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Выпуск 15. Ведет мой новый соавтор Ирина А.



Английский не для язычников. Fun edition!
Выпуск №15

Добрый день, дорогие читатели!
В связи с занятостью Антон Банников - автор так полюбившейся многим рассылки "Английский не для язычников" - пригласил в соавторы рассылки меня - Ирину Арамову (проект Увлекательный Английский).
Поэтому вести рассылку мы будем попеременно до тех, пор пока Антон не освободится от трудов праведных и не вернется к Вам на вовсе.

Hoary Marmot Day

Вчера - 2 февраля - праздновался в Америке День Сурка, известный нам по одноименному фильму с Биллом Мюрреем "Groundhog Day" (1993) .

William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is most famous for his comedic roles in Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, and What About Bob?. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, such as in the acclaimed films Lost In Translation and Broken Flowers.
Вот адрес гостевой книги официального сайта Билла Мюррея:
http://www.bill-murray.com/read_bm.html
Там можно встретить забавные сообщения:
Mr. Bill Murray, I have seen you freqeuntly wandering nearby towns to me such as New Canaan and at the High School Greenwich Vs. Staples game. I know you seem to get a lot of attention from younger crowds, but i want to compliment on everything you have accomplished in your lifetime. You are a great person and i hope to maybe see you in future comedy! Have a good one. Your fan, ~ Jon P. Harris Wilton, CT Email: Harrrrrris@aol.com

или оставить свое.


Film career

Murray with Scarlett Johansson in Lost in TranslationMurray landed his first starring role with the film Meatballs in 1979. He followed up with his portrayal of famed writer Hunter S. Thompson in 1980s Where the Buffalo Roam. In the early 1980s, he starred in a string of box-office hits including Caddyshack, Stripes and Tootsie.

Murray began work on a film adaptation of the novel The Razor's Edge. The film, which Murray also co-wrote, was his first starring role in a dramatic film. He later agreed to star in Ghostbusters in a role originally written for John Belushi. This was a deal Murray made with Columbia Pictures in order to gain financing for his film. Ghostbusters became the highest-grossing film of 1984. But The Razor's Edge, which was filmed before Ghostbusters but not released until after, was a box-office flop. Upset over the failure of Razor's Edge, Murray took four years off from acting to study French at the Sorbonne. With the exception of a memorable cameo in the 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors, he did not make any appearances in films.

Murray returned to films in 1988 with Scrooged and followed up with the long-awaited sequel Ghostbusters II in 1989. In 1990, Murray made his first and only attempt at directing when he co-helmed Quick Change with producer Howard Franklin. Subsequent films What About Bob? (1991) and Groundhog Day (1993) were box-office hits and critically acclaimed.

After a string of films that did not do well with audiences (besides Kingpin, in which he played a supporting role), he received much critical acclaim for Wes Anderson's Rushmore for which he won a slew of awards. Murray then experienced a resurgence in his career as a dramatic actor. After dramatic roles in Wild Things, Cradle Will Rock, and Hamlet (as Polonius), and a comedic role in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, he garnered considerable acclaim for the 2003 film Lost in Translation. He received a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA award, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In an interview included on the Lost in Translation DVD, Murray states that this is his favorite movie in which he has appeared.


Bill Murray as Don Johnston in Broken Flowers.During this time, Murray still appeared in comedic roles such as Charlie's Angels and Osmosis Jones. In 2004, he provided the voice of Garfield in Garfield: The Movie and marked his third collaboration with Wes Anderson in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Murray also garnered acclaim for his dramatic role in Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers.

In 2005, he announced that he would take a break from acting, as he had not had the time since his new breakthrough in the late-1990s. His last film role to date is Garfield's voice in the sequel Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.

 

А теперь о самом празднике:
Groundhogs

On the second of February each year, much of North America observes groundhog day. On that day, according to folklore, the woodchuck Marmota monax - sometimes called groundhog, or simply chuck - awakes from its long winter sleep and comes out of its den. If it sees its shadow it will go back in, and we will have another six weeks of winter. If it does not see its shadow it will remain awake and active, and we will have an early spring. This popular old legend apparently came to North America with early settlers from Europe, where it is believed in some parts that bears or badgers behave in the same manner. Although most people recognize that the legend has no basis in fact, it provides a welcome mid-winter diversion, which is usually promoted by the news media. Actually most woodchucks do not come out of hibernation until March, or even later in the north.
 

By David Petersen:
"The ground hot (in this case, a hoary marmot) may not chuck much wood, but it can scanf down a tenth of its weight in greens each day.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
As much wood as a woodchuck would chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Скачать звук:
Скачать звук (MP3)>>>, 227кб
http://attractivenglish.livemetod.info/mp3files/t7.mp3

Скачать звук (zip)>>>, 203кб
http://attractivenglish.livemetod.info/t7.zip

Beats me. But that old conundrum does make one wonder about the origins of the name woodchuck . And what of the big rodent's other titles—such as ground hog and whistle-pig and, in the Western mountains, rockchuck and whistler? "
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beats me - ума не приложу, мне не понятно

На этом выпуск завершен. С вами была Ирина Арамова по приглашению Антона Банникова.
Увлекательный Английский - Грамотные, эффективные методы усвоения языка

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Практический Тренинг Разговорного Английского:

Ответьте, пожалуйста, на такой вопрос:
"Когда Вы разговариваете с друзьями или по работе, Вы в это время перебираете лихорадочно в уме падежи, склонения и спряжения, а также временные формы нашего языка?
А в детстве, когда Вы учились говорить,
Вы поступали так?"

 Так кто же Вас сможет убедить,
что Вы научитесь говорить по-английски,
изучая грамматические правила?

 Практический Разговорный Курс "I Speak ENGLISH!"  - это не учебник грамматики!
http://www.ecommtools.com/cgi-bin/aff_click.cgi?uid=atenglish&id=books&page=ispeak

ПРАКТИКА, ПРАКТИКА И ТОЛЬКО ПРАКТИКА!!!!
Вы можете начать заниматься уже сегодня!
Немедленно нажимайте на ссылку,
зарезервируйте свою копию программы
и готовьтесь получать очень полезные подарки, абсолютно НЕОБХОДИМЫЕ Вам, если Вы настроены на серьезное изучение английского языка!
http://www.ecommtools.com/cgi-bin/aff_click.cgi?uid=atenglish&id=books&page=ispeak

P.S. Я не обещаю Вам, что через три месяца Вы будете говорить на английском, как на родном языке.
Я обещаю Вам ПОМОЧЬ мобилизовать все Ваши языковые резервы, раскрепоститься и преодолеть барьер страха и неуверенности.
Учите Английский язык с Интересом и Удовольствием!

Ирина Арамова
автор и руководитель проекта Увлекательный Английский
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