《新编英语教程》课件-第五册-5.11-A Cultivating a Hobby.ppt

Unit 11 Cultivating a Hobby By Winston Churchill hobby: an activity that you enjoy doing in your free time c.f. pastime/sport/ recreation pastime: a) closer to “hobby”; an activity that occupies ones spare time pleasantly; (b) indicating anything done to occupy one’s leisure; (c) by implication, the word suggests activity of little intrinsic worth e.g. His painting was merely a pastime. sport: a recreation or pastime that is primarily a matter of physical exercise; e.g. country sports recreation: (a) more formal than “hobby”; (b) suggest pleasures giving relaxation; a more dedicated pursuit of sth with cultural or social value; (c) stress a play or games. Thus, unlike “hobby”, it can more often suggest activity that is done in groups and included physical exercise. e.g. Football is the boys usual recreation after school. Topics for discussion: Do you have any hobbies? What are they? How did you cultivate those hobbies? Do your hobbies do you any good? In what ways? Can you recall to your mind other pieces of classical works by famous politicians or statesmen like Winston Churchill? 1.About Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) A public man having a most colorful political career: early career as a solider, war time correspondent ? at 27, (in 1901) as Conservative MP ?office held including: a.President of the Board of Trade （商务部长) b. Home Secretary （内政部长） c. First Lord of the Admiralty (英国海军大臣） d.Chancellor of the Exchequer (1922-24) （财政部长） a political outcast (for a decade between late 1920’s to 1940’s）, not holding any office (The Conservative government failed to cope with the economic crisis and lost power in 1929.) returning to public life, (on the outbreak of World War II), serving as the First Lord of the Admiralty becoming the Prime Minister(1940-1945), becoming a symbol of British resistance in the darkest days of the conflict, as a War Leader, fighting against Nazism defeated in the General Election of 1945 returning to office in 1