Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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At one o'clock, the landlady would come in to ask (в час входила хозяйка, чтобы спросить) if we weren't going out, as it seemed such a lovely day (не собираемся ли мы гулять, ведь такой чудесный день; to go out — выходить; to seem — казаться, видеться, представляться).
"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle (отвечали мы, хитро посмеиваясь: «с хитрым смехом»; knowing — знающий, понимающий; хитрый), "not we (/только/ не мы). We don't mean to get wet — no, no (мы не собираемся вымокнуть — нет-нет)."
And when the afternoon was nearly gone (а когда день почти прошел; afternoon — время после полудня; послеобеденное время), and still there was no sign of rain (и все еще не было ни следа дождя), we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come down all at once (мы
lark [l:k] nearly ['nl] thus [ds]
"Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find," we said to each other. "Oh, won't those people get wet. What a lark!"
At one o'clock, the landlady would come in to ask if we weren't going out, as it seemed such a lovely day.
"No, no," we replied, with a knowing chuckle, "not we. We don't mean to get wet — no, no."
And when the afternoon was nearly gone, and still there was no sign of rain, we tried to cheer ourselves up with the idea that it would come down all at once, just as the people had started for home, and were out of the reach of any shelter, and that they would thus get more drenched than ever. But not a drop ever fell, and it finished a grand day, and a lovely night after it.
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm, fine to set-fair day; much heat (на следующее утро мы читали, что будет «теплый, хороший, ясный день, жара»; set-fair — ясный, установившийся /о погоде/);" and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out (и мы одевались в легкие вещи = легко и выходили; flimsy — тонкий /о ткани/; легкий, непрочный), and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard (через полчаса после того, как мы отправлялись /на прогулку/, начинался сильный дождь), and a bitterly cold wind would spring up (и резкий холодный ветер поднимался), and both would keep on steadily for the whole day (и оба продолжались непрерывно весь день), and we would come home with colds and rheumatism all over us, and go to bed (и мы приходили домой с простудой и ревматизмом во всем теле, и ложились спать; all over — всюду; всем телом).
The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether (погода — это вещь выше меня = моего понимания; altogether — совсем, совершенно). I never can understand it (никогда не могу ее понять). The barometer is useless (барометр бесполезен): it is as misleading as the newspaper forecast (он так же обманывает, как прогноз в газете; to mislead — вводить в заблуждение; to lead — вести, указывать путь).
There was one hanging up in a hotel at Oxford at which I was staying last spring (барометр висел в одной гостинице в Оксфорде, в которой я остановился прошлой весной; to hang up — повесить, привешивать), and, when I got there, it was pointing to "set fair (и, когда я попал туда, он показывал «ясно»)." It was simply pouring with rain outside, and had been all day (снаружи прямо лило как из ведра, и это продолжалось весь день); and I couldn't quite make matters out (я совершенно не мог понять, в чем дело; to make out — понять, разобрать). I tapped the barometer, and it jumped up and pointed to "very dry (я постучал по барометру, и стрелка подпрыгнула и указала на «очень сухо»)." The Boots stopped as he was passing, and said he expected it meant to-morrow (коридорный, проходивший мимо, остановился и сказал, что полагает, барометр имеет в виду завтрашний день; to mean). I fancied that maybe it was thinking of the week before last, but Boots said, No, he thought not (я предположил, что, возможно, он вспоминает позапрошлую неделю: «неделю перед прошлой», но коридорный сказал «нет, не думаю»).
flimsy ['flmz] commence [k'mens] rheumatism ['ru:mtzm]
The next morning we would read that it was going to be a "warm, fine to set-fair day; much heat;" and we would dress ourselves in flimsy things, and go out, and, half-an-hour after we had started, it would commence to rain hard, and a bitterly cold wind would spring up, and both would keep on steadily for the whole day, and we would come home with colds and rheumatism all over us, and go to bed.
The weather is a thing that is beyond me altogether. I never can understand it. The barometer is useless: it is as misleading as the newspaper forecast.
There was one hanging up in a hotel at Oxford at which I was staying last spring, and, when I got there, it was pointing to "set fair." It was simply pouring with rain outside, and had been all day; and I couldn't quite make matters out. I tapped the barometer, and it jumped up and pointed to "very dry." The Boots stopped as he was passing, and said he expected it meant to-morrow. I fancied that maybe it was thinking of the week before last, but Boots said, No, he thought not.
I tapped it again the next morning, and it went up still higher (я
Meanwhile, the rain came down in a steady torrent (между тем, дождь лил /постоянным/ потоком), and the lower part of the town was under water (и нижняя часть города была под водой = затоплена), owing to the river having overflowed (из-за того, что река вышла из берегов; owing to — из-за, вследствие, по причине).
Boots said it was evident that we were going to have a prolonged spell of grand weather some time (коридорный сказал, очевидно, что у нас будет длительный период великолепной погоды когда-нибудь; spell — промежуток времени, срок, период), and read out a poem which was printed over the top of the oracle, about (и прочитал стихотворение, которое было написано над предсказателем /погоды/; to print — напечатать, запечатлеть, написать печатными буквами; oracle — оракул, предсказатель):
instrument ['nstrumnt] drought [draut] famine ['faemn] oracle ['rkl]
I tapped it again the next morning, and it went up still higher, and the rain came down faster than ever. On Wednesday I went and hit it again, and the pointer went round towards "set fair," "very dry," and "much heat," until it was stopped by the peg, and couldn't go any further. It tried its best, but the instrument was built so that it couldn't prophesy fine weather any harder than it did without breaking itself. It evidently wanted to go on, and prognosticate drought, and water famine, and sunstroke, and simooms, and such things, but the peg prevented it, and it had to be content with pointing to the mere commonplace "very dry."
Meanwhile, the rain came down in a steady torrent, and the lower part of the town was under water, owing to the river having overflowed.
Boots said it was evident that we were going to have a prolonged spell of grand weather some time, and read out a poem which was printed over the top of the oracle, about:
"Long foretold, long last (предсказание: «предсказанный» задолго — долго длится; to foretell — предсказывать, прогнозировать);