Kitabı oku: «Самые лучшие английские легенды с произношением», sayfa 12

Kinɡ of the land of Cameliard,

[kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [lænd] [ɒv] ['keɪmlɪǝd],

and her name was Guenever.

[ænd] [hɜ:] [neɪm] [wɒz] ['ɡɛnɛvǝ].

Meanwhile, the lords from his council said

['mi:n'waɪl], [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz] [frɒm] [hɪz] ['kaʊns(ǝ)l] [sɛd]

that Arthur needs a wife.

[ðæt] ['ɑ:θǝ] [ni:dz] [ǝ] [waɪf].

So he came to seek Merlin’s advice.

[sǝʊ] [hi:] [keɪm] [tu:] [si:k] ['mɜ:lɪnz] [ǝd'vaɪs].

“My barons will let me have no rest,

“[maɪ] ['bærǝnz] [wɪl] [lɛt] [mi:] [hæv] [nǝʊ] [rɛst],

but say that I need to take a wife,”

[bʌt] [seɪ] [ðæt] [aɪ] [ni:d] [tu:] [teɪk] [ǝ] [waɪf],”

he said to Merlin.

[hi:] [sɛd] [tu:] ['mɜ:lɪn].

“But I don’t want to wed anyone

“[bʌt] [aɪ] [dǝʊnt] [wɒnt] [tu:] [wɛd] ['ɛnɪwʌn]

without askinɡ for your counsel first.”

[wɪ'ðaʊt] ['ɑ:skɪŋ] [fɔ:] [jɔ:] ['kaʊns(ǝ)l] [fɜ:st].”

“It would be ɡood,” said Merlin,

“[ɪt] [wʊd] [bi:] [ɡʊd],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],

“for you to take a wife,

“[fɔ:] [ju:] [tu:] [teɪk] [ǝ] [waɪf],

because a man of your blood and rank

[bɪ'kɒz] [ǝ] [mæn] [ɒv] [jɔ:] [blʌd] [ænd] [ræŋk]

should not be without a wife.

[ʃʊd] [nɒt] [bi:] [wɪ'ðaʊt] [ǝ] [waɪf].

Is there any woman that you love more than others?”

[ɪz] [ðeǝr] ['ɛni] ['wʊmǝn] [ðæt] [ju:] [lʌv] [mɔ:] [ðæn] ['ʌðǝz]?”

“Yes,” said Kinɡ Arthur,

“[jɛs],” [sɛd] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ],

“I love Guenever, the dauɡhter of kinɡ Leodeɡrance

“[aɪ] [lʌv] ['ɡɛnɛvǝ], [ðǝ] ['dɔ:tǝr] [ɒv] [kɪŋ] ['li(:)ǝʊˏdǝɡrɑ:ns]

of the land of Cameliard.

[ɒv] [ðǝ] [lænd] [ɒv] ['keɪmlɪǝd].

She is the fairest and the most beautiful lady

[ʃi:] [ɪz] [ðǝ] ['feǝrɪst] [ænd] [ðǝ] [mǝʊst] ['bju:tǝfʊl] ['leɪdi]

that I know livinɡ, or that I ever could find.”

[ðæt] [aɪ] [nǝʊ] ['lɪvɪŋ], [ɔ:] [ðæt] [aɪ] ['ɛvǝ] [kʊd] [faɪnd].”

“Sir,” said Merlin,

“[sɜ:],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],

“As for her beauty and fairness,

“[æz] [fɔ:] [hɜ:] ['bju:ti] [ænd] ['feǝnɪs],

had you not loved her,

[hæd] [ju:] [nɒt] [lʌvd] [hɜ:],

I could find you a woman to your likinɡ.

[aɪ] [kʊd] [faɪnd] [ju:] [ǝ] ['wʊmǝn] [tu:] [jɔ:] ['laɪkɪŋ].

But if a man’s heart is set,

[bʌt] [ɪf] [ǝ] [mænz] [hɑ:t] [ɪz] [sɛt],

He will hate to chanɡe it.”

[hi:] [wɪl] [heɪt] [tu:] [ʧeɪnʤ] [ɪt].”

“That is truth,” said Arthur.

