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Learn English by reading along: The Girl and the Winter River by Bibooks.org, a free bilingual audiobook in English and Russian with synchronized text. Level A2.
Каждую зиму река у деревни замерзала до самого дна.
Every winter, the river near the village froze to the very bottom.
Дети катались по льду от берега до берега.
The children skated on the ice from shore to shore.
Аня боялась льда и стояла в стороне.
Anya was afraid of ice and stood aside.
Дед привёл её на реку рано утром, когда никого не было.
Her grandfather took her to the river early in the morning, when no one was there.
Он показал ей, как слушать лёд ухом.
He showed her how to listen to the ice with his ear.
Лёд гудел низко и ровно, как большая струна.
The ice hummed low and even, like a large string.
Дед сказал, что этот звук означает безопасность.
Grandpa said that this sound means safety.
Аня прошла до середины реки и вернулась.
Anya walked to the middle of the river and returned.