丘吉尔Winston Churchill

1、Winston Churchill (1874-1965) FamilyHornors& ArtPoliticsLiterature &SayingsContentSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 温斯顿温斯顿伦纳德伦纳德斯宾塞斯宾塞丘吉尔爵士丘吉尔爵士: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill: England: Politician, historian,artist, speechmaker, writer regarded as one of the “greatest wartime lea

2、ders of the 20th century”30 November, 1874 24 January , 1965 Father: Randolph Churchill, a Conservative politicianMother: Jennie Jerome, the daughter of Leonard Jerome, a New York businessman.FamilyWinston Churchill (1874-1965) with fiance Clementine Hozier(1885-1977) shortly before their marriage i

3、n 1908 Churchill met his future wife, Clementine Hozier, in 1904 at a ball(舞会) in Crewe House. In 1908, they met again at a dinner party. Churchill found himself seated beside Clementine, and they soon began a lifelong romance. In 1900 Conservative MP(Member of Parliment) for Oldham(奥尔汉姆保守党下院议员) In

4、1906 Under-Secretary of State （副国务卿） In 1908 President of the Board of Trade.（贸易大臣） In 1910 Home Secretary （内政大臣） In 1911 First Lord of the Admiralty（英国海军大臣） In 1912 Royal Naval Air Service & Air Department （英国海军航空队）1914 First World War In 1915 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster（兰卡斯特公爵郡大臣） In

5、1919 Minister of War and Air （战争与航空大臣）Politics In 1921 Colonial Secretary （殖民地大臣） In 1922 Defeated by E.D. Morel at Dundee General Election In 1924 General Election Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the new Conservative administration, appointed Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer (英国财政大臣) In 1929

6、 The Conservative government(保守党) was defeated in general electionPolitics 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. In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister of

7、Defense and remained in office until 1945. POLITICSChurchill in World War 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（安道夫 希特勒） launched Operation Barbarossa （巴尔巴罗萨）in

8、June, 1941. Churchill held important meetings with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin（斯大林） at Teheran (November, 1943) and Yalta (February, 1945). The End of Churchills Political Life He took over the premiership again in the Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955 . He remained a Mem

9、ber of Parliament until the general election of 1964, when he did not seek re-election. 1963, President Kennedy conferred on him thehonorary citizenship of the United States1953, Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature1953, Queen Elizabeth II conferred on him the dignity of Knighthood a

10、nd invested him with the insignia of the Order of the Garter.HornorsWinston Churchills Painting and ArtI know of nothing which, without exhausting the body, more entirely occupies the mind Wrote Churchill on painting.1.Churchills literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand

11、 Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899) 2.1900, he published his only novel, Savrola 3.1906, his first major work, the biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill 4.1933-1938, his other famous biography, the life of his great ancestor, The Duke of Marlborough5.1923-1929, Churchills history

12、 of the First World War The World Crisis1930, an autobiographical account of his youth, My Early Life 1948-1953/54, his memoirs of the Second World War1956-1958, History of the English-speaking Peoples His magnificent oratory: The Unrelenting Struggle (1942), The Dawn of Liberation (1945), and Victory (1946).literatureSayings Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.态度是小事，但能造成很大区别。 A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.悲观主义者从每个机遇中看到困难，乐观主义者从每个困难中看到机遇。 Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.风筝顶着风高飞，