words
Infamous
声名狼藉的;臭名昭著的；Infamous people or things are well-known because of something bad.
Eg: Lu placed one spot higher than the grandson of Qin Hui—the most corrupt and powerful government official in the country and perhaps the most infamous in Chinese history.
造句：He was infamous for the sexual abuse of women.
Upside
An upward trend (as of prices);
A positive aspect
Eg: Indeed, one of the greatest lessons of my journey was that any rejection can have hidden upsides, if only we are willing to look for them.
造句：There are many upsides if I change my job and go back to Tianjin.
Humiliate
羞辱;使蒙羞;使出丑；To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them feel ashamed or stupid.
Eg: Rather than feel humiliated by how different I was from the other kids, I embrace it.
造句：I felt humiliated when I broke up with my ex boyfriend.
Thinking
第九章的结构特别清晰，讲了rejection带给人的积极一面。比如激发人的动力（不受同学的欢迎给了他奋进的力量），自我提升（到十字路口募捐得到了不同的推广方式效果不同的经验），worthless（这个不知道怎么翻译，意思是说被拒绝了有时是求之不得的事？）还有性格的养成。
但是我觉得第九章相比之前几章，其实有点唠叨。来来回回讲一些空泛的重复的道理，所以不太喜欢看。这四个好处归根到底是共通的，自我成长和性格养成也是需要动力下的结果。
Guiding Questions
1. How did the elementary school rejection motivate the author?
It didn’t make him feel humiliated by how different he was from the other kids or hate everyone and the world. Instead, it made him feel that he was special and gave him the motivation to prove everyone wrong about him and show them who he really was
2. What lessons did the author learn from his donation experience?
He learned a lot from this rejection attempt about the importance of good messaging, the element of surprise, and the hard lesson of not confusing people with bad humor. But the biggest lesson of all was how to use rejection as a tool to learn, adapt, and improve.
3. Rejection can do good to character building. Did you benefit from rejection in this term? Please share with us.
I had an online shop selling clothes and shoes. At first, I was afraid to introduce my shop to my friends cause it felt like I was imploring other people to say ”yes ” to my items and me. But finally I tried it and my shop successfully piqued some people’s interests. As a result, I had come to fear selling far less than I did before.
