Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо
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could look up, a great load of earth and stones came tumbling down.
It was a wonder that I was not buried alive. I was scared, for I thought the whole
top of the cave was falling in.
I ran out and climbed over my wall. The great rock behind my castle seemed to be
shaking. Stones and earth were rolling down its side.
"An earthquake! an earthquake!" I cried.
The ground shook. A tall rock that stood between me and the seashore toppled
over and fell. The noise was the most frightful I ever heard.
There were three shocks about eight minutes apart. The strongest building you
ever saw would have been overturned.
I was so frightened that I did not know what to do. I sat on the ground and could
not move. I could only cry, over and over again, "Lord, have mercy on me!"
After the third shock was over I began to grow braver. But still I sat on the
ground, wondering what would come next.
All at once the sky was overcast. Dark clouds rolled over the sea. The wind began
to blow. A dreadful hurricane was at hand.
The sea was covered with foam. The waves were mountain high. On the shore,
trees were torn up by the roots. If my tent had not been well sheltered behind the great
rock, it would have been carried away.
The hurricane lasted fully three hours. Then the rain began to pour down.
All this time I sat on the ground outside, too much frightened to go back into my
castle.
Toward night the rain slackened, and I ventured over my wall. The tent was half
beaten down. So I crept through into the cave. I was half afraid that even it would tumble
down on my head.
I EXPLORE MY ISLAND (исследую
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IT rained all that night (шел дождь всю ночь). But in the cave everything was
warm and dry (но в пещере все было теплым и сухим), and little by little I lost my fear
(мало-помалу утратил свой страх).
The earthquake and the hurricane had done great damage to my castle
(причинили большой ущерб моему замку). I had to work hard for many days (должен
был усиленно трудиться много дней) to put things to rights again (чтобы привести
все в порядок).
I had now been on the island about ten months (был уже на острове около
десяти месяцев). In all that time I had seen only a small part of it (за все это время я
видел только малую часть его).
One morning I set out with my gun on my shoulder for a long walk (одним
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I went up the little river (прошел вверх вдоль маленькой реки) where I had first
landed with my rafts (где я впервые причаливал с моими плотами). I found that it was
a very short river (я обнаружил, что это была очень короткая река). After about two
miles (через примерно две мили), the tide did not flow any higher (прилив не
приливал выше); and above that (кроме того), the stream was only a little brook of
fresh water (над этим /местом/ поток был только маленьким ручьем пресной воды).
Along the brook there were pleasant meadows (красивые луга), covered with
high grass (покрытые высокой травой).
In the dryer parts of these meadows (в более сухих частях этих лугов) I found
tobacco growing wild (нашел табак, растущий диким = дикорастущий табак).
I looked for the roots of a plant which the Indians use instead of bread (искал
корни растения, которое индейцы используют вместо хлеба), but could find none (не
мог найти ни одного).
In one place, however (однако), I saw many tall sugar canes (много
высоких /растений/ сахарного тростника) and some fair-looking plants of a kind that
was strange to me (несколько красиво выглядящих растений вида, который был
незнаком мне).
As I went back to my castle I wondered how I could learn something useful about
the many objects I had seen (пока я шел обратно в мой замок, я думал, как я мог
узнать что-то полезное о многих объектах, /которые/ я видел). But I had never taken
much thought about such things (но я никогда много не думал об этих вещах), and
now I had but little chance to learn (и теперь я имел лишь маленький шанс = не имел
особой возможности узнать).
The next day I went up the same way, but much farther (на следующий день я
пошел по тому же пути, но намного дальше).
Beyond the meadows (за лугами) I came to some beautiful woods (красивые
леса).
Here I found several different kinds of fruits (несколько разных видов
фруктов). There were grapevines covering the trees (были виноградные лозы,
покрывающие деревья), and huge clusters of ripe grapes were hanging from them
(огромные гроздья зрелого винограда свисали с них).
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