Английский язык с Джонатаном Свифтом. Путешествия Гулливера
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struggle ['strAg(q)l], squeeze [skwJz], climbed [klaImd]
He took me in his right paw and held me like a baby. I tried to struggle but he squeezed me so hard I thought it best to lie still. He stroked my face with his other paw. I think he took me for a baby monkey.
Hearing a noise at the door of Glumdalclitch's room, he leaped up to the window and out on the roof. He climbed onto a roof that was next to ours, walking on three paws and holding me in the fourth. I could hear Glumdalclitch screaming behind me as we went through the window.
Within minutes (/уже/ через несколько минут) people seemed to be running in every direction in that part of the palace (люди в этой части дворца, казалось, начали бегать во всех направлениях). Servants brought up ladders (слуги
He sat, still holding me like a baby in one paw (она сидела, все так же держа меня, как младенца, в одной лапе). He was trying to feed me with his other paw (другой лапой она пыталась меня накормить), having squeezed out some filthy meat from his cheek (выдавив из-за щеки какую-то грязную еду). And when I wouldn't eat (а когда/если я отказывался есть) he began patting me (она начинала меня шлепать). The people below couldn't help laughing (люди /стоящие/ внизу не могли сдержать смеха; cannot help doing smth. — быть не в состоянии удержаться от чего-л.) when they saw this (когда они это видели). I don't blame them (я не осуждаю их /за это/) when I think about it now (когда думаю об этом теперь). It was probably a ridiculous sight for everyone except me (вероятно, это было смехотворное зрелище для всех кроме меня).
direction [d(a)I'rekS(q)n], staring ['stFqrIN], filthy ['fIlTI]
Within minutes people seemed to be running in every direction in that part of the palace. Servants brought up ladders. Hundreds of people were standing in the yard below staring up at the monkey.
He sat, still holding me like a baby in one paw. He was trying to feed me with his other paw, having squeezed out some filthy meat from his cheek. And when I wouldn't eat he began patting me. The people below couldn't help laughing when they saw this. I don't blame them when I think about it now. It was probably a ridiculous sight for everyone except me.
Some people began throwing stones (некоторые стали швырять камнями), hoping to force the monkey to climb down (надеясь заставить обезьяну слезть /с крыши/). This was soon stopped (скоро это было запрещено; to stop — останавливать/ся/; прекращать/ся/; пресекать, запрещать). If one of the stones had hit me (если бы один из камней попал в меня; to hit — ударять /по чему-л./; попадать) I could have been killed (я, вероятно, был бы убит). By this time several men had started to climb the ladders (тем временем несколько мужчин /уже/ начали взбираться/подниматься по лестницам). Seeing this and feeling himself surrounded (увидев это и почувствовав себя окруженной), the monkey dropped me on the roof (обезьяна бросила меня на крыше) and ran off (и убежала). There I sat, holding on to the edge of a tile (и вот я там сидел, держась за край черепичной плитки), some five hundred yards from the ground (на высоте около пятисот ярдов от земли). I expected the wind to blow me down any minute (каждую минуту я ожидал, что меня сдует ветер). But one of the young men finally reached me (но наконец один из парней добрался до меня). Putting me into his pocket (положив меня в карман), he brought me safely down again (он благополучно доставил меня вниз).
throw ['TrqV], edge [eG], young [jAN]
Some people began throwing stones, hoping to force the monkey to climb down. This was soon stopped. If one of the stones had hit me I could have been killed. By this time several men had started to climb the ladders. Seeing this and feeling himself surrounded, the monkey dropped me on the roof and ran off. There I sat, holding on to the edge of a tile, some five hundred yards from the ground. I expected the wind to blow me down any minute. But one of the young men finally reached me. Putting me into his pocket, he brought me safely down again.
When it was all over (после того как все закончилось) I had to stay in bed for two weeks (мне пришлось две недели провести в постели). I had been badly bruised by the animal (я был ужасно помят животным; to bruise — ушибать; ставить синяки; помять) and I felt very weak (и
When I was better (когда я выздоровел = по выздоровлении), I went to see the King to thank him (я отправился к королю, чтобы поблагодарить его) for looking after me so well (за то, что обо мне так хорошо заботились). He asked me how it felt to be held in the monkey's paw (он спросил меня, что я чувствовал, находясь в лапе у обезьяны: «каково это — быть удерживаемым в…»), whether I liked the monkey's food (понравилась ли мне обезьянья еда) and whether the fresh air on the roof had given me an appetite (и способствовал ли свежий воздух на крыше моему аппетиту). What would I have done, he wanted to know (он пожелал узнать, что бы я делал), if something like that had happened to me in my own country (если бы нечто подобное случилось со мной на родине).
bruise [brHz], permitted [pq'mItId], appetite ['xpItaIt]
When it was all over I had to stay in bed for two weeks. I had been badly bruised by the animal and I felt very weak. The King and Queen and many other people asked after my health every day. The Queen also came to visit me several times while I lay sick. The monkey was killed and no such animal was permitted in the palace from that time on.
When I was better, I went to see the King to thank him for looking after me so well. He asked me how it felt to be held in the monkey's paw, whether I liked the monkey's food and whether the fresh air on the roof had given me an appetite. What would I have done, he wanted to know, if something like that had happened to me in my own country.
I told him that we had no monkeys in Europe (я рассказал ему, что у нас в Европе нет обезьян) except those brought there from other places (кроме тех, которые привозятся туда из других мест/краев), and these were so small (и они так малы) that I could easily deal with a dozen at a time (что я бы легко справился одновременно с /целой/ дюжиной /их/; to deal with… — иметь дело с /кем-л./; справляться с…) if I had been attacked that way (если бы я был атакован = на меня напали подобным образом). I didn't want the King to doubt my courage (я не хотел, чтобы король сомневался в моей смелости), so I put my hand on the hilt of my sword (поэтому/и я положил руку на рукоятку своей сабли) as I spoke, telling him in a very firm voice (заявив /при этом/ очень твердым/решительным голосом: «когда говорил, утверждая/заявляя ему…») that it would of course have been better (что, конечно, было бы = все вышло бы лучше) if I had remembered to draw my sword (если бы я вспомнил = не забыл о своей сабле: «вынуть /из ножен/ свою саблю») when the monkey put his paw into my bedroom box (когда обезьяна просунула лапу в мой спальный ящик). Had I wounded him (если б я ее ранил; had I wounded = if I had wounded), he might have gone away (она могла бы убежать = она, возможно, убежала бы). This speech, however, only made the King laugh loudly at me (и все же эта речь вызвала лишь громкий смех короля: «заставила короля громко рассмеяться надо мной») and most of the courtiers joined in (и большинство придворных присоединились /к нему/).
dozen ['dAz(q)n], courage ['kArIG], wounded ['wHndId]
I told him that we had no monkeys in Europe except those brought there from other places, and these were so small that I could easily deal with a dozen at a time if I had been attacked that way. I didn't want the King to doubt my courage, so I put my hand on the hilt of my sword as I spoke, telling him in a very firm voice that it would of course have been better if I had remembered to draw my sword when the monkey put his paw into my bedroom box. Had I wounded him, he might have gone away. This speech, however, only made the King laugh loudly at me and most of the courtiers joined in.