新标准大学英语2册-Unit-8-Active-reading-1.pptVIP

Following a piece of closely reasoned prose Appreciating elegant style of classic English literature Indicating choices by sharing on the topic of hobbies Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Prime Minister during World War II a keen bricklayer, painter and writer the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 his works Painting as a Pastime (1948) A History of the English Speaking Peoples (1956–1958) Painting as a pastime This book tells the benefits and joys of Churchill’s forty-year hobby. Painting joined Churchill’s vocations of politics, reading, bricklaying and writing. Painting