Если хочешь постичь английский, то выучи первые строчки из исторического романа "Камо грядеши" Г.Сенкевича на английском языке. Вот: "Petronius woke only about midday, and as usual greatly wearied. The evening before he had been at one of Nero’s feasts, which was prolonged till late at night. For some time his health had been failing. He said himself that he woke up benumbed, as it were, and without power of collecting his thoughts. But the morning bath and careful kneading of the body by train"