Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки
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George said why could not we be always like this (Джордж спросил, почему мы не можем всегда быть такими) — away from the world, with its sin and temptation (вдали от мира, с его грехами и искушениями), leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good (вести умеренную, спокойную жизнь и творить добро). I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself (я сказал, что часто сам очень этого хотел; to long — очень хотеть, страстно желать; стремиться); and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four (и мы /стали/ обсуждать возможность нашего ухода, нас четверых), to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods (на
Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard (Гаррис сказал, что опасность необитаемых островов, насколько он слышал), was that they were so damp (состоит в том, что они очень сырые): but George said no, not if properly drained (но Джордж сказал «нет», если они хорошенько осушены).
fault [f:lt] desert ['dezt]
And George said: "Not at all;" that it was his fault; and Harris said no, it was his.
It was quite pretty to hear them.
We lit our pipes, and sat, looking out on the quiet night, and talked.
George said why could not we be always like this — away from the world, with its sin and temptation, leading sober, peaceful lives, and doing good. I said it was the sort of thing I had often longed for myself; and we discussed the possibility of our going away, we four, to some handy, well-fitted desert island, and living there in the woods.
Harris said that the danger about desert islands, as far as he had heard, was that they were so damp: but George said no, not if properly drained.
And then we got on to drains (затем мы заговорили про осушение; to get on to — заниматься; приниматься за; drain — дренажная канава, система осушения), and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once (и это напомнило Джорджу об одном очень забавном случае, который произошел однажды с его отцом). He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales (что его отец путешествовал с одним человеком по Уэльсу), and, one night, they stopped at a little inn (и однажды вечером они остановились в маленькой гостинице), where there were some other fellows, and they joined the other fellows (где были другие люди = постояльцы, и они присоединились к ним), and spent the evening with them (и провели с ними вечер; to spend).
They had a very jolly evening, and sat up late (у них был очень веселый вечер, и они засиделись /допоздна/), and, by the time they came to go to bed (и, к тому времени, когда они отправились спать), they (this was when George's father was a very young man) were slightly jolly, too (они /это происходило, когда отец Джорджа был очень молод/ были слегка навеселе). They (George's father and George's father's friend) were to sleep in the same room, but in different beds (они /отец Джорджа и приятель отца Джорджа/ должны были спать в одной комнате, но в разных кроватях). They took the candle, and went up (они взяли свечу и поднялись наверх). The candle lurched up against the wall when they got into the room, and went out (свеча наклонилась к стене = ударилась о стену, когда они входили в комнату, и погасла), and they had to undress and grope into bed in the dark (и им пришлось раздеваться и ощупью искать кровати в темноте). This they did (это они сделали); but, instead of getting into separate beds, as they thought they were doing (но, вместо того, чтобы лечь на разные кровати, как они думали /что ложатся/), they both climbed into the same one without knowing it (они
separate ['seprt] climb [klam] opposite ['pzt]
And then we got on to drains, and that put George in mind of a very funny thing that happened to his father once. He said his father was travelling with another fellow through Wales, and, one night, they stopped at a little inn, where there were some other fellows, and they joined the other fellows, and spent the evening with them.
They had a very jolly evening, and sat up late, and, by the time they came to go to bed, they (this was when George's father was a very young man) were slightly jolly, too. They (George's father and George's father's friend) were to sleep in the same room, but in different beds. They took the candle, and went up. The candle lurched up against the wall when they got into the room, and went out, and they had to undress and grope into bed in the dark. This they did; but, instead of getting into separate beds, as they thought they were doing, they both climbed into the same one without knowing it — one getting in with his head at the top, and the other crawling in from the opposite side of the compass, and lying with his feet on the pillow.
There was silence for a moment, and then George's father said (минуту была тишина, а потом отец Джорджа сказал):
"Joe (Джо)!"
"What's the matter, Tom (что случилось, Том)?" replied Joe's voice from the other end of the bed (ответил голос Джо с другого конца кровати).
"Why, there's a man in my bed (ну, в моей постели какой-то человек)," said George's father; "here's his feet on my pillow (его ноги на моей подушке)."
"Well, it's an extraordinary thing, Tom (удивительная вещь, Том)," answered the other (ответил тот); "but I'm blest if there isn't a man in my bed, too (но черт меня побери, если в моей постели тоже не лежит какой-то человек = черт возьми, да в моей постели тоже кто-то лежит)!"
There was silence for a moment, and then George's father said:
"Joe!"
"What's the matter, Tom?" replied Joe's voice from the other end of the bed.
"Why, there's a man in my bed," said George's father; "here's his feet on my pillow."
"Well, it's an extraordinary thing, Tom," answered the other; "but I'm blest if there isn't a man in my bed, too!"
"What are you going to do (что ты собираешься делать)?" asked George's father.
"Well, I'm going to chuck him out (собираюсь вытолкнуть/скинуть его; to chuck — /легонько/ бросить; кинуть; швырнуть)," replied Joe.
"So am I (я тоже)," said George's father, valiantly (храбро сказал отец Джорджа).
There was a brief struggle, followed by two heavy bumps on the floor (произошла короткая борьба, за которой последовали два тяжелых удара об пол; bump — столкновение; глухой тяжелый удар), and then a rather doleful voice said (а потом весьма печальный/страдальческий голос сказал):
"I say, Tom (послушай, Том)!"
"Yes!"
valiantly ['vaelntl] brief [bri:f]
"What are you going to do?" asked George's father.