The Royal Game: Englisch Lektüre A2 - B2 E-Book

Zweig Stefan

• Herausgeber: adlima GmbH
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Englisch Lernen mit klassischen Werken. Die Bücher dieser Reihe eignen sich für Jugendliche und Erwachsen, die mit klassischen Werken ihre Lesefähigkeit verbessern wollen. Englisch Niveaus A2 bis B2. Durchgehend in englischer Sprache. "Schachnovelle" ist ein bekanntes Buch von Stefan Zweig. Die Geschichte spielt auf einem Passagierschiff, das von New York nach Buenos Aires fährt. An Bord ist der Weltmeister im Schach, Mirko Czentovic, ein Mann mit begrenzten intellektuellen Fähigkeiten, aber großem schachspielerischen Talent. Ein Passagier fordert Czentovic zu einer Partie Schach heraus. Der Passagier ist während des Zweiten Weltkriegs von den Nazis in Isolation gehalten worden. Um seinen Verstand zu bewahren, hat er ein Schachbuch gestohlen und das Spiel in Perfektion gelernt. Die Schachpartie auf dem Schiff wird für Dr. B. zu einer Herausforderung. Sie weckt Erinnerungen an seine Zeit in Isolation und die psychische Belastung. "Schachnovelle" ist eine tiefgründige Geschichte über die psychologischen Auswirkungen von Isolation und die Macht des Geistes.

Leseprobe

Stefan Zweig

The Royal Game: Englisch Lektüre A2 - B2

Englisch Lernen mit klassischen Werken. Die Bücher dieser Reihe eignen sich für Jugendliche und Erwachsen, die mit klassischen Werken ihre Lesefähigkeit verbessern wollen. Englisch Niveaus A2 bis B2. Durchgehend in englischer Sprache.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Royal Game – Part One

The Royal Game – Part Two

Impressum

The Royal Game – Part One

A large passenger ship sails from New York to Buenos Aires at midnight. There is a lot going on before departure. Guests say goodbye to their friends on the ship. Children run around curiously. An orchestra plays music. I talk to a friend on the ship. Next to us, reporters are taking photos of a famous man. My friend says it is Mirko Czentovic, the world chess champion. He has been to America and will soon be playing in Argentina. Czentovic is famous for his chess. He has quickly become one of the best players. Nobody used to know anything about him. He is not good at other things. He makes mistakes when he writes. He grew up in poverty. His father died when he was twelve. A priest took him in and helped him to learn Mirko has problems learning. He doesn't understand characters and simple things at school very well. He counts with his fingers, even though he is already 14 years old. Reading is difficult for him. But Mirko is not lazy. He helps around the house and in the fields. He does everything he is told. He doesn't play with other children. When he is finished, he just sits there. He looks but is not interested in anything.

One evening in winter, a farmer comes to the village. His mother is very ill. He asks the priest to come quickly. The priest goes with him immediately.

A policeman is also there. He stays a little longer.

He sees that Mirko is watching the chess game.

The policeman asks Mirko if he wants to play chess. He thinks Mirko can't do that. But Mirko says yes and sits down. He quickly wins against the policeman. The priest comes back and is very surprised. Mirko wins against him, too. He plays slowly but surely. No one can win against him. The priest wants to test how good Mirko really is. He takes Mirko to a town. There are many good chess players there. The people are amazed when they see Mirko. Mirko loses the first game. But then he plays better. Soon he is winning against everyone.

It is not often that something exciting happens in a small town in southern Slavia. When Mirko plays chess well there, everyone is impressed. The important people in the town want him to stay longer. They want him to play against more players and the old Count Simczic. The priest leaves Mirko there. Mirko sleeps in the hotel and sees a toilet for the first time. The next day he wins many games, even several at the same time. The people in the city are proud of Mirko. They want him to become famous. A man called Koller wants to teach Mirko chess in Vienna. Count Simczic gives money for it. Thus begins Mirko's success. After six months, Mirko knows everything about chess. But he cannot imagine playing without a chessboard. He always needs a real board to play chess. Even as a world champion, he always has a small chess set with him. That is unusual for a chess player. Nevertheless, Mirko wins many prizes. At seventeen, he had already won many. He became Hungarian champion at eighteen and world champion at twenty. He is very good at chess, although he is not as creative as others. He is a simple boy from the countryside. Journalists find it difficult to talk to him.

Mirko Czentovic is a famous chess player. He doesn't talk much to newspapers. But there are many stories about him. When he is not playing chess, he looks awkward. He dresses solemnly but behaves like a simple country boy. He tries to make a lot of money with chess. He plays in many cities. He is writing a book about chess, but someone else is doing the actual writing for him.

Mirko is very self-confident. He thinks he is very important. He has beaten a lot of smart people in chess. That makes him proud. He often shows his pride.

My friend tells me about Mirko Czentovic. Mirko is young and famous for his chess. He earns a lot of money with chess. He doesn't know much about other famous people like Rembrandt or Beethoven. Mirko only thinks about chess and money. He hasn't lost a chess game for a long time.

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