Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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The washerwoman at Streatley said she felt she owed it to herself to charge us just three times the usual prices for that wash (прачка в Стритли сказала, что считает себя просто обязанной: «должна себе самой /так сделать/» взять с нас в три раза больше, чем обычная цена = тройную цену за эту стирку). She said it had not been like washing, it had been more in the nature of excavating (она сказала, это походило не столько на стирку, сколько на раскопки; in the nature of — в виде, своего рода; to excavate — копать, рыть; производить раскопки).
We paid the bill without a murmur (мы заплатили по счету безропотно).
The neighbourhood of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre (окрестности
murmur ['m:m] gudgeon ['n]
The washerwoman at Streatley said she felt she owed it to herself to charge us just three times the usual prices for that wash. She said it had not been like washing, it had been more in the nature of excavating.
We paid the bill without a murmur.
The neighbourhood of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre. There is some excellent fishing to be had here. The river abounds in pike, roach, dace, gudgeon, and eels, just here; and you can sit and fish for them all day.
Some people do (некоторые люди /так/ и делают). They never catch them (они вовсе ничего не могут поймать). I never knew anybody catch anything, up the Thames, except minnows and dead cats (я никогда не видел, чтобы кто-нибудь поймал что-нибудь на Темзе, кроме разной мелочи и дохлых кошек; minnow — гольян /рыба/; мелкая рыбешка, мелюзга), but that has nothing to do, of course, with fishing (но это, конечно, не имеет никакого отношения к рыбалке)! The local fisherman's guide doesn't say a word about catching anything (местный путеводитель рыбака ни слова не говорит о поимке чего-нибудь = какой-нибудь рыбы). All it says is the place is "a good station for fishing (все, что он говорит — это место «хорошо для рыбной ловли»; station — место/положение/, пункт);" and, from what I have seen of the district, I am quite prepared to bear out this statement (и, /судя/ по тому, что я видел в этой округе, я вполне готов поддержать это утверждение; to bear out — подтверждать, подкреплять).
There is no spot in the world where you can get more fishing, or where you can fish for a longer period (нет такого места в мире, где можно получить больше рыбной ловли = где можно предаваться рыбной ловле больше или где можно рыбачить в течение более длительного времени). Some fishermen come here and fish for a day, and others stop and fish for a month (одни рыболовы приезжают сюда и рыбачат один день, другие остаются и удят месяц). You can hang on and fish for a year, if you want to: it will be all the same (вы можете задержаться и рыбачить /целый/ год, если хотите — разницы не будет: «будет все то же самое»; to hang on — крепко держаться, упорствовать; ждать; all the same — все равно, безразлично).
district ['dstrkt] guide [ad]
Some people do. They never catch them. I never knew anybody catch anything, up the Thames, except minnows and dead cats, but that has nothing to do, of course, with fishing! The local fisherman's guide doesn't say a word about catching anything. All it says is the place is "a good station for fishing;" and, from what I have seen of the district, I am quite prepared to bear out this statement.
There is no spot in the world where you can get more fishing, or where you can fish for a longer period. Some fishermen come here and fish for a day, and others stop and fish for a month. You can hang on and fish for a year, if you want to: it will be all the same.
The Angler's Guide to the Thames says that "jack and perch are also to be had about here («Путеводитель
I am not a good fisherman myself (сам я неважный рыболов). I devoted a considerable amount of attention to the subject at one time (я посвящал значительную часть внимания этому делу одно время), and was getting on, as I thought, fairly well (и делал успехи в нем, как полагал, довольно неплохие); but the old hands told me that I should never be any real good at it, and advised me to give it up (но старые рыбаки сказали мне, что я никогда не стану действительно хорош в этом занятии, и посоветовали мне бросить его). They said that I was an extremely neat thrower (они сказали, что я чрезвычайно искусный метатель = замечательно закидываю удочку; neat — чистый, аккуратный; искусный, ловкий), and that I seemed to have plenty of gumption for the thing, and quite enough constitutional laziness (что, кажется, я обладаю большой сообразительностью для этого дела и у меня вдоволь врожденной лености). But they were sure I should never make anything of a fisherman (но они были уверены, что я никогда не стану рыболовом). I had not got sufficient imagination (у меня не было достаточно воображения).
extremely [k'stri:ml] sufficient [s'fnt]
The Angler's Guide to the Thames says that "jack and perch are also to be had about here," but there the Angler's Guide is wrong. Jack and perch may be about there. Indeed, I know for a fact that they are. You can see them there in shoals, when you are out for a walk along the banks: they come and stand half out of the water with their mouths open for biscuits. And, if you go for a bathe, they crowd round, and get in your way, and irritate you. But they are not to be "had" by a bit of worm on the end of a hook, nor anything like it — not they!
I am not a good fisherman myself. I devoted a considerable amount of attention to the subject at one time, and was getting on, as I thought, fairly well; but the old hands told me that I should never be any real good at it, and advised me to give it up. They said that I was an extremely neat thrower, and that I seemed to have plenty of gumption for the thing, and quite enough constitutional laziness. But they were sure I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination.