英文 Churchill and his other life的总结 要纹身，励志的英文格言
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Pre-reading Activities
First Listening
1. You're about to hear a conversation about Winston Churchill. Before you listen, take a look at the words below. Which do you think you're likely to hear when people discuss Churchill? Then, as you listen to the tape the first time, circle the words you hear.
prime minister author painter politician World War I romantic fearless serious passionate World War II
Second Listening
Read the following questions first to prepare yourself to answer them to the best of your ability.
2. What was the argument about? Which side do you believe?
3. What do you know about Winston Churchill as British prime minister? What about his personality\u2014do you have any impressions of him as a human being?
Winston Churchill\u2014His Other Life
Mary Soames
My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s, amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he had been deeply involved in a campaign in the Dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a bloody world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life, Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately: He was removed from the Admiralty and lost his position of political influence.
Overwhelmed by the disaster \u2014 "I thought he would die of grief," said his wife, Clementine \u2014 he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, "The muse of painting came to my rescue!"
One day when he was wandering in the garden, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolours. He watched her for a few minutes, then borrowed her brush and tried his hand \u2014 and the muse worked her magic. From that day forward, Winston was in love with painting.
Delighted with anything that distracted Winston from the dark thoughts that overwhelmed him, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints and materials she could find. Watercolours, oil paints, paper, canvas \u2014 Hoe Farm was soon filled with everything a painter could want or need.
Painting in oils turned out to be Winston's great love \u2014 but the first steps were strangely difficult. He contemplated the blank whiteness of his first canvas with unaccustomed nervousness. He later recalled:
"Very hesitantly I selected a tube of blue paint, and with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean on the snow-white field. At that moment I heard the sound of a motorcar in the drive and threw down my brush in a panic. I was even more alarmed when I saw who stepped from the car: the wife of Sir John Lavery, the celebrated painter who lived nearby.
"'Painting!' she declared. 'What fun. But what are you waiting for? Let me have the brush \u2014 the big one.' She plunged into the paints and before I knew it, she had swept several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely terrified canvas. Anyone could see it could not hit back. I hesitated no more. I seized the largest brush and fell upon my wretched victim with wild fury. I have never felt any fear of a canvas since."
Lavery, who later tutored Churchill in his art, said of his unusual pupil's artistic abilities: "Had he chosen painting instead of politics, he would have been a great master with the brush."
In painting, Churchill had discovered a companion with whom he was to walk for the greater part of his life. Painting would be his comfort when, in 1921, the death of his mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and Clementine's beloved three-year-old daughter, Marigold. Overcome by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland \u2014 and in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: "I went out and painted a beautiful river in the afternoon light with red and golden hills in the background. Many loving thoughts.... Alas, I keep feeling the hurt of Marigold."
Life and love and hope slowly revived. In September 1922 another child was born to Clementine and Winston: myself. In the same year, Winston bought Chartwell, the beloved home he was to paint in all its different aspects for the next 40 years.
My father must have felt a glow of satisfaction when in the mid-1920s he won first prize in a prestigious amateur art exhibition held in London. Entries were anonymous, and some of the judges insisted that Winston's picture \u2014 one of his first of Chartwell \u2014 was the work of a professional, not an amateur, and should be disqualified. But in the end, they agreed to rely on the artist's honesty and were delighted when they learned that the picture had been painted by Churchill.
Historians have called the decade after 1929, when Winston again fell from office, his barren years. Politically barren they may have been, as his lonely voice struggled to awaken Britain to the menace of Hitler, but artistically those years bore abundant fruit: of the 500-odd Churchill canvases in existence, roughly half date from 1930 to 1939.
Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. "Happy are the painters," he had written in his book Painting as a Pastime, "for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day." And so it was for my father.
