Cultivating a Hobby

Unit11CultivatingaHobbyByWinstonChurchillTeachingobjectivesTousemetaphoricallanguageinexposition.Tousesynonymousexpressionsthataddtothevividnessandeffectivenessofexposition.ToappreciateChurchill’sstyleofwriting,focusingonparallelismsinparticular.I.Warm-upquestionsDoyouhaveanyhobbies?Whatarethey?Howdidyoucultivatethosehobbies?Doyourhobbiesdoyouanygood?Inwhatways?Canyourecalltoyourmindotherpiecesofclassicalworksbyfamouspoliticiansorstatesmen?II.BackgroundWinstonChurchillThisisyourvictory.Itisthevictoryofthecauseoffreedomineveryland.Inallourlonghistorywehaveneverseenagreaterdaythanthis.Everyone,manorwoman,hasdonetheirbest.Everyonehastried.Neitherthelongyears,northedangers,northefierceattacksoftheenemy,haveinanywayweakenedtheindependentresolveoftheBritishnation.Godblessyouall.”---WinstonChurchill1946Churchill’sLifeWinstonChurchillenjoyedoneofthelongestandmostinterestinglivesofanypersonwhohaseverlived.FromhisbirthatBlenheimPalaceonNovember30th,1874,tohisdeathatHydeParkGateinLondononJanuary24,1965,hislifewasoneofaction,controversy,setbackandachievement.Itwasneverdull.Churchill’sLifeFamilyPoliticsLiteratureArtHonorsFAMILYFather:RandolphChurchill,aConservativepoliticianMother:JennieJerome,thedaughterofLeonardJerome,aNewYorkbusinessman.POLITICS1900…ConservativeMPforOldham1906…Under-SecretaryofState1908…PresidentoftheBoardofTrade.1910...HomeSecretary1911…FirstLordoftheAdmiralty1912…RoyalNavalAirService&AirDepartment1915…ChancelloroftheDuchyofLancaster1919...MinisterofWarandAir1921…ColonialSecretaryDefeatedbyE.D.MorelatDundeein1922GeneralElectionSuccessfullyelectedtorepresentEppinginthe1924GeneralElectionStanleyBaldwin,theleaderofthenewConservativeadministration,appointedChurchillasChancelloroftheExchequerIn1929,ChurchilllostofficePOLITICSOntheoutbreakoftheSecondWorldWarChurchillwasappointedFirstLordoftheAdmiraltyandon4thApril1940becamechairmanoftheMilitaryCoordinatingCommittee.InMay,1940,hebecamePrimeMinisterandMinisterofDefenseandremainedinofficeuntil1945.AfterPearlHarborChurchillworkedcloselywithFranklinD.RoosevelttoensurevictoryoverGermanyandJapan.HewasalsoaloyalallyoftheSovietUnionafterAdolfHitlerlaunchedOperationBarbarossainJune,1941.ChurchillheldimportantmeetingswithFranklinD.RooseveltandJosephStalinatTeheran(November,1943)andYalta(February,1945).POLITICSChurchillinWorldWarⅡPOLITICSTheEndofChurchill’sPoliticalLifeHetookoverthepremiershipagainintheConservativevictoryof1951andresignedin1955.HeremainedaMemberofParliamentuntilthegeneralelectionof1964,whenhedidnotseekre-election.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).ARTChurchill,agiftedamateurpainter,wrotePaintingasaPastime(1948).HONORS1953,ChurchillwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiterature.1953,QueenElizabethIIconferredonhimthedignityofKnighthoodandinvestedhimwiththeinsigniaoftheOrderoftheGarter.1963,PresidentKennedyconferredonhimthehonorarycitizenshipoftheUnitedStates.AboutWinstonChurchill(1874-1965)Apublicmanhavingamostcolorfulpoliticalcareer:earlycareerasasolider,wartimecorrespondentat27,(in1901)asConservativeMPofficeheldincluding:a.PresidentoftheBoardofTrade（商务部长)b.HomeSecretary（内政部长）c.FirstLordoftheAdmiralty(英国海军大臣）d.ChancelloroftheExchequer(1922-24)（财政部长）apoliticaloutcast(foradecadebetweenlate1920’sto1940’s）,notholdinganyoffice(TheConservativegovernmentfailedtocopewiththeeconomiccrisisandlostpowerin1929.)returningtopubliclife,(ontheoutbreakofWorldWarII),servingastheFirstLordoftheAdmiraltybecomingthePrimeMinister(1940-1945),becomingasymbolofBritishresistanceinthedarkestdaysoftheconflict,asaWarLeader,fightingagainstNazismdefeatedintheGeneralElectionof1945returningtoofficein1951resignedattheageof80in1955Amanofversatiletalentsapowerfuloratormanofletter(awardedNobelPrizeforliteraturein1953)anamateurpainter(paintingsweredisplayedinthegalleriesoftheRoyalAcademyofArtsin1958)III.OrganizationofthetextSection1(Para.1-2):Raisingthetopic:whatworryisandtheimportanceofahobbyinattenuatingworry.Para.1:Explainingthenotionof“worry”byresortingtoalternativeexpressions:“insinuatesomethingelseintoitsconvulsivegrasp”and“illuminationofanotherfieldofinterest”Para2:Makingthethesisstatement:“Thecultivationofahobbyandnewformsofinterestisthereforeapolicyoffirstimportancetoapublicman”.Section2(Para.3-5):ClassificationofhumanbeingsandtheimportanceofhobbiestothemPara.3-4:Classificationofhumanbeingsintothreeclasses:--thosewhoaretoiledtodeath;--thosewhoareworriedtodeath;--thosewhoareboredtodeath.(P