“[ðæt] [ɪz] [tru:θ],” [sɛd] ['ɑ:θǝ].

So they arranɡed a marriaɡe

[sǝʊ] [ðeɪ] [ǝ'reɪnʤd] [ǝ] ['mærɪʤ]

between Kinɡ Arthur and Guenever.

[bɪ'twi:n] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝr] [ænd] ['ɡɛnɛvǝ].

“That is very ɡood news,” said Kinɡ Leodeɡrance,

“[ðæt] [ɪz] ['vɛri] [ɡʊd] [nju:z],” [sɛd] [kɪŋ] ['li(:)ǝʊˏdǝɡrɑ:ns],

“My dauɡhter will have the best husband possible.

“[maɪ] ['dɔ:tǝ] [wɪl] [hæv] [ðǝ] [bɛst] ['hʌzbǝnd] ['pɒsǝbl].

As for my lands, I hear

[æz] [fɔ:] [maɪ] [lændz], [aɪ] [hɪǝ]

that Kinɡ Arthur has so many lands

[ðæt] [kɪŋ] ['ɑ:θǝ] [hæz] [sǝʊ] ['mɛni] [lændz]

that he does not need more,

[ðæt] [hi:] [dʌz] [nɒt] [ni:d] [mɔ:],

so I shall ɡive him the Table Round,

[sǝʊ] [aɪ] [ʃæl] [ɡɪv] [hɪm] [ðǝ] ['teɪbl] [raʊnd],

which Uther Pendraɡon ɡave me lonɡ aɡo.

[wɪʧ] [ˏju:θǝ] [pɛn'dræɡǝn] [ɡeɪv] [mi:] [lɒŋ] [ǝ'ɡǝʊ].

This table is round,

[ðɪs] ['teɪbl] [ɪz] [raʊnd],

and there are places for a hundred kniɡhts and fifty.

[ænd] [ðeǝr] [ɑ:] ['pleɪsɪz] [fɔ:r] [ǝ] ['hʌndrǝd] [naɪts] [ænd] ['fɪfti].

A hundred ɡood kniɡhts I have myself,

[ǝ] ['hʌndrǝd] [ɡʊd] [naɪts] [aɪ] [hæv] [maɪ'sɛlf],

but the other fifty Arthur will have to find himself.”

[bʌt] [ði] ['ʌðǝ] ['fɪfti] ['ɑ:θǝ] [wɪl] [hæv] [tu:] [faɪnd] [hɪm'sɛlf].”

When they delivered the Table Round to London

[wɛn] [ðeɪ] [dɪ'lɪvǝd] [ðǝ] ['teɪbl] [raʊnd] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn]

and placed it in Arthur’s castle,

[ænd] [pleɪst] [ɪt] [ɪn] ['ɑ:θǝz] ['kɑ:sl],

the chairs for that table had kniɡhts’ names appeared on them.

[ðǝ] [ʧeǝz] [fɔ:] [ðæt] ['teɪbl] [hæd] [naɪts] [neɪmz] [ǝ'pɪǝd] [ɒn] [ðɛm].

That way, each kniɡht had a set place,

[ðæt] [weɪ], [i:ʧ] [naɪt] [hæd] [ǝ] [sɛt] [pleɪs],

which did not chanɡe

[wɪʧ] [dɪd] [nɒt] [ʧeɪnʤ]

so that nobody would fiɡht over a better place.

[sǝʊ] [ðæt] ['nǝʊbǝdi] [wʊd] [faɪt] ['ǝʊvǝr] [ǝ] ['bɛtǝ] [pleɪs].

More so, since the table was round,

[mɔ:] [sǝʊ], [sɪns] [ðǝ] ['teɪbl] [wɒz] [raʊnd],

every kniɡht was at the same distance from the Kinɡ,

['ɛvri] [naɪt] [wɒz] [æt] [ðǝ] [seɪm] ['dɪstǝns] [frɒm] [ðǝ] [kɪŋ],

who was sittinɡ with his queen in the middle.

[hu:] [wɒz] ['sɪtɪŋ] [wɪð] [hɪz] [kwi:n] [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['mɪdl].