Campbell is sharp in describing each of them.
Diaries, Volumes One to Six by Alastair Campbell (2017)
Love or hate him, Campbell remains the master of the inside story, not just because of his unusual ideas on the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. This is an incredibly detailed book on what it's like to live inside No. 10: the cruel space of events; and the constant conflict with the media.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇应用文,主要介绍了五本有关改变历史的世界伟人的传记,书的作者是掌握这一伟人的第一手资料者。文章具体介绍了作者姓名、出版时间、书的内容等。
【难句分析】 Jenkins writes as a politician as well as a historian, analyzing Churchill's historic moves from the opinions of one who had also spoken in the Commons.
分析:该句为主从复合句。句中who had also spoken in the Commons为who引导的定语从句,修饰先行词one,在从句中作主语;句中analyzing... the Commons作伴随状语。
译文:詹金斯作为一位政治家和历史学家来写(这本书),他从一个也在下议院发过言的人的角度分析了丘吉尔的历史性举动。
1.Which of the following leaders has the largest number of books written about him/her?
A.Harold Wilson. B.Churchill.
C.Margaret Thatcher. D.Tony Blair.
答案与解析:C 考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句"Before Moore published the first volume of his biography there had already been a mountain of books on Thatcher"可知,在摩尔出版他的第一本传记之前,已经有很多关于撒切尔夫人的书了;其他四本书的介绍中都