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Unit1TextAWinstonChurchill—HisOtherLife21stCenturyCollegeEnglish:BookIIPre-readingActivitiesIntensiveStudyExercisesReviewofTextAUnit1:TextAListeningComprehensionPre-readingQuestionsPre-readingActivities1.WhowasWinstonChurchill?WhatpositionsdidheholdintheBritishgovernment?2.Whatabouthispersonality?3.WhatdoyouknowaboutWinstonChurchillandthetwoWorldWars?Pre-readingActivitiesFirstListening:You’reabouttohearaconversationaboutWinstonChurchill.Beforeyoulistentotherecording,takealookatthewordsbelow.Whichonesdoyouthinkyou’relikelytohearwhenpeoplediscussChurchill?Then,asyoulistentotherecordingthefirsttime,circlethewordsyouhear.primeministerauthorpainterpoliticianWorldWarIromanticfearlesspassionateseriousWorldWarIIPre-readingActivitiesFirstListening:You’reabouttohearaconversationaboutWinstonChurchill.Beforeyoulistentotherecording,takealookatthewordsbelow.Whichonesdoyouthinkyou’relikelytohearwhenpeoplediscussChurchill?Then,asyoulistentotherecordingthefirsttime,circlethewordsyouhear.primeministerauthorpainterpoliticianWorldWarIromanticfearlesspassionateseriousWorldWarIIPre-readingActivitiesSecondListening:Readthefollowingquestionstoprepareyourselftobetteranswerthemonceyouhavelistenedtotherecordingthesecondtime.1.Whatwastheargumentabout?Whichsidedoyoubelieve?2.WhatdoyouknowaboutWinstonChurchillasaBritishprimeminister?Whatabouthispersonality—doyouhaveanyimpressionsofhimasahumanbeing?Pre-readingActivitiesM:Sohowwasyourvisittothemuseum?W:Fine.Andyou’llneverbelievewhatIsawthere:apaintingbyWinstonChurchill!Ineverknewhewasapainter.M:Apainter?Thatcan’tberight.ItmusthavebeenadifferentWinstonChurchill.W:No,itreallywasthefamousone—thePrimeMinister.Themuseumguardtoldme.M:Idon’tbelieveyou!WhenwouldWinstonChurchillthePrimeMinisterhavetimetobecomeapainter?Pre-readingActivitiesHewastoobusywiththewar.Peopledon’tbecomepaintersovernight,youknow!W:Well,WorldWarIIdidn’tlastforever.Maybehebecameapainterafterheretired.M:Buthewasapolitician!Politiciansaren’tartistic.Youneedpassiontobeapainter.W:Somaybehehadapassionatesidetohischaracterthatwedon’tknowabout.Anyway,ifyoudon’tbelieveme,wecancheckintheencyclopedia.Pre-readingActivitiesWinstonChurchill—HisOtherLifebyMarySoames1Myfather,WinstonChurchill,beganhisloveaffairwithpaintinginhis40s,amiddisastrouscircumstances.AsFirstLordoftheAdmiraltyin1915,hehadbeendeeplyinvolvedinacampaignintheDardanellesthatcouldhaveshortenedthecourseofabloodyworldwar.Butwhenthemissionfailed,withgreatlossoflife,Churchillpaidtheprice,bothpubliclyandprivately:HewasremovedfromtheAdmiraltyandlosthispositionofpoliticalinfluence.QuestionUnit1:TextA2Overwhelmedbythedisaster–“Ithoughthewoulddieofgrief,”saidhiswife,Clementine–heretiredwithhisfamilytoHoeFarm,acountryretreatinSurrey.There,asChurchilllaterrecalled,“Themuseofpaintingcametomyrescue!”3Onedaywhenhewaswanderinginthegarden,hechanceduponhissister-in-lawsketchingwithwatercolors.Hewatchedherforafewminutes,thenborrowedherbrushandtriedhishand–andthemuseworkedhermagic.Fromthatdayforward,Winstonwasinlovewithpainting.QuestionUnit1:TextA4DelightedwithanythingthatdistractedWinstonfromthedarkthoughtsthatoverwhelmedhim,Clementinerushedofftobuywhateverpaintsandmaterialsshecouldfind.Watercolours,oilpaints,paper,canvas—HoeFarmwassoonfilledwitheverythingapaintercouldwantorneed.5PaintinginoilsturnedouttobeWinston'sgreatlove–butthefirststepswerestrangelydifficult.Hecontemplatedtheblankwhitenessofhisfirstcanvaswithunaccustomednervousness.Helaterrecalled:QuestionUnit1:TextA6“VeryhesitantlyIselectedatubeofbluepaint,andwithinfiniteprecautionmadeamarkaboutasbigasabeanonthesnow-whitefield.AtthatmomentIheardthesoundofamotorcarinthedriveandthrewdownmybrushinapanic.IwasevenmorealarmedwhenIsawwhosteppedfromthecar:thewifeofSirJohnLavery,thecelebratedpainterwholivednearby.QuestionUnit1:TextA7“'Painting!'shedeclared.'Whatfun.Butwhatareyouwaitingfor?Letmehavethebrush—thebigone.'SheplungedintothepaintsandbeforeIknewit,shehadsweptseveralfiercestrokesandslashesofblueontheabsolutelyterrifiedcanvas.Anyonecouldseeitcouldnothitback.Ihesitatednomore.Iseizedthelargestbrushandfelluponmywretchedvictimwithwildfury.Ihaveneverfeltanyfearofacanvassince.”QuestionUnit1:TextA8Lavery,wholatertutoredChurchillinhisart,saidofhisunusualpupil'sartisticabilities:“Hadhechosenpaintinginsteadofpolitics,hewouldhavebeenagreatmasterwiththebrush.”QuestionUnit1:TextA9Inpainting,Churchillhaddiscoveredacompanionwithwhomhewastowalkforthegreaterpartofhislife.Paintingwouldbehiscomfortwhen,in1921,thedeathofhismotherwasfollowedtwomonthslaterbythelossofhisandClementine'sbelovedthree-year-olddaughter,Marigold.Overcomebygrief,WinstontookrefugeatthehomeoffriendsinScotland—andinhispainting.HewrotetoClementine:“Iwentoutandpaintedabeautifulriverintheafternoonlightwithredandgoldenhillsinthebackground.Manylovingthoughts...Alas,IkeepfeelingthehurtofMarigold.”QuestionUnit1:TextA10Lifeandloveandhopeslowlyrevived.InSeptember1922anotherchildwasborntoClementineandWinston:myself.Inthesameyear,WinstonboughtChartwell,thebelovedhomehewastopaintinallitsdif