Английский язык с Р.Л.Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ (ASCII-IPA)
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He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose; and he was hunched, as if with age or weakness, and wore a huge old tattered sea-cloak with a hood, that made him appeal positively deformed. I never saw in my life a more dreadful looking figure. He stopped a little from the inn, and, raising his voice in an odd sing-song, addressed the air in front of him: —
“Will any kind friend inform a poor blind man (не сообщит ли какой-нибудь добрый друг бедному слепому человеку), who has lost the precious sight of his eyes in the gracious defence of his native country, England (который
“You are at the ‘Admiral Benbow’ (вы находитесь возле /трактира/ «Адмирал Бенбоу»), Black Hill Cove, my good man (в бухте Черного Холма, мой добрый человек),” said I.
“I hear a voice (я слышу голос),” said he — “a young voice (молодой голос). Will you give me your hand, my kind, young friend, and lead me in (вы дадите мне руку, мой добрый юный друг, и проведете меня внутрь /дома/)?”
blind [blaInd] precious [`preSqs] gracious [`greISqs] country [`kAntrI]
“Will any kind friend inform a poor blind man, who has lost the precious sight of his eyes in the gracious defence of his native country, England, and God bless King George! — where or in what part of this country he may now be?”
“You are at the ‘Admiral Benbow,’ Black Hill Cove, my good man,” said I.
“I hear a voice,” said he — “a young voice. Will you give me your hand, my kind, young friend, and lead me in?”
I held out my hand (я протянул свою руку), and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature (и ужасное, с вкрадчивым голосом, безглазое существо; soft-spoken — мягкий, тихий, учтивый) gripped it in a moment like a vice (схватило ее тотчас, точно клещами; vice — клещи, тиски). I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw (я был так напуган, что попытался вырваться; to struggle — бороться, стараться; to withdraw — отдернуть /руку/, удаляться); but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm (но слепой притянул меня близко к себе единственным действием = одним движением руки).
“Now, boy (теперь, мальчик),” he said, “take me in to the captain (веди меня к капитану).”
“Sir (сэр),” said I, “upon my word I dare not (честное слово, я не смею)…”
“Oh,” he sneered (он усмехнулся), “that’s it (вот как)! Take me in straight (веди меня немедленно; straight — прямо, точно, сразу), or I’ll break your arm (или я сломаю тебе руку).”
сreature [`krJCq] vice [vaIs] withdraw [wID`drL] straight [streIt]
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vice. I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw; but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
“Now, boy,” he said, “take me in to the captain.”
“Sir,” said I, “upon my word I dare not.”
“Oh,” he sneered, “that’s it! Take me in straight, or I’ll break your arm.”
And he gave it, as he spoke, a wrench that made me cry out (и
“Sir,” said I, “it is for yourself I mean (это /опасно/ для вас, я имею в виду). The captain is not what he used to be (капитан /теперь/ не тот, которым он был раньше). He sits with a drawn cutlass (он сидит с обнаженным кортиком). Another gentleman (один джентльмен) —”
“Come, now, march (живо, марш),” interrupted he (перебил он); and I never heard a voice so cruel, and cold, and ugly as that blind man’s (и я никогда не слыхал такого жестокого, холодного и противного голоса, как у этого слепого). It cowed me more than the pain (он напугал меня больше, чем боль); and I began to obey him at once (и я начал подчиняться ему сразу же), walking straight in at the door and towards the parlour (входя прямиком в дверь и /направляясь/ к залу; towards — по направлению, к, на), where our sick old buccaneer was sitting, dazed with rum (где наш больной старый пират сидел, одурманенный ромом; to daze — изумлять, поражать, ошеломлять). The blind man clung close to me (слепой прицепился ко мне; to cling — прилипнуть, прицепиться), holding me in one iron fist (держа меня в одном железном кулаке = стальными пальцами), and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry (и навалясь почти большим своим весом на меня, чем я мог вынести = навалясь так, что я еле держался на ногах; to lean — прислоняться, опираться; to carry — нести, выдержать).
“Lead me straight up to him (веди меня прямо к нему), and when I’m in view (и когда я /буду/ в пределах видимости = когда он меня увидит), cry out, ‘Here’s a friend for you, Bill (крикни: «Вот друг ваш, Билл»).’ If you don’t, I’ll do this (если не крикнешь, я сделаю это);”
wrench [renC] buccaneer [bAkq`nIq] weight [weIt] view [vjH]
And he gave it, as he spoke, a wrench that made me cry out.
“Sir,” said I, “it is for yourself I mean. The captain is not what he used to be. He sits with a drawn cutlass. Another gentleman —”
“Come, now, march,” interrupted he; and I never heard a voice so cruel, and cold, and ugly as that blind man’s. It cowed me more than the pain; and I began to obey him at once, walking straight in at the door and towards the parlour, where our sick old buccaneer was sitting, dazed with rum. The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist, and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.