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Английский язык с Льюисом Кэрроллом

Lewis Carroll

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Приключения Алисы в Стране Чудес (wonder — удивление, изумление; чудо, нечто удивительное; land — земля, суша; страна, государство)

Повесть адаптировали Ольга Ламонова и Алексей Шипулин (главы 1,2)

Illustrated by Sir John Tenniel

(Иллюстрации Джона Тенниела)

Метод чтения Ильи Франка

All in the golden afternoon

Full leisurely we glide;

For both our oars, with little skill,

By little arms are plied,

While little hands make vain pretense

Our wanderings to guide.

Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour,

Beneath such dreamy weather,

To beg a tale of breath too weak

To stir the tiniest feather!

Yet what can one poor voice avail

Against three tongues together?

Imperious Prima flashes forth

Her edict to "begin it"--

In gentler tones Secunda hopes

"There will be nonsense in it"--

While Tertia interrupts the tale

Not more than once a minute.

Anon, to sudden silence won,

In fancy they pursue

The dream-child moving through a land

Of wonders wild and new,

In friendly chat with bird or beast--

And half believe it true.

And ever, as the story drained

The wells of fancy dry,

And faintly strove that weary one

To put the subject by,

"The rest next time"--"It is next time!"

The happy voices cry.

Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:

Thus slowly, one by one,

Its quaint events were hammered out--

And now the tale is done,

And home we steer, a merry crew,

Beneath the setting sun.

Alice! a childish story take,

And with a gentle hand

Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined

In Memory's mystic band,

Like pilgrim's withered wreath of flowers

Plucked in a far-off land.

Июльский полдень золотой

Сияет так светло,

В неловких маленьких руках

Упрямится весло,