Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо
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All this took time and much hard work (все это занимало время и /требовало/
много тяжелой работы). But I had nothing else to do (не было ничего другого, чем
заняться).
I made the table and chair out of short pieces of board (из коротких обрубков
доски) I had brought from the ship (/которые/
Of the large boards which I hewed from trees (из больших досок, которые я
вырубил из деревьев), I made some wide shelves (широкие полки) along the side of
my cave or kitchen (вдоль стен моей пещеры и кухни).
On these shelves I laid my tools, nails, and other things (положил мои
инструменты, гвозди и другие вещи).
I had a place for everything (место для всего), and kept everything in its place
(держал все на своем месте).
My cave looked like some stores you have seen where a little of everything is
kept for sale (моя пещера выглядела как некоторые магазины/склады, которые вы
видели, где всего понемногу хранится на продажу).
From time to time I made many useful things (время от времени я делал много
полезных вещей).
From a piece of hard wood (из куска крепкой древесины) that I cut in the forest
(которую я срезал в лесу) I made a spade to dig with (я сделал лопату, которой
/можно/ копать, чтобы копать). The handle I shaped (ручке я придал форму) just like
the handles you buy at the stores (совсем как ручки, /которые/ вы покупаете в
магазинах). But the shovel part (лопатная часть) was of wood and would not last long
(не продержалась бы долго).
While I was digging my cave (пока я копал пещеру), I found it very hard work
to carry the earth and small stones away (я обнаружил, что очень тяжело таскать
землю и маленькие камни). I needed a wheelbarrow very much (мне очень нужна
была тачка).
I could make the frame part of this (я мог сделать каркас из этого), but I did not
know how to make the wheel (колесо). I worked four days at it (четыре дня над этим),
and then had to give it up (должен был бросить это, отказаться от этого).
At last I made me a kind of hod (подобие лотка /для подноса кирпичей/), like
that which masons use (такие как каменотесы используют). It was better than a basket
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(лучше, чем ведро) and almost as good as a wheelbarrow (и почти такое же хорошее,
как
wonder [wnd] hew [hju:] Bible [baibl]
I KEEP MYSELF BUSY
AMONG the things that I brought from the ship there were several which I have
not told you about. I will name them now. First I got from the captain's desk some pens,
ink, and paper. These were afterward a great comfort to me, as you shall learn.
There were some charts and compasses, and three or four books on navigation.
These I threw in a corner, for I did not think I should ever need them.
Among my own things there were three very old Bibles, which I had bought in
England and had packed with my clothing.
And I must not forget the dog and two cats that came to shore with me. I carried
both the cats on my raft with my first cargo.
As for the dog, he jumped off the wreck and swam to the shore. He was my best
friend for a long time. He followed me everywhere. He would run and fetch things to me
as I bade him. I wanted him to talk to me, but this he could not do.
As for my pens, ink, and paper, I took the greatest care of them. As long as my
ink lasted, I wrote down everything that happened to me.
But when that was gone, I could write no more for I did not know how to make
ink.
I soon found that I needed many things to make me comfortable.
First, I wanted a chair and a table; for without them I must live like a savage.
So I set to work. I had never handled a tool in my life. But I had a saw, an ax, and
several, hatchets; and I soon learned to use them all.
If I wanted a board, I had to chop down a tree. From the trunk of the tree I cut a
log of the length that my board was to be. Then I split the log and hewed it flat till it was
as thin as a board.
All this took time and much hard work. But I had nothing else to do.
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I made the table and chair out of short pieces of board I had brought from the
ship.
Of the large boards which I hewed from trees, I made some wide shelves along
the side of my cave or kitchen.
On these shelves I laid my tools, nails, and other things.
I had a place for everything, and kept everything in its place.
My cave looked like some stores you have seen where a little of everything is
kept for sale.
From time to time I made many useful things.