(776 words)
New Words
amid
prep.in the middle of, among \u5728\u2026\u4e4b\u4e2d
* disastrous
a. extremely bad; terrible \u707e\u96be\u6027\u7684\uff0c\u7cdf\u900f\u7684
lord
n. (in Britain) title of some officials of very high rank\uff08\u82f1\uff09\u5927\u81e3\uff1b\u5927\u4eba\uff0c\u9601\u4e0b
admiralty
n. (the A\uff5e)(in Britain) government department in charge of the navy \uff08\u82f1\uff09\u6d77\u519b\u90e8
campaign
n. 1. a series of planned military actions \u6218\u5f79
2. a planned series of activities, esp. in politics and business \u8fd0\u52a8
bloody
a. 1. very violent, with a lot of wounding and killing \u8840\u8165\u7684
2. covered with blood \u8840\u6c61\u7684
mission
n. 1. (usu. military) duty or purpose for which people are sent somewhere \u3014\u5e38\u6307\u519b\u4e8b\u3015\u4efb\u52a1
2. \u5929\u804c\uff0c\u4f7f\u547d
privately
ad. 1. not publicly \u975e\u516c\u5f00\u5730
2. personally; secretly \u5728\u6d89\u53ca\u79c1\uff08\u4e2a\uff09\u4eba\u65b9\u9762\uff1b\u79d8\u5bc6\u5730
private
a. 1. personal; secret \u79c1\uff08\u4e2a\uff09\u4eba\u7684\uff1b\u79d8\u5bc6\u7684
2. not public \u975e\u516c\u5f00\u7684
disaster
n. (a)sudden great misfortune \u707e\u96be\uff0c\u5929\u707e\uff1b\u7978\u60a3
* grief
n. a feeling of extreme sadness \u60b2\u54c0
* grieve
v. suffer from grief or great sadness \uff08\u4e3a\u2026\u800c\uff09\u60b2\u4f24\uff1b\u4f24\u5fc3
retreat
n. 1. a place into which one can go for peace and safety \u9690\u5c45\u5904
2. \u64a4\u9000\uff1b\u907f\u96be
vi. move back or leave a center of fighting or other activity \u64a4\u9000\uff1b\u9000\u907f
muse, Muse
n. 1. (in Greek mythology) one of the nine goddesses of poetry, music, etc. \u7f2a\u65af\uff08\u5e0c\u814a\u795e\u8bdd\u4e2d\u53f8\u6587\u827a\u7684\u4e5d\u4f4d\u5973\u795e\u4e4b\u4e00\uff09
2. a force or person that inspires sb. to write, paint, etc. \u521b\u4f5c\u7075\u611f
rescue
n. help which gets sb. out of a dangerous or unpleasant situation \u6551\u52a9\uff1b\u6551\u63f4
vt. \u6551\u52a9\uff1b\u6551\u63f4
sister-in-law
n. sister of one's husband or wife \u59d1\u5b50\uff1b\u59e8\u5b50\uff1b\u5ac2\u5b50\uff1b\u5f1f\u5ab3
sketch
v. make a quick, rough drawing (of sth.) \u7d20\u63cf\uff0c\u901f\u5199
n. \u7d20\u63cf\uff0c\u901f\u5199
watercolo(u)r
n. \u6c34\u5f69\uff08\u989c\u6599\uff09\uff1b\u6c34\u5f69\u753b
magic
n. \u9b54\u6cd5\uff0c\u6cd5\u672f
a. \u6709\u9b54\u529b\u7684
* distract
vt. (from) take (one's mind, sb.) off sth. \u8f6c\u79fb\uff08\u6ce8\u610f\u529b\uff09; \u4f7f\u8f6c\u79fb\u6ce8\u610f\u529b
* canvas
n. 1. a piece of strong heavy cloth used for an oil painting \u5e06\u5e03\u753b\u5e03
2. a completed oil painting \u6cb9\u753b
* contemplate
vt. look at in a serious or quiet way, often for some time \uff08\u9ed8\u9ed8\u5730\uff09\u6ce8\u89c6\uff0c\u51dd\u89c6
blank
a. 1. without writing, print or other marks \u7a7a\u767d\u7684
2. expressionless\uff1bwithout understanding \u65e0\u8868\u60c5\u7684\uff1b\u832b\u7136\u7684
unaccustomed
a. not used (to sth.); not usual \uff08\u5bf9\u67d0\u7269\uff09\u4e0d\u4e60\u60ef\u7684\uff1b\u4e0d\u5bfb\u5e38\u7684
accustomed
a. regular; usual \u60ef\u5e38\u7684\uff0c\u901a\u5e38\u7684
hesitantly
