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[消防警察] 法學知識與英文
第 47 題
📖 題組：
On May 8, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the end of the Second World War. He concluded his radio address with “Nothing should prevent us from celebrating Victory Day in Europe today and tomorrow!” But before Churchill responded to his own call to celebrate the victory, he turned to his cook, Georgina Landemare, and said “Without you I would not have survived the war.” This was meant in deadly earnest, for eating well was essential to the stability and well-being of the statesman. It was Churchill’s belief that one should offer the body something good, so that the soul may desire to dwell in it. ... The prime minister often invited people to dinner parties at his home. He used dining as an art to display his conversational talents and to engage in political debate, to confer with friends and to win over rivals. During the WWII, he used dining to exert his conversational skills to persuade his allies, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, to fight the war. Churchill used dining and the dinner table to do what could not always be done at the conference table.
On May 8, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the end of the Second World War. He concluded his radio address with “Nothing should prevent us from celebrating Victory Day in Europe today and tomorrow!” But before Churchill responded to his own call to celebrate the victory, he turned to his cook, Georgina Landemare, and said “Without you I would not have survived the war.” This was meant in deadly earnest, for eating well was essential to the stability and well-being of the statesman. It was Churchill’s belief that one should offer the body something good, so that the soul may desire to dwell in it. ... The prime minister often invited people to dinner parties at his home. He used dining as an art to display his conversational talents and to engage in political debate, to confer with friends and to win over rivals. During the WWII, he used dining to exert his conversational skills to persuade his allies, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, to fight the war. Churchill used dining and the dinner table to do what could not always be done at the conference table.
What is the last paragraph mainly about?
- A The political value of Churchill’s dinner parties.
- B The dishes commonly seen on Churchill’s dinner table.
- C The friends and enemies Churchill made at dinner parties.
- D The sense of humor Churchill displayed at his dining table.
思路引導 VIP
如果一位領導者刻意避開正式的辦公室，選擇在輕鬆的環境下與對手或盟友對話，並在過程中成功改變了對方的想法，我們該如何形容這種「非正式場合」對於國家決策或權力運作所產生的「作用」呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
文本核心意涵與關鍵資訊串接
很高興看到你精準地捕捉到了這段文字的核心！你能選對 (A)，代表你成功識別出文中不斷重複出現的行為模式：邱吉爾並非單純在享受美食，而是將餐桌轉化為另一種形式的「談判桌」。文中明確提到他利用餐宴進行 political debate（政治辯論）、win over rivals（贏得對手）以及 persuade his allies（說服盟友），這些具體的社交行為最終都指向同一個功能性的目標，也就是餐桌背後的「政治價值」。
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