Английский - Полный аудиокурс. От фонетики до живой речи . Merrick

09.03.2005

Юрий:
Факт 1: Вы опубликовали в рассылке неверную информацию. Кто виноват? Неужели никто?
Факт 2: Вы не проверили публикуемую информацию (хотя на это нужно минут 5, не больше - было бы желание).
Отсутствие желания и не дало Вам возможность найти искомую ссылку (не говоря уже о том, чтобы посмотреть специализированную информацию о конкретном авторе). Неужели опять никто не виноват?

А приведенная Вами ниже ссылка к делу вообще не относится, ибо представляет собой ссылку на компакт диск, на котором в сокращенном варианте представлена аудиоверсия всей трилогии.

И, наконец, факт 3: Вы упорно отрицаете очевидное - это именно Ваша ошибка.
Если Вы что-то публикуете для своих читателей, очень желательно предварительно убедиться в том, что это соответствует действительности. Ведь Ваше знание или незнание того обстоятельства, что Энн Райс написала свою книгу на 7 лет раньше Роулинг, не дает Вам никакого права утверждать публично (а в рассылке именно так и обстоит дело), что ее творчество вторично. Существуют субъективные истины (например, что считать "женским" романом), но ведь есть и объективные вещи - такие, как год первой публикации романа.

Будьте впредь повнимательнее!

Мой ответ:
Да, я признаю, это моя ошибка! Я не проверил дату публикации романа! Извиняюсь перед всеми подписчиками и перед Anne Rice!

Anne Rice. Merrick.
The Vampire Witches Chronicles
AudioBook duration - 5:17

EN : Anne Rice. Merrick Finished - 4:30 p.m. Sunday July 25, 1999 "Well, come on in," said a womanish voice as I hesitated, and when I did, I was quite alarmed by what I saw. In a haze of cigarette smoke, there was a young woman sitting in a highly seductive posture at the dressing table, her youthful and fastripening body clothed only in a scant white cotton petticoat, its thin cloth hardly disguising her full breasts and pink nipples, or the dark shadow between her legs."

DE : Anne Rice, Merrick oder Die Schuld des Vampirs 4 Uhr 30 - 25. Juli 1999 - Sonntag Wenn also ein Mitglied der Talamasca sich sein Fortkommen verdiente, dann war es Merrick, und das in einem Ausmass, das uns fast beschaemte. Deshalb war es unwahrscheinlich, dass ihr jemand einen Einkaufstrip nach New York verweigerte. Und wenn sie ausgerechnet einen schwarzen Rolls Royce als ihr personliches Lieblingsfahrzeug wahlte und schon bald eine ganze Sammlung davon rund um den Globus stationiert hatte, hielt das niemand fur einen idiotischen Einfall.

ES : Anne Rice. Merrick Cuatro y media de la tarde del domingo 25 de julio de 1999 — Comprendo el motivo —dijo Aaron con tono tranquilizador—. Debio de ser terrible para ti perderlos a los dos. — Matthew fue muy bueno con nosotras —prosiguio Merrick —. Ojala hubiera sido mi padre, aunque en aquellos momentos no me habria servido de nada. Cada dos por tres tenian que ingresarlo en el hospital, y al cabo de un tiempo los medicos dejaron de venir a verlo porque siempre estaba borracho y se metia con ellos. Y al final la palmo.

Test 1.2

Question 9 - 19
    Birds that feed in flocks commonly retire together into roosts. The reasons for roosting         communally are not always obvious, but there are some likely benefits. In winter
    especially, it is important for birds to keep warm at night and conserve precious food
Line    reserves. One way to do this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in
(5)    dense vegetation or enter a cavity - horned larks dig holes in the ground and
    ptarmigan burrow into snow banks - but the effect of sheltering is magnified by
    several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown      creepers,
    bluebirds, and anis do. Body contact reduces the surface area exposed to the cold air,
    so the birds keep each other warm. Two kinglets huddling together were found to
(10)    reduce their heat losses by a quarter and three together saved a third of their heat.
    The second possible benefit of communal roosts is that they act as "information              centers." During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very
    large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well, but others may
    have found little to eat. Some investigators have observed that when the birds set out
(15)    again next morning, those birds that did not feed well on the previous day appear to
    follow those that did. The behavior of common and lesser kestrels may illustrate
    different feeding behaviors of similar birds with different roosting habits. The common
    kestrel hunts vertebrate animals in a small, familiar hunting ground, whereas the very
    similar lesser kestrel feeds on insects over a large area. The common kestrel roosts and
(20)     hunts alone, but the lesser kestrel roosts and hunts in flocks, possibly so one bird can
    learn from others where to find insect swarms.
    Finally, there is safety in numbers at communal roosts since there will always be a
    few birds awake at any given moment to give the alarm. But this increased protection is
    partially counteracted by the fact that mass roosts attract predators and are especially
(25)    vulnerable if they are on the ground. Even those in trees can be attacked by birds of
    prey. The birds on the edge are at greatest risk since predators find it easier to catch
    small birds perching at the margins of the roost.

    9. What does the passage mainly discuss?
    (A) How birds find and store food
    (B) How birds maintain body heat in the winter
    (C) Why birds need to establish territory
    (D) Why some species of birds nest together

    10. The word "conserve "in line 3 is closest in meaning to
    (A) retain
    (B) watch
         (C) locate
    (D) share

    11. Ptarmigan keep warm in the winter by
    (A) huddling together on the ground with other birds
    (B) building nests in trees
    (C) burrowing into dense patches of vegetation
    (D) digging tunnels into the snow


    12. The word "magnified"in line 6 is closest in meaning to
    (A) caused
    (B) modified
    (C) intensified
    (D) combined

    13. The author mentions kinglets in line 9 as an example of birds that
    (A) protect themselves by nesting in holes
    (B) nest with other species of birds
    (C) nest together for warmth
    (D) usually feed and nest in pairs

    14. The word "forage"in line 12 is closest in meaning to
    (A) fly
    (B) assemble
         (C) feed
         (D) rest

    15. Which of the following statements about lesser and common kestrels is true?
    (A) The lesser kestrel and the common kestrel have similar diets.
    (B) The lesser kestrel feeds sociably but the common kestrel does not.
    (C) The common kestrel nests in larger flocks than does the lesser kestrel.
    (D) The common kestrel nests in trees; the lesser kestrel nests on the ground.

    16. The word "counteracted"in line 24 is closest in meaning to
    (A) suggested
    (B) negated
    (C) measured
    (D) shielded

    17. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as an advantage derived
    by birds that huddle together while sleeping?
    (A) Some members of the flock warn others of impending dangers.
    (B) Staying together provides a greater amount of heat for the whole flock
    (C) Some birds in the flock function as information centers for others who are
looking for food.
    (D) Several members of the flock care for the young.

    18. Which of the following is a disadvantage of communal roosts that is mentioned in
    the passage?
    (A) Diseases easily spread among the birds.
    (B) Groups are more attractive to predators than individual birds.
    (C) Food supplies are quickly depleted.
    (D) Some birds in the group will attack the others.

    19. The word "they"in line 25 refers to
    (A) a few birds     (B) mass roosts
         (C) predators     (D) trees