 | VOCABULARY to take - wziąć, brać
Christian name - imię
Italian - włoski
town - miasto
to be born - urodzić się
daughter - córka
wealthy - zamożny
landowner - właściciel ziemski
prominent - wybitny, znany
campaigner - osoba prowadząca kampanię, bojownik, działacz
slavery - niewolnictwo
to be convinced - być przekonanym
in her twenties - (o wieku) po dwudziestce
vocation - powołanie
to nurse - pielęgnować, wykonywać zawód pielęgniarki
for a woman of her class - dla kobiety z jej klasy społecznej
to follow - podążać, iść
a difficult path to follow - trudna droga (tu: zawodowa)
nursing - pielęgniarstwo
not highly respected - niezbyt ceniony, szanowany
family - rodzina
to be opposed - sprzeciwiać się
sheer determination - czysta determinacja
to win through - zwyciężyć
to be allowed - mieć pozwolenie
to travel - podróżować, tu: udać się
on her return - po powrocie
superintendent - kierownik, dyrektor
sick - chory
gentlewoman - tu: [archaiczne] kobieta, pani
distresed circumstances - ciężkie warunki, trudna sytuacja
report - doniesienie
suffering - cierpienie, cierpienia
soldier - żołnierz
the Crimean War - wojna krymska
to reach - dotrzeć, dosięgnąć
she managed to arrange - załatwiła
to send - wysłać
military hospital - szpital wojskowy |
Lesson 29
Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale took her Christian name from the Italian town where she was born in May 1820, the daughter of a wealthy Hampshire landowner who was a prominent campaigner against slavery.
Convinced in her twenties of her vocation to nurse, she found it a difficult path for a woman of her class to follow at a time when nursing was not highly respected.
Her family were opposed to the idea but her sheer determination won through.
In 1851 she was allowed to travel to Kaiserwerth in Germany to study as a nurse and, on her return, she became superintendent of the Institution for Sick Gentlewomen in Distressed Circumstances in London.
When reports of the suffering of soldiers in the Crimean War reached England, Florence Nightingale managed to arrange for herself and thirty-eight nurses to be sent to the military hospital at Scutari.
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