Англійська мова: Навчальний посібник - П.О. Бех 1992
Days off and holidays
Memory work
Proverbs and Sayings
Every country has its customs. В кожній країні свої звичаї.
So many countries, so many customs. Скільки країн, стільки й звичаїв.
Feast today and fast tomorrow. Сьогодні бенкет, а завтра піст.
Christmas comes but once a year. Різдво раз на рік буває.
A Birthday
by Chr, Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is on a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love Is come to me.
shoot — тут: гілка
bough — гілка, сучок
paddle — хлюпатися
halcyon — тихий, спокійний
gladder — від glad
Leisure
by W, H. Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight.
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till tier month can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this is if full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Songs
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, dear Peter,
Happy birthday to you.
Christmas Carol
I heard the belts on Christmas Day
Old English tune
Words by Longfellow
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good — will to men!
Christmas carol — Різдвяний гімн; колядка
bells — дзвони