Сборник самых известных английских легенд. Уровень 1

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Изучение английского языка лучше всего начать с чтения английских легенд, так как это носит не только развлекательный характер, но и знакомит читателя с культурными особенностями тех или иных народов. В данное издание вошли такие знаменитые легенды как «Боевульф», «Леди Годива», «Принцесса Кентербери» и многие другие.Тексты адаптированы для начинающих изучение английского языка (уровень Al, A2) и сопровождаются комментариями, упражнениями и словарем.В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.

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The Princess of Canterbury [1] In the old days, when there were more than one king in this country, one of them was king of Canterbury. He had an only daughter, wise, fair, beautiful, and unmarried. The king had it proclaimed that whoever would watch one night with his daughter and neither sleep nor doze at the time, should have her the next day in marriage. But if he did not stay awake, he should lose his head. Such bargains were not uncommon in those days. Many knights did their best [2] , but failed and lost their lives. 1 The Princess of Canterbury – Принцесса Кентербери 2 did their best – старались изо всех сил Now a young shepherd, named John, grazing his flock near the road, said to his master, “Sir, I see many gentlemen ride to the court at Canterbury, but I never see them return again.” “Shepherd,” said his master, “I know not how you should [3] , for they try to watch with the king’s daughter, and all who fail lose their heads.”