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  Amusing Remarks about Nobel Prize  
Winston Churchill--- Stutterer to Elocutionist

2007-9-17

Little Churchill was born in a noble family which had superior economic status and enjoyed high reputation in local area. However, it seemed that little Churchill did not inherit any noble blood from his family; instead, he was dull-looking and always thinking something in class.
Further more, little Churchill was stuttering. In his class, his performance always scored the worst, but he never cared about that, which made his teacher dislike him. One day, when the teacher found once again little Churchill sitting silently at the corner of classroom and thinking something else, the teacher turned angry, 'Churchill, what are you doing?' However, little Churchill was immersed in his individual world and ignored the question from teacher.
The teacher was angrier with his attitude. He went forward to little Churchill, punched the desk and shouted,'Dare you not answer my question, I will get you out!' little Churchill finally saw his teacher at this time, but he still kept silence.
The teacher was furious, shouting, 'You lost all face of your noble father. You definitely a poor parasite in future.' 'No, I, I, I, ... I am going to be an Elocutio...nist' Everyone in the classroom turned out to laugh before little Churchill completed his words.
On the way back home, a crowd of classmates followed and swarmed around little Churchill, shouted at him with jeering words, 'You stutterer, dare to become an elocutionist?'
'You are day-dreaming!'
Little Churchill tried to defend himself in a few words, but failed to say them out. He turned anxious. But the more anxious he was, the fewer words he could say. His face was choked red.
The crowd rushed away after jeering, leaving little Churchill standing alone on the road. Churchill tried hard to control himself and hold the tears, with his fist clenching.
At home, his father was surprised that little Churchill pulled a long face and paid no attention to the words of others. His son would have cried or noised in a previous way if he was bullied outside, or have meshed up his room if not bullied. It was rarely seen such expression before.
The father followed immediately after little Churchill and asked him the reason of his strange behavior. Finally, Churchill opened his mouth and said, 'I, ... I, ... I am going to be an elocutionist.' Then, he went directly to his room, and closed the door, leaving it unopened with whoever knocking outside.
In his room, little Churchill was facing the big mirror hanging on wall and practicing speech making. He read each word syllable by syllable, and corrected his pronunciation word by word. After that, he started to read together several words until he could read the complete sentence.
From that day on, little Churchill turned out to be another person who was totally different from before. He was not afraid of laughter from his class. He even voluntarily asked his teacher to let him reading texts in class. Although he had still a little stuttering, little Churchill was working hard to make every progress. Every time when he was back home, he practiced again and again facing his mirror; and finally, he was able to consecutively say a complete sentence or even a paragraph. And, he recited lots of famous lectures as well.
His effort was finally paid off. With his great progress in words speaking, little Churchill gradually expressed his humorous speechcraft in front of his classmates and teacher.
This stuttering boy, the later British Premier, encouraged millions of people with his passionate speeches in the second world war.
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Organizer: Beijing Municipal Association for Science & Technology
Undertaker: Beijing Science & Technology Consulting Center,
Information Center of Beijing Municipal Association for Science & Technology