<div id="container">    
    <ul id="nav">    
    <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>    
    <li><a href="#">About</a></li>    
    <li><a href="#">Work</a></li>    
    <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>    
    </ul>    
    </div>  

/* меню */    
    body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, ul, ol, li, dl, dt, dd, img, form, fieldset, input, textarea, blockquote {    
    margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0;    
    }    

    body {    
    background: #f5f0e0 url(images/noise.png);    
    }    

    #container {    
    height: 800px;    
    background: url(images/bg.jpg) center top no-repeat;    
    }    

    ul#nav {    
    width: 700px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; overflow: hidden;    
    }    
    ul#nav li {    
    float: left; list-style: none;    
    }    
    ul#nav li a {    
    display: block; width: 97px; height: 77px;    
    padding: 72px 0 0 0; margin: 0 32px 0 32px;    
    font: bold 16px Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif; text-transform: uppercase;    
    color: #9c5959; text-shadow: 0 1px 3px #c4bda6; text-decoration: none;    

    background: url(images/label.png) 0 -149px no-repeat;    
    }    
    ul#nav li a:hover {    
    background: url(images/label.png) 0 0 no-repeat;    
    color: #eee9d9; text-shadow: 0 2px 3px #4c2222;    
    }    

    ul#nav li a.js:hover {    
    background: url(images/label.png) 0 -149px no-repeat;    
    }    
    /* ---------------------------*/

<script>$(document).ready(function() {    
    $("ul#nav li a").addClass("js");    
    $("ul#nav li a").hover(    
    function () {    
    $(this).stop(true,true).animate({backgroundPosition:"(0 0)"}, 200);    
    $(this).animate({backgroundPosition:"(0 -5px)"}, 150);    
    },    
    function () {    
    $(this).animate({backgroundPosition:"(0 -149px)"}, 200);    

    }    
    );    
    });    
    </script>