Painting real life
There’s a very beautiful tale of Freedom for my dear friends:
A tiger and a painter
Pedro Pablo Sacristan
Once upon a time, there was a colourless tiger. All his shades were greys, blacks and whites. So much so, that he seemed like something out of an old black and white movie.
a colourless tiger – тигр, потерявший краски (бесцветный)
shades — оттенки
His lack of colour has made him so famous that the world’s greatest painters had come to his zoo to try to put some colour on him. None of them succeeded, as the colours would always just drip down off his skin.
lack of colour – отсутствие цвета
succeed – достигать цели
drip down off – стекать вниз
Then along came Van Cough the crazy painter. He was a strange guy who travelled all about, happily painting with his brush. Well, it would be more accurate to say that he moved his brush about, as if to paint; because he never put any paint on his brush, and neither did use canvas or paper.
accurate – верно
canvas — холст
He painted the air, and that’s why they called him Van Cough. So, when he said he wanted to paint the colourless tiger, everyone had a good laugh.
Van Cough – слово ‘cough’ означает ‘кашель’, но в данном случае это – резкий, короткий выдох с усилием. (Имя со смыслом)
When entering the tiger’s cage he began whispering in the animal’s ear, and moving his dry brush up and down the tiger’s body. And to everyone’s surprise, the tiger’s skin started to take on colour, and these were the most vivid colours any tiger ever had.
the most vivid colours – самые яркие краски
Van Cough spent a long time whispering to the animal, and making slight adjustment to his painting. The result was truly beautiful.
slight adjustment – легкие поправки
Everyone wanted to know what the painter’s secret was. He explained to them that his brush was only good for painting real life, and that to do that needed no colours. He had managed to paint the tiger using a phrase he kept whispering in its ear:
“In just a few days you will be free again, you shall see.”
And seeing how sad the tiger had been in his captivity, and how joyful the tiger now seemed at the prospect of freedom, the zoo authorities transported him to the forest and set him free, where never again would he lose his colour.
сaptivity — плен
authorities — начальство
never again – никогда больше
The end
Good luck!
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и когда их уместно употреблять
Те, кто осваивает английский язык, обычно считают фразовые глаголы одним из самых сложных моментов английской грамматики.
Но это совершенно не так, если с первых же шагов в английском языке усваивать фразовые глаголы на практике. Причем делать это можно легко, увлекательно и эффективно!
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