Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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We thanked them over and over again (мы благодарили их снова и снова), and we said it was a lovely night, and we wished them a pleasant trip (сказали, что /сегодня/ чудесная ночь, и пожелали им приятной прогулки), and, I think, I invited them all to come and spend a week with me (и, кажется, я пригласил их всех прийти провести неделю со мной = в гости на неделю), and my cousin said her mother would be so pleased to see them (а моя кузина сказала, ее мама будет очень рада их видеть). And we sang the soldiers' chorus out of Faust, and got home in time for supper, after all (и мы запели хор солдат из Фауста и попали домой вовремя к ужину, в конце концов;).
gratitude ['raettju:d] soldier ['sul] chorus ['k:rs]
"Wallingford lock!" they answered. "Lor' love you, sir, that's been done away with for over a year. There ain't no Wallingford lock now, sir. You're close to Cleeve now. Blow me tight if `ere ain't a gentleman been looking for Wallingford lock, Bill!"
I had never thought of that. I wanted to fall upon all their necks and bless them; but the stream was running too strong just there to allow of this, so I had to content myself with mere cold-sounding words of gratitude.
We thanked them over and over again, and we said it was a lovely night, and we wished them a pleasant trip, and, I think, I invited them all to come and spend a week with me, and my cousin said her mother would be so pleased to see them. And we sang the soldiers' chorus out of Faust, and got home in time for supper, after all.
CHAPTER X
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Our first night (наша первая ночь). — Under canvas (под брезентом). — An appeal for help (просьба о помощи; appeal — призыв; просьба, мольба). — Contrariness of tea-kettles, how to overcome (упрямство чайника, как /его/ преодолеть; to overcome — побороть, преодолеть). — Supper (ужин). — How to feel virtuous (как почувствовать себя добродетельным). — Wanted! A comfortably-appointed, well-drained desert island (требуется уютно обставленный, хорошо осушенный необитаемый остров; to appoint — назначать, определять /время, место/; устраивать, обставлять; desert — заброшенный; необитаемый, безлюдный), neighbourhood of South Pacific Ocean preferred (предпочтительно в южной части Тихого океана; neighbourhood — близость, соседство, сопредельность). — Funny thing that happened to George's father (забавная вещь, случившаяся с отцом Джорджа). — A restless night (беспокойная ночь; restless — беспокойный, тревожный).
Our first night. — Under canvas. — An appeal for help. — Contrariness of tea-kettles, how to overcome. — Supper. — How to feel virtuous. — Wanted! A comfortably-appointed, well-drained desert island, neighbourhood of South Pacific Ocean preferred. — Funny thing that happened to George's father. — A restless night.
HARRIS and I began to think that Bell Weir lock must have been done away with after the same manner (мы с Гаррисом начали думать, что с Бель-Уирским шлюзом, должно быть, разделались таким же образом). George had towed us up to Staines, and we had taken the boat from there (Джордж дотянул нас до Стэйнса, и мы /с Гаррисом/ повели лодку оттуда), and it seemed that we were dragging fifty tons after us, and were walking forty miles (и казалось, что мы тянем за собой пятьдесят тонн, и идем /уже/ сорок миль). It was half-past seven when we were through, and we all got in (было полвосьмого, когда мы закончили /тянуть/ и все влезли /в лодку/), and sculled up close to the left bank, looking out for a spot to haul up in (и пошли на веслах около левого берега, высматривая место, чтобы высадиться; to haul up — поднимать; останавливаться).
virtuous ['v:us] island ['alnd] ocean ['un]
HARRIS and I began to think that Bell Weir lock must have been done away with after the same manner. George had towed us up to Staines, and we had taken the boat from there, and it seemed that we were dragging fifty tons after us, and were walking forty miles. It was half-past seven when we were through, and we all got in, and sculled up close to the left bank, looking out for a spot to haul up in.
We had originally intended to go on to Magna Charta Island (мы первоначально намеревались пристать к острову Великая Хартия Вольностей), a sweetly pretty part of the river, where it winds through a soft, green valley (к очаровательному месту: «части» реки, где она змеится по ровной зеленой долине; soft — мягкий, легкий; приятный; пологий, ровный), and to camp in one of the many picturesque inlets to be found round that tiny shore (и заночевать в одном из многочисленных живописных заливов, которые можно найти у того крошечного побережья; inlet — узкий морской залив; фьорд). But, somehow, we did not feel that we yearned for the picturesque nearly so much now as we had earlier in the day (но почему-то мы не ощущали, что теперь жаждем живописного так же сильно, как раньше днем = утром). A bit of water between a coal-barge and a gas-works (немного воды между угольной баржей и газовым заводом) would have quite satisfied us for that night (вполне бы удовлетворило нас в эту ночь). We did not want scenery (мы не хотели пейзажа). We wanted to have our supper and go to bed (мы хотели поужинать и лечь спать). However, we did pull up to the point — "Picnic Point," it is called (тем не менее, мы подгребли
Then we thought we were going to have supper (потом мы собирались поужинать) (we had dispensed with tea, so as to save time) (мы обходились без чая /до этого/, чтобы сэкономить время), but George said no (но Джордж сказал «нет»); that we had better get the canvas up first, before it got quite dark (что нам лучше сначала натянуть брезент, до того, как станет совсем темно), and while we could see what we were doing (и пока мы можем видеть, что делаем). Then, he said, all our work would be done (тогда, сказал он, вся работа будет сделана), and we could sit down to eat with an easy mind (и мы сможем приняться за еду с легким сердцем).
inlet ['nlet] picturesque [,pk'resk] fastened [f:snd]
We had originally intended to go on to Magna Charta Island, a sweetly pretty part of the river, where it winds through a soft, green valley, and to camp in one of the many picturesque inlets to be found round that tiny shore. But, somehow, we did not feel that we yearned for the picturesque nearly so much now as we had earlier in the day. A bit of water between a coal-barge and a gas-works would have quite satisfied us for that night. We did not want scenery. We wanted to have our supper and go to bed. However, we did pull up to the point — "Picnic Point," it is called — and dropped into a very pleasant nook under a great elm-tree, to the spreading roots of which we fastened the boat.
Then we thought we were going to have supper (we had dispensed with tea, so as to save time), but George said no; that we had better get the canvas up first, before it got quite dark, and while we could see what we were doing. Then, he said, all our work would be done, and we could sit down to eat with an easy mind.
That canvas wanted more putting up than I think any of us had bargained for (тот брезент требовал больше вывешивания, чем, думаю, любой из нас ожидал = натягивание брезента оказалось не таким простым, как мы думали; to put up — поднимать; вывешивать; to bargain — заключить сделку; договориться; рассчитывать). It looked so simple in the abstract (это казалось так просто теоретически). You took five iron arches, like gigantic croquet hoops (вы берете пять железных дуг, похожих на огромные крокетные воротца), and fitted them up over the boat (устанавливаете их вдоль всей лодки), and then stretched the canvas over them, and fastened it down (потом натягиваете брезент поверх = на них и привязываете его): it would take quite ten minutes, we thought (это займет минут десять, думали мы).
That was an under-estimate (это было недооценкой).
We took up the hoops, and began to drop them into the sockets placed for them (мы взяли дуги и начали вставлять их в расположенные для них гнезда; socket — впадина, гнездо, углубление). You would not imagine this to be dangerous work (кто бы мог предположить: «вы бы не представили», что это опасная работа); but, looking back now, the wonder to me is that any of us are alive to tell the tale (но, вспоминая теперь, удивление для меня = я удивляюсь тому, что все мы живы и /можем/ рассказать эту историю). They were not hoops, they were demons (это были не дуги, это были дьяволы; demon — демон, дьявол, сатана). First they would not fit into their sockets at all (сначала они не вставлялись в гнезда вообще), and we had to jump on them, and kick them (и нам пришлось прыгать по ним, бить их ногами), and hammer at them with the boat-hook (и стучать по ним багром); and, when they were in, it turned out (и, когда они вставились, я обнаружил) that they were the wrong hoops for those particular sockets, and they had to come out again (что они не те дуги для конкретных гнезд = вставлены не туда, и их пришлось вытащить снова; particular — особый; отдельный, одиночный, частный).
croquet ['kruke] demon ['di:mn]
That canvas wanted more putting up than I think any of us had bargained for. It looked so simple in the abstract. You took five iron arches, like gigantic croquet hoops, and fitted them up over the boat, and then stretched the canvas over them, and fastened it down: it would take quite ten minutes, we thought.
That was an under-estimate.
We took up the hoops, and began to drop them into the sockets placed for them. You would not imagine this to be dangerous work; but, looking back now, the wonder to me is that any of us are alive to tell the tale. They were not hoops, they were demons. First they would not fit into their sockets at all, and we had to jump on them, and kick them, and hammer at them with the boat-hook; and, when they were in, it turned out that they were the wrong hoops for those particular sockets, and they had to come out again.