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1911…FirstLordoftheAdmiralty英国海军大臣
1912…RoyalNavalAirService&
AirDepartment英国海军航空队(RNAS)
1915…ChancelloroftheDuchyofLancaster兰卡斯特公爵郡大臣
1919...MinisterofWarandAir战争与航空大臣
1921…ColonialSecretary殖民地大臣
B.DefeatedbyE.D.MorelatDundee(敦提,英国苏格兰东部港市)in1922GeneralElection
SuccessfullyelectedtorepresentEppinginthe1924GeneralElection
StanleyBaldwin,theleaderofthenewConservativeadministration,appointedChurchillasChancelloroftheExchequer
In1929,Churchilllostoffice
COntheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWar,ChurchillwasappointedFirstLordoftheAdmiraltyandon4thApril1940becamechairmanoftheMilitaryCoordinatingCommittee军事协调委员会.
InMay,1940,hebecamePrimeMinisterandMinisterofDefenseandremainedinofficeuntil1945.
AfterPearlHarborChurchillworkedcloselywithFranklinD.RoosevelttoensurevictoryoverGermanyandJapan.HewasalsoaloyalallyoftheSovietUnionafterAdolfHitlerlaunchedOperationBarbarossa巴巴罗萨行动inJune,1941.
ChurchillheldimportantmeetingswithFranklinD.RooseveltandJosephStalinatTeheran德黑兰(November,1943)andYalta雅尔塔(February,1945).
DHetookoverthepremiershipagainintheConservativevictoryof1951andresignedin1955.
HeremainedaMemberofParliamentuntilthegeneralelectionof1964,whenhedidnotseekre-election.
2.Literature
Churchill'
sliterarycareerbeganwithcampaignreports:
TheStoryoftheMalakandFieldForce(1898)andTheRiverWar(1899)
1900,hepublishedhisonlynovel,Savrola
1906,hisfirstmajorwork,thebiographyofhisfather,LordRandolphChurchill
1933-1938,hisotherfamousbiography,thelifeofhisgreatancestor,TheDukeofMarlborough
1923-1929,Churchill'
shistoryoftheFirstWorldWarTheWorldCrisis
1930,anautobiographicalaccountofhisyouth,MyEarlyLife
1948-1953/54,hismemoirsoftheSecondWorldWar
1956-1958,HistoryoftheEnglish-speakingPeoples
Hismagnificentoratory:
TheUnrelentingStruggle(1942),TheDawnofLiberation(1945),andVictory(1946).
3.Art
Churchill,agiftedamateurpainter,wrotePaintingasaPastime(1948).
Beforereadingthetextclosely,scantofindtheanswerstothefollowingquestions.
WhatdidChurchilldoinIndiaandtheSudanbetween1895and1898?
A:
Hewaspresentbothasawarcorrespondentandasaservingofficerthere.
WhathelpedChurchillwinaNobelPrizeforLiterature?
TheHistoryoftheSecondWorldWar.
HowoldwasChurchillwhenheenteredParliament?
Hewas26.
WhateventcausedAmerica’sentryintotheSecondWorldWar?
JapaneseattackofPearlHarboronDec.7,1941.
WhodominatedtheallianceaftertheD-dayinvasion?
TheRusso-Americannexus.
Notesandinformationrelatedtothetext
1.Asayoungmanofundistinguishedacademicaccomplishment—hewasadmittedtoSandhurstaftertwofailedattempts-—heenteredthearmyasacavalryofficer.(Para.1)
Meaning:
Havingachievednothingsignificantinhisstudy,youngChurchillwasfinallyenrolledinSandhurstRoyalMilitaryAcademyaftertwofailuresasacavalryofficer.
Sandhurst:
atownwhichliessome30miles(48km)west-southwestofLondon,bestknownforthenearbyRoyalMilitaryAcademy.Mostofthe
potentialregularofficersfortheBritisharmyundergoacourseofgeneralandmilitaryeducationasofficercadetsattheacademy,commonlycalledSandhurst.
2.Hetookenthusiasticallytosoldieringandbetween1895and1898managedtoseethreecampaigns…(Para.1)
taketo:
1)becomefondoforattachedto;
begintolike
E.G.Twokeenmindsthattheyare,theytooktoeachother.
2)starttodosomethingoften;
developasahabitorasteadypractice
E.G.Hegaveupengineeringandtooktomedicine.
3)takerefugein,useasameansofescape,runaway
E.G.Theescapedprisonertooktothemountain.
此句意为:
他对军事显出了极大热情,在1895到1898年间,他设法见识到了三场战役。
3.Thusherevealedtwootheraspectsofhischaracter:
aliterarybentandaninterestinpublicaffairs.(Para.1)
bent:
n.atendency,disposition,orinclination
E.G.Thenaturalbentofhismindwastoscience.
v.
1)formacurve,changedirection
E.G.Thebranchesbendinthewind.
2)makeaconcession;
yield
E.G.Isitpossibletobendnaturetohumanwill?
3)applyoneselfclosely;
concentrate
E.G.Hebent(hismind)totheresearchproject.
因此他显示出了性格中的另外两个方面:
文学倾向和政治兴趣。
4.Writing,however,neverfullyengagedhisenergies.Politicsconsumedhim.(Para.2)
consume:
v.
1)expend;
useup
E.G.Theprojectconsumedmostofmytimeandenergy.
2)destroytotal