2017考研英语《经济学人》阅读：丘吉尔的多面人生
Books and arts Book review Winston Churchill'sother lives
书籍与艺术 书评 丘吉尔的多面人生
Mr high-roller
赌场大亨
No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money. ByDavid Lough.
《莫饮香槟：丘吉尔与金钱》作者：戴维·洛
Winston Churchill Reporting: Adventures of a Young War Correspondent. By Simon Read.
《温斯顿·丘吉尔报告：年轻战地记者历险记》，作者：西蒙·里德
HISTORIANS and many members of the public already know that Winston Churchill often tookhigh-stakes gambles in his political life.
历史学家和许多公众早已知道，温斯顿·丘吉尔在他的政治生涯中经常冒险豪赌。
Some, like the disastrous Dardanelles campaign—an audacious attempt he masterminded atthe Admiralty to seize the straits of Gallipoli and knock Turkey out of the first world war—he gotwrong.
有些赌局，比如悲剧色彩的达达尼尔海峡战役，丘吉尔在海军部策划了这次大胆的军事行动，目的是占领加利波利海峡，迫使土耳其退出第一次世界大战，结果他押错了赌注。
Others, notably his decision as prime minister in 1940 to hold out against Nazi Germany untilAmerica came to rescue Britain, he got spectacularly right.
其他赌局，尤其是他决定在1940年担任英国首相、坚持抵抗纳粹德国到美国前来解救英国的举动，让他赢得了可观的回报。
But the extent to which Churchill was a gambler in other spheres of his life has tended not tocatch his biographers' attention.
但是，丘吉尔生活中的其他方面有多少赌博色彩，却没有得到传记作家的关注。
Two new books attempt to fill this gap.
有两本新书打算填补这个空白。
The first is “No More Champagne” by David Lough, a private-banker-turned-historian who looksat Churchill's personal finances during the ups and downs of his career.
第一本就是戴维·洛的《莫饮香槟》，这位私人银行家转行的历史学家分析了丘吉尔在跌宕起伏的职业生涯中的个人财务状况。
It is the first biography to focus on this aspect of his life.
这是第一本专注丘吉尔财务方面的传记。
Mr Lough has trawled through Churchill's personal accounts and found that he was as much arisk-taker when it came to his money as he was when he was making decisions at the Admiraltyor in Downing Street.
戴维·洛查阅了丘吉尔的个人账户，发现他在财务方面敢于承担风险，正如他在海军部或唐宁街做决定时一样大胆。
Although Churchill was descended from the Dukes of Marlborough, his parents had “very littlemoney on either side”—though that never stopped them living the high life.
尽管丘吉尔是马尔博罗公爵的后裔，他的父母却“没有多少钱”，不过这从来不妨碍他们享受上流社会的生活。
Neither did it hamper the young Churchill;
这对年轻的丘吉尔也没有什么约束;
he spent wildly on everything from polo ponies to Havana cigars, a habit he picked up as a warcorrespondent in Cuba.
他花起钱来挥霍无度，无论是打马球的小马，还是哈瓦那雪茄，这是他在古巴当战地记者时养成的习惯。
Indeed, between 1908 and 1914 the Churchill household spent an average of 1,160 on winealone each year—104,400 ($145,000) in today's money.
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