unit2语篇1

WeRegrettoInformYou...

我们遗憾地通知您...

“Weregrettoinformyou..”Thesearethewordsthateverywriterdreadsreceiving,butwordseverywriterknowswell.Theresponsefromapublishercomesbackandthewritereagerlyopensandreadsit,theirheartssinkingwhentheyreachthatfinalsentence.Youmayhavespentyearsgivingupyourweekendsandfreetimetowriteyourlifeswork,yetstillthisisoftennotenough.Everyoneknowsthatsuccessrarelyhappensovernight,butperhapsnotmanyknowthatalotofhighlysuccessfulwritershavepreviouslyfacedrejection.

“我们遗憾地通知您……”这些是每位作家都害怕收到，但每位作家都十分熟悉的字眼。出版商的回复回来了，作家急切地打开并阅读它，当他们读到那最后一句话时，心沉了下来。你可能已经花费了数年时间，牺牲了周末和空闲时间来撰写你一生的工作，然而这往往还是不够的。每个人都知道成功很少一夜之间发生，但或许不是很多人都知道，许多非常成功的作家之前都曾面临过拒绝。

TakeforexampleJ.K.Rowling.Whenshereceivedherfirstrejectionletter,shedecidedthatitmeantshenowhadsomethingincommonwithherfavouritewriters,andstuckitonherkitchenwall.Rowlinghadspentyearssurvivingonlittlemoney,spendingallhertimewriting.Whenshefinallyfinishedherfirstbook,shereceivedcommentsfrompublishersalongthelinesof“toodifficultforchildren”,toolong”,“Childrenwouldnotbeinterestedinit.Nevertheless,shepersevered.Iwasntgoingtogiveupuntileverysinglepublisherturnedmedown,butIoftenfearedthatwouldhappen,shelaterposted.Afteratotaloftwelverejections,onepublishereventuallyagreedtoprint500copiesofherfirstbook,andasweknow,HarryPotterbecameaglobalsuccess,withover400millionbookssoldandtranslatedintomorethanseventydifferentlanguages.

以J.K.罗琳为例。当她收到第一封拒信时，她决定这意味着她现在与她最喜欢的作家有了共同之处，并将其贴在了厨房的墙上。罗琳多年来一直生活在微薄的收入中，把所有时间都用在写作上。当她终于完成了她的第一本书时，她收到了出版商的评论，大致是“对孩子们来说太难了”，“太长了”，“孩子们不会对它感兴趣”。尽管如此，她还是坚持不懈。“除非每一个出版商都拒绝我，否则我不会放弃，”她后来写道，“但我经常担心这会发生。”在总共十二次拒绝之后，终于有一家出版商同意印刷她的第一本书的500本副本，正如我们所知，哈利·波特成为了全球性的成功，售出了超过四亿本书，并被翻译成七十多种不同的语言。

Alltoooftenwritersofgreatworkshavehadtofacecriticismalong