Churchill(丘吉尔英文简介)

Outline•Briefintroduction•Familybackground•Education•Militaryservice•Politicalcareer•FamoussayingWinstonChurchill•Birthday:Nov.301874–Jan.241965•Birthplace:Britain•Socialposition:Britishpolitician、militarist、orator、writerandartistFamilybackground•Churchillwasborninanoblefamily.Hisfather,LordRandolphChurchill,wasacharismaticpoliticianwhoservedasChancelloroftheExchequer(财务大臣).Hismother,JennieJerome,wasanAmericansocialite（美国名媛）.Education•Hewaseducatedatthreeindependentschools：St.George'sSchool、BrunswickSchool、HarrowSchool.•Independentandrebelliousbynature,Churchillgenerallyhadapooracademicrecordinschool,forwhichhewasalwayspunished.So,in1893,hisfathersenthimtoRoyalMilitaryAcademySandhurst(英国桑赫斯特皇家军事学院).Militaryservice•In1895,ChurchilltraveledtoCubatoobservetheSpanishfighttheCubanguerrillas.Hisjobwastowriteanarticleaboutguerrillas.Becauseofthisarticle,hegothisfirstmedal.Sincethen,Churchillfellinlovewithwriting.Also,inCubaheacquiredatasteofHavanacigars(哈瓦那雪茄),whichhewouldsmokefortherestofhislife.•In1896,hewastransferredtoBombay（孟买）,BritishIndia，wherehewrotehisfirstbook:TheStoryoftheMalakandFieldForce《马拉坎德野战军纪实》•In1898，hewastransferredtoEgypt,wherehewrote:TheRiverWar《河上的战争》•On12October1899,theSecondBoerWarbetweenBritainandtheBoerRepublicsbrokeoutandheobtainedacommissiontoactaswarcorrespondent(战地记者)forTheMorningPost.ButheandhisaccompanieswerecapturedbyBoers.Later,Churchillescapedfromtheprisoncampwhichmadehimaminornationalheroatthattime,becauseheistheonlyoneescaped.Sincethen,hebeganhispoliticalcareer.politicalcareeryearspositions1905–1908Under-SecretaryofStatefortheColonies1908–1910PresidentoftheBoardofTrade1910–1911HomeSecretary1911–1915FirstLordoftheAdmiralty1915–1917ChancelloroftheDuchyofLancaster1917–1919MinisterofMunitions1919–1921SecretaryofStateforWar&Air1921–1922SecretaryofStatefortheColonies1924–1929ChancelloroftheExchequer1929–1939thewildernessyearsyearsposition1939–1940FirstLordoftheAdmiralty1940–1942LeaderoftheHouseofCommons10May1940–27July1945PrimeMinisteroftheUnitedKingdom&MinisterofDefence1945–1951LeaderoftheOpposition26October1951–7April1955PrimeMinisteroftheUnitedKingdom1951–1952MinisterofDefenceWWⅡ•ChurchillwastheleaderofBritishinWWⅡ.Hedeliveredalotofspeechestoimprovepeople'sconfidencetofightfascist.Hisfirstspeechasprimeministerwasthefamoussaying:Ihavenothingtoofferbutblood,toil,tears,andsweat.•AnAmericanvisitorreportedinlate1940thatEverywhereIwentinLondonpeopleadmiredChurchill'senergy,hiscourage,hissinglenessofpurpose.Peoplesaidtheydidn'tknowwhatBritainwoulddowithouthim.Hewasobviouslyrespected.Famoussayings•Never,never,nevergivein!永不，永不，永不屈服！•Successisnotfinal,failureisnotfatal:itisthecouragetocontinuethatcounts.成功不要紧，失败不致命。继续前行的勇气，才最可贵。•Destinyisnotamatterofchance,itisamatterofchoice;itisnotathingtobewaitedfor,itisathingtobeachieved.命运不靠机缘，而是靠你的抉择。命运不是等来的，而是争来的。•Weareallworms,ButIdobelievethatIamaglowworm.我们都是小虫。但我是发着光的小虫。•HistorywillbekindtomeforIintendtowriteit.历史对我不错，因为都是我写的。•Amanisaboutasbigasthethingsthatmakehimangry.从让一个人生气的事情大小就能看出一个人的价值。•weshallfightinFrance,weshallfightontheseasandoceans,weshallfightwithgrowingconfidenceandgrowingstrengthintheair,weshalldefendourisland,whateverthecostmaybe,weshallfightonthebeaches,weshallfightonthelandinggrounds,weshallfightinthefieldsandinthestreets,weshallfightinthehills;weshallneversurrender.artistthewildernessyears•In1929,ChurchillbecameisolatedfromConservativeleadershipsbecauseofdifferentviewsonprotectivetariffsandIndianHomeRule.Hewasatthelow-pointinhiscareer.•Hespentmuchofthenextfewyearsconcentratingonhiswriting:Marlborough:HisLifeandTimes《马尔巴罗的生平与时代》andAHistoryoftheEnglishSpeakingPeoples《英国民族史》Mainworks•TheStoryoftheMalakandFieldForce《马拉坎德野战军纪实》•TheRiverWar《河上的战争》•Marlborough:HisLifeandTimes《马尔巴罗的生平与时代》•TheSecondWorldWar《第二次世界大战》•AHistoryoftheEnglish-SpeakingPeoples《英国民族史》