用木棉花的英文当名字(通用20篇)

羊珂萱

我的名字叫“羊珂萱”，曾用名“羊楚蕾”。

这个名字是根据生辰八字来取的，“羊”出自百家姓中的“荀羊於惠”，古代有官名“羊人”，后代以“羊”为姓。

“珂”原指美玉，由于我五行缺火，又是虎年所生，所以取“珂”。“萱”指兰花，“珂萱”指爸爸妈妈希望我像玉一样心地纯洁、品性高雅，快乐无忧。

因为我姓“羊”，小羊的羊，所以引来了许多外号，比如“小羊羔”“羊肉串儿”“羊肉泡馍”。但是这些外号我一个都不喜欢，一听到谁给我起外号，我真想把他揍成肉酱！

这就是我的名字，虽然意思很美好，却没想到会引来这么多不好听的外号。唉，我为什么这么命苦，我好想改名呀。为什么姓别的不行，非要姓“羊”呀？！

苍南少艺校六年（3）班黄珈禾

我的名字很特别——黄珈禾。“黄”还可以理解，因为这毕竟是我的姓嘛；而“珈”字就不常见了，它是古代妇女的一种首饰之意；至于“禾”，很多人一看这个字便想到了“禾苗”一词。“珈禾”寓意着我这个妈妈的“宝贝”要像禾苗一般茁壮成长，尽管我现在还很瘦弱。

悲

很多人都知道，有一所私立学校与星海，新星和树人齐名——嘉禾中学。于是，有一个同学就经常喊：“卖‘嘉’禾中学了！”每到这时，我便会送她（他）一个白眼。

还有一次，上英语课时，林老师为了说明她家乡的小孩读书有多认真，就告诉我们：“在我的家乡，有很多小孩读书十分认真，只想考上私立，不肯读公立学校。有些人连嘉禾、树人也不读，只读新星和星海呢！”同学们哄堂大笑，我的同桌都笑得趴在桌子上了，而我则真想找个地洞钻进去——老师却一脸蒙圈地看着我们，不知道我们是在笑什么。

喜

同桌告诉我，她上网查了另一个同学的名字，是与一位抗战老兵重名。这一来，便引起了我的兴趣。我回家查了许多同学的名字，几乎都有得到回复。我又查了自己的名字——无搜索结果。这说明了我的名字是独一无二的。

叫“jiā”禾的人很多，但“珈禾”这个名字却非常稀少，与众不同，这就是我名字中的“喜”。然而，不管我的名字好不好听，它都是独一无二的，我无论如何都会喜爱我的名字，不论他人说些什么。

Dear ___,

i am very happy to see you,i think you teach very well,we all love you!

i think your english class is better than our old english teachers class,i believe you can do better than better!i believe in you!

Best wishes to you!

yours,

__

Dear Ms. Fu,

亲爱的付老师，

I would like you to know that I appreciate the help and support you gave to

me when I was in junior high school. I enjoyed being taught by you immensely.

You are an excellent teacher and inspired me to continue learning with an open

and positive mind.

我想让您知道我非常感激在我上初中的时候你给予的帮助和支持。我非常喜欢你做我的老师。你是一个优秀的教师，鼓励我以开放和积极的态度继续学习。

I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to you for teaching me what

is responsibility. You helped me how to find the best place for myself and look

for the personal values. I remember you gave me a book as a present of the

Spring Festival. You are the first teacher who gave me a present which I was

moved for a long time.

我衷心的感谢你教会了我什么是责任。你帮我找到最适合自己的位置并和个人价值。我记得你曾给我一本书作为春节的礼物。你是第一个给我礼物的老师，这让我感动了很久。

I would further say that you gave me so good memories that I wish I could

go back to that time again. It was you who encouraged me to overcome obstacles.

It was you who cared about my emotions. I appreciate all you have done for me,

which meant so much to me. I hope that this letter brings my best wishes to you

and I once again thank you for giving me those precious memories of my life,

which I shall cherish forever.

