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

inevitable [In`evItqbl] proficient [prq`fIS(q)nt] branch [brRnC]
If he be of a stout and short-winded build, you can easily avoid his advances; but, when he is of the youthful and long-legged type, a meeting is inevitable. The interview is, however, extremely brief, most of the conversation being on his part, your remarks being mostly of an exclamatory and monosyllabic order, and as soon as you can tear yourself away you do so.

I devoted some three months to rafting, and, being then as proficient as there was any need to be at that branch of the art, I determined to go in for rowing proper, and joined one of the Lea boating clubs.

But it does not give you style (но это не дает вам стиля = у вас не выработается стиль /гребли/). It was not till I came to the Thames that I got style (только после того, как я приступил к /плаванию/ по Темзе, я приобрел стиль). My style of rowing is very much admired now (моей манерой гребли теперь весьма восхищаются). People say it is so quaint (говорят, она столь необычна).

rough [rAf] opportunity [,Opq`tjHnItI]
Being out in a boat on the river Lea, especially on Saturday afternoons, soon makes you smart at handling a craft, and spry at escaping being run down by roughs or swamped by barges; and it also affords plenty of opportunity for acquiring the most prompt and graceful method of lying down flat at the bottom of the boat so as to avoid being chucked out into the river by passing tow-lines.

But it does not give you style. It was not till I came to the Thames that I got style. My style of rowing is very much admired now. People say it is so quaint.

The tide was running out pretty rapidly when they reached the landing-stage (вода отливала довольно быстро = был отлив, и течение было довольно быстрое, когда они добрались до пристани; tide — прилив и отлив, поток, течение; to run out — выбегать, вытекать), and there was a stiff breeze blowing across the river (и сильный ветер дул с реки), but this did not trouble them at all, and they proceeded to select their boat (но это вовсе их не беспокоило, и они начали выбирать лодку; to proceed — приступать, приниматься за).

serpentine [`sq:pqntaIn] select [sI`lekt]
George never went near the water until he was sixteen. Then he and eight other gentlemen of about the same age went down in a body to Kew one Saturday, with the idea of hiring a boat there, and pulling to Richmond and back; one of their number, a shock-headed youth, named Joskins, who had once or twice taken out a boat on the Serpentine, told them it was jolly fun, boating!

The tide was running out pretty rapidly when they reached the landing-stage, and there was a stiff breeze blowing across the river, but this did not trouble them at all, and they proceeded to select their boat.

So the boy launched it, and they took off their coats and prepared to take their seats (поэтому мальчик спустил ее на воду, они сняли куртки и приготовились = начали рассаживаться). The boy suggested that George, who, even in those days (мальчик высказал мнение, что Джорджу, который уже в те дни; even — даже), was always the heavy man of any party, should be number four (был всегда самым тяжелым в любой компании, следует быть номером четыре). George said he should be happy to be number four, and promptly stepped into bow's place (Джордж сказал, что рад быть номером четыре, и быстро занял место на носу; to step into — входить; to step into a car — сесть в автомобиль), and sat down with his back to the stern (и сел спиной к корме; to sit down). They got him into his proper position at last, and then the others followed (его посадили как следует: «в правильное положение» наконец, и затем остальные последовали = тоже расселись).

ardour [`Rdq] launch [lLnC]
There was an eight-oared racing outrigger drawn up on the stage; that was the one that took their fancy. They said they'd have that one, please. The boatman was away, and only his boy was in charge. The boy tried to damp their ardour for the outrigger, and showed them two or three very comfortable-looking boats of the family-party build, but those would not do at all; the outrigger was the boat they thought they would look best in.

So the boy launched it, and they took off their coats and prepared to take their seats. The boy suggested that George, who, even in those days, was always the heavy man of any party, should be number four. George said he should be happy to be number four, and promptly stepped into bow's place, and sat down with his back to the stern. They got him into his proper position at last, and then the others followed.

They said they were ready, and the boy on the landing stage took a boat-hook and shoved them off (они сказали, что готовы, и мальчик на пристани взял багор и оттолкнул их).

