【英语时差8,16】Winston Churchill 温斯顿.丘吉尔爵士

 He’s famous for giving a V sign for victory.But he’s most famous for leading the United Kingdom during the Second World War. "If the British Empire and its Commonwealth¹ last for a thousand years – men will still say this was their finest hour. " A clip there from one of Churchill’s well-known speeches. Born in 1874, he was a great statesman, an officer in the British Army, a historian, a Nobel Prize winning writer and an artist. "The man was a politician, he was a soldier, he was a famous writer. He had any number of strings² to his bow. And he was an enormous success and a major influence in British and indeed world history." s That was Phil Reid from the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms right here in London. Well, even though Churchill did so many things in his lifetime you will be surprised to know that he actually didn’t do very well at school. He went to three different schools as a child and was often punished for being rebellious³. And on top of that he also had a speech impediment. For Phil Reid, his speeches are still incredible today. "The words are sometimes very difficult but you always get that feel from it, you know, the delivery and the sound. They make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. They make your back arch. They make your fingers grip into a fist, as it were. They have that effect. " Sadly, in June 1953 at the age of 78, Churchill suffered a stroke at 10 Downing Street, the home of Britain’s Prime Ministers.

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

2 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

3 rebellious   

adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的

参考例句：

• They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
• Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。