，约翰?拉威利——丘吉尔的邻居，也是一位有名的画家—正教丘吉尔学画。后来提及他的这位特殊的学生时，拉威利说：“倘若他选择绘画而不是从政，我相信他会是位绘画大师的。”
4.\t在绘画中，丘吉尔找到了能陪他度过余生大部分时光的知已。战后，在1921年，母亲刚去世两个月，他和克莱门廷就失去了他们深爱着的三岁女儿玛丽戈尔德，这时作画给了他一些安慰。在痛苦的打击下，温斯顿来到苏格兰朋友们的家中以求得安慰，用绘画来解脱自己。他在给克莱门廷的信中说：“我出外画了一条夕阳下美丽的溪流，背后映衬着晚霞的群山。唉，达克迪莉（玛丽戈尔德的昵称）使我的苦痛总是挥之不去。”
5.\t史学家把1929年后的十年，也就是保守党政府垮台而温斯顿下台的时间，称为他的荒凉岁月。政治上，他一直在举步维艰的处境中徘徊，是一个孤独的勇士在努力唤起受到希特勒威胁的国人，但在艺术上他在那荒凉岁月却硕果累累。这些年他经常在法国南部作画。在现存的500多张油画中，大约250张是1930至1939年间的作品。 绘画给丘吉尔带来了乐趣直到他的人生尽头。在他所著的《画中的消遣》里说：“画家其乐融融，因为他们不会孤独。光与色，和平与希望，会始终伴随他们。”
6.\t我父亲就是这样一个人。
The Joys Of Writing写作的乐趣
1.\tThe fortunate people in the world—the only really fortunate people in the world，in my mind—are those whose work is also their pleasure. The classis not a large one，not nearly so large as it is often represented to be；and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition. They enjoy in this respect at least a real harmony of life. To my mind，to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for；and I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy human beings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy，to whom every hour of labor is an hour of enjoyment，to whom repose—however necessary—is a tiresome interlude. And even a holiday is almost deprivation. Whether a man writes well or ill，has much to say or little，if he cares about writing at all，he will appreciate the pleasures of composition. To sit at one’s table on a sunny morning，with four clear hours of uninterruptible security，plenty of nice white paper，and a Squeezer pen that is true happiness. The complete absorption of the mind upon an agreeable occupation what more is there than that to desire？What does it matter what happens outside？The House of Commons may do what it likes，and so may the House of Lords. The heathen may rage furiously in every part of the globe. The bottom may be knocked clean out of the American market. Consols ma