Копи царя Соломона. Английский язык с Г. Р. Хаггардом.
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together [tq'geDq], opposite ['OpqzIt], question ['kwesC(q)n], answer ['Q:nsq]
Captain Good and I went down to dinner together, and there we found Sir Henry Curtis already seated. He and Captain Good sat together, and I sat opposite to them. The captain and I soon got into talk about shooting and what not, he asking me many questions, and I answering as well as I could. Presently he got on to elephants.
"Ah, sir," called out somebody who was sitting near me (громко сказал кто-то /из/ сидевших рядом со мной; to call out — выкрикивать, кричать), "you've got to the right man for that (вы обратились с этими вопросами
sir [sq:, sq], near [nIq], elephant ['elIfqnt]
"Ah, sir," called out somebody who was sitting near me, "you've got to the right man for that; Hunter Quatermain should be able to tell you about elephants if anybody can."
Sir Henry, who had been sitting quite quiet listening to our talk, started visibly (сэр Генри, который до этого сидел /совершенно/ молча, прислушиваясь к нашему разговору, заметно вздрогнул; quiet — тихий, бесшумный; молчащий; to start — отправляться, пускаться в путь; вздрагивать, пугаться).
"Excuse me, sir (простите меня, сэр)," he said, leaning forward across the table (сказал он, наклоняясь /вперед/ через стол), and speaking in a low, deep voice (и говорил /он/ тихим, низким голосом; low — низкий, невысокий; тихий, негромкий; deep — глубокий; низкий, полный/о звуке, голосе/), a very suitable voice, it seemed to me, to come out of those great lungs (очень подходящим голосом, как мне показалось, для того, чтобы исходить из таких огромных легких). "Excuse me, sir, but is your name Allan Quatermain (простите меня, сэр, но вас зовут: «ваше имя» Аллан Квотермейн)?"
quite [kwaIt], quiet ['kwaIqt], visibly ['vIzqblI], suitable ['sju:tqbl], lung [lAN]
Sir Henry, who had been sitting quite quiet listening to our talk, started visibly.
"Excuse me, sir," he said, leaning forward across the table, and speaking in a low, deep voice, a very suitable voice, it seemed to me, to come out of those great lungs. "Excuse me, sir, but is your name Allan Quatermain?"
I said it was (я ответил утвердительно: «я сказал, что меня так зовут»). The big man made no further remark (этот высокий человек больше ничего не сказал: «не сделал ни одного дальнейшего замечания»), but I heard him mutter "fortunate" into his beard (но я услышал, как он пробормотал: "/какая/ удача" /в свою бороду/; fortunate— счастливый, удачливый).
Presently dinner came to an end (вскоре ужин подошел к концу), and as we were leaving the saloon Sir Henry came up and asked me (и когда мы выходили из кают-компании, сэр Генри подошел ко мне и спросил; saloon— бар, питейное заведение; мор. салон, кают-компания) if I would come into his cabin and smoke a pipe (не пройду ли я в его каюту и не выкурю ли /с ним/ по трубке; cabin— хижина, лачуга; каюта, салон).
further ['fq:Dq], fortunate ['fO:CnIt], beard [bIqd], presently ['prezntlI], saloon [sq'lu:n], cabin ['kxbIn]
I said it was. The big man made no further remark, but I heard him mutter "fortunate" into his beard.
Presently dinner came to an end, and as we were leaving the saloon Sir Henry came up and asked me if I would come into his cabin and smoke a pipe.
I accepted, and he led the way to the Dunkeld deck cabin (я принял /его приглашение/, и он повел меня за собой в каюту,
accept [qk'sept], swell [swel], coast [kqust], partition [pQ:'tIS(q)n], steward ['stju:qd], whiskey ['wIskI]
I accepted, and he led the way to the Dunkeld deck cabin, and a very good cabin it was. It had been two cabins, but when Sir Garnet, or one of those big swells, went down the coast in the Dunkeld they had knocked away the partition and never put it up again. There was a sofa in the cabin, and a little table in front of it. Sir Henry sent the steward for a bottle of whiskey, and the three of us sat down and lit our pipes.
"Mr. Quatermain," said Sir Henry Curtis, when the steward had brought the whiskey and lit the lamp (сказал сэр Генри Куртис, когда стюард принес виски и зажег лампу), "the year before last, about this time (в позапрошлом году, примерно в это же время; about — зд. указывает на приблизительность: около, приблизительно), you were, I believe, at a place called Bamangwato, to the north of the Transvaal[10] (вы были, я полагаю, в местечке под названием Бамангвато, что к северу от Трансвааля; to believe — верить; думать, полагать, считать; place — место; населенный пункт, город, местечко)."
"I was (/да/, я был)," I answered (ответил я), rather surprised that this gentleman should be so well acquainted with my movements (довольно удивленный тем, что этот джентльмен настолько хорошо знаком с моими передвижениями; to acquaint — знакомить; acquainted — знакомый с чем-либо, с кем-либо; to move — двигаться, передвигаться, перемещаться; movement — движение; передвижение, перемещение), which were not, so far as I was aware, considered of general interest (которые, насколько мне было известно, не представляли большого интереса для общественности; aware — знающий, осведомленный; to consider — рассматривать, обсуждать; general — общий, всеобщий; широкий, повсеместный; interest — интерес; значение).
surprise [sq'praIz], acquaint [q'kweInt], aware [q'weq], considered [kqn'sIdqd]
"Mr. Quatermain," said Sir Henry Curtis, when the steward had brought the whiskey and lit the lamp, "the year before last, about this time, you were, I believe, at a place called Bamangwato, to the north of the Transvaal."
"I was," I answered, rather surprised that this gentleman should be so well acquainted with my movements, which were not, so far as I was aware, considered of general interest.