Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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"Oh!" you say, pausing at the door, "I didn't know anybody was here."
"Oh! didn't you?" says Emily, coldly, in a tone which implies that she does not believe you.
You hang about for a bit, then you say:
"It's very dark. Why don't you light the gas?"
John Edward says, "Oh!" he hadn't noticed it; and Emily says that papa does not like the gas lit in the afternoon.
You tell them one or two items of news (вы рассказываете им несколько новостей; item of news — новость, известие; item — пункт, статья; сообщение, новость), and give them your views and opinions on the Irish question (и высказываете им ваши взгляды и мнения об ирландском вопросе); but this does not appear to interest them (но это, кажется, не интересует их). All they remark on any subject is (все, что они замечают
Half an hour later, you think you will try a pipe in the conservatory (полчаса спустя вы решаете покурить в зимнем саду; to try — пытаться; пробовать, отведывать). The only chair in the place is occupied by Emily (единственный стул в этом месте = там занят Эмили); and John Edward, if the language of clothes can be relied upon (а Джон Эдвард, если можно полагаться на язык одежды/судя по одежде), has evidently been sitting on the floor (явно сидел на полу). They do not speak, but they give you a look that says all that can be said in a civilised community (они /ничего/ не говорят, но бросают на вас взгляд, который говорит все, что может быть сказано в цивилизованном/воспитанном обществе); and you back out promptly and shut the door behind you (и вы быстро ретируетесь и закрываете за собой дверь; to back out — давать задний ход; отступать /от чего-либо/).
conservatory [kn's:vtr] evidently ['evdntl]
You tell them one or two items of news, and give them your views and opinions on the Irish question; but this does not appear to interest them. All they remark on any subject is, "Oh!" "Is it?" "Did he?" "Yes," and "You don't say so!" And, after ten minutes of such style of conversation, you edge up to the door, and slip out, and are surprised to find that the door immediately closes behind you, and shuts itself, without your having touched it.
Half an hour later, you think you will try a pipe in the conservatory. The only chair in the place is occupied by Emily; and John Edward, if the language of clothes can be relied upon, has evidently been sitting on the floor. They do not speak, but they give you a look that says all that can be said in a civilised community; and you back out promptly and shut the door behind you.
You are afraid to poke your nose into any room in the house now (теперь вы боитесь сунуть нос в какую бы то ни было комнату в доме); so, after walking up and down the stairs for a while (и, походив вверх и вниз по лестнице некоторое время), you go and sit in your own bedroom (вы идете в свою собственную спальню и сидите там). This becomes uninteresting, however, after a time (однако через некоторое время это становится скучным), and so you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden (вы надеваете шляпу и выходите прогуляться в сад; to stroll — прогуливаться, бродить, медленно гулять). You walk down the path, and as you pass the summer-house you glance in (вы идете по дорожке и, проходя мимо беседки: «летнего домика», вы заглядываете туда), and there are those two young idiots, huddled up into one corner of it (а там те два молодых идиота, сидят, забившись в угол; to huddle — толпиться, жаться друг к другу, съеживаться); and they see you, and are evidently under the idea that (они видят вас и, видимо, думают: «находятся под мыслью», что), for some wicked purpose of your own, you are following them about (с какой-то нечистой/гнусной целью вы преследуете их).
"Why don't they have a special room for this sort of thing, and make people keep to it (почему тут нет особой комнаты для подобных вещей, и сидели бы там: «и заставили бы их придерживаться ее = находиться там»; to keep to —
You are afraid to poke your nose into any room in the house now; so, after walking up and down the stairs for a while, you go and sit in your own bedroom. This becomes uninteresting, however, after a time, and so you put on your hat and stroll out into the garden. You walk down the path, and as you pass the summer-house you glance in, and there are those two young idiots, huddled up into one corner of it; and they see you, and are evidently under the idea that, for some wicked purpose of your own, you are following them about.
"Why don't they have a special room for this sort of thing, and make people keep to it?" you mutter; and you rush back to the hall and get your umbrella and go out.
It must have been much like this when that foolish boy Henry VIII. was courting his little Anne (должно быть, нечто похожее происходило, когда этот безрассудный мальчишка Генрих Восьмой ухаживал за своей маленькой Анной). People in Buckinghamshire would have come upon them unexpectedly (люди в Бакингемшире наталкивались на них неожиданно) when they were mooning round Windsor and Wraysbury, and have exclaimed, "Oh! you here!" (когда те бродили в Виндзоре и Рэйсбери, и восклицали «А, вы здесь!») and Henry would have blushed and said, "Yes; he'd just come over to see a man;" (а Генрих краснел и говорил: «Да, я только что приехал повидаться с одним человеком») and Anne would have said, "Oh, I'm so glad to see you! Isn't it funny? (а Анна говорила: «Я так рада вас видеть! Разве это не забавно?) I've just met Mr. Henry VIII. in the lane, and he's going the same way I am (я только что встретила мистера Генриха Восьмого на дороге, а он идет в ту же сторону, что и я; lane — узкая дорога, тропинка /особенно между живыми изгородями/; улочка)."
Then those people would have gone away and said to themselves (потом те люди уходили и говорили себе/про себя): "Oh! we'd better get out of here while this billing and cooing is on (лучше убраться отсюда, пока происходит это воркование; to bill and coo — нежничать, ласкать друг друга; ворковать). We'll go down to Kent (поедем в Кент)."
And they would go to Kent, and the first thing they would see in Kent, when they got there (и они отправлялись в Кент, и первое, что они видели в Кенте, когда добирались туда), would be Henry and Anne fooling round Hever Castle (были Генрих с Анной, гулявшие вокруг замка Хивер; to fool round — дурачиться; болтаться без дела).
"Oh, drat this (черт возьми)!" they would have said. "Here, let's go away (эй, давайте уедем). I can't stand any more of it (не могу больше выносить это). Let's go to St. Albans — nice quiet place, St. Albans (давайте поедем в Сент-Олбенс — милое тихое местечко)."
Buckinghamshire ['bkm] castle ['k:sl]
It must have been much like this when that foolish boy Henry VIII. was courting his little Anne. People in Buckinghamshire would have come upon them unexpectedly when they were mooning round Windsor and Wraysbury, and have exclaimed, "Oh! you here!" and Henry would have blushed and said, "Yes; he'd just come over to see a man;" and Anne would have said, "Oh, I'm so glad to see you! Isn't it funny? I've just met Mr. Henry VIII. in the lane, and he's going the same way I am."
Then those people would have gone away and said to themselves: "Oh! we'd better get out of here while this billing and cooing is on. We'll go down to Kent."
And they would go to Kent, and the first thing they would see in Kent, when they got there, would be Henry and Anne fooling round Hever Castle.
"Oh, drat this!" they would have said. "Here, let's go away. I can't stand any more of it. Let's go to St. Albans — nice quiet place, St. Albans."
And when they reached St. Albans, there would be that wretched couple, kissing under the Abbey walls (а когда они достигали Сент-Олбенса, там была эта несчастная пара, целующаяся под стенами аббатства). Then these folks would go and be pirates until the marriage was over (тогда эти люди уходили и становились пиратами /до того времени/, пока не окончится свадьба).