Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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And I am careful of my work, too. Why, some of the work that I have by me now has been in my possession for years and years, and there isn't a finger-mark on it. I take a great pride in my work; I take it down now and then and dust it. No man keeps his work in a better state of preservation than I do.
But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share.
But I get it without asking for it (но я получаю ее /дополнительную работу/, не прося) — at least, so it appears to me (по крайней мере, так мне кажется) — and this worries me (и это беспокоит меня).
George says he does not think I need trouble myself on the subject (Джордж
In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything (в лодке, я всегда замечал, навязчивая идея каждого члена экипажа — что /это/ он все делает). Harris's notion was, that it was he alone who had been working (мнение Гарриса было, что он один работает; notion — идея, понятие, представление; точка зрения), and that both George and I had been imposing upon him (а мы с Джорджем обманываем его; to impose upon — облагать /налогом, податью/; навязывать; обманывать). George, on the other hand, ridiculed the idea of Harris's having done anything more than eat and sleep (Джордж, с другой стороны, высмеивал мысль о том, что Гаррис сделал что-то большее, чем ел и спал), and had a cast-iron opinion that it was he — George himself (и был твердо убежден, что он, Джордж; cast-iron — чугунный; жесткий, твердый, непреклонный; opinion — мнение, взгляд, убеждение) — who had done all the labour worth speaking of (выполнил всю работу, о которой стоит говорить).
scrupulous ['skru:pjuls] comfort ['kmft] cast-iron [,k:st'an]
But I get it without asking for it — at least, so it appears to me — and this worries me.
George says he does not think I need trouble myself on the subject. He thinks it is only my over-scrupulous nature that makes me fear I am having more than my due; and that, as a matter of fact, I don't have half as much as I ought. But I expect he only says this to comfort me.
In a boat, I have always noticed that it is the fixed idea of each member of the crew that he is doing everything. Harris's notion was, that it was he alone who had been working, and that both George and I had been imposing upon him. George, on the other hand, ridiculed the idea of Harris's having done anything more than eat and sleep, and had a cast-iron opinion that it was he — George himself — who had done all the labour worth speaking of.
He said he had never been out with such a couple of lazily skulks as Harris and I (он сказал, что никогда не плавал с парой таких ленивых бездельников, как мы с Гаррисом; to be out — не быть дома, отсутствовать; lazily — лениво, медлительно).
That amused Harris (это позабавило Гарриса).
"Fancy old George talking about work (подумать только — старина Джордж говорит о работе)!" he laughed (смеялся он); "why, about half-an-hour of it would kill him (да полчаса работы убило бы его). Have you ever seen George work (ты когда-нибудь видел, чтобы Джордж работал)?" he added, turning to me (добавил он, обращаясь ко мне).
I agreed with Harris that I never had (я
"Well, I don't see how you can know much about it, one way or the other (не понимаю, откуда ты можешь об этом знать, так или иначе)," George retorted on Harris (Джордж возразил Гаррису); "for I'm blest if you haven't been asleep half the time (черт меня побери, если ты не спал полдороги: «половину времени»). Have you ever seen Harris fully awake, except at meal-time (ты когда-нибудь видел, чтобы Гаррис был полностью бодрствующим = не спал, кроме как во время еды; meal-time — время приема пищи)?" asked George, addressing me (спросил Джордж, обращаясь ко мне).
He said he had never been out with such a couple of lazily skulks as Harris and I.
That amused Harris.
"Fancy old George talking about work!" he laughed; "why, about half-an-hour of it would kill him. Have you ever seen George work?" he added, turning to me.
I agreed with Harris that I never had — most certainly not since we had started on this trip.
"Well, I don't see how you can know much about it, one way or the other," George retorted on Harris; "for I'm blest if you haven't been asleep half the time. Have you ever seen Harris fully awake, except at meal-time?" asked George, addressing me.
Truth compelled me to support George (/любовь/ к истине заставила меня поддержать Джорджа). Harris had been very little good in the boat, so far as helping was concerned, from the beginning (от Гарриса было очень мало проку в лодке, что касается помощи, с /самого/ начала; so far as something is concerned — насколько это касается чего-либо).
"Well, hang it all, I've done more than old J., anyhow (черт возьми, я сделал больше, во всяком случае, чем старина Джей)," rejoined Harris (возразил Гаррис; to rejoin — отвечать; возражать; воссоединяться).
"Well, you couldn't very well have done less (да и нельзя было бы сделать меньше)," added George.
"I suppose J. thinks he is the passenger (полагаю, Джей считает, что он пассажир)," continued Harris (продолжал Гаррис).
And that was their gratitude to me for having brought them and their wretched old boat all the way up from Kingston (и это была их благодарность за то, что я тащил их и несчастную старую лодку всю дорогу от Кингстона), and for having superintended and managed everything for them (за то, что я все для них организовал и устроил; to superintend — заведовать, руководить, управлять; to manage — руководить; справиться, суметь сделать), and taken care of them, and slaved for them (заботился о них, и надрывался для них). It is the way of the world (так устроен этот мир; the way of the world — общепринятые нормы поведения, общепринятый уклад жизни, взгляды).
gratitude ['raettju:d] superintended [,s(j)u:prn'tendd]
Truth compelled me to support George. Harris had been very little good in the boat, so far as helping was concerned, from the beginning.
"Well, hang it all, I've done more than old J., anyhow," rejoined Harris.
"Well, you couldn't very well have done less," added George.
"I suppose J. thinks he is the passenger," continued Harris.
And that was their gratitude to me for having brought them and their wretched old boat all the way up from Kingston, and for having superintended and managed everything for them, and taken care of them, and slaved for them. It is the way of the world.