Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом Трое в лодке, не считая собаки jerome k. Jerome (Джером К. Джером) three men in a boat

And three minutes later they were back in the centre again.

After that, they simply couldn't get anywhere else. Whatever way they turned brought them back to the middle. It became so regular at length, that some of the people stopped there, and waited for the others to take a walk round, and come back to them. Harris drew out his map again, after a while, but the sight of it only infuriated the mob, and they told him to go and curl his hair with it. Harris said that he couldn't help feeling that, to a certain extent, he had become unpopular.

He was a young keeper, as luck would have it, and new to the business (он был молодым сторожем, как нарочно, и новым для этого дела = новичком); and when he got in, he couldn't find them, and he wandered about (когда он вошел, то не смог найти их и /начал/ бродить), trying to get to them, and then he got lost (пытаясь добраться до них, а потом он сам заблудился; to get lost). They caught sight of him, every now and then (они видели его: «ловили его вид» время от времени; to catch sight of — замечать, видеть), rushing about the other side of the hedge (мечущегося по ту сторону изгороди; hedge — /живая/ изгородь; ограда), and he would see them, and rush to get to them (а он видел их и пытался добраться до них; to rush — бросаться, мчаться, устремляться), and they would wait there for about five minutes (и они ждали около пяти минут), and then he would reappear again in exactly the same spot (а потом он появлялся снова на том же самом месте), and ask them where they had been (и спрашивал их, где они были).

They had to wait till one of the old keepers came back from his dinner before they got out (им пришлось ждать, пока один из старых сторожей не вернулся с обеда, прежде чем они выбрались; to get out).

Harris said he thought it was a very fine maze, so far as he was a judge (Гаррис сказал, он думает, это замечательный лабиринт, насколько он может судить: «насколько он был судьей»); and we agreed that we would try to get George to go into it, on our way back (и мы договорились, что попробуем завести туда Джорджа на обратном пути; to agree — соглашаться; уславливаться, договариваться).

He was a young keeper, as luck would have it, and new to the business; and when he got in, he couldn't find them, and he wandered about, trying to get to them, and then he got lost. They caught sight of him, every now and then, rushing about the other side of the hedge, and he would see them, and rush to get to them, and they would wait there for about five minutes, and then he would reappear again in exactly the same spot, and ask them where they had been.

They had to wait till one of the old keepers came back from his dinner before they got out.

Harris said he thought it was a very fine maze, so far as he was a judge; and we agreed that we would try to get George to go into it, on our way back.

CHAPTER VII (глава седьмая)

The river in its Sunday garb (река в воскресном наряде). — Dress on the river (одежда на реке = для прогулок по реке; dress — платье; одежда). — A chance for the men (удобный случай для мужчин). — Absence of taste in Harris (отсутствие вкуса у Гарриса). — George's blazer (спортивный приталенный пиджак Джорджа). — A day with the fashion-plate young lady (день с модной барышней; fashion-plate — цветная иллюстрация самых модных образцов одежды; модница, модник; fashion — мода, стиль). — Mrs. Thomas's tomb (могила миссис Томас). — The man who loves not graves and coffins and skulls (человек, который не любит могилы, гробы и черепа). — Harris mad (Гаррис в бешенстве). — His views on George and Banks and lemonade (его взгляды на Джорджа, банки и лимонад; view — вид; точка зрения, мнение). — He performs tricks (он исполняет акробатические номера; trick — обман, уловка; трюк, фокус).

The river in its Sunday garb. — Dress on the river. — A chance for the men. — Absence of taste in Harris. — George's blazer. — A day with the fashion-plate young lady. — Mrs. Thomas's tomb. — The man who loves not graves and coffins and skulls. — Harris mad. — His views on George and Banks and lemonade. — He performs tricks.

IT was while passing through Moulsey Lock that Harris told me about his maze experience (как раз когда мы проходили Маулсейский шлюз, Гаррис рассказывал мне о своем приключении в лабиринте; experience — опыт; случай, переживание; lock — замок, затвор; шлюз). It took us some time to pass through, as we were the only boat, and it is a big lock (прохождение через шлюз заняло у нас некоторое время, поскольку мы были единственной лодкой, а это большой шлюз; to take time). I don't think I ever remember to have seen Moulsey Lock, before, with only one boat in it (не помню, чтобы я когда-либо прежде видел Маулсейский шлюз с единственной лодкой в нем). It is, I suppose, Boulter's not even excepted, the busiest lock on the river (это, полагаю, и даже Боултерский шлюз не исключение, самый оживленный шлюз на реке; Boulter's Lock — Боултерз-Лок /шлюз на Темзе близ Мейденхеда. В конце 19 — начале 20 вв. был фешенебельным местом для лодочных прогулок/).

