Самые лучшие английские сказки

Самые лучшие английские сказки

Сергей Александрович Матвеев

Лучшее чтение на английском языке (АСТ)

Чтение простых сказок – один из лучших способов начать изучение английского языка. Книга включает самые известные английские сказки, среди которых «Том Тит Тот», «Джек и бобовый стебель», «Три поросёнка» и др. Сказки подготовлены для начального уровня (т. е. для начинающих учить английский язык), снабжены комментариями и упражнениями для проверки понимания текстов. В конце книги дается англо-русский словарь. CD прилагается только к печатному изданию.

Самые лучшие английские сказки

Аадаптация текста, упражнения, комментарий, словарь С. А. Матвеева; иллюстрации М. М. Салтыкова

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Tom Tit Tot

Once upon a time there was a woman,[1 - once upon a time there was a woman – жила-была женщина] and she baked five pies. And when they came out of the oven, they were very hard to eat. So she says to her daughter:

“Daughter, put the pies on the shelf, and leave them there a little, and they will come again.

But the girl says to herself, “Well, if they come again, I will eat them now.” And she ate them all.

Well, when supper-time came, the woman said, “Go and get one of the pies. I think they came again now.”

The girl went and looked, and there were only dishes. So she comes back and says, “No, they did not come again.

“No?” says the mother.

“No,” says the daughter.

“Well,” said the woman, “I’ll[4 - I’ll = I shall, I will] eat one for supper.”

“But you can’t,[5 - can’t = cannot] if they didn’t[6 - didn’t = did not] come,” said the girl.

“But I can,” says she. “Go you, and bring the best pie.”

“Best or worst,” says the girl, “I ate them all, and you can’t eat the pie till it comes again.”

Well, the woman was very angry, and she took her spinning to the door, and she began to sing:

“My daughter ate five, five pies today.

My daughter ate five, five pies today.”

The king was coming down the street, and he heard her song. So he stopped and said:

“What were you singing, my good woman?”

The woman told him these other words, instead of that:[7 - instead of that – вместо того]

“My daughter span five, five skeins today.

My daughter span five, five skeins today.”

“Oh!” said the king, “I never heard of anyone who could do that.