28 mai
leaking
Vocabular din filme
Arhiva categoriei 'Limba engleză'
25 mai
LA Shopping
When visiting her family in Los Angeles, a woman decided to explore a trendy shopping area. After window-shopping, she entered a store with unique table displays. Each table was laid out with distinctive linen, fine china, silver and crystal. The woman was the only customer. The young cashier initially asked if she could help, but the woman declined and said she was only browsing.
The woman was a bit put off by the glances the cashier kept giving her, but nonetheless, she spent almost an hour examining the different makes of china and silver. It was only after thanking the shopkeeper and leaving that this woman discovered she had been inspecting the tableware at a chic restaurant.
23 mai
„Parody” de G.K. Chesterton
| Me clairvoyant, Me conscious of you, old comarado, Needing no telescope, lorgnette field-glass, opera-glass, myopic pince-nez, Me piercing two thousand years with eye naked and not ashamed; The crown cannot hide you from me; Musty old feudal-heraldic trappings cannot hide you from me, I perceive that you drink. (I am drinking with you. I am as drunk as you are.) I see you inhaling tobacco, puffing, smoking, spitting (I do not object to your spitting), You prophetic of American largeness, You anticipating the broad masculine manners of these States; I see in you also there are movements, tremors, tears, desires for the melodious, I salute your three violinists, endlessly making vibrations, Rigid, relentless, capable of going on forever; They play my accompaniment; but I shall take no notice of any accompaniment; I myself am a complete orchestra. So long. |
Eu, clar-văzătorul, Eu, care te cunosc, bătrâne camarad, Eu n-am nevoie de lornion, ori telescop, binocul, sau pince-nez. Eu pot străpunge 2000 de ani cu ochiul liber, fără jenă; Coroana nu puteți s-o despărțiți de mine, Capcane feudale îmbâcsite, mucezite, vă cunosc, Bag seamă – beți. (Și eu beau cot la cot cu voi. Și sunt la fel de beat.) Văd că fumați, trageți în piept, scuipați. (Eu nu sunt contra, da, scuipați), Și faceți profeții despre americanul darnic, Anticipați acele masculine-apucături ale Americii. Dar văd în voi și lacrimi și dorințe, vibrări și armonie, Cu mult respect! violonceliști; dați drumul nesfârșitelor vibrații. Rigizi, neduplecați, capabili să o țineți tot așa. Mă acompaniază; dar nu-mi pasă de-acompaniament; Eu însumi sunt cât o orchestră-ntreagă. Salut! |
G.K. Chesterton | traducere de Veronica Focșăneanu |