人文英语阅读教程3单元：AB语言点.doc

Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities Text A Winston Churchill Lead-in Activities Churchill’s Life 1. Politics A. 1900…Conservative MP (Members of Parliament) for Oldham奥尔汉姆保守党下院议员 1906…Under-Secretary of State 副国务卿（或国务次卿） 1908…President of the Board of Trade.贸易大臣（贸易委员会主席） 1910...Home Secretary 内政大臣 1911…First Lord of the Admiralty 英国海军大臣 1912…Royal Naval Air Service Air Department 英国海军航空队（RNAS） 1915…Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 兰卡斯特公爵郡大臣 1919...Minister of War and Air 战争与航空大臣 1921…Colonial Secretary 殖民地大臣 B. Defeated by E.D. Morel at Dundee(敦提，英国苏格兰东部港市) in 1922 General Election Successfully elected to represent Epping in the 1924 General Election Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the new Conservative administration, appointed Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer In 1929, Churchill lost office C On the outbreak of the Second World War， Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and on 4th April 1940 became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee军事协调委员会. In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and remained in office until 1945. After Pearl Harbor Churchill worked closely with Franklin D. Roosevelt to ensure victory over Germany and Japan. He was also a loyal ally of the Soviet Union after Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa巴巴罗萨行动 in June, 1941. Churchill held important meetings with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Teheran德黑兰 (November, 1943) and Yalta 雅尔塔(February, 1945). D He took over the premiership again in the Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955 . He remained a Member of Parliament until the general election of 1964, when he did not seek re-election. 2. Literature Churchills literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899) 1900, he published his only novel, Savrola 1906, his first major work, the biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill 1933-1938, his other famous bi