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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Rhalina stood there and she was singing (Ралина стояла там и пела). The wind caught her garments and spread them about her like strange, multi-coloured clouds (ветер подхватывал ее одежды и раздувал их вокруг нее, словно необыкновенные, многоцветные облака; to catch). Her eyes were fixed on the far distance and her throat vibrated with the sounds she made (ее глаза смотрели неотрывно вдаль, а ее горло дрожало от звуков, /которые/ она произносила; to fix on — выбрать /что-либо/; сосредоточить/ся/).

She seemed to be in a trance and Corum made no sound, but watched (казалось, она была в трансе, и Корум не произносил ни звука, но наблюдал). The words she sang were in no language he knew (слова, которые она пела, были на языке, которого он не знал). Doubtless it was an ancient Mabden language (несомненно, это был древний мабденский язык). It made him shudder (это /пение/ заставило его дрожать = от пения Корума бросило дрожь).

experienced [ɪkˈspɪ (ə) rɪənst] cloud [klaud] vibrated [vaɪˈbreɪtɪd] ancient [ˈeɪnʃ (ə) nt]

It was a singing sound, like nothing he had experienced before. He paused, then approached the balcony cautiously.

Rhalina stood there and she was singing. The wind caught her garments and spread them about her like strange, multi-coloured clouds. Her eyes were fixed on the far distance and her throat vibrated with the sounds she made.

She seemed to be in a trance and Corum made no sound, but watched. The words she sang were in no language he knew. Doubtless it was an ancient Mabden language. It made him shudder.

Then she stopped and turned in his direction (потом она прекратила /петь/ и повернулась в его сторону). But she did not see him (но она не видела его). Still in the trance, she walked straight past him and back into the room (по-прежнему /находясь/ в трансе, она прошла прямо мимо него и снова /вернулась/ в комнату; straight — прямо; немедленно, сразу).

Corum peered around a buttress (Корум посмотрел за контрфорс/устой; to peer — заглянуть, выглянуть, посмотреть). He had seen an odd green light shining in the direction of the mainland (он увидел странный зеленый свет, сиявший в направлении материка).

He saw nothing more, but heard the yells of the barbarians as they splashed about near the causeway (он не увидел больше ничего, но услышал вопли варваров, когда они прыгали с плеском в воду с дамбы; to splash — брызгать/ся/, плескать/ся/; бултыхаться). There was no doubt now but they were retreating (теперь не было сомнения — они отступали).

Corum entered the apartments (вошел в покои). Rhalina was sitting in her chair by the table (Ралина сидела в своем кресле у стола). She was stiff and could not hear him when he murmured her name (она была одеревеневшей и не услышала его, когда он прошептал ее имя). Hoping that she would succumb no further to the peculiar trance (надеясь, что она не впадет больше в этот странный транс; to succumb — поддаваться, становиться жертвой /чего-либо/), he left the room and ran for the main battlements (он вышел из комнаты и помчался к главной стене).

trance [trɑ:ns] buttress [ˈbʌtrɪs] peculiar [pɪˈkju:lɪə]

Then she stopped and turned in his direction. But she did not see him. Still in the trance, she walked straight past him and back into the room.

Corum peered around a buttress. He had seen an odd green light shining in the direction of the mainland.

He saw nothing more, but heard the yells of the barbarians as they splashed about near the causeway. There was no doubt now but they were retreating.

Corum entered the apartments. Rhalina was sitting in her chair by the table. She was stiff and could not hear him when he murmured her name. Hoping that she would succumb no further to the peculiar trance, he left the room and ran for the main battlements.

Beldan was already there, his jaw slack as he watched what was taking place (Белдан был уже там, его челюсть отвисла, когда он наблюдал за тем, что происходит; to slack — слабеть, провисать /о веревке/). There was a huge ship rounding the headland to the North (огромный корабль огибал мыс с севера). It was the source of the strange green light and it sailed rapidly, though there was no wind at all now (он был источником странного зеленого света и плыл быстро, хотя теперь совсем не было ветра). The barbarians were scrambling on to their horses (варвары взбирались на своих лошадей; to scramble — карабкаться, цепляться), or plunging on foot through the water that was beginning to cover the causeway (или спешили пешком по воде, которая начинала покрывать дамбу; to plunge — нырять; погружать/ся/; бросаться вперед). They seemed mad with fear (казалось, они обезумели от страха). From the darkness on the shore, Corum heard Glandyth cursing them and trying to make them go back (из темноты на берегу Корум слышал, как Гландит ругает их и пытается заставить вернуться).

The ship flickered with many small fires, it seemed (казалось, корабль мерцал множеством маленьких огоньков). Its masts and its hull seemed encrusted with dull jewels (его мачты и корпус /были/ словно инкрустированы тусклыми драгоценными камнями). And Corum saw what the barbarians had seen (Корум увидел /то/, что увидели варвары). He saw the crew (он увидел экипаж). Flesh rotted on their faces and limbs (плоть сгнила на их лицах и конечностях). The ship was crewed by corpses (команду судна составляли трупы).

`What is it, Beldan? he whispered (прошептал он). `Some artful illusion (какая-то искусная иллюзия)?

plunging [ˈplʌnʤɪŋ] encrusted [ɪnˈkrʌstɪd] jewel [ˈʤu:əl] crew [kru:]

Beldan was already there, his jaw slack as he watched what was taking place. There was a huge ship rounding the headland to the North. It was the source of the strange green light and it sailed rapidly, though there was no wind at all now. The barbarians were scrambling on to their horses, or plunging on foot through the water that was beginning to cover the causeway. They seemed mad with fear. From the darkness on the shore, Corum heard Glandyth cursing them and trying to make them go back.

The ship flickered with many small fires, it seemed. Its masts and its hull seemed encrusted with dull jewels. And Corum saw what the barbarians had seen. He saw the crew. Flesh rotted on their faces and limbs. The ship was crewed by corpses.

`What is it, Beldan? he whispered. `Some artful illusion?

Beldan's voice was hoarse (голос Белдана был хриплым).

`I do not think it is an illusion, Prince Corum (не думаю, что это иллюзия, принц Корум).

`Then what (тогда что)?

`It is a summoning (заклятие). That is the old Margrave's ship (это корабль старого маркграфа). It has been drawn up to the surface (/магия/ подняла его на поверхность). Its crew has been given something like life (его экипажу дали что-то вроде жизни). And see (смотри) he pointed to the figure on the poop, a skeletal creature in armour (он указал на фигуру на корме, скелетное существо = скелет в доспехах) which, like Corum's, was made from great shells (которые, как и /доспехи/ Корума, были сделаны из гигантских раковин), whose sunken eyes flickered with the same green fire that covered the ship like weed (чьи ввалившиеся глаза мерцали тем же зеленым светом, который покрывал корабль, словно водоросли) — `there is the Margrave himself (это сам маркграф). Returned to save his castle (вернулся, чтобы спасти свой замок).

Corum forced himself to watch as the apparition drew closer (Корум заставил себя смотреть, как это видение приближалось).

`And what else has he returned for, I wonder (интересно, а для чего еще он вернулся)? he said.

surface [ˈsə: fɪs] skeletal [ˈskelɪt (ə) l] apparition [, æpəˈrɪʃ (ə) n]

Beldan's voice was hoarse.

`I do not think it is an illusion, Prince Corum.

`Then what?

`It is a summoning. That is the old Margrave's ship. It has been drawn up to the surface. Its crew has been given something like life. And see' he pointed to the figure on the poop, a skeletal creature in armour which, like Corum's, was made from great shells, whose sunken eyes flickered with the same green fire that covered the ship like weed — `there is the Margrave himself. Returned to save his castle.

Corum forced himself to watch as the apparition drew closer.

`And what else has he returned for, I wonder? he said.

CHAPTER TWELVE (глава двенадцатая) The Margrave's Bargain (сделка маркграфа)

The ship reached the causeway and stopped (корабль достиг дамбы и остановился). It reeked of ozone and of decay (он вонял озоном и гниением; decay — гниение, разрушение; упадок).

`If it be an illusion (если это иллюзия), Corum murmured grimly (мрачно пробормотал Корум), `it is a good one (то она хорошая = очень правдоподобная).

Beldan made no reply (Белдан не ответил).

In the distance they heard the barbarians blundering off through the forest (они услышали, как вдалеке варвары ломятся сквозь лес; to blunder — двигаться ощупью; спотыкаться, наталкиваться). They heard the sound of the chariots turning as Glandyth pursued his allies (услышали звук разворачивавшихся колесниц, когда Гландит догонял своих союзников). Though all the corpses were armed, they did not move (хотя все трупы были вооружены, они не двигались), simply turned their heads, as one, towards the main gate of the castle (просто повернули головы, как один/все вместе, к главным воротам замка).

ozone [ˈəuzəun] decay [dɪˈkeɪ] pursued [pəˈsju:d] allies [ˈælaɪz]

The ship reached the causeway and stopped. It reeked of ozone and of decay.

`If it be an illusion, Corum murmured grimly, `it is a good one.

Beldan made no reply.

In the distance they heard the barbarians blundering off through the forest. They heard the sound of the chariots turning as Glandyth pursued his allies. Though all the corpses were armed, they did not move, simply turned their heads, as one, towards the main gate of the castle.

Corum was transfixed in astonished terror (Корум остолбенел от удивления и ужаса; to transfix — пронзить, проткнуть; приковать к месту /об ужасе, удивлении и т. д. /). The events he was witnessing were like something from the superstitious mind of a Mabden (события, которые он наблюдал, были, словно что-то = напоминали видение суеверного разума мабдена). They could have no existence in actuality (они не могли существовать в действительности). Such images were those created by ignorant fear and morbid imagination (подобные образы были теми /образами/, порожденными невежественным страхом и болезненным воображением). They were something from the crudest and most barbaric of the tapestries he had looked at in the castle (они были чем-то = напоминали образы из самых грубых и примитивных гобеленов, на которые он смотрел в замке).

`What will they do now, Beldan (что они будут делать теперь, Белдан)?

`I have no understanding of the occult, prince (я не имею понимания = не разбираюсь в оккультизме; the occult — оккультные науки; occult — тайный, сокровенный). The Lady Rhalina is the only one of us who has made some study of such things (леди Ралина — единственная из нас, кто изучал подобные вещи). It was she who made this summoning (это она сотворила это заклятие). I only know that there is said to be a bargain involved (я знаю только, что говорится = речь идет о заключенной сделке; to involve — вовлекать, включать в себя; касаться, предусматривать) …

transfixed [trænsˈfɪkst] actuality [, ækʧuˈælɪtɪ] occult [ˈɔkʌlt] bargain [ˈbɑ:ɡɪn]

Corum was transfixed in astonished terror. The events he was witnessing were like something from the superstitious mind of a Mabden. They could have no existence in actuality. Such images were those created by ignorant fear and morbid imagination. They were something from the crudest and most barbaric of the tapestries he had looked at in the castle.