ad. not doing sth. quickly or immediately for one's uncertainty or worry about it \u72b9\u8c6b\u4e0d\u51b3\u5730
infinite
a. extremely great in degree or amount; without limits or end \u65e0\u9650\u7684\uff1b\u6781\u5927\u7684
precaution
n. 1. carefulness \u9632\u5907\uff0c\u9884\u9632
2. an action taken to avoid sth. dangerous or unpleasant \u9884\u9632\u63aa\u65bd
bean
n. \u8c46\uff1b\u8695\u8c46
motorcar
n. a car \u6c7d\u8f66
alarm
vt. excite with sudden fear or anxiety \u4f7f\u60ca\u6050\uff1b\u4f7f\u5fe7\u8651
n. 1. a sudden feeling of fear or anxiety \u60ca\u6050\uff1b\u5fe7\u8651
2. a warning of danger \u8b66\u62a5
plunge
vi. (into, in) 1. rush suddenly and deeply into sth. \u6295\u8eab\u4e8e
2. suddenly fall in a particular direction \u7eb5\u8eab\u6295\u5165\uff1b\u4e00\u5934\u624e\u5165
fierce
a. 1. angry, violent and cruel \u66b4\u6012\u7684\uff1b\u51f6\u731b\u7684\uff1b\u6b8b\u9177\u7684
2. (of heat, strong feelings) very great \u5f3a\u70c8\u7684
* slash
n. a long sweeping cut or blow \u780d\uff1b\u6325\u51fb
vt. cut with long sweeping forceful strokes\uff1bmove or force with this kind of cutting movement \u780d\uff0c\u780d\u51fb\uff1b\u731b\u6325
absolutely
ad. completely\uff1bwithout conditions \u5b8c\u5168\u5730\uff1b\u7edd\u5bf9\u5730
* terrify
vt. fill with terror or fear \u6050\u5413\uff0c\u4f7f\u60ca\u5413
* wretched
a. very unhappy or unfortunate \u4e0d\u5e78\u7684\uff1b\u53ef\u601c\u7684
victim
n. sb. or sth. hurt or killed as a result of other people's actions, or of illness, bad luck, etc. \u727a\u7272\u8005\uff0c\u53d7\u5bb3\u8005\uff1b\u727a\u7272\u54c1
* fury
n. 1. a wildly excited state (of feeling or activity) \u72c2\u70ed\uff1b\u6fc0\u70c8
2. (a state of) very great anger \u72c2\u6012
artistic
a. 1. of. concerning art or artists \u827a\u672f\u7684\uff1b\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u7684
2. made with inventive skill or imagination \u5bcc\u6709\u827a\u672f\u6027\u7684
companion
n. mate; one who associates with or accompanies another \u540c\u4f34\uff1b\u4f34\u4fa3
beloved
a. much loved; darling \u6df1\u7231\u7684\uff1b\u4eb2\u7231\u7684
overcome
vt. 1. (often pass.) (by, with) (of feelings) take control and influence one's behavior \u3014\u5e38\u88ab\u52a8\u3015\uff08\u611f\u60c5\u7b49\uff09\u538b\u5012\uff0c\u4f7f\u53d7\u4e0d\u4e86
2. win a victory over; defeat \u514b\u670d\uff1b\u6218\u80dc
* refuge
n. (a place that provides) protection or shelter from harm, danger or unhappiness \u907f\u96be\uff08\u6240\uff09\uff1b\u5e87\u62a4\uff08\u6240\uff09
alas
int. a cry expressing grief, sorrow or fear \u5509\uff08\u8868\u793a\u60b2\u4f24\u3001\u5fe7\u6101\u3001\u6050\u60e7\u7b49\uff09
* revive
v. 1. regain strength, consciousness, life, etc.\uff1bbring (sb. or sth.) back to strength, consciousness, life, etc. \uff08\u4f7f\uff09\u590d\u82cf\uff1b\uff08\u4f7f\uff09\u91cd\u632f\u6d3b\u529b
2. become active, popular, or successful again \u6062\u590d\u751f\u673a\uff1b\u590d\u5174\uff1b\u91cd\u65b0\u6d41\u884c
glow
n. a feeling of warmth or pleasure \u70ed\u70c8
vi. emit a soft light \u53d1\u5149
amateur
a. & n. (a person who is) not professional \u4e1a\u4f59\uff08\u6c34\u5e73\uff09\u7684\uff08\u8fd0\u52a8\u5458\u3001\u827a\u672f\u5bb6\u7b49\uff09
