Английский язык с Р.Л.Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ
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resumed [rɪ`zju:md] girdle [gə:dl] draught [drɔ:t] anxiety [æŋ`zaɪətɪ]
“Doctor, you will take the door,” he resumed. “See, and don’t expose yourself; keep within, and fire through the porch. Hunter, take the east side, there. Joyce, you stand by the west, my man. Mr. Trelawney, you are the best shot — you and Gray will take this long north side, with the five loopholes; it’s there the danger is. If they can get up to it, and fire in upon us through our own ports, things would begin to look dirty. Hawkins, neither you nor I are much account at the shooting we’ll stand by to load and bear a hand.”
As the captain had said, the chill was past. As soon as the sun had climbed above our girdle of trees, it fell with all its force upon the clearing, and drank up the vapours at draught. Soon the sand was baking, and the resin melting in the logs of the block-house. Jackets and coats were flung aside; shirts thrown open at the neck, and rolled up to the shoulders; and we stood there, each at his post, in a fever of heat and anxiety.
An hour passed away (час прошел).
“Hang them (черт бы их побрал)!” said the captain (сказал капитан). “This is as dull as the doldrums (это скучно, словно в штиль; doldrums — дурное настроение; экваториальная штилевая полоса). Gray, whistle for a wind (Грей, посвисти-ка; to whistle for a wind — выжидать удобного случая, ждать у моря погоды).”
And just at that moment came the first news of the attack (и как раз в этот миг пришло первое известие об атаке).
“If you please, sir (разрешите /спросить/, сэр),” said Joyce, “if I see anyone am I to fire (если я кого-нибудь увижу, я должен стрелять)?”
“I told you so (я сказал тебе так = именно так)!” cried the captain (крикнул капитан).
“Thank you, sir (спасибо, сэр),” returned Joyce, with the same quiet civility (ответил Джойс с той же спокойной вежливостью).
doldrums [`dɔldrəmz] quiet [`kwaɪət] civility [sɪ`vɪlɪtɪ]
An hour passed away.
“Hang them!” said the captain. “This is as dull as the doldrums. Gray, whistle for a wind.”
And just at that moment came the first news of the attack.
“If you please, sir,” said Joyce, “if I see anyone am I to fire?”
“I told you so!” cried the captain.
“Thank you, sir,” returned Joyce, with the same quiet civility.
Nothing followed for a time (ничего не последовало в течение некоторого времени); but the remark had set us all on the alert (но замечание /Джойса/ заставило нас всех насторожиться; on the alert — бдительный, осмотрительный, внимательный), straining ears and eyes (напрягая уши и глаза) — the musketeers with their pieces balanced in their hands (мушкетеры со своими мушкетами, уравновешенными в руках = стрелки держали мушкеты наготове; piece — кусок; винтовка, огневое средство; to balance — балансировать, уравновесить), the captain out in the middle of the block-house (капитан /стоял/ посреди сруба), with his mouth very tight and frown on his face (сжав губы и нахмурив лоб; tight — плотный, сжатый; frown — хмурый взгляд, сдвинутые брови).
So some seconds passed (так прошло несколько секунд), till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired (пока вдруг Джойс не вскинул свой мушкет и не выстрелил; to whip up — хватать, выхватывать). The report had scarcely died away (звук выстрела едва замер) ere it was repeated and repeated from without in a scattering volley (прежде чем был повторен снаружи рассыпающимся залпом = нас стали обстреливать), shot behind shot, like a string of geese (выстрел /следовал/ за выстрелом, как вереница гусей), from every side of the enclosure (со всех сторон частокола). Several bullets struck the log-house (несколько пуль попало в сруб), but not one entered (но ни одна не проникла внутрь); and, as the smoke cleared away and vanished (и когда дым рассеялся и исчез), the stockade and the woods around it looked as quiet and empty as before (частокол и лес вокруг него выглядели так же тихо и безлюдно, как и прежде; empty — пустой, необитаемый, незанятый). Not a bough waved (ни одна ветка не качалась), not the gleam of a musket-barrel betrayed the presence of our foes (не было даже отблеска мушкетного ствола, /который/ выдавал бы присутствие наших врагов).
аlert [ə`lə:t] scarcely [`skeəslɪ] bough [bau] betrayed [bɪ`treɪd] foes [fəuz]
Nothing followed for a time; but the remark had set us all on the alert, straining ears and eyes — the musketeers with their pieces balanced in their hands, the captain out in the middle of the block-house, with his mouth very tight and frown on his face.
So some seconds passed, till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired. The report had scarcely died away ere it was repeated and repeated from without in a scattering volley, shot behind shot, like a string of geese, from every side of the enclosure. Several bullets struck the log-house, but not one entered; and, as the smoke cleared away and vanished, the stockade and the woods around it looked as quiet and empty as before. Not a bough waved, not the gleam of a musket-barrel betrayed the presence of our foes.
“Did you hit your man (ты попал с кого стрелял: «своего человека»)?” asked the captain.
“No, sir (нет, сэр),” replied Joyce (ответил Джойс). “I believe not, sir (думаю, нет, сэр).”
“Next best thing to tell the truth (и то хорошо: «следующая лучшая вещь», что говоришь правду),” muttered Captain Smollett (пробормотал капитан Смоллетт). “Load his gun, Hawkins (заряди его мушкет, Хокинс). How many should you say there were on your side, doctor (сколько, как вы считаете: «вы бы сказали», было /выстрелов/ на вашей стороне, доктор)?”
“I know precisely (знаю точно),” said Dr. Livesey (сказал доктор Ливси). “Three shots were fired on this side (три выстрела было сделано в эту сторону). I saw the three flashes (я видел три вспышки) — two close together (две близко друг от друга) — one farther to the west (одна — дальше, к западу).”
“Three!” repeated the captain (повторил капитан). “And how many on yours, Mr. Trelawney (а сколько на вашей /стороне/, мистер Трелони)?”