Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (ASCII-IPA)
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Greengrocer's boy and baker's boy, with baskets.
Boots from the hotel, carrying hamper.
Confectioner's boy, with basket.
Grocer's boy, with basket.
Long-haired dog.
Cheesemonger's boy, with basket.
Odd man carrying a bag.
Bosom companion of odd man, with his hands in his pockets, smoking a short clay.
Fruiterer's boy, with basket.
Myself, carrying three hats and a pair of boots, and trying to look as if I didn't know it.
Six small boys, and four stray dogs.
When we got down to the landing-stage, the boatman said (когда мы спустились к пристани, лодочник сказал):
"Let me see, sir (позвольте, сэр); was yours a steam-launch or a house-boat (у
On our informing him it was a double-sculling skiff, he seemed surprised (когда мы сообщили ему, что /у нас/ четырехвесельная лодка, он казался удивленным).
We had a good deal of trouble with steam-launches that morning (у нас было много хлопот с паровыми баркасами в то утро). It was just before the Henley week, and they were going up in large numbers (это было как раз перед неделей Хенли = регатой в городе Хенли /традиционными международными соревнованиями по гребле на Темзе в г. Хенли/, и они проплывали в больших количествах); some by themselves, some towing houseboats (одни отдельно, другие тянули плавучие дома/баржи). I do hate steam-launches (я ненавижу паровые баркасы): I suppose every rowing man does (думаю, каждый гребущий = кому приходится грести, ненавидит /их/). I never see a steam-launch but I feel I should like to lure it to a lonely part of the river (я никогда не вижу паровой баркас, чтобы не почувствовать = каждый раз, когда вижу паровой баркас, мне хочется заманить его в отдаленную часть реки), and there, in the silence and the solitude, strangle it (и там, в тишине и уединении, задушить его).
launch [lO:ntS] solitude ['sOlItju:d]
When we got down to the landing-stage, the boatman said:
"Let me see, sir; was yours a steam-launch or a house-boat?"
On our informing him it was a double-sculling skiff, he seemed surprised.
We had a good deal of trouble with steam-launches that morning. It was just before the Henley week, and they were going up in large numbers; some by themselves, some towing houseboats. I do hate steam-launches: I suppose every rowing man does. I never see a steam-launch but I feel I should like to lure it to a lonely part of the river, and there, in the silence and the solitude, strangle it.
There is a blatant bumptiousness about a steam-launch (в паровом баркасе есть что-то вульгарное и самодовольное; blatant — вульгарный, крикливый; bumptious — самоуверенный, надменный) that has the knack of rousing every evil instinct in my nature (что вызывает все дурные инстинкты в моем существе; knack — удачный прием, трюк; ловкость, умение; to have the knack of — уметь делать что-либо, быть специалистом), and I yearn for the good old days, when you could go about and tell people what you thought of them with a hatchet and a bow and arrows (и я тоскую по старым добрым временам, когда можно было расхаживать и говорить людям, что вы о них думаете, с помощью топорика и лука со стрелами). The expression on the face of the man who, with his hands in his pockets, stands by the stern, smoking a cigar (одного выражения лица: «на лице» человека, который, /сунув/ руки в карманы, стоит на корме, куря сигару), is sufficient to excuse a breach of the peace by itself (достаточно, чтобы послужить оправданием нарушения общественного порядка; by itself — само по себе, отдельно); and the lordly whistle for you to get out of the way would, I am confident (а надменный свисток, /говорящий/, чтобы вы убирались с пути, я уверен; lordly — барственный, пышный; высокомерный, гордый), ensure a verdict of "justifiable homicide" from any jury of river men (обеспечил бы приговор «оправданное /обстоятельствами/ убийство» при любом /составе/ присяжных из жителей побережья).
They used to have to whistle for us to get out of their way (им пришлось посвистеть нам, чтобы мы убирались с их пути). If I may do so, without appearing boastful (без того, чтобы показаться хвастливым), I think I can honestly say that our one small boat, during that week (думаю, я могу честно сказать, что одна наша маленькая лодка за эту неделю), caused more annoyance and delay and aggravation to the steam-launches that we came across (причинила больше неприятностей, задержек и хлопот паровым баркасам, что нам встречались; aggravation — ухудшение; раздражение) than all the other craft on the river put together (чем все остальные суда на реке, вместе взятые; to put together — соединять, собирать).
bumptiousness ['bVmpS@snIs] verdict ['v@:dIkt] homicide ['hOmIsaId]
There is a blatant bumptiousness about a steam-launch that has the knack of rousing every evil instinct in my nature, and I yearn for the good old days, when you could go about and tell people what you thought of them with a hatchet and a bow and arrows. The expression on the face of the man who, with his hands in his pockets, stands by the stern, smoking a cigar, is sufficient to excuse a breach of the peace by itself; and the lordly whistle for you to get out of the way would, I am confident, ensure a verdict of "justifiable homicide" from any jury of river men.
They used to have to whistle for us to get out of their way. If I may do so, without appearing boastful, I think I can honestly say that our one small boat, during that week, caused more annoyance and delay and aggravation to the steam-launches that we came across than all the other craft on the river put together.
"Steam-launch, coming (паровой баркас идет)!" one of us would cry out, on sighting the enemy in the distance (кричал один из нас, заметив врага вдали); and, in an instant, everything was got ready to receive her (и в мгновение все было готово встретить его; to receive — получать, принимать). I would take the lines, and Harris and George would sit down beside me (я брал веревки, а Гаррис и Джордж садились рядом со мной), all of us with our backs to the launch (все спинами к баркасу), and the boat would drift out quietly into mid-stream (и лодка тихо, спокойно смещалась на середину реки).
On would come the launch, whistling, and on we would go, drifting (баркас приближался, свистя, а мы продолжали плыть). At about a hundred yards off, she would start whistling like mad (примерно в сотне ярдов от нас он начинал свистеть, как сумасшедший), and the people would come and lean over the side, and roar at us (люди перегибались через борт и орали на нас); but we never heard them (но мы совсем их не слышали)! Harris would be telling us an anecdote about his mother (Гаррис рассказывал нам какой-нибудь случай, /произошедший/ с его матерью), and George and I would not have missed a word of it for worlds (а мы с Джорджем не пропустили бы ни слова ни за что на свете = слушали не отрываясь).
receive [rI'si:v] anecdote ['&nIkd@ut]
"Steam-launch, coming!" one of us would cry out, on sighting the enemy in the distance; and, in an instant, everything was got ready to receive her. I would take the lines, and Harris and George would sit down beside me, all of us with our backs to the launch, and the boat would drift out quietly into mid-stream.
On would come the launch, whistling, and on we would go, drifting. At about a hundred yards off, she would start whistling like mad, and the people would come and lean over the side, and roar at us; but we never heard them! Harris would be telling us an anecdote about his mother, and George and I would not have missed a word of it for worlds.