(5)Seven books have been written by Linda so far. 2.Questions about the text (1) What did the author do in her English class one day when she was 15? (2) How did the class react when the author made her announcement? (3) What was the short poem she wrote that night about?What happened to it? (4) Why did she think that"dumb luck"was fine? (5) What daily household chores did the author have to do when she was working on her first book? 6) How was her life changed when her first book became a bestseller? (7 What happened to the books the author wrote? (8) To the author,what's the secret of her successful writing career? 3.Structure of the text Part 1 (1-5)The author's dream to be a writer. Part 2(6-15)Difficulties and success she experienced in realizing her dream. Part 3(16-19)The secret of her successful writing career Step Three Detailed Study 1.Half of the students nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. (1)What doesthe sentence imply? The students were laughing at her.They didn't believe that she could write something (2)Translate the sentence into Chinese. 当时有一半同学大笑不止，差一点从他们座位上摔出去。 (3)"laughing"is present participle,serving as an adverbial. 2..you are gettinga D this semester. Grammar:The present continuous tense is used here to express the planned future. More examples: We're leaving on Tuesday Professor Smith is getting a lecture this aftemoon. He was just going to leave the restaurant when another traveler came in.(5)Seven books have been written by Linda so far. 2. Questions about the text (1) What did the author do in her English class one day when she was 15? (2) How did the class react when the author made her announcement? (3) What was the short poem she wrote that night about? What happened to it? (4) Why did she think that “dumb luck” was fine? (5) What daily household chores did the author have to do when she was working on her first book? (6) How was her life changed when her first book became a bestseller? (7) What happened to the 8 books the author wrote? (8) To the author, what’s the secret of her successful writing career? 3. Structure of the text Part 1 (1-5 ) The author’s dream to be a writer. Part 2 (6-15) Difficulties and success she experienced in realizing her dream. Part 3 (16-19) The secret of her successful writing career. Step Three Detailed Study 1. Half of the students nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. (1) What does the sentence imply? The students were laughing at her. They didn’t believe that she could write something. (2) Translate the sentence into Chinese. 当时有一半同学大笑不止，差一点从他们座位上摔出去。 (3) “laughing” is present participle, serving as an adverbial. 2. …you are getting a D this semester. Grammar: The present continuous tense is used here to express the planned future. More examples: We’re leaving on Tuesday. Professor Smith is getting a lecture this afternoon. He was just going to leave the restaurant when another traveler came in