2. I. Warm Up Please read the following passages to find out which is about Winston Churchill.

3. Barack Hussein Obama (pronounced /bər ɑː k h ʊ se ɪ n o ʊ b ɑː mə/)/bər ɑː k h ʊ se ɪ n o ʊ b ɑː mə/ He was born in August 4, 1961. He is the first African American to hold the office. He was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 2005 until he resigned following his election to the president. He was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2009.African AmericanjuniorUnited States SenatorIllinoiselectionpresidentinaugurated He is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a community organizer in Chicago prior to earning his law degree, and practiced as a civil rights attorney in Chicago before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Obama was elected to the Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.Columbia UniversityHarvard Law Schoolfirst African AmericanHarvard Law Reviewcommunity organizerChicagocivil rightsIllinois SenateConstitutional LawUniversity of Chicago Law SchoolU.S. House of Representatives keynote addressDemocratic National Convention

4. Diana Spencer On July the 29th, 1981, a shy 19 year-old girl married Charles, the Prince of Wales in London. 3,500 guests and over one billion people worldwide watched as the fairytale wedding took place. Everything looked perfect for the happy couple as Charles and the public fell in love with the girl. During her marriage the Princess undertook a wide range of royal duties. Family was very important to the Princess, who had two sons: Prince William and Prince Henry (Harry). After her divorce from The Prince of Wales, the Princess continued to be regarded as a member of the Royal Family. Right until the end of her life she was involved with charities working to help children, homeless people and AIDS sufferers, as well as with the campaign to ban land mines.

5. Bill Gates He is the head of the software company Microsoft and one of the world's wealthiest men. He and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the 1970s, though Allen left the company in 1983. He oversaw the invention and marketing of the MS-DOS operating system, the Windows operating interface, the Internet Explorer browser, and a multitude of other popular computer products. Along the way he gained a reputation for fierce competitiveness and aggressive business savvy. During the 1990s rising Microsoft stock prices made him the world's wealthiest man; his wealth has at times exceeded $75 billion, making him a popular symbol of the ascendant computer geek of the late 20th century. He married Melinda French, a Microsoft employee, on 1 January 1994. The couple have three children. His has focused on global health issues, especially on preventing malaria and AIDS in poor countries; in 2005, ABC News reported that he had given away over six billion dollars in the previous five years.

6. Winston Churchill British Conservative statesman, orator, painter and writer, noted for his leadership during World War II. During WWII, his words “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” encouraged British people, even all people around the world to fight against cruel Fascists. He held various posts under both Conservative and Liberal governments, including First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-1915, 1939-1940), and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924-1929) before becoming Prime Minister (1940- 1945, 1951-1956). His writings include The World Crisis (1923- 1929), The Second World War (1948-1953), and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956-1958). He won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.

7. Winston Churchill — His Other Life Unit 1 : Part A 21st Century College English: Book 2

8. II. Pre-listening Unit 1: Part A

9. prime ministerauthorpainterpolitician World War I romanticfearlessserious passionateWorld War II You're about to hear a conversation about Winston Churchill. Before you listen, take a look at the words below. Which do you think you're likely to hear when people discuss Churchill? Then, as you listen to the tape the first time, circle the words you hear. Pre-reading Listening, p. 2 Check-up Pre-reading Activities: Listening

10. prime ministerauthorpainterpolitician World War I romanticfearlessserious passionateWorld War II You're about to hear a conversation about Winston Churchill. Before you listen, take a look at the words below. Which do you think you're likely to hear when people discuss Churchill? Then, as you listen to the tape the first time, circle the words you hear. Pre-reading Listening, p. 2 Script Pre-reading Activities: Listening

11. M:So how was your visit to the museum? W:Fine. And you’ll never believe what I saw there: a painting by Winston Churchill! I never knew he was a painter. M:A painter? That can’t be right. It must have been a different Winston Churchill. W: No, it really was the famous one — the Prime Minister. The museum guard told me. M:I don’t believe you! When would Winston Churchill the Prime Minister have time to become a painter? Listening Passage Pre-reading Activities He was too busy with the war. People don’t become painters overnight, you know! W:Well, World War II didn’t last forever. Maybe he became a painter after he retired. M:But he was a politician! Politicians aren’t artistic. You need passion to be a painter. W:So maybe he had a passionate side to his character that we don’t know about. Anyway, if you don’t believe me, we can check in the encyclopedia.

12. 1. Ability Training: To increase your reading speed ( within 10 minutes) To master the main idea of the reading material (Practice comprehension ability) To practice writing down the main idea of the reading. (practice writing ability ) To compare your writing with your partners and then have a discussion to recommend the best one. (practice speaking ) 1. Ability Training: To increase your reading speed ( within 10 minutes) To master the main idea of the reading material (Practice comprehension ability) To practice writing down the main idea of the reading. (practice writing ability ) To compare your writing with your partners and then have a discussion to recommend the best one. (practice speaking ) III. Extensive Reading for the first time

13. 2. Match the following suitable headings with the corresponding paragraphs. Challenge: You have to decide how many paragraphs share the same heading. Ability Training: To get familiar with this type of reading test and to know how author organizes the paragraphs.

14. 1. Painting became Churchill’s companion that Churchill had never given up in his later years. 2. Painting comforted Churchill out of the great grief caused by the loss of his two beloved relatives. 3. Churchill came across difficulties at the beginning of learning painting. 4. Having experienced hard period in politics, Churchill began to take up painting. 5. Churchill succeeded in painting and his industry produced successful results. 1 - 3 4 - 8 9 - 10 11 - 12 13 - 14