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1、Unit11CultivatingaHobbyWinstonChurchillCulturalBackgroundTextanalysisWritingSkillQuestionsontheTextLanguagePointsDiscussionExercisesCulturalbackgroundAbouttheauthor—SirWinstonChurchillWinstonChurchill(1874-1965),Britishstatesmanandauthor.Besidesbeingoneoftheoutstandingleadersinworldhis
2、toryandoneofthegreatBritishprimeminister,Churchillwasaprolificwriterandanamateurpainter.HereceivedtheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1953.Hispaintingsweregivenaretrospectiveone-manshowinthegalleriesoftheRoyalAcademyofArtsin1958.BackTextAnalysisThisessayisanexposition.Thethemeisaboutthesignifi
3、canceofcultivatingahobby.Accordingtotheauthor,thesignificanceofahobbyliesinitsrelaxingthemindofrational,industrious,usefulhumanbeings.Toexplainhowahobbyworks,hefirstofallexplainswhatworryreallyis.(para.1)Nowweseethathobbyistheonlywaytoattenuateworry,soit’softhefirstimportancetoapublicm
4、an.Buthowcanahobbybecultivated?Para2answersthequestion.Inordertobetterexplainhowhobbyattenuateworry,theauthorclassifiespeopleinto3catagraries:thosewhoaretoiledtodeath,thosewhoareworriedtodeath,andthosewhoareboredtodeath.(para.3and4)Inthisway,hestatesthathobbyshouldberightlychosen.Thoug
5、hhobbycanreleaseworry,itcanonlydototherational,industrious,usefulhumanbeing.Soinpara.5,ChurchillagaindividespeopleintotwoBackclasses:thosewhoseworkisworkandwhosepleasureispleasure;andthosewhoseworkandpleasureareone.Thus,thethirdcategoryofhumanbeingsinthefirstclassification,i.e.,thosewh
6、oareboredtodeath,isexcluded.Obviously,inChurchill’sopinion,thesecan’tberegardedasrational,industrious,usefulhumanbeings,andintheircase,nohobbycanhelptorelievetheirboredom.BackWritingSkillMetaphorMetaphorisoneofthefiguresofspeechusedincomparingpersons,objects,actions,andideas.Ametaphori
7、sanimpliedorindirectcomparisoninwhichthepersonsorthingscomparedare,ingeneral,notsimilar,forexample,“Theloveofmoneyistherootofallevil.”Inthepresentessay,inanumberofplaces,Churchillspeaksmetaphorically,creatinganimaginativeandemotionalimpression.(findoutthemetaphors)BackUseofSynonymous
