KILWICH and OLWEN I Everybody Knew Good King Arthur and His Brave Knights of the Round Table

УДК 373.167.1: 820/89 ББК 81.2 Англ-922 Л 93

Художник О. В. Воронова

Л 93 Любимые герои: Книга для чтения на англий- ском языке/ Адаптация, комментарии, упраж- нения и словарь Ю. Б. Голицынского — СПБ.: КАРО, 2010. — 192 c.: илл. — (Серия «Reading with exercises»).

ISBN 978-5-9925-0604-4.

В пособие вошли отрывки из классических англоязычных произведений: «Оливер Твист» Чарльза Диккенса, «Джейн Эйр» Шарлотты Бронте, «Остров сокровищ» Роберта Льюиса Стивенсона, «Загадка Торского моста» Артура Конан Дойля, «Всадник без головы» Томаса Майн Рида, «Янки из Коннекти- кута при дворе короля Артура» Марка Твена. Сборник также содержит фрагменты британского эпоса о короле Артуре и ры- царях Круглого стола и отрывки из английских народных бал- лад о Робин Гуде. Тексты адаптированы для учащихся средней школы и снабжены вопросами для проверки понимания содер- жания. УДК 373.167.1:820/89 ББК 81.2 Англ-922

В дополнение к книге можно приобрести тематический аудиоматериал на диске в формате МР3, подготовленный издательством

In the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries people liked to read and tell long tales about brave knights and their fair ladies1. The brave knights rode on horseback from place to place about the country. When they met other knights, they had a fight to see who was stronger. Sometimes the knights left their own country and went to far-away places. They did not re- turn for years and years. Their fair ladies waited for them in big stone castles with high towers. These tales were called romances. The romances about King Arthur2 and his knights of the Round Table were well- known in England. The table at which King Arthur and his knights sat and had their feasts was circular. This showed that each knight was as good and brave as his neighbour, and even as King Arthur himself.

KILWICH AND OLWEN I Everybody knew good King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table. People often came to their castle at Camelot3 to ask for help. One day a young knight came to Camelot. “What do you want?” asked King Arthur.

1 fair ladies ['fLA'leIdIz] — прекрасные дамы 2 King Arthur ['C:FA] — король Артур 3 Camelot ['kBmIlDt] — Камелот (резиденция короля Артура)

3 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

“I ask for help, my lord,” was the answer. “You may ask for anything you like1,” said King Arthur, “except my sword, my ship and my wife.” “My name is Kilwich2,” said the young man, “and I am looking for Olwen3, the daughter of Yspa- daden4, because she is destined to become my wife5. But I cannot ﬁ nd her.” “I don’t know the young lady,” said King Arthur, “but we shall start at once and look for her.” All the knights of the Round Table were ready to go with King Arthur. He took Sir Kay6 and Sir Bedivere7, because they were very strong and brave. He took Gurhyr Gwalstatt8 because he could speak the languages of all people, animals, birds and ﬁ sh. He also took some other brave knights to help them. They rode a long way. At last they saw a big castle. In front of the castle they saw a shepherd with a lot of sheep and asked him: “Whose is this castle and whose are these sheep?” “Don’t you know?” said the man. “They belong to Yspadaden. And who are you?”

1 anything you like — все, что хочешь 2 Kilwich ['kIlwItS] — Килвич 3 Olwen ['DlwAn] — Олвен 4 Yspadaden [Is'pBdAdAn] — Испададен 5 she is destined to become my wife — ей предназначе- но стать моей женой 6 Sir Kay [sA:'keI] — сэр Кэй 7 Sir Bedivere [sA:,bedI'vIA] — сэр Бедивер 8 Gurhyr Gwalstatt ['MurIA'MwC:lStC:t] — Гурир Гвалштат

