Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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He said:
"Don't be absurd (не говорите чепухи: «не будьте глупыми»; absurd — нелепый, абсурдный; смешной, глупый). How can I go into the City like this (как я могу пойти в Сити в таком виде; like this — так, вот так; таким образом)?"
It was certainly rather rough on the City, but what cared we for human suffering (это было, конечно, довольно грубо по отношению к Сити, но что нам /за дело/ до человеческих страданий)? As Harris said, in his common, vulgar way (как сказал Гаррис в своей обычной пошлой манере), the City would have to lump it (Сити придется проглотить это; lump — глыба, ком).
We went downstairs to breakfast (мы спустились завтракать). Montmorency had invited two other dogs to come and see him off (Монморенси
absurd [b's:d] rough [rf] vulgar ['vl]
He said:
"Don't be absurd. How can I go into the City like this?"
It was certainly rather rough on the City, but what cared we for human suffering? As Harris said, in his common, vulgar way, the City would have to lump it.
We went downstairs to breakfast. Montmorency had invited two other dogs to come and see him off, and they were whiling away the time by fighting on the doorstep. We calmed them with an umbrella, and sat down to chops and cold beef.
Harris said:
"The great thing is to make a good breakfast (великое дело — хорошо позавтракать)," and he started with a couple of chops (и он начал с пары котлет), saying that he would take these while they were hot, as the beef could wait (говоря, что съест их, пока они горячие, а говядина может подождать; as — поскольку; в то время как).
George got hold of the paper, and read us out the boating fatalities (Джордж захватил газету и прочитал нам о несчастных случаях с лодками; to get hold of — суметь схватить; приобретать власть над; to read out — читать вслух; fatality — рок, судьба; катастрофа, несчастный случай со смертельным исходом), and the weather forecast, which latter prophesied "rain, cold, wet to fine" (о прогнозе погоды, который предсказывал/пророчил «дождь, холод, /изменение/ от дождливой /погоды/ к ясной»; latter — недавний; последний /из двух названных/) (whatever more than usually ghastly thing in weather that may be) (все, что может быть ужаснее в погоде, чем обычно = все самое ужасное в погоде; whatever — какой бы ни; любой; какой бы то ни было; ghastly — жуткий; отвратительный), "occasional local thunder-storms, east wind (временами и местами грозы, ветер восточный; local — местный), with general depression over the Midland Counties (с общим понижением /давления/ в центральных графствах) (London and Channel) (Лондон и Ла-Манш; channel — канал). Bar. falling (барометр падает; bar. = barometer)."
I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we are plagued (я думаю, что из всей бессмысленной раздражающей чепухи, которой нам досаждают; silly — глупый; ничтожный; tomfool — дурак; шут; to plague — зачумлять; мучить, беспокоить), this "weather-forecast" fraud is about the most aggravating (этот обман с «прогнозом погоды» — почти = пожалуй, самый надоедливый/несносный; to aggravate — отягчать, усугублять). It "forecasts" precisely what happened yesterday or the day before (он «предсказывает» в точности /то/, что произошло вчера или позавчера), and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen to-day (и совершенно противоположное /тому/, что произойдет сегодня).
prophesied ['prfsad] ghastly [':stl] plague [ple] aggravating ['aervet]
Harris said:
"The great thing is to make a good breakfast," and he started with a couple of chops, saying that he would take these while they were hot, as the beef could wait.
George got hold of the paper, and read us out the boating fatalities, and the weather forecast, which latter prophesied "rain, cold, wet to fine" (whatever more than usually ghastly thing in weather that may be), "occasional local thunder-storms, east wind, with general depression over the Midland Counties (London and Channel). Bar. falling."
I do think that, of all the silly, irritating tomfoolishness by which we are plagued, this "weather-forecast" fraud is about the most aggravating. It "forecasts" precisely what happened yesterday or the day before, and precisely the opposite of what is going to happen to-day.
I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn (помню, /как/
"Ah (ага)!" we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window (говорили мы, стоя и смотря на них из окна; to look out — выглядывать, смотреть), "won't they come home soaked (ну и промокшими же они придут домой = ну и промокнут же они)!"
And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get (и мы посмеивались, думая, как сильно они вымокнут; to get wet — промокать, вымокать), and came back (и возвращались) and stirred the fire, and got our books (и помешивали огонь, и брали книги), and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells (и приводили в порядок образцы водорослей и раковины моллюсков). By twelve o'clock, with the sun pouring into the room (к двенадцати часам солнце заливало комнату; to pour — лить/ся/, разливать/ся/), the heat became quite oppressive (жара становилась совсем гнетущей = невыносимой), and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin (и мы спрашивали себя, когда эти ливни и редкие грозы начнутся).
autumn [':tm] cloud [klaud] specimen ['spesmn]
I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper. "Heavy showers, with thunderstorms, may be expected to-day," it would say on Monday, and so we would give up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain. — And people would pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could be, the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen.
"Ah!" we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, "won't they come home soaked!"
And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get, and came back and stirred the fire, and got our books, and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells. By twelve o'clock, with the sun pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin.
"Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find (они начнутся после обеда, вот увидите)," we said to each other (говорили мы друг другу). "Oh, won't those people get wet (ну и промокнут же те люди). What a lark (как забавно; lark — шутка, веселье, забава)!"