Вопреки сложившемуся стереотипу, новые знания, почти всегда подразумевающие дальнейший переход к Знанию, приходят не только из книг. Доводы рассудка остаются словами, если хотя бы раз не пережито ощущение величия всего, что происходит и когда-либо
происходило.
Percy and Books
Percy does not like it when I read a book.
He puts his face over the top of it and moans.
He rolls his eyes, sometimes he sneezes.
The sun is up, he says, and the wind is down.
The tide is out and the neighbor's dogs are playing.
But Percy, I say. Ideas! The elegance of language!
The insights, the funniness, the beautiful stories
that rise and fall and turn into strength, or courage.
Books? says Percy. I ate one once, and it was enough.
Let's go.
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to moan: 1 to make the sound of a moan (a low sound that you make if you are in pain or very sad). To moan with pain.2 (informal) to keep saying what is wrong about sth; to complain. The English are always moaning about the weather.
to sneeze: to give a sneeze (a sudden burst of air coming out through your nose and mouth that happens, for example, when you have a cold. He gave a loud sneeze). Dust makes me sneeze.
tide: the regular change in the level of the sea. At high tide the sea is closer to the shore, at low tide
it is farther away. The tide is coming in / going out. (Figurative) The tide (= of public opinion) seems to have turned in the government’s favour. (Phrasal verb) tide sb over: to give sb sth to help him/her through a difficult time
insight: [‘insait] - insight (into sth) (an example of) understanding the true nature of sb/sth. The book gives a good insight into the lives of the poor. You need insight into human nature for this job.
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(Mary Oliver, b. 1935, American poet)
До новых встреч!
(При подготовке выпуска использован блог Марии Хорват “По стихотворению в день”: ghpoetryplace.blogspot.com)
