丘吉爾富蓄，被政治耽誤的畫家
你可能熟悉出身貴族训挡、就讀于哈羅公學的丘吉爾；
你可能熟悉臨危受命鼻种、帶領(lǐng)英國抗擊法西斯的丘吉爾反番；
而最為人所熟知的，是奠定歐洲戰(zhàn)后秩序的“雅爾塔會議三巨頭”之一的英國前首相丘吉爾叉钥；
但你一定不熟悉罢缸，被英國皇家美院授予“榮譽院士”的畫家丘吉爾。
丘吉爾畢生都承受著抑郁癥的困擾投队，同時在1915年枫疆，他的政治生涯也遭遇重創(chuàng)，阿斯奎斯首相免除了他海軍大臣職務(wù)敷鸦，丘吉爾跌入了人生的最低谷息楔。而繪畫，在丘吉爾處于戰(zhàn)爭和內(nèi)心最黑暗的日子里扒披，給與了他所必須的精神慰藉值依。
丘吉爾的繪畫多為自學，不過他有特殊的機會碟案，不斷結(jié)識名家并得到指點愿险。他很享受調(diào)弄顏料的感覺，通過繪畫价说，他不斷發(fā)掘著身邊的美麗拯啦，看待周遭世界的視角也發(fā)生了改變。丘吉爾一生留下550多幅作品熔任，家中保存了160余幅褒链，以風景為主，都是他生活的寫照疑苔。
正如英國宮廷畫家約翰·拉沃瑞爵士評價的那樣：“如果不是從政甫匹，丘吉爾也許會成為一名偉大的畫家〉敕眩”在“亂世出英雄”的時代兵迅，丘吉爾身上潛藏的政治軍事能力、雄韜偉略以及“與生俱來的文化藝術(shù)天賦”薪贫，在20世紀中葉風云突變的時代背景下恍箭，釋放著熠熠光彩，令后世難以企及瞧省、超越和忘懷扯夭。
本篇課程首發(fā)于2018年11月26日
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When He Wasn't Making History, Winston Churchill Made Paintings
① At the age of 40, Sir Winston Churchill found himself at a career low: In 1915, after a few disastrous strategic decisions he was demoted from his position in the Navy. He resigned from his government post and became an officer in the army.
② Deflated of power and consumed with anxiety, he took up an unexpected new hobby: painting.
③ "Painting came to my rescue in a most trying time," Churchill wrote.
④ The hobby became, for the great British statesman, a source of delight and a respite from the stress of his career.
⑤ He would eventually create over 550 paintings, primarily focusing on landscapes and seascapes made 'en plein air'.
⑥ His approach was very simple: Go outside and paint what you see. Despite his incessant claims that he was merely an amateur, he developed an admirable flair for the art.
⑦ Churchill was largely self-taught, and adamant that formal art lessons were a young person's game.
⑧ The thing he and his like-minded amateur peers needed most, he believed, was a certain kind of passion.
⑨ "We cannot aspire to masterpiece," he wrote. "We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box. And for this, audacity is the only ticket."
▍其他被耽誤了的畫家
Churchill – emotional –just like his personality
Hitler （希特勒鳍贾，納粹德國元首）– quite cold, no warm feelings, but quite mechanical / very accurate / very precise
George Bush（喬治·布什美國前總統(tǒng)）– subjects are terrible (his book of paintings is a bestseller praised by art critics)
Johnny Depp （約翰尼·德普，美國知名影視演員交洗，《加勒比海盜》中飾演“杰克船長）is a gifted painter as well. He has a website showing many of his paintings.
Prince Charles – water colours of English landscapes
▍生詞好句
disastrous /d??zɑ?str?s, d??z?str?s/: adj. 極為失敗的骑科；災(zāi)難性的
demote /d??m??t, d??mo?t/: vt. 使降職；使降級
deflate /d??fle?t/: vt. 使削弱构拳；使受挫咆爽；使灰心
en plein air: 法語詞組，相當于in the open air
incessant /?n?ses?nt/: adj. 連續(xù)不斷的置森；沒完沒了的
flair /fle?, fler/: n. 天賦斗埂；天資；天分
self-taught: 自學的凫海；自修的
aspire to: 渴求呛凶；渴望
masterpiece /?mɑ?st?pi?s,? ?m?st?pi?s/: n. 杰作；（個人）最杰出的作品
content /k?n?tent/: vt. 使?jié)M意盐碱，使?jié)M足
▍詞匯拓展
1. make history: to do something that is very important or famous and that will be remembered as part of history
The scientists made history when they discovered the structure of DNA.
科學家們發(fā)現(xiàn)了DNA的構(gòu)造，這是一次歷史性的發(fā)現(xiàn)沪伙。
He made history by being the first man to walk on the moon.
他創(chuàng)造了在月球上行走第一人的歷史瓮顽。
2. at a low: a bad time in someone's life
She's at a low. Her boyfriend left her. Her car was stolen and she lost her mobile phone.
她男朋友離開了她，車子被偷了围橡，手機也丟了暖混，她情緒失落極了。
She can't listen to YLYK, and she can't listen to this episode. She's at a low.
她無法收聽友鄰優(yōu)課的課程翁授，沒有辦法聽這一期的節(jié)目了拣播，她很失落。
at a career low: a bad time in someone's working life (a time when you are having problems at work)
3. be consumed by/with: If someone is consumed by/with a feeling, that feeling is extremely strong = to feel something in a very strong way
He was consumed with anger.
他被怒氣沖昏了頭腦收擦。
He was consumed with jealousy.
他嫉妒得要命贮配。
He was consumed with sadness.
他沉浸在悲痛中。
4. take up an activity: become interested in it and spend time doing it. It's usually a hobby more than a career.
Some people take up yoga as a way to relax.
一些人將瑜伽作為放松的一種方式塞赂。
Some people take up jogging as a way to keep fit.
一些人選擇慢跑來鍛煉身體泪勒。
5. trying (adj) : difficult
a trying time: a difficult time in someone's life
It's a trying time for her. / She's having a trying time. (She is having a difficult period in her life.)
她正經(jīng)歷著人生的艱難期。
6. come to someone's rescue: If something comes to someone's rescue, it helps them when they are in a bad or difficult situation. It might save them from danger or harm.
Last week, I really didn't understand the homework but the internet came to my rescue.
上周的作業(yè)很難宴猾，但我通過尋求網(wǎng)絡(luò)的幫助圆存，最終完成了作業(yè)。
7. respite /?respa?t, r??spa?t/: n. a pause, a break or a rest from something difficult / to take a break from something you don't enjoy
During the weekends he enjoys a respite from his boring job.
在周末他才能好好享受無聊工作之余的清閑仇哆。
Their teacher was sick, so the students enjoyed a respite from studying.
老師生病了沦辙，所以學生才有時間在繁忙的學習生活中休息一下。
8. a flair for something: a natural ability to do something well
He has a flair for languages.
他學習語言很有天賦讹剔。
She has a flair for photography.
她對攝影有天賦油讯。
She has a flair for wine tasting.
她有品酒的天賦详民。
9. adamant /??d?m?nt/: adj. If you are adamant about something, you never change your opinion on it.
10. a young person's game: "game" here means an activity which young people should do but older people should not do.
11. like-minded: people who share the same opinions, ideas, or interests
12. a joy ride: a type of journey that we take just for fun (in a car / bus / boat / plane)
Taking a journey just for the fun of the journey; we don't care about the destination.
旅行有旅行本身的樂趣，我們不在乎目的地撞羽。
13. audacity /?:?d?s?ti/: n. self-confidence
▍責任編輯
武志琳阐斜、李煥、章曉丹
