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среда, 5 июня 2013 г.

PUSHKIN IS OUR EVERYTHING


 Aleksandr Pushkin is  one of Russia's greatest poets. He  brought Russian poetry to its highest excellence and also had a great influence on all Russian literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His birthday date (June 6)  is marked as International Day of Russian Language. We have known Pushkin's poems from an early age. Do you remenber these words?...























An animated cartoon "U Lukomorya...." In English language                                               
Prologue to Ruslan and Lyudmilla
There’s a green oak by the bay,
on the oak a chain of gold:
a learned cat, night and day,
walks round on that chain of old:
to the right – it spins a song,
to the left – a tale of wrong.
Marvels there: the wood-sprite rides,
in the leaves a mermaid hides:
on deep paths of mystery
unknown creatures leave their spoor:
huts on hen’s legs you can see,
with no window and no door.
Wood and valley vision-brimming:
there at dawn the waves come washing
over sands and silent shore,
and thirty noble knights appear
one by one, from waters clear,
attended there by their tutor:
a king’s son passing by
takes a fierce king prisoner:
a wizard carries through the sky
a knight, past all the people there,
over forests, seas they fly:
a princess in a prison pines,
whom a brown wolf serves with pride:
A mortar, Baba Yaga inside,
takes that old witch for a ride.
King Kaschey grows ill with gold.
It’s Russia! – Russian scents unfold!
And I was there and I drank mead,
I saw the green oak by the sea,
I sat there while the learned cat
told its stories – here’s one that
I remember, and I’ll unfurl,
a story now for all the world…
                  ( translation byTony Kline - 
            Prologue to Ruslan and Lyudmilla)
У лукоморья дуб зелёный;
Златая цепь на дубе том:
И днем и ночью кот учёный
Все ходит по цепи кругом;
Идет направо - песнь заводит,
Налево - сказку говорит.
Там чудеса: там леший бродит,
Русалка на ветвях сидит;
Там на неведомых дорожках
Следы невиданных зверей;
Избушка там на курьих ножках
Стоит без окон, без дверей;
Там лес и дол видений полны;
Там о заре прихлынут волны
На брег песчаный и пустой,
И тридцать витязей прекрасных
Чредой из вод выходят ясных,
И с ними дядька их морской;
Там королевич мимоходом
Пленяет грозного царя;
Там в облаках перед народом
Через леса, через моря
Колдун несет богатыря;
В темнице там царевна тужит,
А бурый волк ей верно служит;
Там ступа с Бабою Ягой
Идет, бредёт сама собой;
Там царь Кащей над златом чахнет;
Там русской дух... там Русью пахнет!
И там я был, и мед я пил;
У моря видел дуб зелёный;
Под ним сидел, и кот учёный
Свои мне сказки говорил.
Одну я помню: сказку эту
Поведаю теперь я свету 
           (  by Alexender  Pushkin - 
            Prologue to Ruslan and Lyudmilla)

суббота, 27 апреля 2013 г.

TRANSLATOR'S CORNER

                              RUSSIAN POETS ABOUT PALM SUNDAY


Вербочки
Александр Блок
Мальчики да девочки
Свечечки да вербочки

Понесли домой.

Огонечки теплятся,
Прохожие крестятся,

И пахнет весной.

Ветерок удаленький,

Дождик, дождик маленький,
Не задуй огня!
В Воскресенье Вербное
Завтра встану первая
Для святого дня.

E-mail your translations to cab41@mail.ru

понедельник, 21 января 2013 г.

MY PET (portfolio)


  • Have you got a pet? What's it like?
  • Have you got a pretend pet? What's it like?
  • Did you have a pet when you were younger? What was it like?

 
Lyrics:
I have a dog; his name is Ben He is my pet and my best friend.
He is large, furry and very white with brown patches on the both his sides.
He has big eyes, soft and round.His floppy ears are silky and brown. 
I have a dog; his name is BenHe is my pet and my best friend.
Everyday he eats eggs and rice.But what he loves the most is blueberry pies!
When I hear a happy loud groanI know he has found a big fat bone.
I have a dog; his name is Ben.He is my pet and my best friend.
He loves to sniff run and bark chasing white rabbits in the Park.
He loves to swim and loves to surf. The beach is one of his favourite turfs.
I have a dog; his name is Ben.He is my pet and my best friend.
He shakes his head and wag his tail, when he sees the postman drop the mail
He greets me with a kiss and a hug, a jig, a dance and a roll on the rug
I have a dog; his name is Ben.He is my pet and my best friend.
He curls at my feet when we sleep at night. Sometimes we cuddle and hug each other tight
I love my Ben, there can be no other.We have fun together, best friends forever
I have a dog; his name is Ben.He is my pet and my best friend.

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