4 Kilwich and Olwen

“We are the knights of the Round Table and we are looking for Yspadaden’s daughter Olwen.” “Your task is hard. But come to my house: my wife and I will tell you about Yspadaden, that cruel man.” When they were in the shepherd’s house, his wife told them about Yspadaden. “That man is really terrible,” she said. “He has killed twenty- three of our sons. Now we have only one son. We are hiding him from Yspadaden.” She opened a door in the wall and out came a tall young man with yellow hair. “You must not hide such a fi ne strong boy,” said Sir Kay. “Let him come with us. I shall take care of him.” Then they asked about Olwen. The shepherd told them that she came to his house every Sat- urday. Kilwich was very happy to hear it: that day was Saturday. Soon Olwen came. She was very beautiful. She was wearing a red dress, her hair was like fl ax, her eyes were large and bright. She sat down near Kilwich and spoke to him. “I know why you are here,” she said. “I also know that you love me. If you really want to marry me, go at once to my father and speak to him. But he knows that when I marry, he will die.” And she went away. King Arthur and his knights went to the castle. But it was not easy for them to get in. They had to fi ght and kill nine warriors at the door and their

5 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table nine dogs. At last they came to the hall where Yspadaden was sitting. “So you want to marry my daughter?” the terrible old man said to Kilwich. “But fi rst you must fulfi l four tasks that I shall give you.” “I shall fulfi l them,” said Kilwich. “Wait till I tell you what the tasks are. Lis- ten. “Far away from here, in a very big castle lives a giant, Gwernach1 by name. You must kill this giant and bring me his sword. This is your fi rst task. “Next, you must go and fi nd Mabon2, the son of my forester Modron3. He disappeared many years ago, when he was only three days old. This is your second task. “Now, can you see that large fi eld through this window? “I sowed nine bags of fl ax there. Go to that fi eld, pick up the seeds and bring them to me. This is your third task. “Then you will go to the forest and catch two wolf cubs. You will bring these cubs to my castle on a rope which you must make from the beard of Dillus4 the robber. This is your fourth task. “Only if you fulfi l all my tasks, will Olwen be your wife.”

1 Gwernach ['MwA:nAtS] — Гвернач 2 Mabon ['meIbAn] — Мейбон 3 Modron ['mDdrAn] — Модрон 4 Dillus ['dIlAs] — Диллус

6 Kilwich and Olwen

II King Arthur decided to help Kilwich and sent his knights to fulfi l the tasks. Sir Kay was the fi rst to go1. He went to look for the giant Gwernach. When he found the castle, he said to the guards at the door, “I know how to polish swords. I can polish your master’s sword bet- ter than any other man. Let me in.2” Soon Sir Kay was sitting in front of the giant and polishing his sword. When the sword was very sharp, Sir Kay suddenly turned to Gwernach and killed him with it. Then he left the castle, got on his horse and rode back to King Arthur with the giant’s sword at his side. Gurhyr Gwalstatt went to fulfi l the second task. His task was to fi nd Mabon, the son of the forester Modron. He asked very many people, but nobody knew the man. Then he asked many animals and many birds. The animals and the birds could not tell him anything about Mabon, they were all too young. Then he went to the river to ask the fi sh. He asked many fi sh, big and small, but they could not tell him anything. At last one big fi sh said: “I know where the man is. He is a prisoner in a big castle far from here. I can take you there, but you must know that the castle has very thick walls and many warriors stand on guard3.”

1 was the ﬁ rst to go — пошел первым 2 Let me in. — Впустите меня. 3 stand on guard — стоят на страже

