Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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Then our porter said he thought that must be it on the high-level platform (потом наш носильщик сказал, что думает, /наш/ поезд находится на верхней платформе; high-level — высоко расположенный, надземный; level — уровень); said he thought he knew the train (сказал, что, кажется, узнает этот поезд). So we went to the high-level platform, and saw the engine-driver (и мы пошли к верхней платформе и увидели машиниста; to see; engine-driver: engine — машина, двигатель; локомотив; driver — водитель, машинист), and asked him if he was going to Kingston (спросили его, едет ли он в Кингстон). He said he couldn't say for certain of course (он
authorities [:'rtz] engine ['enn] confident ['knfdnt]
To put an end to the matter, we went upstairs, and asked the traffic superintendent, and he told us that he had just met a man, who said he had seen it at number three platform. We went to number three platform, but the authorities there said that they rather thought that train was the Southampton express, or else the Windsor loop. But they were sure it wasn't the Kingston train, though why they were sure it wasn't they couldn't say.
Then our porter said he thought that must be it on the high-level platform; said he thought he knew the train. So we went to the high-level platform, and saw the engine-driver, and asked him if he was going to Kingston. He said he couldn't say for certain of course, but that he rather thought he was. Anyhow, if he wasn't the 11.5 for Kingston, he said he was pretty confident he was the 9.32 for Virginia Water, or the 10 a.m. express for the Isle of Wight, or somewhere in that direction, and we should all know when we got there. We slipped half-a-crown into his hand, and begged him to be the 11.5 for Kingston.
"Nobody will ever know, on this line (никто никогда не узнает на этой линии)," we said, "what you are, or where you're going (кто вы и куда направляетесь). You know the way, you slip off quietly and go to Kingston (вы знаете дорогу, ускользните тихо и поезжайте в Кингстон)."
"Well, I don't know, gents (ну, не знаю, джентльмены; gent = gentleman)," replied the noble fellow (ответил благородный человек; fellow — приятель, товарищ, коллега, собрат), "but I suppose some train's got to go to Kingston (но полагаю, какой-нибудь поезд должен идти в Кингстон); and I'll do it (я это сделаю). Gimme the half-crown (давайте полкроны; gimme = give me)."
Thus we got to Kingston by the London and South-Western Railway (таким образом мы добрались до Кингстона по Лондонской Юго-Западной железной дороге).
We learnt, afterwards, that the train we had come by was really the Exeter mail (мы узнали впоследствии, что поезд, на котором мы прибыли, был
half-crown [,h:f'kraun] London ['lndn]
"Nobody will ever know, on this line," we said, "what you are, or where you're going. You know the way, you slip off quietly and go to Kingston."
"Well, I don't know, gents," replied the noble fellow, "but I suppose some train's got to go to Kingston; and I'll do it. Gimme the half-crown."
Thus we got to Kingston by the London and South-Western Railway.
We learnt, afterwards, that the train we had come by was really the Exeter mail, and that they had spent hours at Waterloo, looking for it, and nobody knew what had become of it.
Our boat was waiting for us at Kingston just below bridge (наша лодка ждала нас в Кингстоне чуть ниже моста), and to it we wended our way, and round it we stored our luggage, and into it we stepped (к ней мы держали путь, погрузили наш багаж и сели в нее; to wend — отправляться; идти; уходить; to store — хранить, запасать, наполнять; to step into — входить; садиться).
"Are you all right, sir (все в порядке, сэр)?" said the man.
"Right it is (в порядке)," we answered (ответили мы); and with Harris at the sculls and I at the tiller-lines (Гаррис на веслах, я на руле; tiller-line — штуртрос), and Montmorency, unhappy and deeply suspicious, in the prow (и Монморенси, несчастный и глубоко подозрительный, на носу), out we shot on to the waters which, for a fortnight, were to be our home (стремительно поплыли по реке: «вылетели к водам, на воду», которая на две недели должна была стать нашим домом; to shoot out — выскакивать, вылетать).
suspicious [s'sps] prow [prau]
Our boat was waiting for us at Kingston just below bridge, and to it we wended our way, and round it we stored our luggage, and into it we stepped.
"Are you all right, sir?" said the man.
"Right it is," we answered; and with Harris at the sculls and I at the tiller-lines, and Montmorency, unhappy and deeply suspicious, in the prow, out we shot on to the waters which, for a fortnight, were to be our home.
CHAPTER VI
(глава шестая)
Kingston. — Instructive remarks on early English history (поучительные заметки по ранней английской истории; instructive — поучительный, полезный; remark — замечание, пометка, наблюдение). — Instructive observations on carved oak and life in general (полезные замечания о резном дубе и жизни вообще; observation — наблюдение, замечание). — Sad case of Stivvings, junior (печальная история Стиввингса-младшего). — Musings on antiquity (размышления о древности). — I forget that I am steering (я забываю, что правлю рулем). — Interesting result (интересный результат). — Hampton Court Maze (Хэмптон-Кортский лабиринт). — Harris as a guide (Гаррис в качестве проводника; guide — проводник, гид; экскурсовод).