新标准大学英语四UNIT课件.ppt

新标准大学英语四UNIT6;About the author The author of the passage Mo Mowlam (1949–2005) was a British Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Redcar from 1987 to 2001, and served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Her personal charisma, reputation for plain speaking and fight against a brain tumour led her to be perceived by many as one of the most popular “New Labour” politicians in the UK. She died in 2005 because of a brain tumour.;Winston Churchill 1 In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone on the brink of invasion. At that crucial time, one man, Winston Churchill, defined what it meant to be British. We like to think of ourselves as tolerant and long-suffering people. But Churchill, through his leadership and his example, reminded us that if all we hold dear – our democracy, our freedom – is threatened, we will show courage and determination like no other nation.; 2 I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. You ask what is our policy? I can say it is to wage war by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all our strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be.; 3 This was the moment when Britain had to be at its greatest. And in Churchill we found the greatest of Britons. 4 Winston Churchill was born in 1874 into one of Britains grandest families. The Churchills had been fighting for king and country for generations. Young Winston always believed hed do the same. But self-belief was something he maintained despite rather than because of his family. ; His father Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), and his mother, Jenn