 | VOCABULARY best-loved - najbardziej kochany, ulubiony, popularny
singer - śpiewak, śpiewaczka
twentieth century - dwudziesty wiek
early death - przedwczesna śmierć, śmierć w młodym wieku
breast cancer - rak piersi
admirer - wielbiciel
from an early age - od młodych lat
proficient - bardzo dobry, utalentowany, wytrawny, biegły
to be obliged - być zmuszonym, zobowiązanym
to leave - zostawić, opuścić
working life - życie zawodowe
telephone operator - telefonista, telefonistka
to marry - zawrzeć związek małżeński, wyjść za mąż, ożenić się
to move - tu: przeprowadzić się
Carlisle - miasto w Cumbrii, pn-zach Anglia
to bet - zakładać się
shilling - szyling (12 dawnych pensów; szylingi wyszły z obiegu w roku 1971)
to enter - tu: zgłosić się (do konkursu)
to accept the challenge - przyjąć wyzwanie
piano prize - nagroda za grę na pianinie
choral prize - nagroda za śpiew
professional career - kariera zawodowa
to launch - zacząć, zapoczątkować |
Lesson 11
Kathleen FerrierKathleen Ferrier was one of the best-loved British singers of the twentieth century and her early death from breast cancer was a great shock to her admirers around the world.
She loved music from an early age and became a very proficient pianist but she was obliged to leave school at the age of fourteen and she began her working life as a telephone operator.
Marrying in 1935, she moved to Carlisle. She had often taken part in local festivals as a pianist and her husband now bet her a shilling that she would not enter the Carlisle Festival as a singer as well as a pianist.
She accepted his challenge and won both the piano prize and the choral prize. Her professional career was launched.
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