7 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Gurhyr Gwalstatt went back to King Arthur and told him what he had learned from the fi sh. Then King Arthur said, “Let us go and save Mabon.” As you know King Arthur and his knights were brave, they were not afraid of any warriors. They asked the big fi sh to take them to that castle. They fought the warriors who stood on guard, saved Mabon and went back. The next day Gurhyr Gwalstatt was walking about near Yspadaden’s castle. He saw an ant-hill around which the grass was burning. The ant-hill was already beginning to burn. Gurhyr Gwalstatt ran up to the ant-hill and quickly put out the fi re1. “Thank you very much, kind man!” cried the ants. “What can we do for you? Tell us your wish and we shall fulfi l it.” “Thank you,” said Gurhyr Gwalstatt in the ant language. “I want your help very much. Go to that fi eld and gather all the seeds of fl ax in it. I want them for Yspadaden.” “We shall be glad to do it,” said the ants and went to the fi eld. In the evening all the seeds were in a great heap. Gurhyr Gwalstatt put the seeds into nine bags. Now King Arthur had to fulfi l the last task. He took Sir Kay and Sir Bedivere to help him, and they went to look for the robber Dillus. When they found him, he was asleep. Sir Kay and Sir Be- divere went softly up to him and cut off his beard. They made a strong rope from the robber’s beard

1 put out the ﬁ re — погасил огонь

8 Kilwich and Olwen

and then went to look for some wolf cubs. They caught two cubs and tied them with the rope. Then King Arthur and his knights, together with Kilwich, the shepherd’s son, and Mabon, the son of the forester Modron, all went to Yspadaden’s castle. Kilwich went up to Yspadaden and said: “Here in my hand is the sword of the giant Gwer- nach; by my side stands Mabon, the son of Modron, who disappeared when he was only three days old.

9 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

See, here are nine bags of the seeds of ﬂ ax. Here is a rope from the beard of the great robber Dil- lus and here are the two wolf cubs, which I hold with the rope from the robber’s beard. Is your daughter mine now?” “She is yours,” said Yspadaden, “but don’t thank me. You must thank King Arthur, who did all this for you. I lose my daughter, and I must lose my life.” Then the shepherd’s son took out his sword and killed the murderer of his twenty-three brothers. After that the knights had a great feast in Yspa- daden’s castle, and Olwen became the wife of Kil- wich. They lived happily for many years.

QUESTIONS AND TASKS 1. What were the four tasks Kilwich and his friends had to fulfil? Who really fulfilled them? 2. How did Sir Kay kill the giant Gwernach? 3. Why was it so difficult to find Mabon, the son of Modron the forester? 4. What helped Gurhyr Gwalstatt to fulfil the third task? 5. What was the most difficult part of the fourth task? Why do you think so? 6. Explain why the shepherd’s son killed Yspadaden. Ballads about Robin Hood

No one can prove from history that such a man as Robin Hood really lived. All that we know about him comes from ballads. Bards, or minstrels, as people called them, walked or rode from town to town, from village to village in Eng- land and Scotland and sang ballads to the people. Most ballads are based on fact1 and it is almost certain that in the 12th century a man who said that his name was Robin Hood lived in the forest as an outlaw. He robbed only rich people and helped poor people. Today we have about forty ballads about Robin Hood. People began to write down these ballads in the 14th and 15th centuries. Here are some ballads retold.

ROBIN HOOD AND THE BUTCHER I Robin Hood and his merry men lived in Sher- wood Forest2 near the town of Nottingham3. They were good friends to all the poor people. They stopped rich men who were passing through Sher- wood Forest and took their money. Then they gave that money to the poor. The poor people of Eng- land loved Robin Hood and his men. The sheriff of Nottingham wanted to kill Robin Hood or take him prisoner4. He sent his soldiers

1 Most ballads are based on fact — Большинство баллад основано на действительных событиях 2 Sherwood Forest ['SA:wud'fDrIst] — Шервудский лес 3 Nottingham ['nDtINAm] — Ноттингем 4 take him prisoner — взять его в плен

11 Ballads about Robin Hood

to Sherwood Forest many times, but they could not catch Robin Hood. One day, when Robin Hood was walking through Sherwood Forest, he saw a man with a horse. The horse was carrying some big bags of meat. “Where are you going, friend?” asked Robin Hood. “To Nottingham,” answered the man. “I am a butcher. I am carrying this meat to sell at the market.” “Sell your meat to me,” said Robin Hood. The butcher agreed. Robin Hood bought all the meat from the butcher. He also bought his horse and his