What then followed George is unable to describe in detail (что последовало затем, Джордж не может описать подробно). He has a confused recollection of having, immediately on starting (он смутно помнит, что сразу же после старта; confused — смущенный; сбивчивый, спутанный), received a violent blow in the small of the back from the butt-end of number five's scull (получил сильный удар в поясницу рукоятью весла номера пятого; butt-end — толстый конец; хвостовая часть), at the same time that his own seat seemed to disappear from under him by magic (и в то же время /почувствовал/, что его сиденье исчезает из-под него /словно/ по волшебству), and leave him sitting on the boards (и оставляет его сидеть на досках = на дне). He also noticed, as a curious circumstance (он также отметил как любопытную деталь; circumstance — обстоятельство; случай, деталь, подробность), that number two was at the same instant lying on his back at the bottom of the boat (что номер два в тот же миг лежал на спине на дне лодки), with his legs in the air, apparently in a fit (задрав ноги вверх, очевидно, в припадке).

received [rI`sJvd] instant [`Instqnt]

They said they were ready, and the boy on the landing stage took a boat-hook and shoved them off.

What then followed George is unable to describe in detail. He has a confused recollection of having, immediately on starting, received a violent blow in the small of the back from the butt-end of number five's scull, at the same time that his own seat seemed to disappear from under him by magic, and leave him sitting on the boards. He also noticed, as a curious circumstance, that number two was at the same instant lying on his back at the bottom of the boat, with his legs in the air, apparently in a fit.
They passed under Kew Bridge, broadside, at the rate of eight miles an hour (они прошли под мостом Кью, бортом /вперед/, со скоростью восемь миль в час). Joskins being the only one who was rowing (Джоскинс был единственным, кто греб). George, on recovering his seat, tried to help him (Джордж, вернувшись на свое место, попытался помочь ему), but, on dipping his oar into the water, it immediately, to his intense surprise (но, когда он опустил весло в воду, оно немедленно, к его великому удивлению; intense — крепкий, сильный, глубокий, значительный /о чувствах, ощущениях и т.д./), disappeared under the boat, and nearly took him with it (исчезло под лодкой и чуть нет увлекло его за собой).

And then "cox" threw both rudder lines over-board, and burst into tears (потом «рулевой» бросил оба рулевых шнурка за борт и расплакался; to throw; rudder — руль).

How they got back George never knew, but it took them just forty minutes (как они вернулись, Джордж не помнил, но это заняло у них ровно сорок минут). A dense crowd watched the entertainment from Kew Bridge with much interest (плотная толпа наблюдала это зрелище с моста Кью с большим интересом; entertainment — развлекательное, зрелищное мероприятие), and everybody shouted out to them different directions (и каждый кричал им разные указания). Three times they managed to get the boat back through the arch (трижды им удавалось провести лодку через пролет = выйти из пролета), and three times they were carried under it again (и трижды их сносило под /пролет моста/ снова), and every time "cox" looked up and saw the bridge above him he broke out into renewed sobs (и каждый раз, когда «рулевой» смотрел вверх и видел мост над собой, он снова разражался рыданиями; to break out; renewed — возобновленный, новый; sob — рыдание; всхлипывание).

intense [In`tens] dense [dens] entertainment [,entq`teInmqnt]

And then "cox" threw both rudder lines over-board, and burst into tears.

How they got back George never knew, but it took them just forty minutes. A dense crowd watched the entertainment from Kew Bridge with much interest, and everybody shouted out to them different directions. Three times they managed to get the boat back through the arch, and three times they were carried under it again, and every time "cox" looked up and saw the bridge above him he broke out into renewed sobs.
George said he little thought that afternoon that he should ever come to really like boating (Джордж сказал, он совсем не думал в тот день, что когда-нибудь действительно полюбит катание на лодке).

Harris is more accustomed to sea rowing than to river work (Гаррис больше привык к морской гребле = грести на море, чем на реке), and says that, as an exercise, he prefers it (и говорит, что как упражнение, он предпочитает его). I don't (а я нет). I remember taking a small boat out at Eastbourne last summer (я помню, как я взял маленькую лодку в Истборне прошлым летом): I used to do a good deal of sea rowing years ago, and I thought I should be all right (я изрядно ходил на веслах по морю много лет назад и думал, что буду в порядке); but I found I had forgotten the art entirely (но я обнаружил, что совершенно позабыл это умение = разучился грести). When one scull was deep down underneath the water (когда одно весло было глубоко под водой), the other would be flourishing wildly about in the air (другое болталось своевольно в воздухе; to flourish — расцветать, цвести; размахивать оружием в знак триумфа, победы, потрясать оружием; wild — дикий, неистовый; неконтролируемый). To get a grip of the water with both at the same time I had to stand up (чтобы зачерпнуть воду обоими /веслами/ одновременно, мне приходилось вставать; grip — схватывание, сжатие). The parade was crowded with nobility and gentry (набережная была полна знати; parade — показ, демонстрация; парад; место для гулянья; nobility — дворянство; родовая знать; gentry — нетитулованное мелкопоместное дворянство), and I had to pull past them in this ridiculous fashion (а мне пришлось плыть мимо них таким смешным/нелепым образом). I landed half-way down the beach, and secured the services of an old boatman to take me back (я причалил полумилей ниже берега и прибег к услугам старого лодочника, чтобы он отвез меня назад).

flourishing [`flArISIN] gentry [`GentrI]
George said he little thought that afternoon that he should ever come to really like boating.

Harris is more accustomed to sea rowing than to river work, and says that, as an exercise, he prefers it. I don't. I remember taking a small boat out at Eastbourne last summer: I used to do a good deal of sea rowing years ago, and I thought I should be all right; but I found I had forgotten the art entirely. When one scull was deep down underneath the water, the other would be flourishing wildly about in the air. To get a grip of the water with both at the same time I had to stand up. The parade was crowded with nobility and gentry, and I had to pull past them in this ridiculous fashion. I landed half-way down the beach, and secured the services of an old boatman to take me back.

Plain practical rowing of the get-the-boat-along order is not a very difficult art to acquire (простая практичная гребля с целью двигать лодку — не очень сложное искусство /чтобы овладеть/), but it takes a good deal of practice before a man feels comfortable (но оно требует много практики, прежде чем будешь чувствовать себя спокойно), when rowing past girls (когда гребешь мимо девушек). It is the "time" that worries a youngster (именно «такт» беспокоит юношу = начинающего). "It's jolly funny (просто смешно)," he says, as for the twentieth time within five minutes he disentangles his sculls from yours (говорит он, в двадцатый раз за пять минут отцепляя свои весла от ваших; to disentangle — освобождать, распутывать); "I can get on all right when I'm by myself (у меня все получается, когда я один; to get on — делать успехи, преуспевать)!"

vehement [`vIqmqnt] equanimity [,ekwq`nImItI]
I like to watch an old boatman rowing, especially one who has been hired by the hour. There is something so beautifully calm and restful about his method. It is so free from that fretful haste, that vehement striving, that is every day becoming more and more the bane of nineteenth-century life. He is not for ever straining himself to pass all the other boats. If another boat overtakes him and passes him it does not annoy him; as a matter of fact, they all do overtake him and pass him — all those that are going his way. This would trouble and irritate some people; the sublime equanimity of the hired boatman under the ordeal affords us a beautiful lesson against ambition and uppishness.

Plain practical rowing of the get-the-boat-along order is not a very difficult art to acquire, but it takes a good deal of practice before a man feels comfortable, when rowing past girls. It is the "time" that worries a youngster. "It's jolly funny," he says, as for the twentieth time within five minutes he disentangles his sculls from yours; "I can get on all right when I'm by myself!"

"Or, shall I take stroke (а может, мне сесть к корме)?" he adds, with the evident idea that that would at once put the whole matter right (добавляет он с явной мыслью = явно намекая, что это сразу исправит дело).

endeavouring [In`devqrIN] capacity [kq`pxsItI]
To see two novices try to keep time with one another is very amusing. Bow finds it impossible to keep pace with stroke, because stroke rows in such an extraordinary fashion. Stroke is intensely indignant at this, and explains that what he has been endeavouring to do for the last ten minutes is to adapt his method to bow's limited capacity. Bow, in turn, then becomes insulted, and requests stroke not to trouble his head about him (bow), but to devote his mind to setting a sensible stroke.

"Or, shall I take stroke?" he adds, with the evident idea that that would at once put the whole matter right.

"I tell you what it is (я скажу тебе, в чем дело): you've got my sculls (у тебя мои весла)," he cries, turning to bow (кричит он, обращаясь к гребцу на носу); "pass yours over (передай свои /весла мне/)."