entry
n. 1. a person or thing taking part in a competition, race, etc. \u53c2\u8d5b\u4e00\u5458
2. entrance; the act of entering or the right to enter \u8fdb\u5165\uff1b\u8fdb\u5165\u6743
* anonymous
a. (of a person) with name unknown\uff1b(of a letter, painting, etc.) written or created by an unidentified person \u540d\u5b57\u4e0d\u8be6\u7684\uff1b\u533f\u540d\u7684
disqualify
vt. make or declare unfit, unsuitable, or unable to do sth. \u53d6\u6d88\u2026\u7684\u8d44\u683c\uff1b\u4f7f\u4e0d\u9002\u5408\uff1b\u4f7f\u4e0d\u80fd
rely
vi. (on, upon) 1. have trust or confidence (in) \u4fe1\u4efb\uff1b\u4fe1\u8d56
2. depend with full trust or confidence \u4f9d\u8d56
* historian
n. a person who studies history and/or writes about it \u5386\u53f2\u5b66\u5bb6
* barren
a. (of land) unproductive \uff08\u571f\u5730\u7b49\uff09\u8d2b\u7620\u7684\uff0c\u8352\u829c\u7684
awaken
vt. 1. (to) cause to become conscious of \u4f7f\u610f\u8bc6\u5230
2. cause to wake up \u5524\u9192
* menace
n. a threat or danger \u5a01\u80c1
abundant
a. plentiful; more than enough \u4e30\u5bcc\u7684\uff1b\u5145\u8db3\u7684
abundance
n. a great quantity; plenty \u4e30\u5bcc\uff1b\u5145\u88d5\uff1b\u5927\u91cf
odd
a. 1. (infml.) (after numbers) a little more than the stated number \u3014\u5e38\u7528\u4ee5\u6784\u6210\u590d\u5408\u8bcd\u3015\u2026\u4ee5\u4e0a\u7684\uff1b\u2026\u51fa\u5934\u7684
2. strange or unusual \u5947\u7279\u7684\uff1b\u53e4\u602a\u7684
3. \u5947\u6570\u7684\uff0c\u5355\u6570\u7684
existence
n. the state of existing \u5b58\u5728\uff1b\u5b9e\u6709
* pastime
n. hobby\uff1bsth. done to pass time in a pleasant way \u6d88\u9063\uff0c\u5a31\u4e50
Phrases and Expressions
pay the price
experience sth. unpleasant because one has done sth. wrong, made a mistake, etc. \u4ed8\u51fa\u4ee3\u4ef7
come to sb.'s rescue
help sb. when he/she is in danger or difficulty \u89e3\u6551\u67d0\u4eba\uff0c\u6551\u52a9\u67d0\u4eba
chance upon
meet by chance; find by chance \u5076\u7136\u78b0\u89c1\uff1b\u5076\u7136\u53d1\u73b0
try one's hand
attempt (to do sth.), esp. for the first time \u5c1d\u8bd5
plunge into
begin to do sth. suddenly; enter without hesitation \u7a81\u7136\u6216\u4ed3\u4fc3\u5730\u5f00\u59cb\u67d0\u4e8b\uff1b\u7a81\u7136\u51b2\u5165
before one knows it
before one has time to consider the course of events \u8f6c\u773c\u4e4b\u95f4\uff0c\u77ac\u606f\u4e4b\u95f4
fall upon
attack fiercely \u731b\u653b\uff0c\u731b\u6251
take refuge
seek protection from danger or unhappiness \u907f\u96be
rely on
trust, or confidently depend on \u4f9d\u8d56\uff0c\u4f9d\u9760
fall from office
lose a position of authority to which sb. was elected or appointed \u79bb\u4f4d\uff0c\u4e0b\u53f0
awaken to
cause to become conscious of \u4f7f\u610f\u8bc6\u5230
bear fruit
produce successful results \u7ed3\u679c\u5b9e\uff1b\u6709\u6210\u679c
date from
have existed since \u59cb\u81ea
keep sb. company
stay with sb. so that he/she is not alone \u966a\u4f34\u67d0\u4eba
Proper Names
Winston Churchill
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Mary Soames
\u739b\u4e3d\u00b7\u7d22\u59c6\u65af
First Lord of the Admiralty
