 | VOCABULARY zeal - gorliwość, żarliwość, entuzjazm
efficiency - skuteczność, efektywność
recognition - uznanie
importance - waga, ważność
hygiene - higiena
to result - przynieść rezultat
death rate - śmiertelność
to drop - spaść, opaść, zmniejszyć się
per cent - procent
2.2 - (two point two) - dwa i dwie dziesiąte procent
to return - wrócić, powrócić
national heroine - bohaterka narodowa
she spent the rest of her life - spędziła resztę życia
semi-invalid - pół-inwalidka
to campaign for - prowadzić kampanię (na rzecz)
tirelessly - niestrudzenie
improvement - poprawa, ulepszenie
training of nurses - szkolenie pielęgniarek
standards of health care - standardy/poziom opieki zdrowotnej
to move - przeprowadzić się
to mark - oznaczać
blue plaque - niebieska tabliczka pamiątkowa
to be awarded - być nagrodzonym
Order of Merit - order za zasługi, ustanowiony w roku 1902 przez króla Edwarda VII
allegedly - podobno, o ile wiadomo
to receive - otrzymać
too kind - (to) zbyt łaskawe
to die - umrzeć
at the age of ninety - w wieku 90 lat |
Lesson 30
Florence NightingaleHer zeal and efficiency, and her recognition of the importance of hygiene, resulted in the death rate at the hospital dropping from 42 per cent to 2.2 per cent.
Returning from the Crimea a national heroine in 1856, she spent the rest of her long life as a semi-invalid but campaigned tirelessly for improvements in the training of nurses and the standards of health care.
In 1865 she moved into the house in South Street, Mayfair which is marked by a blue plaque and she lived there for the rest of her life.
In 1907 she became the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit, allegedly receiving it with the words, 'Too kind, too kind.' She died on the 13th August 1910 at the age of ninety.
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