VOCABULARY
World War II - druga wojna światowa
intelligence services - służby wywiadu
to collaborate - współpracować
film director - reżyser filmowy
morale-boosting - podnoszący na duchu, zwiększający morale
drama - tu: dramat filmowy
the collaboration was a happy one - była to owocna współpraca
a classic movie of the period - filmowy klasyk tego okresu
unfashionable - niemodny
to reinvent oneself - odnaleźć się/odrodzić na nowo w nowej roli
cabaret artist - artysta kabaretowy
masterly performer of his own songs - niedościgniony wykonawca własnych piosenek
to enjoy life - cieszyć się życiem
fun - zabawa, uciecha, przyjemność
Lesson 10
Noel Coward
During World War II Coward worked for the intelligence services and also collaborated with the film director David Lean to create the morale-boosting propaganda drama In Which We Serve.
The collaboration was a happy one and, in 1945, the two men worked together again on what has become a classic British movie of the period - Brief Encounter.
After the war Coward's type of drama became unfashionable but he reinvented himself as a cabaret artist and a masterly performer of his own songs.
'The only way to enjoy life,' he said, 'is to work. Work is much more fun than fun.'
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