\uff08\u82f1\u56fd\uff09\u6d77\u519b\u5927\u81e3
Dardanelles
\u8fbe\u8fbe\u5c3c\u5c14\u6d77\u5ce1\uff08\u4f4d\u4e8e\u4e9a\u6d32\u5c0f\u4e9a\u7ec6\u4e9a\u534a\u5c9b\u540c\u6b27\u6d32\u5df4\u5c14\u5e72\u534a\u5c9b\u4e4b\u95f4\uff09
Clementine
\u514b\u83b1\u95e8\u6cf0\u56e0\uff08\u5973\u5b50\u540d\uff09
Surrey
\u8428\u91cc\u90e1\uff08\u82f1\u56fd\u82f1\u683c\u5170\u90e1\u540d\uff09
John Lavery
\u7ea6\u7ff0\u00b7\u83b1\u4f5b\u5229
Marigold
\u739b\u4e3d\u6208\u5c14\u5fb7\uff08\u5973\u5b50\u540d\uff09
Chartwell
\u67e5\u7279\u5a01\u5c14\uff08\u5b85\u540d\uff09
Adolf. Hitler
\u5e0c\u7279\u52d2\uff081889\u20141945\uff0c\u7eb3\u7cb9\u5fb7\u56fd\u5143\u9996\uff09
10\u53e5\u8d85\u52b1\u5fd7\u4e2d\u82f1\u6587\u540d\u8a00\u540d\u53e5\uff0c\u6807\u51c6\u7f8e\u97f3\u9886\u8bfb\uff0c\u65f6\u523b\u6fc0\u52b1\u4f60\u6211\uff01
For Churchill, however, the next step seemed difficult as he contemplated with unaccustomed nervousness the blameless whiteness of a new canvas. He started with the sky and later described how “very gingerly I mixed a little blue paint on the palette, and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean upon the affronted snow-white shield.At that moment the sound of a motor car was heard in the drive. From this chariot stepped the gifted wife of Sir John Lavery .” “ ‘Painting!’ she declared. ‘But what are you hesitating about? Let me have the brush — the big one.’ Splash into the turpentine, wallop into the blue and the white, frantic
flourish on the palette, and then several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely cowering canvas.” At that time, John Lavery— a Churchill neighbor and celebrated painter— was tutoring Churchill in his art. Later, Lavery said of his unusual pupil: “Had he chosen painting instead of statesmanship, I believe he would have been a great master with the brush.”In painting, Churchill had discovered a companion with whom he was to walk for the greater part of the years that remained to him. After the war, painting would offer deep solace when, in 1921, the death of the mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and Clementine’s beloved three-year-old daughter, Marigold. Battered by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland, finding comfort in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: “I went out and painted a
beautiful river in the afternoon light with crimson and golden hills in the background. Alas I keep feeling the hurt of the Duckadilly (Marigold’s pet name).”Historians have called the decade after 1929, when the Conservative government fell and Winston was out of office, his wilderness years. Politically he may have been wandering in barren places, a lonely fighter trying to awaken Britain to the menace of Hitler, but artistically that wilderness bore abundant fruit. During these years he often painted in the South of France. Of the 500-odd canvases extant, roughly 250
date from 1930 to 1939. Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life.“Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a Pastime, “ for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father. 小马过河网
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