#180: Winston Churchill & The English Language

 

He is considered by many to be the greatest public speaker in British history, and his words and speeches were a defining force in the British war effort.

In this episode, we'll learn all about how Winston Churchill used the English language to inspire a nation.

• Winning the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature
• Early obstacles to being a great orator
• Completing his education on his own
• Studying the great English orators
• Spending four decades as a member of parliament
• Churchill's gift for storytelling
• The medium: the radio
• My grandfather's memories of Churchill's speeches
• Background to Churchill's speeches
• How Churchill wrote
• Writing more words than William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens combined
• Speech #1: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat“ 
• Speech #2: "We shall never surrender"
• Speech #3: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job"
• Why Churchill's words are so powerful
• Churchill's wit (and some funny jokes)

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/winston-churchill-language

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