我还想说你给了我这么美好的回忆，我希望我能再次回到那个时候。是你鼓励我克服困难。是你关心我的情绪。我很感激你为我所做的一切，这对我来说是很重要的。我希望这封信能给你带去我最好的祝福，我再次感谢你给我的生活带来那些珍贵的回忆，我会永远珍惜它的。

Sincerely yours,

Yang

杨

今天，老师给我们布置了一项特别的作业：问家长自己名字的来历。

一回家，我放下背包，立即问爸爸妈妈：“爸爸妈妈，我的大名为什么叫徐舟子，小名叫圆圆呢？”

爸爸一本正经地说：“谈起你的大名徐舟子，可是有好多层含义的呢，你就听我细细道来吧！”爸爸继续说道：“1、我姓徐，你妈妈姓周，我觉得这两个姓可以搭在一起，但是“周”放在后面不太合适合，便改成了“舟”，因为生了个孩子，就在后面加了“子””。2、“舟”是小船的意思，爸爸妈妈希望你像小船一样乘风破浪，奋勇前进。3、“舟”谐音“周”，我们期待你为人周到，待人和善。

“那我的小名“圆圆”又是怎么来的呢？”我继续追问道。妈妈答道：“你的小名“圆圆”是因为你出生的时候体重是8斤3两，又胖又可爱。于是，我脑子里灵光一现，想出了“圆圆”这个小名。这不仅说明了你小时修圆圆胖胖的样子很可爱，还祝福了我们一家人永远团团圆圆，幸福美满，和睦快乐！”

原来，我的名字包含着这么多含义啊！但是，无论是什么含义，都表示着爸爸妈妈对我的爱。我立志，长大后一定要做一个对社会有用的人，不辜负爸爸妈妈对我的爱

Maybe the stars mean the dream,I love the stars in the blue sky,they’re always bright and pretty,and always take me to a beautiful dream.

I really like to look at the little stars,when I look at them,I feel very relax and happy.The stars are quiet and just like full of beautiful magic, its amazing.

Just like wonders,the stars in the deepest blue sky are so pretty,“one , two, three, four, five, six, seven”there are so many stars in the sky,I really cant count it.

When I am so lonely,I will look at the sky, tell the little stars my little secrets,tell the little stars my dream,tell them many interesting things,and then I will feel less lonely.

I like the stars in the sky,what about you?

也许星星意味着梦，我喜欢蓝色天空中的星星，它总是明亮美丽的，永远带着我进入一个美丽的梦。

我真的很喜欢看这些小星星，当看着它们的时候，我感到非常放松和快乐。星星是安静的，就像充满了美丽的魔法一样，令人惊奇。

就像奇迹一样，在最湛蓝的天空中，星星是如此美丽，“一、二、三、四、五、六、七”，天空中有那么多星星，实在数不胜数。

当我如此孤独的时候，我会看着天空，告诉小星星我的小秘密，告诉小星星我的梦想，告诉他们许许多多有趣的事情，然后我会感到不那么孤单。

我喜欢天上的星星，你呢?

Dear Mr and Mrs Brown，

亲爱的布朗夫妇，

I was so move to hear that youd like to send me to another school。 Thank you very much for your kindness。However，I cant go to school now。 I have a good job and if I go to school， I will have to give up the job， besides。 I have a good teacher who is a famous painter。He teaches me painting in my spare time。 I am so glad that you like my painting。 Right now， I am working on the new work， I think， I can send you a copy next month。 Thank you again for your kindness。

听说你们想让我去其他学校上学，这让我很感动。你们对我真好。但是，我现在还不能上学。我现在有稳定的工作，如果我去上学，我就要辞职，此外，我认识一名老师，他是一位著名的画家。闲暇时间里，他会教我画画。你喜欢我的作品，这让我感到非常高兴。我现在正在创作一幅新的作品，我想下个月送你一个复印版。再一次感谢你。

Yours

敬礼。

Lili。

莉莉。

[英文作文写给布朗夫妇的一封信

Today is March Womens Day,I want to do several things to help his mother,let her have a happy holiday.

At noon,I came home and found the table already filled with delicious food,but just could not see her mother.Suddenly,I heard a sound of laundry to the laundry and saw the stage,my mother was washing clothes.I said:"Mom,you go to eat,Ill wash.Because today is your holiday,I want to make you happy." "Are you okay?" Mom asked,smiling."OK," I said.Mom went to eat doubtfully.

I picked up the sleeves,took out a piece of clothing,wet with blisters,and then cast soap,then rub hard.Yeah rub rub,rub my hands are red,but there are still a little greasy clothes,do not rub clean.I had to rinse with a brush,then rinse well with water and the clothes clean.I washed some clothes,my mother came,looked at me hard to look like,my mother smiles,so happy,so happy.

Evening,I rush to help her mother wash the dishes,I washed dishes placed neatly.Mother looked,smiled and said:"So this is Yao Yao gave me holiday gift!" Although I am more tired than usual today,but I am very happy because I let my mother had a happy holiday season.

During the summer vacation, my aunt in the country with the Qiandao Lake for a period of time. Every night, I and aunt one family sitting in front of the new bridge. I found that the moon is very beautiful very beautiful. The moon seem like very ordinary, but it can not. The light is soft, not too bright, no light reflection. Although it is not like the sun to shine on the earth, but bright and clear. The moon looks are always different, sometimes round as a plate, sometimes sad, sometimes as small as small as ... ... Beautiful beautiful. But it seems to always have a touch of sadness, but reduced its beauty. But no matter how the moon change, there is a kind of beauty that can not say, I want it.

暑假里,我随阿姨在千岛湖的农村小住了一段时间.每天夜里,我与阿姨一家人坐在门口新建的木桥上纳凉.我发现月亮是很美很美的.月亮平常看来十分普通,但细看可不一样.它的光线很柔和,不太亮,没有反射光.虽然不能像太阳一样照亮大地,但却明亮清晰.月亮的样子总是不一样,有时圆如盘、有时细如眉、有时像小船……很美很美.但它好像总有一丝淡淡的忧愁,却不减它的美丽.可不管月亮如何变,都有一种说不出的美,我很想拥有它.

父母从我一生下来便给了我“兴哲”这个名字，不只是用来当做称呼，更多的是父母满满的祝福之意。我最喜欢的字是“兴”，除了兴家立业外，对我来说还有个更重要、无时无刻陪在我身边的意义：不屈不挠。

我认为自己是个乐观的人，而这个字更是对自己的期许：就算再怎么失意、再艰苦的挫折，都希望自己能百折不挠。这样一想或许和拳击手有些相似吧！不管对手是多么强大，就算被毫不留情的痛殴在地，也要拖着狼狈不堪、满身疮痍的身体继续挑战。这是我所期望达到的境界。

去年我当了一整年的班长，深深感到要胜任这个职务不是那么轻而易举的，不但要成为大家的表率，秩序、整洁也要管理得宜，最让我感到为难的是要成为老师和同学的沟通桥梁，扮演一个两面不讨好的角色，遭了很多责难、批评。在同学们和老师的夹缝中游走，对我来说比愚公移山还困难；要达到妥协让双方满意，比夸父追的那颗太阳还遥不可及。这种状况我总是应付不来，屡次不支倒地。但每次想到我的名字的意涵：别放弃，再接再厉！就会让我像被施了魔法般再度从绝望的谷底奋力爬起，迎向犹如世界末日般的难题。

“兴”这个字，就像我的精神支柱，甚至比嫦娥的仙药、孙悟空的仙桃更能让我在逆境中成长，养成逆来顺受的人生观。感谢父母赠我此字，未来之路有此字相伴，相信我每个步伐能走得更有信心、更加坚定、更为稳健！

满含激情，我观看了由_电视台举办的_年大型公益活动最美教师颁奖典礼，一个个真挚、淳朴、勇于奉献的教师形象让我感动，他们的无私奉献深深地印在了我的心里。作为一名教师，无论身在何处，都要心系我们的教育事业，都要心系我们所教的每一位学生。他们做到了，为了自己的教育事业，为了自己的学生，他们付出着自己的努力，他们牺牲者自己的健康，他们奉献着自己的青春，同样他们还洋溢着自己的微笑。

虽说都是教师，由于学生的不同，教师要付出的努力也就有所不同。最令我骄傲和自豪的是我的家乡洛阳从事特殊教育的最美教师——刘_。她面对的学生都是一些残疾人：有的聋哑，有的智力有明显的缺陷，可是她没有放弃任何一个孩子。虽然这些孩子不可能像正常的孩子一样想做什么就做什么，但是刘老师教给他们基本的生活技能，最起码当他们走向社会的时候有一技之长，能够养活自己，也能为社会贡献自己的一份力量。她们做到了，这些毕业后的孩子融入了社会，也取得了一定的成绩。其中，她所教过的学生王启升曾获_年雅典特奥会乒乓球比赛的金牌。从孩子们的成绩中我看到了刘老师无私的奉献精神，是她让这些不能正常学习的孩子实现了自己的价值。她这样又当妈又当老师，影响了我，我们的孩子都是那样天真、活泼、可爱，面对这样的孩子我们会少付出很多，可是我们做好了吗?以后我会尽最大的努力让自己做到最好。

还有被大家亲切地称为“留守儿童的妈妈”的老师王_、被学生称为“知心姐姐”、“第二母亲”的老师王_、致力于残疾人公益事业的美术教师王_、以“爱”为主线，先当父母，后当老师的仝_、带病坚持工作的毕业班教师白冰、勇于支教的教师刘_、并被授予国家有突出贡献中青年专家称号的教师张_、37年扎根山区的教师张锦_……他们都为了自己的教育事业，为了自己的学生奉献着、劳累着，但是他们同样也幸福着。他们的精神感动着我、感染者我，同时激励着同为教师的我，让我也奉献于我的教育事业，让我的学生也都能吸取更多的知识，获得更多的快乐。

这些最美教师是我教育道路上的指明灯，他们时刻督促着我要全心全意对待自己的工作，对待自己的学生，让我们的教育事业更加光辉、更加灿烂。

What are friends? We often talk about the topic with others. I think

friends are those people who can help you when you are in trouble. Don’t forget

the saying, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Friends can tell you your

mistakes, though what they say is hard for you to listen to. You can share your

happiness, trouble and worry with friends. Someone also says, “You can’t walk

any step without a friend.” So I think friends are very important to us. I would

like to make as many friends as possible.

Dear Mr. Seaton，

Thank you very much for taking me with you on that splendid outing to

London. It was the first time that I had seen the Tower or any of the other

famous sights. If Id gone alone, I couldnt have seen nearly as much, because I

wouldnt have known my way about.

The weather was splendid on that day, which I thought was rare. I still

remember some people told me that in Britain there was weather and no climate.

During the same day, it might snow in the morning, rain at noon, shine in the

afternoon and be windy before the night falls. So I think I was lucky.

I think the river trip was the best thing of all. London really came alive

for me as we saw it from the Thames during that wonderful journey down to

Greenwich. It was all tremendously exciting - a day that I shall never

forget.

Thank you for giving me such a great birthday treat.

Yours sincerely,

Linda Chen

I like the winter holiday very much.Though its very short,I can enjoy the Spring Festival. I can watch cargoon every day.I neednt go go school frepuently.Sometimes I can go go play with my friend outside.With the festival coming,I can play all the time.I can play video game with my brother.I am good at playing PC game.So I often beats my brother.Then more and more relative came go my home.We had dinner gogether.

Its so lively that Iam very happy.liuxue But I still have go do my homework.During the holiday,I learned a lot.I love the winter holiday.

我的名字叫丁昱心，是爸爸妈妈费尽心思取的。

其实爸爸想给我取一个非常简单的名字，因为我的姓很简单，他想给我取名叫丁一一，爸爸说：“名字简单好处多啊！比如考试的时候人家才把名字写好，她都写了两三题了！”妈妈听了哈哈大笑，她说：“我想取个更好听的名字！”

爸爸妈妈又开始给我取名字，他们又是查字典，又是翻书，又是上网搜，后来妈妈想让我有一颗明亮闪耀的心，做一个善良有理想的人，有一个广阔坦荡的前途，叫昱心吧。爸爸想了想：“好，三国时期魏国有一个名臣叫程昱，说他本名叫程立，后来因为梦里在泰山捧日，才改名叫程昱。”爸爸因为特别喜欢看历史书，开始给妈妈上历史课了，估计妈妈当时听得头都晕了吧！

后来，我就叫了丁昱心。

今天的作文课上，老师要求班上的每一个同学都要把自己的名字画在新发的作文书上，我一听作文老师说的话，眼睛一下有了光，立马有了精神。报班的时候，我一听报作文班，心想：作文班一定都是写东西，一点也不好玩。现在好了，我可以自己创作了。

