Rejection therapy

廣東 王永幸

When I was six years old,my first grade teacher had this brilliant idea.She wanted us to experience receiving gifts but also learning the virtue of complimenting（贊美）each other.So she bought all of us gifts and put them in the corner.She had all of us come to the front of the classroom and compliment each other. If we heard our name called, we could go and pick up our gift and sit down.

Well,there were 40 of us to start with,and every time I heard someone's name called,I would give out the heartiest cheer. However, there were three kids left. And I was one of them. Then the compliments stopped. Well, at that moment, I was crying. And the teacher said,“OK,why don't you go to get your gift and sit down?So behave well next year—some?one might say something nice about you.”So embarrassed was I that I would die to avoid being rejected in public again.

Unfortunately,this fear even remained after I started my own company.At that time,I was presented with an investment opportunity,and then I was turned down.And that rejec?tion hurt me once again.

So this is where I went online and looked for help.Then I found this website,called re?jectiontherapy.com.Basically the idea is that you go out and look for rejection, and ev?ery time you get rejected at something,you become less sensitive to the pain.Thus I de?cided to do this and came up with my own rejection ideas.

Rejection idea one:Borrow 100 dollars from a stranger.I went to where I was working.I came downstairs and I saw a big guy sitting behind a desk.So I just approached him and said,“Hey,sir,can I borrow 100 dollars from you?”

He looked up and answered,“No.Why?”

I just said,“I'm sorry.”Then I turned around and just ran.

I felt so embarrassed.In fact,he invited me to explain myself.I could have explained but I didn't do any of that.All I did was run.That night,I made up my mind that no matter what happens next time,I will not run.I'll try my best to overcome the challenge.

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.So embarrassed was I that I would die to avoid being rejected in public again.

譯文：我如此尷尬，以至于我以后寧愿死也不要在公眾場合再次遭到拒絕。

分析：本句是倒裝句，So 接形容詞embarrassed 位于句首，謂語動詞was 需要放到主語I前面。正常的陳述句語序為“I was so embarrassed that...”。

2. Basically the idea is that you go out and look for rejection, and every time you get rejected at something,you become less sensitive to the pain.

譯文：從根本上說，這個主意就是你出門找拒絕，當(dāng)每次你遭到拒絕時，你就會變得對拒絕所帶來的傷害不那么敏感了。

分析：本句中is 后接一個表語從句，解釋the idea；另外become less sensitive to sth意為“對某事漸漸不敏感”。

Reading Check

閱讀上面材料，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容和所給段落開頭語續(xù)寫兩段，使之構(gòu)成一篇完整的短文。注意：

1.續(xù)寫詞數(shù)應(yīng)為150左右；

2.續(xù)寫部分分為兩段，每段的開頭語已為你寫好。Paragraph 1:

Rejection idea two:Getting Olympic doughnuts（甜甜圈）from a doughnut maker.

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Paragraph 2:

I couldn't believe I made it.

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?寫作指導(dǎo)

一、語篇研讀

要想續(xù)寫內(nèi)容與所給材料內(nèi)容連貫、銜接緊密，我們必須充分了解所給材料的大意。本文是一篇記敘文，文章分析如下：

Characters Settings the author,the teacher and the big guy When Where Beginning Plots Development Climax when the author was six years old;after he started his own company in his classroom;in his workplace He was one of the three kids who didn't get compliments.He was presented with an investment opportunity, and then he was turned down.He went online and looked for help and then found this website,called rejectiontherapy.com.He came up with his own rejection ideas.He tried to borrow 100 dollars from a stranger and got rejected.Theme Change oneself and build up confidence

二、情節(jié)構(gòu)思

我們可以基于原文和續(xù)寫段落首句提供的信息，構(gòu)思要續(xù)寫的故事情節(jié)。這一過程分為四步。

第一步，根據(jù)已給出的文本判斷文章的立意。

文章介紹了“我”兩次被拒絕后，鼓起勇氣嘗試一個有趣的“拒絕療法”，比如，找一個陌生人借100 美金。根據(jù)文章給出的內(nèi)容，我們可以推測，“我”希望通過“拒絕療法”幫助自己克服內(nèi)心對被拒絕的恐懼。那“我”想出的尋找拒絕的主意和經(jīng)歷讓“我”有什么收獲呢？這個故事很有可能圍繞著“改變自己和建立自信心”這個主題開展。

第二步，根據(jù)續(xù)寫第一段的段首句“Rejection idea two:Getting Olympic doughnuts from a doughnut maker.”和文章的最后一句“I'll try my best to overcome the challenge.”可知，也許“我”會被拒絕，但是“我”會直面挑戰(zhàn)。下面是構(gòu)思續(xù)寫第一段前應(yīng)該思考的問題：

（1）Would the author get rejected?Why?

（2）How would the author communicate with the doughnut maker?

（3）What would be the result?

第三步，根據(jù)續(xù)寫第二段所給出的段首句倒推續(xù)寫第一段要寫什么。

根據(jù)續(xù)寫第二段的段首句“I couldn't believe I made it.”，從其中的關(guān)鍵詞couldn't believe，我們可以看出，結(jié)果讓“我”很意外。為什么這個結(jié)果讓“我”感到很意外呢？為了使這兩段銜接自然，我們可以推測續(xù)寫第一段中，“我”應(yīng)該成功買到了奧林匹克甜甜圈，這使“我”建立了一些自信。

第四步，圍繞續(xù)寫第二段所給出的段首句進行提問及構(gòu)思：

（1）Why was the author surprised at the result?

（2）Did the author succeed this time?

（3）How did the author feel about this rejection therapy?

（4）What did the author learn from this experience?

三、潤色成篇

在續(xù)寫的過程中我們要注意“續(xù)”的原則，做到主題、情節(jié)、語言風(fēng)格一致。具體如下：

（1）通過分析，本文的主題是弘揚積極樂觀的人生觀，如敢于嘗試、克服恐懼、建立信心，續(xù)寫時應(yīng)注意結(jié)局的走向；

（2）續(xù)寫的情節(jié)應(yīng)和原文的開始和發(fā)展吻合，要根據(jù)主人公的性格特點進行合理的預(yù)測，譬如在他兩次遭遇拒絕時，他的心理變化等；

（3）文章有多處動作描寫和情感描寫，且用了so 接形容詞位于句首的倒裝句和豐富的動詞被動語態(tài)，續(xù)寫時應(yīng)盡量模仿并運用這些語言特色；

（4）續(xù)寫時應(yīng)注意句子長短結(jié)合，句型多樣化，以及語法、用詞、標點符號的準確性。