12 Robin Hood and the Butcher butcher’s apron and cap. The butcher went home, and Robin Hood put on the butcher’s apron and cap and went to Nottingham to sell the meat. There were many people at the market. Robin Hood found a good place to stop and began to shout: “Very good meat! Come and buy! Very cheap meat!” People were glad to buy cheap meat. Soon everybody came to buy meat from Robin; nobody wanted to buy meat from the other butchers. The other butchers were very angry. “Who is this man?” they asked each other. “Why is he selling his meat so cheap?” An old butcher said: “We must do something. If he comes to the market again, nobody will buy our meat. Let us invite him to come and have dinner with the sheriff and us in the sheriff’s house. At dinner we shall ask him who he is.” So all the butchers went up to Robin. “Will you come and have dinner with the sheriff and us?” asked the old butcher. Robin agreed. “Thank you,” he said, “I am very hungry, I shall gladly have dinner with you.” Before dinner the butchers told the sheriff about the new butcher who sold his meat so cheap. Then, all the time they were eating, the sheriff looked at the new butcher and thought. He was thinking of a plan. “This young man is a fool,” thought the sheriff, who was very greedy. “If he sells his meat cheap, he will sell his cattle cheap. I must buy all his

13 Ballads about Robin Hood cattle. Then I shall sell the cattle to the other butchers and make a lot of money.” After dinner the sheriff said to Robin Hood: “Young man, have you any cattle to sell?” “Yes, very many,” said Robin Hood. “I shall buy all your cattle,” said the sheriff. “When can you show them to me?” “I shall go home tomorrow morning,” said Robin Hood. “Very good. I shall go with you and buy your cattle. But don’t say anything to the other butchers!” “All right,” said Robin Hood and laughed to himself.

II The next morning the sheriff put his money in- to three bags and went with Robin Hood to see the cattle. The morning was ﬁ ne. The sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. The birds were sing- ing in the trees. Soon the sheriff and Robin Hood were in Sherwood Forest. The sheriff said to Robin Hood: “There is a very bad man in this forest, who is an outlaw and a robber. His name is Robin Hood. Do you think we shall see him?” “Don’t worry,” answered Robin Hood and laughed. “I don’t think we shall see him.” “That is good,” said the sheriff, “because I am afraid of him. He is a very, very wicked man.”

14 Robin Hood and the Butcher

Robin only laughed. Soon Robin and the sheriff saw a great number of deer among the trees. “Look!” cried Robin, “look! There they are! Do you like my cattle?” Now the sheriff understood that the young butcher was Robin Hood. He was very much afraid. He said: “Young man, I think I shall go back to Notting- ham.” Robin Hood looked at the sheriff’s pale and frightened face and laughed.

15 Ballads about Robin Hood

“What! You don’t want to buy my cattle? Why don’t you? Aren’t they good? You have enough money to buy them!” “I tell you I want to go back to Nottingham. I have no money.” Robin Hood blew his horn1. Little John and the other merry men came very quickly. “Good morning, Little John,” said Robin Hood. “Is dinner ready? Have you prepared good wine and beer? Today the sheriff of Nottingham will have dinner with us.” The dinner was very good. After dinner Robin Hood said: “Now, Sheriff, you must pay for your dinner.” “But I am a poor man. I have no money,” said the sheriff. “No money! And what is there in your bags?” “Oh, there are only stones there,” replied the sheriff. “Little John,” said Robin Hood, “bring the sheriff’s bags.” Little John brought the sheriff’s bags and put them on the ground. “Sheriff,” said Robin, “you are a wicked man. I shall take this money and give it to poor people. Now you may go back to Nottingham. Little John, give the sheriff his horse.” Robin Hood’s men brought the sheriff’s horse, and Robin showed him the way out of Sherwood Forest. When they came to the end of the forest, he said:

1 blew his horn — протрубил в свой рог

16 How Robin Hood Escaped from Nottingham Castle

“Remember me to1 the butchers.” Robin laughed and rode back into the forest.