开始画了，我仔细地想了想，拿起笔，在这张白纸的左边，用英语拼单词的26个字母，组成了我的姓氏：刘。接着， 我在白纸的中间部分画了庆字。一个滴水当作点，下面的横我用一条大河来代替，代表一个四字成语：积少成多，它告诉我们：一件事虽小，但是许多小事聚在一起会成就大事。然后下面的笔画撇，我画了一座大山来表示，表达成长就像爬山，遇到困难千万不能退缩，要勇敢的向上攀。庆字里面的大字我画了一个小人，手里还拿着一张纸，那张纸代表试卷，希望我每次都能考出好成绩。我名字最后一个字冉，是冉冉升起的意思，所以我就画了一个大大的太阳，把冉围了起来。

名字画好了，我看着自己的杰作，别提多高兴了!

这是一句很经典的话：爱要发自内心，是我们不经意间，从心中流出的爱的源泉。一一题记

当我从出生那一刻开始，她就注定是我的上帝；当我在咿咿呀呀学语时，她把这些“外星语”当歌听；当我在学走路时，摔倒了，她飞奔过来，虽护住了我，但她却受伤了……

她，就是我的母亲。

妈妈，一个普通的名字，却是我的蛔虫，她知道我的冷热。冷了，给我添加衣服；热了，给我一杯冰果汁，为我扇风。她是我的上帝！

妈妈，一个普通的名字，却知道我一切。学习情况下降了，她急得团团转；学习情况上升了，她高兴得手舞足蹈，为我而骄傲，但她却叫我谦虚。她是我的上帝！

妈妈，一个普通的名字，却是我的心灵指导员。我为一点小事就生气然后哭时，她告诉我做人要大气，为了一点小事哭鼻子是不值得的代价。她是我的上帝！

妈妈，一个普通的名字，却时刻都记挂着我的事。放学后，下雨了，她立即打电话问我要不要来接我，我知道妈妈是关心我所有的事情，而她自己的事却是一片空白。她是我的上帝！

妈妈，一个普通的名字，却是我的玩伴。在家里下象棋时，我赢了，妈妈就会夸我有所进步；我输了，妈妈就叫我不要放弃，总是会赢的。她是我的上帝！

在所有安琪儿变成婴儿降生到地上时，他们都会问一个问题：＂如果我想您了怎么办？”上帝回答道：＂你们还有另外一个上帝，这个上帝的名字叫妈妈。”

一一后记

说起我的名字，那可真是要从十几年前说起了，虽然我的名字并不是很好听，但是我却很喜欢它。

我的名字是徐鹏佳，有些人会感到很奇怪，我明明就是个女孩，名字却怎么那么像男孩呢？嘿嘿，我以前也像你们一样评论自己的名字，可是渐渐地，我就不那么认为了，因为每个人的名字都是父母赐予的，我想，我的爸爸妈妈给我取这个名字一定有自己的原因吧！

我曾经问过我爸爸妈妈，他们总说我还小，说了也听不明白，可是我怎么会轻易放弃，抓着妈妈的手不放，妈妈见我不依不饶，就随口说：“这名字只是我和你爸爸随便取的，哪有什么来由。”

我偷笑着：妈妈以为我会相信吗，还当我是三岁的小孩呢，那么容易就被骗了，呵呵。

我翻了字典，原来“鹏”是古代时候的一种大鸟啊。我顿时对这个字产生了浓厚的兴趣，我想就这个字刨根问底，兴许会找到我名字的由来。

我在网上查找了一下，结果出来了，我的眼睛不断地搜索着，目不转睛地盯着这一行行密密麻麻的字，终于，在这千万条信息中找到了一点蛛丝马迹。原来是这么回事儿呀：

关于这个“鹏”字，有一个鹏程万里的故事，古时候，有一种能飞到万里之外的鸟，人们都称它为大鹏鸟，大鹏鸟一飞到别的地方去，就要一年半载才能够飞回来，有的鸟儿问他：“你每次飞出去都要那么久才能回来，难道不觉得辛苦吗？”说完，只见大鹏鸟又飞出来了，鸟儿感到很奇怪，我们只要能飞到树的枝头就已经觉得很高了，而为什么大鹏鸟却能飞那么高那么远呢？

