Практика перевода. Андросова М.А. - 31 стр.

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of history – an adult son following directly on from his father – was, in fact, far from
common.
When Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII in 1509, it was the first smooth transfer
of this kind since Henry V took over from Henry IV 96 years earlier. The trick would
not be repeated for 116 years, until Charles I assumed the throne from James I in
1625. A further 102 years elapsed before George II replaced George I, his late father,
in 1727. Succession is not a comfortable business.
This is not just ancient history. Two of the most sudden, even shocking,
successions have been the two most recent. The events that were to prompt the
Abdication of Edward VIII emerged very swiftly, largely in secret, in 1936 and were
almost devastating to the monarchy as institution. The death of George VI 50 years
ago today was unanticipated even though he had been in poor health for some time.
His doctors believed that he was recovering from his operation and his daughter had
departed for Africa. As The Times commented on February 7, 1952 - in a remarkable
piece of newspaper history which we will reprint tomorrow – “a deep sorrow has
fallen on all the peoples of the British Commonwealth and Empire”.
That sorrow and surprise were real. George VI died just after his 56th birthday.
This not only seems premature today but was exceptionally young by the standards of
British monarchs. If he had survived to the age that his elder brother eventually
reached, the current Queen would not have come to her duties until the 1970s. The
last monarch to have died even younger was Queen Anne, at 49, 238 years earlier.
She was unwell all of her life, so much so that Parliament felt obliged to provide for
the succession, via the Act of Settlement, before she even acquired the title. But she
did outperform the average life expectancy of her subjects. George VI became the
first monarch not to reach that standard since Edward VI, the boy King, who died in
1553.
Упражнение 23. Переведите на русский язык следующие предложения,
обращая внимание на цитаты и крылатые слова.
1. As he travelled through south-eastern Europe, America’s president met both
adulation and derision. It was the best of trips; it was the worst of trips; but
mainly the best. Ethnic-Albanian teenagers in Kosovo hailed Clinton as “the
father of the world.” In Athens, where people called him planitarchis (master of
the planet), protesters responded to his visit by trashing the city centre – but a
more respectable audience cheered loudly when he acknowledged that America
wronged Greece in the past. (the Economist, Nov. 27, 1999)
2. The enmity between Gordon Brown and Alan Milburn dates back to Labour’s
opposition years and, according to one well-placed MP who was only half-
joking yesterday, both would prefer to bury the hatchet in each other than in the
ground. (the Guardian, Sept. 7, 2004)
3. In the riddle wrapped in the mystery inside the enigma that is the British
constitution, power obeys a sort of uncertainty principle. Even if you can work it

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