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