 | VOCABULARY the latter half of the 19th century - druga połowa XIX wieku
war - wojna
to concern - obchodzić
personally - osobiście
to live - żyć, mieszkać
island - wyspa
far away - daleko, z dala
battlefield - pole walki
to be born - urodzić się
to move - przeprowadzić się
to join - przyłączyć się, tu: przyjechać do
lodgings - wynajmowane pokoje/mieszkanie
to try - próbować, usiłować
to earn a living -zarabiać na życie
writer - pisarz
to produce - produkować, wytworzyć, tu: napisać
unsuccessful - nie przynoszący sukcesów, będący niepowodzeniem
novel - powieść
mass - masa, mnóstwo
poorly paid - słabo wynagradzany, źle opłacany
unpaid - nieopłacany, wykonywany za darmo
journalism - dziennikarstwo, twórczość dziennikarska
family - rodzina
to continue - kontynuować
to support - tu: utrzymywać
I did not throw myself into the struggle for life - nie rzuciłem się w wir walki o byt |
Lesson 33
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw: When I was a young man in the latter half of the 19th century war did not greatly concern me personally. Because I lived on an island far away from the battlefields.
George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin in 1856 and moved to London as a young man. He joined his mother there who was already living in lodgings in the city.
For the next ten years Shaw tried to earn a living as a writer, producing a series of unsuccessful novels and a mass of poorly paid (or even unpaid) journalism.
His family continued to support him. 'I did not throw myself into the struggle for life,' he later wrote, 'I threw my mother into it.
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