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8. 那位官员因卷入一件政治丑闻而被撤职。如果早知会落到这般地步，他当初也许就会以不同的方式行事了。 being involved in That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently. was removed from office had he known might have 翻译要点: 参考答案: Translation After Reading Menu Before Reading Activities Reading of Text B 12 Historians have called the decade after 1929, when Winston again fell from office, his? barren years. Politically barren they may have been, as his lonely voice struggled to awaken Britain to the? menace of?Hitler but artistically those years?bore abundant fruit: of the 500-odd Churchill canvases in?existence, roughly half date from 1930 to 1939. 13 Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. “Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a? Pastime, “for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will?keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father. Close [解释] belong to a particular time; start; exist (from) 1. The architecture dates as far back as 1830. date from/from [例句] 2. The tradition dates from/back to medieval times. Detailed Reading 12 Historians have called the decade after 1929, when Winston again fell from office, his? barren years. Politically barren they may have been, as his lonely voice struggled to awaken Britain to the? menace of?Hitler but artistically those years?bore abundant fruit: of the 500-odd Churchill canvases in?existence, roughly half date from 1930 to 1939. 13 Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. “Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a? Pastime, “for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will?keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father. Close [解释] spend time with sb. and stop them feeling lone or bored; accompany 1. Don’t worry, I’ll keep you company until you fully recover. keep sb. company [