我一下子恍然大悟，原来我的爸爸和妈妈是想让我和这大鹏鸟一样，有远大的目标和志向，并取得很大的成就。

而“佳”字则是美好的意思，我觉得这一定是妈妈想的字吧，是想让我更加温柔、娴静吧。

我终于解开了这个名字的谜题了，可是我的心里却没有半分的喜悦，我的眼泪夺眶而出，我仿佛看到了爸爸妈妈给我取名字时的认真专注，我突然好讨厌自己，我的爸爸妈妈那么爱我，对我那么好，甚至把最好的都给了我，可是我却总是伤他们的心，真是太不应该了。我一定努力学习，不辜负他们的期望！

爸爸妈妈，我不能为你们做什么事情，只盼能用这微薄的话来表达我对你们的爱。

“妈妈，爸爸，你们是我一生中最美的风景！”

A father like a cup of coffee, if you dont linger on, cant find the "sugar", and "bitter" away. A father in the eyes, the gentle and strong father in busy and vigorous figure, it is the love, responsibility, love of wisdom.

Remember the last time: Im in the pavilion in the park, because of too excited, one not careful, fell and hurt my foot. At home, I saw dad, tears just kept falling. Dad saw and asked with concern: "whats up? Whats wrong with?" I cried, pointing to the foot, father for iodine and cotton swabs, side to help me stop bleeding disinfection, side to comfort me: "be strong! Not tears wont pain!" Then, my father gave me a story about "hua mu LAN army". Heard daddy such comfort me, encouraged me, tears from the eyes down again. This is not the pain of the tears, but was moved to tears!

像一杯咖啡一个父亲，如果你不流连忘返，找不到“糖”和“苦”了。在眼中的父亲，温柔而坚强的父亲在繁忙和矫健的身影，那是智慧的爱，责任，爱心。

还记得最后一次：我在公园里的凉亭，是因为太兴奋了，一不留神，摔，伤了我的脚。在家里，我看到了爸爸，眼泪只是不停地落下。爸爸看见了，并关切地问道：“怎么了这有什么错?”我哭了，指着脚下，父亲碘和棉签，一边帮我止血消毒，一边安慰我：“是强不流泪的人不会痛!”于是，我父亲给了我一个关于“花木兰军”的故事。听到爸爸这样安慰我，鼓励我，再次回落泪水从眼睛。这不是泪水的痛苦，但被感动得哭了!

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今天，老师说我们可以取个新名字，我觉得很奇怪？我们为什么要取新名字呢？老师说可以，我们喜欢什么名字就取什么名字，然后写到字条上就可以了，后来老师公布出来，看看我们能记得多少，就赢了。

这时，教室里安静了下来，大家都在想，我也不能落后啊！于是，我想我平常爱跳来跳去的，又是家里的小皇帝，就取一个小猴王吧！我们交给了老师，快要点名了，我的心怦怦地跳，老师念了巧克力、精天G米、阿高，当老师念到邱飞鸿的时侯，新宇低下了头，我猜应该是他的新名字了。老师又念了一个“女杀手”，我们不知道是谁，原来是老师的新名字。终于轮到我了，我的心跳加速了，每秒跳了整整五下，我厚着脸皮，老师说：“小猴王”我说：“到”大家哈哈大笑起来，我也暗暗地偷笑起来了。

到了比赛记新名字的时候了，全教室像烧开的水沸腾起来了。我举起了手，老师请了我，我聚精会神地想！我说出了阿高、巧克力、阳光、“小猴王”、滢滢这几个名字，其他的都想不出来了，我的脑细胞已经在打瞌睡，老师用手指着一个女同学，但我还是记不起来，最后选择了放弃。昊昊最厉害，他说了12个名字，我只好甘拜下风。

今天我很开心，我喜欢我的新名字——小猴王！它真实地反映了我的性格，代表着我的心思。

My father, Winston Churchill, began his love affair with painting in his 40s, amid disastrous circumstances. As First Lord of the Admiralty in 1915, he was deeply involved in a campaign in the Dardanelles that could have shortened the course of a bloody world war. But when the mission failed, with great loss of life, Churchill paid the price, both publicly and privately. He was removed from the admiralty and effectively sidelined.

Overwhelmed by the catastrophe — “I thought he would die of grief,” said his wife, Clementine —he retired with his family to Hoe Farm, a country retreat in Surrey. There, as Churchill later recalled, “The muse of painting came to my rescue!”

