Читать «Английский язык с С. Кингом "Верхом на пуле"» онлайн - страница 32
Stephen King
Except I
knee [nJ], coincidence [kqu'InsId(q)ns], notorious [nqu'tLrIqs]
I stood there, leaning down with my hands planted just above my knees, not aware of how fast my heart had been beating until it started to slow down. A nasty little coincidence, that was all, and was it any wonder that I'd misread what was beneath the name and dates? Even without being tired and under stress, I might have read it wrong moonlight was a notorious misleader. Case closed.
Except I
My ma was dead (моя мать была мертва). “Fuck that,” I repeated, and turned away (вот черт, — повторил я и повернул назад). As I did (когда я /это/ сделал), I realized the mist curling through the grass and around my ankles had begun to brighten (я осознал/заметил, что туман, стелющийся по траве и вокруг моих лодыжек, начал освещаться;
I hurried back through the opening in the rock wall (я поторопился назад сквозь отверстие в каменной стене), snagging my pack on the way by (хватая свой рюкзак на ходу: «на пути мимо»;
curl [kWl], ankle ['xNkl], momentarily ['mqumqnt(q)rIlI]
My ma was dead. Fuck that, I repeated, and turned away. As I did, I realized the mist curling through the grass and around my ankles had begun to brighten. I could hear the mutter of an approaching motor. A car was coming.