Майкл Муркок - Английский язык с М. Муркоком

• Название: Английский язык с М. Муркоком
• Автор: Майкл Муркок
• Жанр: Фэнтези

В книге предлагается произведение "Рыцарь Мечей" Майкла Муркока, адаптированные (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь. Пособие способствует эффективному освоению языка, может служить дополнением к учебной программе. Предназначено для студентов, для изучающих английский язык самостоятельно, а также для всех интересующихся английской культурой.

Метод чтения Ильи Франка

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Corum was tired, but he could not sleep. Everything he touched was slimy and made him feel ill. He tested the lock on the cabin door. Although the wood was rotten, the door seemed unusually strong. Some other force was at work here. The timbers of the ship were bound by more than rivets and tar.

The weariness did not help his head to clear. His thoughts remained confused and desperate. He peered frequently through the porthole, hoping to get some sort of bearing, but it was impossible to see anything more than the occasional wave and a star in the sky.

Then, much later, he noticed the first line of grey on the horizon and he was relieved that morning was coming (потом, значительно позднее, он заметил первую серую линию на горизонте и успокоился /от того/, что наступает утро). This ship was a ship of the night (этот корабль был кораблем ночи). It would disappear with the sun and he and Rhalina would awake to find themselves in their own bed (он исчезнет с /восходом/ солнца, а он и Ралина проснутся и обнаружат себя в своей постели).

But what had frightened the barbarians (но что напугало варваров)? Or was that part of the dream (или это было частью сна)? Perhaps his collapse within the gates after his fight with Glandyth had induced a feverish dream (может быть, его падение без сознания в воротах после боя с Гландитом вызвало лихорадочное сновидение; collapse — полный упадок сил, обморочное состояние; обвал, разрушение)? Perhaps his comrades were still fighting for their lives against the Pony Tribesmen (может, его товарищи по-прежнему сражаются за свои жизни с варварами на пони). He rubbed his head with the stump of his hand (он потер голову обрубком руки). He licked his dry lips and tried to peer, once again, into the dimensions (он облизал сухие губы и попытался еще раз заглянуть в /другие/ измерения). But the other dimensions were closed to him (но другие измерения были закрыты для него). He paced the cabin, waiting for the morning (он зашагал по каюте, ожидая утра).

horizon [həˈraɪz (ə) n] relieved [rɪˈli:vd] collapse [kəˈlæps] feverish [ˈfi:v (ə) rɪʃ]

Then, much later, he noticed the first line of grey on the horizon and he was relieved that morning was coming. This ship was a ship of the night. It would disappear with the sun and he and Rhalina would awake to find themselves in their own bed.

But what had frightened the barbarians? Or was that part of the dream? Perhaps his collapse within the gates after his fight with Glandyth had induced a feverish dream? Perhaps his comrades were still fighting for their lives against the Pony Tribesmen. He rubbed his head with the stump of his hand. He licked his dry lips and tried to peer, once again, into the dimensions. But the other dimensions were closed to him. He paced the cabin, waiting for the morning.

But then a strange droning sound came to his ears (но затем странный жужжащий звук дошел до его ушей; to drone — жужжать, гудеть; монотонно говорить). It made his brain itch (он заставил его мозг зудеть). He wrinkled his scalp (Корум поморщился; scalp — кожа черепа, кожа головы). He rubbed his face (он потер лицо). The droning increased (жужжание усилилось). His ears ached (его уши заболели). His teeth were on edge (зубы заломило; to be on edge — быть раздраженным; нервничать; edge — кромка, край). The volume grew (громкость /звука/ возросла; volume — объем, масса; величина; уровень громкости).

He put his good hand to one ear and covered the other with his arm (он приложил /ладонь/ здоровой руки к одному уху и прикрыл другое /покалеченной/ рукой). Tears came into his eye (слезы выступили в глазу). In the socket where the other eye had been a huge pain pulsed (в глазнице, где /раньше/ был другой глаз, страшная боль пульсировала).

He stumbled from side to side of the rotting cabin and even attempted to break through the door (он ходил, спотыкаясь, из одной стороны гниющей каюты в другую и даже попытался пробиться через = выломать дверь).

But his senses were leaving him (но чувства покидали его). The scene grew dim (сцена = все вокруг померкло/потускнело) …

ached [ˈeɪkɪd] volume [ˈvɔlju:m] scene [si:n]

But then a strange droning sound came to his ears. It made his brain itch. He wrinkled his scalp. He rubbed his face. The droning increased. His ears ached. His teeth were on edge. The volume grew.

He put his good hand to one ear and covered the other with his arm. Tears came into his eye. In the socket where the other eye had been a huge pain pulsed.

He stumbled from side to side of the rotting cabin and even attempted to break through the door.

But his senses were leaving him. The scene grew dim…

… He stood in a dark hall with walls of fluted stone (он стоял в темном зале со стенами из волнистого камня) which curved over his head and touched to form the roof, high above (которые изгибались над его головой и образовывали крышу высоко над /ним/). The workmanship of the hall was equal to anything the Vadhagh had created, but it was not beautiful (мастерство изготовления зала равнялось всему, что вадаги создали = было сравнимо с /мастерством/ вадагов, но зал не был красивым). Rather, it was sinister (скорее, он был зловещим).

His head ached (его голова болела).

The air before him shimmered with a pale blue light and then a tall youth stood there (воздух перед ним замерцал бледно-голубым светом, а затем высокий юноша стоял там = возник). The face was young, but the eyes were ancient (лицо было молодым, но глаза — старые). He was dressed in a simple flowing gown of yellow samite (он был одет в простую ниспадавшую мантию из желтой парчи). He bowed, turned his back, walked a little way (он поклонился, повернулся /спиной/, прошел немного) and then sat down on a stone bench that had been built into the wall (а потом сел на каменную скамью, которая была вделана в стену; to build into).

