Английский язык с Эдвардом Лиром. Книга бессмыслицы

Edward LEAR. A Book of Nonsense

(Эдвард ЛИР. Книга бессмыслицы)

Книгу подготовила Юлия Стрекалова

y_strekalova@mail.ru

Метод чтения Ильи Франка

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There was an Old Man with a beard (то

был /жил-был/ Старый Человек с

бородой),

Who said (который сказал), 'It is just as I feared (это имено /так/, как я

боялся)!

Two Owls and a Hen (две совы и курица),

Four Larks and a Wren (четыре жаворонка и королёк),

Have all built their nests in my beard (все построили свои гнезда в моей

бороде)!'

There was an Old Man with a beard,

Who said, 'It is just as I feared!

Two Owls and a Hen,

Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard!'

There was a Young Lady of Ryde (Молодая Леди из Райда),

Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied (чьи ботиночные шнурки были редко

развязаны).

She purchased some clogs (купила несколько сабо /обувь на высокой

деревянной подошве без задника/),

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And some small spotted dogs (в

мелких пятнах /мелко-пятнистых/ собак),

And frequently walked about Ryde (часто гуляла по Райду).

There was a Young Lady of Ryde,

Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied.

She purchased some clogs,

And some small spotted dogs,

And frequently walked about Ryde.

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There was an Old Man with a nose (с носом),

Who said, 'If you choose to suppose (выберете предполагать /предпочтете

думать/),

That my nose is too long (что мой нос слишком длинный),

You are certainly wrong (вы безусловно ошибаетесь)!'

That remarkable (удивительный) Man with a nose.

There was an Old Man with a nose,

Who said, 'If you choose to suppose,

That my nose is too long,

You are certainly wrong!'

That remarkable Man with a nose.

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There was an Old Man on a hill (на холме),

Who seldom, if ever, stood still (редко, если когда-либо, стоял спокойно; stand

– стоять);

He ran up and down (бегал вверх и вниз; run – бегать),

In his Grandmother's gown (в платье своей бабушки),

Which adorned (которое украшало, красило) that Old Man on a hill.

There was an Old Man on a hill,

Who seldom, if ever, stood still;

He ran up and down,

In his Grandmother's gown,

Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.

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There was a Young Lady whose bonnet (чей капор),