Wandering in the garden one day, he chanced upon his sister-in-law sketching with watercolors. He watched her for a few minutes, then borrowed her brush and tried his hand. The muse had cast her spell!

Churchill soon decided to experiment with oils. Delighted with this distraction from his dark broodings, Clementine rushed off to buy whatever paints she could find.

For Churchill, however, the next step seemed difficult as he contemplated with unaccustomed nervousness the blameless whiteness of a new canvas. He started with the sky and later described how “very gingerly I mixed a little blue paint on the palette, and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean upon the affronted snow-white shield. At that moment the sound of a motor car was heard in the drive. From this chariot stepped the gifted wife of Sir John Lavery .”

“ ‘Painting!’ she declared. ‘But what are you hesitating about? Let me have the brush — the big one.’ Splash into the turpentine, wallop into the blue and the white, frantic flourish on the palette, and then several fierce strokes and slashes of blue on the absolutely cowering canvas.”

At that time, John Lavery— a Churchill neighbor and celebrated painter— was tutoring Churchill in his art. Later, Lavery said of his unusual pupil: “Had he chosen painting instead of statesmanship, I believe he would have been a great master with the brush.”

In painting, Churchill had discovered a companion with whom he was to walk for the greater part of the years that remained to him. After the war, painting would offer deep solace when, in 1921, the death of the mother was followed two months later by the loss of his and Clementine’s beloved three-year-old daughter, Marigold. Battered by grief, Winston took refuge at the home of friends in Scotland, finding comfort in his painting. He wrote to Clementine: “I went out and painted a beautiful river in the afternoon light with crimson and golden hills in the background. Alas I keep feeling the hurt of the Duckadilly (Marigold’s pet name).”

Historians have called the decade after 1929, when the Conservative government fell and Winston was out of office, his wilderness years. Politically he may have been wandering in barren places, a lonely fighter trying to awaken Britain to the menace of Hitler, but artistically that wilderness bore abundant fruit. During these years he often painted in the South of France. Of the 500-odd canvases extant, roughly 250 date from 1930 to 1939.

Painting remained a joy to Churchill to the end of his life. “Happy are the painters,” he had written in his book Painting as a Pastime, “ for they shall not be lonely. Light and color, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” And so it was for my father.

我的父亲，温斯顿·丘吉尔，在他四十多岁时开始迷恋上绘画，当时环境异常恶劣。那是在1915年，任海军大臣的他，积极投身于在达达尼尔海峡的一场战役中，这场战役本可以缩短那段血雨腥风的世界大战。但由于遭受失败，伤亡惨重，丘吉尔于公于私都付出了代价。他被从海军部调离且实则坐起了冷板凳。

在灾难的折磨下——他的妻子克莱门廷说：“我想他会痛苦而死，”——他携家带口来到萨利郡的一处乡间静居霍·华姆。在那儿，丘吉尔后来回忆道，“是绘画中的冥思拯救了我！”

一天他在花园散步时，偶然看到他的弟媳在用水彩作画。他观察了几分钟，然后向她借了画笔并一试身手。他的专注仿佛给他施了魔法！

丘吉尔很快就决定试试去画油画。看到他从阴暗的忧郁思中解脱出来，克莱门廷非常开心，她赶忙去买所有能买到的颜料。

然而，迈出下一步似乎有些困难，因为丘吉尔看到一块新画布的洁白无暇时感到无所适从和为难。他先从天空画起，后来他描述如何“非常谨慎地在调色板上加入一点儿蓝色调，然后以万分的小心，在这块被蓄意冒犯的雪白的防护板上点上豌豆大的一笔。这时，传来一阵驾驶机动车的马达声。约翰·拉威利先生才华出众的太太从这辆车中姗然而下。

“‘在画画呀！’她高声说着。‘可你还在犹豫什么呢？给我那支笔——那支头号的。’只见松油飞溅，她在蓝白颜料间挥毫泼墨，在调色板上龙飞凤舞，接着在吓得发皱的油画布上用力东戳西捣几下蓝色。”

那时，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，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。”

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。

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。”我父亲就是这样一个人。

[温斯顿·丘吉尔:生活侧记-名人传记英文故事