• of Munitions ,then as Minister of War.
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2.Winston Churchill’s life career Interwar Years
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• 4.Figures of speech
• The following are some of the rhetorical devices Churchill employed to make his speech vivid and powerful.
• Young politician
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• In 1900 churchill entered the House of Commons where he was critical of the Conservative Government .In 1904 amid fierce Conservative anger he joined the Liberals.In Oct.1911, he was appointed First Lord of Admiralty.After he suffered a major setback,he returned to the government in 1917 ,first as Minister
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• 4.Figures of speech
• 5)Repetition
• a.We have but one aim and one single ,irrevocable purpose.
• 1)Periodic sentence • The past ,with its crimes,its follies,and its
tragedies,flashes away. • 2)Rhetorical question • But can you doubt what our policy will be?
•
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• 4.Figures of speech • 3)Parallel structure • I see them guarding…… • I see the ten thousand villages…… • I see advancing upon…… • 4) Inversion • ……but this I will say……
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• World War II
• The major period of Churchill’s political career began when he became Prime Minister in May 1940.He took part in all the important conferences with Roosevelt and Stalin during the war.
• He was defeated in the election in July 1945 while he was attending the Postdam Conference.
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• 2.Winston Churchill’s life career
• Last Years
• In 1951 he became Prime Minister again.He was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1953.On April 5,1955,he resigned office and ended his public career.He died on
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• 4.Figures of speech • 7)Alliteration • a.fighting for his hearth and home • b.Let us learn the lessons already taught by
• Jan 24,1965 and was given a state funeral.His works ,combining personal perspective with grand historical themes ,are written great sweep and lucidity.
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• 4.Figures of speech
• 3)Parallel structure
• a.We will never parley
• We will never negotiate ……
• 2) What was Churchill’s reaction to the news of Hitler’s invasion of Russia?Why?
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• 3)Why did Churchill side with the Soviet Union since he had always been an avowed enemy of Communism?
• c. Churchill’s irrevocable purpose
• d. Hitler’s intention in invading Russia
• e. The nature of the war
• f. Churchill’s call on united strength
• 4) What policy did Churchill declare Britain would pursue?
• 5) What,according to Churchill,was Hitler’s motive in invading Russia?Do you agree with him?
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Defending War of Stalingrad
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• 2.Winston Churchill’s life career
• Early Life
• Winston Churchill was born on Nov.30,1874 at Blenheim Palace.He graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.Then he participated in the colonial wars and reported all these campaigns as a war correspondent.
Speech on Hitler’s Invasion of the U.S.S.R
• On June 6,the British had already learnt that Hitler was to attack Russia and passed on the warning to the Soviet Union ,which was unheeded.On June 20,two days before the invasion ,Churchill worked on a speech to be broadcast to the world when the invading forces rolled into Russia.The speech was carefully composed ,full of grave themes and weighty arguments.
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• 3.Questions on content
• Give brief answers to the following questions.
• 1) When and how did the Germans attack the Soviet Union?
• anization of the text
• B.Original text of the speech