absence [`xbs(q)ns] tomb [tHm]
IT was while passing through Moulsey Lock that Harris told me about his maze experience. It took us some time to pass through, as we were the only boat, and it is a big lock. I don't think I ever remember to have seen Moulsey Lock, before, with only one boat in it. It is, I suppose, Boulter's not even excepted, the busiest lock on the river.
I have stood and watched it, sometimes, when you could not see any water at all (я стоял и наблюдал его иногда, когда воды вообще нельзя увидеть), but only a brilliant tangle of bright blazers (а только множество сверкающих ярких спортивных пиджаков; tangle — спутанный клубок; путаница, неразбериха), and gay caps, and saucy hats (и пестрых шапок, и нарядных, модных шляп; gay — веселый; пестрый, яркий), and many-coloured parasols (и разноцветных зонтиков; parasol — небольшой зонтик /от солнца/), and silken rugs, and cloaks (и шелковых накидок, и плащей), and streaming ribbons, and dainty whites (и развевающихся лент, и изящных белых платьев; streaming — текущий, струящийся; развевающийся; white — белый цвет; белое платье, белая одежда); when looking down into the lock from the quay (когда смотришь на шлюз с набережной; quay — причал, набережная), you might fancy it was a huge box into which flowers of every hue and shade had been thrown pell-mell (можно представить, что это огромный ящик, в который цветы всех оттенков и тонов набросали беспорядочно; box — коробка, ящик, сундук; to throw — бросать), and lay piled up in a rainbow heap, that covered every corner (и /они/ лежат, сваленные в радужную кучу, которая покрывает каждый уголок).

On a fine Sunday it presents this appearance nearly all day long (в ясное воскресенье река имеет такое обличье почти весь день; to present — представлять, являть собой), while, up the stream, and down the stream (в то время как, вверх и вниз по течению), lie, waiting their turn, outside the gates, long lines of still more boats (располагаются, ожидая своей очереди за воротами, длинные вереницы лодок; still more — еще больше); and boats are drawing near and passing away (и лодки приближаются и удаляются; to pass away — исчезать, проходить), so that the sunny river, from the Palace up to Hampton Church (так что солнечная река от дворца до Хэмптонской церкви), is dotted and decked with yellow, and blue (усеяна и украшена желтыми, синими), and orange (оранжевыми), and white (белыми), and red, and pink (красными и розовыми /точками/; to dot — обозначать точкой; покрывать, усеивать). All the inhabitants of Hampton and Moulsey dress themselves up in boating costume (все жители Хэмптона и Маулси одеваются в лодочные костюмы; inhabitant — житель, обитатель; to dress up — /изысканно/ одеваться, наряжаться), and come and mouch round the lock with their dogs (прогуливаются вокруг шлюза со своими собаками; to mouch — бездельничать, околачиваться), and flirt, and smoke, and watch the boats (и любезничают, и курят, и смотрят на лодки; to flirt — флиртовать, заигрывать, любезничать); and, altogether, what with the caps and jackets of the men (и, в общем, шапки и куртки мужчин); what with — из-за, в связи с) the pretty coloured dresses of the women (прелестные цветные платья женщин), the excited dogs, the moving boats (взволнованные собаки, движущиеся лодки), the white sails, the pleasant landscape (белые паруса, приятный ландшафт), and the sparkling water (и сверкающая вода), it is one of the gayest sights I know of near this dull old London town (/представляют собой/ одно из самых ярких, прекрасных зрелищ, /какие/ я знаю близ этого унылого старого Лондона).

saucy [`sLsI] quay [kJ] inhabitant [In`hxbIt(q)nt]
I have stood and watched it, sometimes, when you could not see any water at all, but only a brilliant tangle of bright blazers, and gay caps, and saucy hats, and many-coloured parasols, and silken rugs, and cloaks, and streaming ribbons, and dainty whites; when looking down into the lock from the quay, you might fancy it was a huge box into which flowers of every hue and shade had been thrown pell-mell, and lay piled up in a rainbow heap, that covered every corner.

On a fine Sunday it presents this appearance nearly all day long, while, up the stream, and down the stream, lie, waiting their turn, outside the gates, long lines of still more boats; and boats are drawing near and passing away, so that the sunny river, from the Palace up to Hampton Church, is dotted and decked with yellow, and blue, and orange, and white, and red, and pink. All the inhabitants of Hampton and Moulsey dress themselves up in boating costume, and come and mouch round the lock with their dogs, and flirt, and smoke, and watch the boats; and, altogether, what with the caps and jackets of the men, the pretty coloured dresses of the women, the excited dogs, the moving boats, the white sails, the pleasant landscape, and the sparkling water, it is one of the gayest sights I know of near this dull old London town.

