Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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You pass Oatlands Park on the right bank here (вы проходите мимо Оутлэндс-парка, /расположенного/ на правом берегу). It is a famous old place (это знаменитая старинная усадьба). Henry VIII. stole it from some one or the other, I forget whom now, and lived in it (Генрих VIII украл ее у кого-то, я забыл, у кого, и жил в ней; to steal). There is a grotto in the park which you can see for a fee (в парке есть грот, который можно посмотреть за плату), and which is supposed to be very wonderful (и который считается очень удивительным); but I cannot see much in it myself (но сам я не могу увидеть много = что-то особенное в нем). The late Duchess of York, who lived at Oatlands (покойная герцогиня Йоркская, которая
Well, I dare say they deserve it quite as much as the average Christian does (что ж, полагаю/осмелюсь сказать, они заслуживают этого в такой же мере, как и обычный христианин; average — средний; нормальный, обычный).
picturesque [,pk'resk] immense ['mens] average ['aevr]
There are also tombs of note in the church, and I was afraid I should never get Harris past them; but he didn't seem to think of them, and we went on. Above the bridge the river winds tremendously. This makes it look picturesque; but it irritates you from a towing or sculling point of view, and causes argument between the man who is pulling and the man who is steering.
You pass Oatlands Park on the right bank here. It is a famous old place. Henry VIII. stole it from some one or the other, I forget whom now, and lived in it. There is a grotto in the park which you can see for a fee, and which is supposed to be very wonderful; but I cannot see much in it myself. The late Duchess of York, who lived at Oatlands, was very fond of dogs, and kept an immense number. She had a special graveyard made, in which to bury them when they died, and there they lie, about fifty of them, with a tombstone over each, and an epitaph inscribed thereon.
Well, I dare say they deserve it quite as much as the average Christian does.
At "Corway Stakes" — the first bend above Walton Bridge (у Коруэй-Стейкса, первой излучине выше Уолтонского моста) — was fought a battle between Caesar and Cassivelaunus (произошла битва между Цезарем и Кассивелауном; to fight — сражаться). Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar (Кассивелаун приготовил реку к /приходу/ Цезаря), by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board) (усеяв /дно/ кольями /и, несомненно, повесил доску с предупреждающей надписью/; to plant — сажать; втыкать, устанавливать). But Caesar crossed in spite of this (но Цезарь переправился /на другой берег/, несмотря на это). You couldn't choke Caesar off that river (Цезаря нельзя было отогнать от этой реки; to choke off — заставить отказаться /от попытки, намерения/; устранить кого-либо). He is the sort of man we want round the backwaters now (он такой человек, который нам нужен = пригодился бы теперь на заводях).
Halliford and Shepperton are both pretty little spots where they touch the river (Хэллифорд и Шеппертон — прелестные местечки /в той части/, где касаются реки = выходят к реке; both — оба, обе); but there is nothing remarkable about either of them (но ни в одном из них нет ничего примечательного). There is a tomb in Shepperton churchyard, however, with a poem on it (на шеппертонском церковном кладбище есть, тем не менее, одна могила со стихами на /надгробном камне/), and I was nervous lest Harris should want to get out and fool round it (и я нервничал, как бы Гаррис не захотел выйти /из лодки/ и побродить вокруг нее). I saw him fix a longing eye on the landing-stage as we drew near it (я видел, как он устремил жаждущий/горящий взгляд на пристань, когда мы приблизились к ней; to draw), so I managed, by an adroit movement, to jerk his cap into the water (поэтому я сумел ловким движением сбросить его кепку в воду; to jerk — резко толкать, дергать; резко бросить что-либо, швырнуть), and in the excitement of recovering that, and his indignation at my clumsiness (и
doubt [daut] recovering [r'kvr] clumsiness ['klmzns]
At "Corway Stakes" — the first bend above Walton Bridge — was fought a battle between Caesar and Cassivelaunus. Cassivelaunus had prepared the river for Caesar, by planting it full of stakes (and had, no doubt, put up a notice-board). But Caesar crossed in spite of this. You couldn't choke Caesar off that river. He is the sort of man we want round the backwaters now.
Halliford and Shepperton are both pretty little spots where they touch the river; but there is nothing remarkable about either of them. There is a tomb in Shepperton churchyard, however, with a poem on it, and I was nervous lest Harris should want to get out and fool round it. I saw him fix a longing eye on the landing-stage as we drew near it, so I managed, by an adroit movement, to jerk his cap into the water, and in the excitement of recovering that, and his indignation at my clumsiness, he forgot all about his beloved graves.
At Weybridge, the Wey (a pretty little stream, navigable for small boats up to Guildford (у Уэйбриджа река Уэй /симпатичная маленькая речка, судоходная для маленьких лодок до Гилдфорда), and one which I have always been making up my mind to explore, and never have) (которую я всегда думаю исследовать, но так и не надумал; to make up one`s mind — принять решение, решиться, надумать), the Bourne, and the Basingstoke Canal all enter the Thames together (Буэн и Бэйсингстокский канал все вместе впадают в Темзу; to enter — входить, проникать; bourne — уст. ручей, поток). The lock is just opposite the town, and the first thing that we saw, when we came in view of it (шлюз находится как раз напротив города, и первой вещью, которую мы заметили, когда увидели его; to come in view — увидеть; попасть в поле зрения), was George's blazer on one of the lock gates (был пиджак Джорджа у одних из ворот шлюза), closer inspection showing that George was inside it (более близкое рассмотрение показало, что Джордж находится в нем = что пиджак надет на Джорджа; closer inspection — более внимательное рассмотрение).
Montmorency set up a furious barking, I shrieked, Harris roared (Монморенси неистово залаял, я пронзительно закричал, Гаррис заорал; to set up — поднимать /крик, шум/); George waved his hat, and yelled back (Джордж помахал своей шляпой и крикнул в ответ). The lock-keeper rushed out with a drag (начальник шлюза выбежал с тралом; drag — бредень, невод; драга, землечерпалка; трал /для извлечения предметов со дна рек или водоемов, особенно для извлечения тел утопленников/), under the impression that somebody had fallen into the lock (под впечатлением, что = полагая, что кто-то упал в шлюз; to fall), and appeared annoyed at finding that no one had (и казался раздосадованным, обнаружив, что никто не упал).
navigable ['naevbl] Thames [temz] annoyed ['nd]
At Weybridge, the Wey (a pretty little stream, navigable for small boats up to Guildford, and one which I have always been making up my mind to explore, and never have), the Bourne, and the Basingstoke Canal all enter the Thames together. The lock is just opposite the town, and the first thing that we saw, when we came in view of it, was George's blazer on one of the lock gates, closer inspection showing that George was inside it.
Montmorency set up a furious barking, I shrieked, Harris roared; George waved his hat, and yelled back. The lock-keeper rushed out with a drag, under the impression that somebody had fallen into the lock, and appeared annoyed at finding that no one had.
George had rather a curious oilskin-covered parcel in his hand (у Джорджа в руке был очень странный пакет, завернутый в клеенку; curious — любопытный; странный; oilskin — тонкая клеенка, непромокаемая ткань; parcel — пакет, сверток, узел). It was round and flat at one end, with a long straight handle sticking out of it (он был круглый и плоский с одной стороны, и из него торчала длинная прямая ручка).