人文英语阅读教程3单元AB语言点.docx

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人文英语阅读教程3单元AB语言点

Unit3BiographiesofCelebrities

TextAWinstonChurchill

Lead-inActivitiesChurchill’sLife

1.Politics

A.1900…ConservativeMP（MembersofParliament）forOldham奥尔汉姆保守党下院议员

1906…Under-SecretaryofState副国务卿（或国务次卿）

1908…PresidentoftheBoardofTrade.贸易大臣（贸易委员会主席）

1910...HomeSecretary内政大臣

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?

A:

TheHistoryoftheSecondWorldWar.

HowoldwasChurchillwhenheenteredParliament?

A:

Hewas26.

WhateventcausedAmerica’sentryintotheSecondWorldWar?

A:

JapaneseattackofPearlHarboronDec.7，1941.

WhodominatedtheallianceaftertheD-dayinvasion?

A:

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.

此句意为:

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