QUESTIONS AND TASKS 1. Why did the poor people love Robin Hood and his merry men? 2. What did the sheriff want to do to Robin Hood? Why? 3. Explain why the sheriff said to Robin Hood, “But don’t say anything to the other butchers.” 4. Find in the text the description of the morning when Robin Hood and the sheriff rode towards Sherwood Forest. 5. Why did the sheriff want to go home? 6. How did the sheriff pay for his dinner?

HOW ROBIN HOOD ESCAPED FROM NOTTINGHAM CASTLE One day, when Robin Hood was in Nottingham, the sheriff’s soldiers recognized him and took him prisoner. The sheriff was very glad. He told the soldiers to put Robin into the dungeon of Notting- ham Castle. When Robin’s friends learned that he was in Nottingham Castle, they were very sad. “What can we do?” said Little John to Will Scar- let2. “Nothing,” answered Will Scarlet. “The walls of Nottingham Castle are thick. Many soldiers

1 Remember me to — Передай от меня привет 2 Will Scarlet ['wIl'skC:lIt] — Вилл Скарлет

17 CONTENTS

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table ...... 3 Kilwich and Olwen ...... –

Ballads about Robin Hood ...... 11 Robin Hood and the Butcher ...... — How Robin Hood Escaped from Nottingham Castle . . . .17 How Robin Hood Saved Will Scarlet ...... 22

Charles Dickens...... 27 Oliver Twist...... 28

Charlotte Brontё ...... 51 Jane Eyre...... —

Robert Louis Stevenson...... 69 Treasure Island...... —

Arthur Conan Doyle ...... 103 The Problem of Thor Bridge ...... —

Thomas Mayne Reid ...... 116 The Headless Horseman...... —

Mark Twain...... 147 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court ...... 148

Vocabulary...... 169 Книги издательства «КАРО» можно приобрести: Оптовая торговля: в Санкт Петербурге: в Москве: ул. Бронницкая, 44 ул. Краснобогатырская, 31 тел./факс: (812) 5759439, 3208479 тел./факс: (495) 9640210, 9640846 еmail: [email protected] еmail: [email protected] Интернетмагазин WWW.BOOKSTREET.RU Розничная торговля: в Санкт Петербурге: в Москве: «Азбука», Торговый дом «БиблиоГлобус», пр. Обуховской обороны, 103, тел.: (495) 9283567, 9244680 тел.: (812) 567-56-65 «Московский дом книги» Санкт-Петербургский тел.: (495) 7893591 дом книги, Дом книги «Молодая гвардия», Невский пр., 28, тел.: (495) 2385001, 2382686 тел.: (812) 448-23-55 Торговый дом книги «Москва», Сеть книжных магазинов тел.: (495) 2296483 «Буквоед» Дом книги «Медведково» Магазин тел.: (495) 4760023 в помещении ЛОИРО, «Дом книги на Ладожской», Чкаловский пр., 25А Тел.: (495) 2670302

FAVOURITE HEROES ЛЮБИМЫЕ ГЕРОИ Адаптация, комментарии, словарь, упражнения Ю. Б. Голицынского

Ответственный редактор М. А. Козодаева Технические редакторы А. Б. Иванов, Я. В. Попова Корректор Е. Г. Тигонен Иллюстрация на обложке О. В. Маркиной

Издательство «КАРО», ЛР № 065644 195027, Санкт-Петербург, Свердловская наб., д. 60, (812) 570-54-97 WWW.KARO.SPB.RU Гигиенический сертификат № 78.01.07.953.П.004020.03.07 от 22.03.2007

1 Подписано в печать 16.11.2010. Формат 84 х 108 /32 . Бумага офсетная. Печать офсетная. Усл. печ. л. 10. Тираж 3000 экз. Заказ № 11.05 Отпечатано в типографии «КАРО»