Harris always keeps to shades or mixtures of orange or yellow (Гаррис всегда придерживается /различных/ оттенков или комбинаций оранжевого и желтого; mixture — смесь; композиция), but I don't think he is at all wise in this (но я не думаю, что это благоразумно с его стороны; wise — мудрый; /благо/разумный; сведущий, знающий). His complexion is too dark for yellows (цвет его лица слишком темный для желтых /вещей/). Yellows don't suit him (желтое не идет ему): there can be no question about it (в этом нет сомнения). I want him to take to blue as a background, with white or cream for relief (я хочу, чтобы он выбрал голубой цвет в качестве фона, с белым или кремовым для контраста; to take to — пристраститься, полюбить что-либо; relief — облегчение; контраст, разнообразие); but, there (куда там)! the less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be (чем меньше у человека вкуса в одежде, тем более он, кажется, упрям). It is a great pity, because he will never be a success as it is (очень жаль: «это большая жалость», потому что так он никогда не будет пользоваться успехом; success — успех, удача; человек, пользующийся успехом; as it is — так, как есть), while there are one or two colours in which he might not really look so bad, with his hat on (в то время как существует несколько цветов, в которых он не выглядел бы так плохо, надев шляпу; one or two — один-два; немного, несколько).

necktie [`nektaI] handkerchief [`hxNkqCIf] obstinate [`ObstInIt]
The river affords a good opportunity for dress. For once in a way, we men are able to show our taste in colours, and I think we come out very natty, if you ask me. I always like a little red in my things — red and black. You know my hair is a sort of golden brown, rather a pretty shade I've been told, and a dark red matches it beautifully; and then I always think a light-blue necktie goes so well with it, and a pair of those Russian-leather shoes and a red silk handkerchief round the waist — a handkerchief looks so much better than a belt.

Harris always keeps to shades or mixtures of orange or yellow, but I don't think he is at all wise in this. His complexion is too dark for yellows. Yellows don't suit him: there can be no question about it. I want him to take to blue as a background, with white or cream for relief; but, there! the less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be. It is a great pity, because he will never be a success as it is, while there are one or two colours in which he might not really look so bad, with his hat on.

What troubles Harris and myself, with regard to it (что беспокоит Гарриса и меня в этом отношении = что касается пиджака), is that we are afraid it will attract attention to the boat (мы боимся, что он привлечет внимание к лодке).

oriental [,LrI`entl] article [`RtIk(q)l] trouble [`trAb(q)l]
George has bought some new things for this trip, and I'm rather vexed about them. The blazer is loud. I should not like George to know that I thought so, but there really is no other word for it. He brought it home and showed it to us on Thursday evening. We asked him what colour he called it, and he said he didn't know. He didn't think there was a name for the colour. The man had told him it was an Oriental design. George put it on, and asked us what we thought of it. Harris said that, as an object to hang over a flower-bed in early spring to frighten the birds away, he should respect it; but that, considered as an article of dress for any human being, except a Margate nigger, it made him ill. George got quite huffy; but, as Harris said, if he didn't want his opinion, why did he ask for it?

What troubles Harris and myself, with regard to it, is that we are afraid it will attract attention to the boat.

They were both beautifully got up (они обе были красиво наряжены; to get up — вставать, подниматься; нарядно, тщательно одевать) — all lace and silky stuff (все кружева и шелка; stuff — ткань, материал), and flowers, and ribbons (цветы и ленты), and dainty shoes, and light gloves (изящные туфли и светлые перчатки). But they were dressed for a photographic studio, not for a river picnic (но они были одеты для фотоателье = для фотографии, а не для речного пикника). They were the "boating costumes" of a French fashion-plate (это были «лодочные костюмы» с французской модной картинки). It was ridiculous, fooling about in them anywhere near real earth, air, and water (было смешно находиться в них где-нибудь возле настоящей земли, воздуха и воды; to fool about — играть, забавляться, болтаться без дела).

misfortune [mIs`fLC(q)n] studio [`stjHdIqu]
Girls, also, don't look half bad in a boat, if prettily dressed. Nothing is more fetching, to my thinking, than a tasteful boating costume. But a "boating costume," it would be as well if all ladies would understand, ought to be a costume that can be worn in a boat, and not merely under a glass-case. It utterly spoils an excursion if you have folk in the boat who are thinking all the time a good deal more of their dress than of the trip. It was my misfortune once to go for a water picnic with two ladies of this kind. We did have a lively time!