My Heart Is in the Highlands
Vocabulary (make sure you know these words):
- a-chasing [əˈtʃeɪsɪŋ] - в погоне;
- a roe [rəʊ] - косуля;
- farewell [fɛəˈwɛl] - прощайте;
- valour [ˈvælə] - доблесть;
- worth [wɜːθ] - достоинство;
- to wander [ˈwɒndə] - бродить;
- a strath [stræθ] - широкая горная долина;
- a torrent [ˈtɒrənt] - горный поток;
- long-pouring [lɒŋˈpɔːrɪŋ] - большой, мощный;
- flood [flʊd] - река (обычно произносится [flʌd]).
Task 1. Listen to the poem "My Heart's in the Highlands", read and learn it by heart.
My Heart's in the Highlands (Robert Berns)
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe –
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go!
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birthplace of valour, the country of worth;
Wherever I wonder, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below,
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods;
Farewell to the torrents and long-pouring floods.
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My Heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe –
My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I go.