 | VOCABULARY outspoken - osoba mówiąca jawnie, otwarcie, bez ogródek
social issues - kwestie/problemy społeczne
affecting - tu: dotyczące
firm believer - osoba, która święcie w coś wierzy
evil - tu: zło
maiden speech - pierwsze wystąpienie parlamentarzysty na forum izby
The Commons - Izba Gmin
to warn - ostrzegać
peril - niebezpieczeństwo
drinking - tu: picie alkoholu
to introduce a bill - zgłosić projekt ustawy
to aim - mieć na celu
to raise - podnieść
age - wiek
to buy - kupować
advocate - tu: zwolennnik, orędownik
peace at almost any price - pokój za prawie każdą cenę
to declare war - wypowiedzieć wojnę
stern critic - surowy/ostry krytyk
conduct - prowadzenie
to vote - głosować
to bring to power - doprowadzić/utorować drogę do władzy
to stand in election - kandydować w wyborach
post-war - powojenny
out of the political limelight - z dala od blasku polityki |
Lesson 2
Nancy AstorOutspoken on social issues, particularly those affecting women and the family, she was also a firm believer in the evils of the demon alcohol.
Her maiden speech in the Commons warned about the perils of drinking and, in 1923, she introduced a bill that aimed to raise the age at which one could buy alcohol to eighteen.
During the 1930s she and her husband were strong advocates of peace with Germany at almost any price.
After war was declared, however, Nancy Astor became a stern critic of Chamberlain's conduct of it and she voted against the government in May 1940, helping to bring Churchill to power.
She decided not to stand in the first post-war election in 1945 and spent the last two decades of her life out of the political limelight.
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