Corum frowned (нахмурился).

fluted [ˈflu:tɪd] equal [ˈi:kwəl] sinister [ˈsɪnɪstə] gown [ɡaun]

… He stood in a dark hall with walls of fluted stone which curved over his head and touched to form the roof, high above. The workmanship of the hall was equal to anything the Vadhagh had created, but it was not beautiful. Rather, it was sinister.

His head ached.

The air before him shimmered with a pale blue light and then a tall youth stood there. The face was young, but the eyes were ancient. He was dressed in a simple flowing gown of yellow samite. He bowed, turned his back, walked a little way and then sat down on a stone bench that had been built into the wall.

Corum frowned.

`You believe you dream, Master Corum (ты думаешь, что спишь, господин Корум; Master — мастер, господин /в обращении к юноше; ставится перед именем или перед фамилией старшего сына/)?

`I am Prince Corum in the Scarlet Robe, last of the Vadhagh race (я принц Корум в Алом плаще, последний из расы вадагов).

`There are no other princes here, but me (здесь нет других принцев, кроме меня), said the youth softly (сказал юноша мягко). `I will allow none (я не позволю никаких /других/). If you understand that, there will be no tension between us (если ты поймешь это, между нами не будет напряжения = мы с тобой поладим).

Corum shrugged (пожал /плечами/).

`I believe I dream, yes (думаю, я сплю, да).

`In a sense you do, of course (в некотором смысле — да, конечно). As we all dream (как мы все видим сны). For some while, Vadhagh, you have been trapped in a Mabden dream (на какое-то время, вадаг, ты попался в мабденский сон). The rules of the Mabden control your fate and you resent it (правила мабденов управляют твоей судьбой, а ты возмущаешься этому).

youth [ju:Ɵ] tension [ˈtenʃ (ə) n] resent [rɪˈzent]

`You believe you dream, Master Corum?

`I am Prince Corum in the Scarlet Robe, last of the Vadhagh race.

`There are no other princes here, but me, said the youth softly. `I will allow none. If you understand that, there will be no tension between us.

Corum shrugged.

`I believe I dream, yes.

`In a sense you do, of course. As we all dream. For some while, Vadhagh, you have been trapped in a Mabden dream. The rules of the Mabden control your fate and you resent it.

`Where is the ship that brought me here (где корабль, который доставил меня сюда; to bring)? Where is Rhalina?

`The ship cannot sail by day (корабль не может плыть днем). It has returned to the depths (он вернулся на дно: «в глубины»).

`Rhalina?

The youth smiled (юноша улыбнулся).

`She has gone with it, of course (она отправилась с ним, разумеется). That was the bargain she made (такой была сделка, /которую/ она заключила).

`Then she is dead (тогда она мертва)?

`No. She lives (она живет).

`Where is the ship that brought me here? Where is Rhalina?

`The ship cannot sail by day. It has returned to the depths.

`Rhalina?

The youth smiled.

`She has gone with it, of course. That was the bargain she made.

`Then she is dead?

`No. She lives.

`How can she live when she is below the surface of the ocean (как может она жить, когда она под поверхностью океана)!

`She lives. She always will (она всегда будет жить). She cheers the crew enormously (она очень веселит экипаж; to cheer — создавать хорошее настроение, веселить).

`Who are you (кто ты)?

`I believe you have guessed my name (полагаю, ты догадался, /как/ мое имя).

`Shool-an-Jyvan (Шул-ан-Дживан).

'Prince Shool-an-Jyvan, Lord of All That Is Dead In The Sea — one of my several titles (повелитель всего мертвого в море — один из нескольких моих титулов).

`Give me back Rhalina (верни мне Ралину).

`I intend to (я собираюсь /это сделать/).

ocean [ˈəuʃ (ə) n] enormously [ɪˈnɔ:məslɪ] guessed [ɡest]

`How can she live when she is below the surface of the ocean!

`She lives. She always will. She cheers the crew enormously.

`Who are you?

`I believe you have guessed my name.

`Shool-an-Jyvan.

'Prince Shool-an-Jyvan, Lord of All That Is Dead In The Sea — one of my several titles.

`Give me back Rhalina.

`I intend to.

Corum looked suspiciously at the sorcerer (Корум посмотрел подозрительно на колдуна).

`What?

`You do not think I would bother to answer such a feeble attempt at a Summoning as the one she made, do you (ты же не думаешь, что я стал бы беспокоиться, чтобы ответить = откликаться на столь слабую попытку /произнести/ Заклинание, не так ли; to summon — вызывать, созывать), if I did not have other motives in mind (если бы у меня не было иных причин = планов на уме)?

`Your motive is clear (твой мотив ясен). You relished the horror of her predicament (ты наслаждаешься ужасом ее затруднительного положения; to relish — получать удовольствие /от чего-либо/, наслаждаться).

`Nonsense (вздор). Am I so childish (неужели я настолько ребяческий/несерьезный = дурачусь)? I have outgrown such things (я перерос подобные вещи). I see you are beginning to argue in Mabden terms (вижу, ты начинаешь спорить в выражениях мабденов = пользуешься понятиями мабденов). It is just as well for you, if you wish to survive in this Mabden dream (что ж, для тебя это хорошо, если хочешь выжить в этом мабденском сне; it is just as well — тем лучше, ну что ж, пусть будет так).

`It is a dream (это сон) …?

suspiciously [səˈspɪʃəslɪ] answer [ˈɑ:nsə] relished [ˈrelɪʃt] argue [ˈɑ:ɡju:]

Corum looked suspiciously at the sorcerer.

`What?

`You do not think I would bother to answer such a feeble attempt at a Summoning as the one she made, do you, if I did not have other motives in mind?