 | VOCABULARY young - młody
man - mężczyzna, człowiek
to spend - spędzić
to arrive - przybyć
June - czerwiec
to stay - pozostać, przebywać
year - rok
to work - pracować
assistant - asystent; tu: sprzedawca (w sklepie, antykwariacie itp)
international - międzynarodowy
art dealer - handlarz dziełami sztuki, marszand
to lodge with sb - mieszkać u kogoś
Vauxhall - dzielnica Londynu
a Mrs Loyel - pewna/jakaś pani Loyer
to fall in love - zakochać się
landlady - gospodyni, właścicielka mieszkania
daughter - córka
hurt - zraniony, urażony
to reject - odrzucić, odtrącić
period - okres czasu
to return - powrócić
spring - wiosna
to teach - uczyć
Ramsgate - nadmorska miejscowość w angielskim hrabstwie Kent
to live - żyć, mieszkać
to work - pracować
Isleworth - przedmieścia Londynu, w hrabstwie Middlesex
clergyman - duchowny, pastor, ksiądz
to employ - zatrudniać
occasional teacher and preacher - ktoś, kto dorywczo wykonuje zawód nauczyciela lub kaznodziei
to go back - wrócić
January - styczeń
to study - studiować
theology - teologia
it was not until the early 1880s - dopiero na początku lat osiemdziesiątych (dziewiętnastego wieku)
he began to work on his painting in earnest - zabrał się poważnie/na serio do pracy nad swoim malarstwem |
Lesson 35
Vincent van GoghAs a young man, van Gogh spent some time in London. He arrived first in June 1873 and stayed for more than a year, working as an assistant at the international art dealers Goupil and Co.
It was during this period that he lodged in Hackford Road, Vauxhall with a Mrs Loyer.
He fell in love with his landlady's daughter and was much hurt when she rejected him.
After a period with Goupil's in Paris, van Gogh returned to England in the spring of 1876 and, after teaching in Ramsgate, lived and worked in Isleworth in Middlesex where a local clergyman employed him as an occasional teacher and preacher.
Van Gogh went back to Holland in January 1877 to study theology and it was not until the early 1880s that he began to work on his painting in earnest.
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