Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо (в пересказе для детей)
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I told him that I was not angry, and asked him what he meant.
"Not angry! not angry!" he cried. "Then why do you want to send Friday away to his old home?"
"Why, Friday," I said, "didn't you say that you wished you were there?"
"Yes, yes," said he. "Friday wishes both were there, but not Friday without his master."
"But what would I do there?" I asked. "I could do nothing."
"Oh, yes, master," he answered very quickly, "You could do much. You could teach wild mans to be tame, to know God, to live right. You could do much."
"No, Friday," I said. "You shall go without me. Leave me here to live by myself as I did before."
He looked very sad. Then all at once he ran and picked up a hatchet. He brought it and gave it to me.
"What shall I do with this?" I asked.
"You take it. Kill Friday," he said.
"Indeed," I said, "and why shall I do that?"
"Then why do you send Friday away?" he said "Better kill than send away."
The tears stood in his eyes as he spoke. I saw that he loved me and would always stand by me.
So I told him that I would never, never send him away, and that he should always stay with me.
You should have seen his eyes brighten.
I MAKE A NEW BOAT
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I MADE up my mind to begin the new boat at once (я решил начать /строить/ новую лодку).
So, the next day (поэтому, на следующий день), I went with Friday to find a good tree (я отправился с Пятницей найти хорошее дерево).
There were trees enough on the island to build a fleet (на острове было достаточно деревьев, чтобы построить флот). But, I must find one that was close to the water (но я должен был найти такое, что было близко к воде), so that we could launch the boat when it was made (чтобы мы смогли спустить лодку на воду, когда она будет готова; to launch — спускать судно на воду).
At last Friday found one (наконец Пятница нашел /такое/ дерево). He knew, better than I (он лучше меня знал), what kind of wood was best for making a boat (какой вид дерева был лучшим для создания лодки).
It was an odd-looking tree (это было странное: «странно выглядящее» дерево; odd — нечетный; чуждый, необычный, странный), and to this day I do not know its name (и по сей день я не знаю его названия).
Friday chopped it down (Пятница срубил его). He cut off a part of it for the boat (он отрубил часть его для лодки).
He wished to build a fire on the top of it (он захотел разжечь огонь на его верхней части) and thus burn out the hollow part of the boat (и таким образом выжечь полую часть лодки).
But I showed him a better way (но я показал ему лучший способ =
In about a month it was finished (примерно через месяц она /лодка/ была закончена). With our axes (нашими топорами) we cut and hewed the outside till it was in a very good shape (мы резали и рубили наружную часть, пока она не приняла очень хорошую форму).
Then we worked hard for two weeks to get the boat into the water (затем мы тяжело трудились в течение двух недель, чтобы доставить лодку в воду).
But when she was in (но когда она оказалась в воде), how well she floated (как хорошо она поплыла)! She would have carried at least twenty men (она могла бы везти самое малое двадцать человек).
It was wonderful (было удивительно) how well Friday could manage her (как хорошо Пятница мог управлять ею). It was wonderful how fast he could paddle (как быстро он мог грести).
"Now, Friday (а теперь, Пятница)," I said, "do you think she will carry us over the sea (как ты думаешь, она перевезет нас через море)?"
"Yes, master," he said, "she will carry us even in the worst wind (даже при самом худшем ветре)."
My next care was to make a mast and a sail (моей следующей заботой было сделать мачту и парус), and to fit the boat with an anchor and a rudder (и оборудовать лодку якорем и рулем).
It was easy enough to get the mast (было довольно легко раздобыть мачту). I had Friday cut down a tall young cedar (я приказал Пятнице срубить высокий молодой кедр; to cut — резать; рубить, валить /лес/; to cut down — рубить /деревья/) that grew near the place (который рос неподалеку: «близко к этому месту»).
He shaped it and smoothed it (он придал ему форму и сровнял), and made as pretty a mast as you would wish to see (и сделал такую красивую мачту, какую бы вы /только/ хотели видеть = что лучше некуда).
As for the sail, that was another thing (что касается паруса, это было другое дело). I had old sails (у меня были старые паруса), or pieces of old sails (или = точнее, куски старых парусов) in plenty (в изобилии: «в полноте»).
But they had been lying in this place and in that for six and twenty years (но они лежали то тут, то там в течение двадцати шести лет). It would be a wonder if they were not all rotten (было бы чудом, если бы они не оказались все гнилыми).