Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море
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sink [sINk], considerably [kqn'sIdqrqblI], fair [feq]
I'm tireder than I have ever been, he thought, and now the trade wind is rising. But that will be good to take him in with. I need that badly.
"I'll rest on the next turn as he goes out," he said. "I feel much better. Then in two or three turns more I will have him."
His straw hat was far on the back of his head and he sank down into the bow with the pull of the line as he felt the fish turn.
You work now, fish, he thought. I'll take you at the turn.
The sea had risen considerably. But it was a fair-weather breeze and he had to have it to get home.
"I'll just steer south and west (буду
It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first (рыбу он увидел впервые на третьем круге).
He saw him first as a dark shadow (он увидел ее сначала как темную тень) that took so long to pass under the boat (которая так долго проходила под лодкой: «взяла так долго = столь долгое время, чтобы пройти…») that he could not believe its length (что он не мог поверить в ее размеры: «длину»).
"No," he said. "He can't be that big (она не может быть настолько большой)."
But he was that big (но она была настолько большой) and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away (и под конец круга она всплыла на поверхность всего в тридцати ярдах от лодки) and the man saw his tail out of water (и старик увидел ее хвост, /высунувшийся/ из воды). It was higher than a big scythe blade (он был больше: «выше» большого серпа) and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water (и был бледно-лиловым над темной голубой водой = и над темной водой казался бледно-лиловым). It raked back (он отклонился назад; to rake — отклоняться) and as the fish swam just below the surface (и когда рыба проплывала прямо у поверхности) the old man could see his huge bulk (старик увидел ее огромное тело) and the purple stripes that banded him (и фиолетовые полоски, которые опоясывали ее /тело/). His dorsal fin was down (ее спинные плавники были опущены) and his huge pectorals were spread wide (а огромные грудные плавники были широко раскинуты).
steer [stIq], island ['aIlqnd], pectoral ['pektqrql]
"I'll just steer south and west," he said. "A man is never lost at sea and it is a long island."
It was on the third turn that he saw the fish first.
He saw him first as a dark shadow that took so long to pass under the boat that he could not believe its length.
"No," he said. "He can't be that big."
But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water. It was higher than a big scythe blade and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water. It raked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and the purple stripes that banded him. His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.
On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye (на этом круге старик увидел глаз рыбы) and the two gray sucking fish that swain around him (и двух серых рыб-прилипал, которые кружили вокруг нее; swain — деревенский парень; крестьянин, сельский житель; пастух, пастушок; обожатель, поклонник). Sometimes they attached themselves to him (иногда они прилеплялись к ней; to attach — прикреплять). Sometimes they darted off (иногда бросались прочь; to dart off — срываться с места; dart — стрела, легкое копье, дротик). Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow (иногда они свободно плыли в ее тени). They were each over three feet long (каждая была длиною более трех футов) and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels (и
The old man was sweating now (старик сейчас потел) but from something else besides the sun (но не только от солнца: «но от чего-то другого, помимо солнца»). On each calm placid turn the fish made (на каждом круге, который рыба делала спокойно и безмятежно; placid — безмятежный, мирный) he was gaining line (он забирал лесу) and he was sure that in two turns more (и был уверен, что еще через два круга) he would have a chance to get the harpoon in (он сможет всадить в нее гарпун).
But I must get him close (но я должен подпустить ее близко), close, close, he thought. I mustn't try for the head (нельзя пробовать попасть в голову). I must get the heart (я должен попасть в сердце).
"Be calm and strong (будь спокойным и сильным), old man," he said.
swain [sweIn], attach [q'txC], eel [Jl], placid ['plxsId]
On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye and the two gray sucking fish that swain around him. Sometimes they attached themselves to him. Sometimes they darted off. Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow. They were each over three feet long and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels.
The old man was sweating now but from something else besides the sun. On each calm placid turn the fish made he was gaining line and he was sure that in two turns more he would have a chance to get the harpoon in.
But I must get him close, close, close, he thought. I mustn't try for the head. I must get the heart.
"Be calm and strong, old man," he said.
On the next circle the fish's back was out (на следующем круге спина рыбы показалась над водой) but he was a little too far from the boat (но она была немного дальше от лодки /чем хотелось бы/). On the next circle he was still too far away (на следующем круге она все еще была слишком далеко) but he was higher out of water (но она сильнее возвышалась над водой) and the old man was sure that by gaining some more line he could have him alongside (и старик был уверен, что, забрав еще немного лесы, он сможет подтянуть ее к борту; alongside — неподалеку, поблизости; вдоль /чего-либо/; у борта).
He had rigged his harpoon long before (он подготовил гарпун задолго до этого; to rig — оснащать; rig — мор. оснастка) and its coil of light rope was in a round basket (и его /гарпуна/ моток тонкой веревки был в круглой корзине) and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow (и конец был привязан к кнехту на носу лодки).
The fish was coming in on his circle now (рыба приближалась, делая свой круг) calm and beautiful looking (спокойная и прекрасная) and only his great tail moving (и только ее огромный хвост двигался). The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer (старик потянул ее изо всех сил, чтобы подтянуть ее поближе). For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side (на какое-то мгновение рыба слегка завалилась на бок). Then he straightened himself and began another circle (затем выпрямилась и начала очередной круг).
"I moved him (я сдвинул ее)," the old man said. "I moved him then (я все-таки сдвинул ее)."
harpoon [hQ:'pu:n], tail [teIl], move [mHv]
On the next circle the fish's back was out but he was a little too far from the boat. On the next circle he was still too far away but he was higher out of water and the old man was sure that by gaining some more line he could have him alongside.
He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow.