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

buried [`berId] country [`kAntrI] field [fJld] oath [quT]
We tried to get away from it at Marlow. We left the boat by the bridge, and took a walk through the town to escape it, but it followed us. The whole town was full of oil. We passed through the church-yard, and it seemed as if the people had been buried in oil. The High Street stunk of oil; we wondered how people could live in it. And we walked miles upon miles out Birmingham way; but it was no use, the country was steeped in oil.

At the end of that trip we met together at midnight in a lonely field, under a blasted oak, and took an awful oath (we had been swearing for a whole week about the thing in an ordinary, middle-class way, but this was a swell affair) — an awful oath never to take paraffine oil with us in a boat again — except, of course, in case of sickness.

For other breakfast things, George suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy to cook (в качестве остальных вещей для /утреннего/ завтрака, Джордж предложил яйца с беконом, которые легко приготовить), cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam (холодное мясо, чай, хлеб с маслом и варенье). For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits (для второго завтрака, он сказал, мы можем взять печенье; lunch — ленч, второй завтрак /в 12-14 часов/), cold meat, bread and butter, and jam — but no cheese (но не сыр). Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself (сыр, как и керосин, строит из себя/воображает о себе слишком много). It wants the whole boat to itself (он хочет /захватить/ всю лодку для себя). It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there (он проходит сквозь корзину и придает сырный привкус всему прочему там = вокруг; hamper — корзина с крышкой; коробка с едой). You can't tell whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or strawberries and cream (вы не можете сказать = понять, едите ли вы яблочный пирог, немецкую сосиску или клубнику со сливками). It all seems cheese (все кажется сыром). There is too much odour about cheese (у сыра слишком много запаха; odour — запах; аромат, благоухание).

methylated [`meTIleItId] flavour [`fleIvq] sausage [`sOsIG] odour [`qudq]
Therefore, in the present instance, we confined ourselves to methylated spirit. Even that is bad enough. You get methylated pie and methylated cake. But methylated spirit is more wholesome when taken into the system in large quantities than paraffine oil.

For other breakfast things, George suggested eggs and bacon, which were easy to cook, cold meat, tea, bread and butter, and jam. For lunch, he said, we could have biscuits, cold meat, bread and butter, and jam — but no cheese. Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself. It wants the whole boat to itself. It goes through the hamper, and gives a cheesy flavour to everything else there. You can't tell whether you are eating apple-pie or German sausage, or strawberries and cream. It all seems cheese. There is too much odour about cheese.

"Oh, with pleasure, dear boy (о, с удовольствием, дорогой парень = дружище," I replied (ответил я), "with pleasure."

knock [nOk] friend [frend] ought [Lt] pleasure [`pleZq]
I remember a friend of mine, buying a couple of cheeses at Liverpool. Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles, and knock a man over at two hundred yards. I was in Liverpool at the time, and my friend said that if I didn't mind he would get me to take them back with me to London, as he should not be coming up for a day or two himself, and he did not think the cheeses ought to be kept much longer.

"Oh, with pleasure, dear boy," I replied, "with pleasure."

It took two porters as well as the driver to hold him in at the station (потребовались /усилия/ двух носильщиков, а также возницы, чтобы остановить его на вокзале; to hold in — удерживать, сдерживать/ся/); and I do not think they would have done it, even then (и я не думаю, /что/ они сделали бы это даже тогда), had not one of the men had the presence of mind to put a handkerchief over his nose (не будь у одного из них присутствия духа/хладнокровия, чтобы накинуть носовой платок на нос /лошади/), and to light a bit of brown paper (и зажечь кусок оберточной бумаги; brown — коричневый, бурый; небеленый).

kneed [nJd] somnambulist [sOm`nxmbjulIst] funeral [`fjHn(q)rql] presence [`prez(q)ns]
I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse. I put the cheeses on the top, and we started off at a shamble that would have done credit to the swiftest steam-roller ever built, and all went merry as a funeral bell, until we turned the corner. There, the wind carried a whiff from the cheeses full on to our steed. It woke him up, and, with a snort of terror, he dashed off at three miles an hour. The wind still blew in his direction, and before we reached the end of the street he was laying himself out at the rate of nearly four miles an hour, leaving the cripples and stout old ladies simply nowhere.

It took two porters as well as the driver to hold him in at the station; and I do not think they would have done it, even then, had not one of the men had the presence of mind to put a handkerchief over his nose, and to light a bit of brown paper.

A few moments passed, and then the old gentleman began to fidget (несколько минут прошло, затем старый джентльмен начал беспокойно ерзать; to begin; to fidget — проявлять нетерпение, беспокойно двигаться, вертеться).

"Very close in here (очень душно здесь; close — закрытый; душный, спертый)," he said.

"Quite oppressive (совсем нечем дышать; oppressive — жестокий, гнетущий; душный; oppressive weather — душная, знойная погода)," said the man next him (сказал человек, /сидевший/ рядом с ним).

proudly [`praudlI] squeezed [skwJzd]
I took my ticket, and marched proudly up the platform, with my cheeses, the people falling back respectfully on either side. The train was crowded, and I had to get into a carriage where there were already seven other people. One crusty old gentleman objected, but I got in, notwithstanding; and, putting my cheeses upon the rack, squeezed down with a pleasant smile, and said it was a warm day.

A few moments passed, and then the old gentleman began to fidget.

"Very close in here," he said.

"Quite oppressive," said the man next him.

I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves (я улыбнулся мрачному джентльмену и сказал, что, думаю, вагон будет для нас = в нашем распоряжении; to think); and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing (он засмеялся радостно и сказал, что некоторые поднимают такой шум из-за мелочей: «маленькой вещи»). But even he grew strangely depressed after we had started (но даже он стал странно подавлен после /того, как/ мы отправились), and so, when we reached Crewe, I asked him to come and have a drink (и потому, когда мы добрались до Кру, я предложил ему пойти выпить). He accepted, and we forced our way into the buffet (он согласился, и мы протиснулись в буфет; to force one`s way — протискиваться, пробираться), where we yelled, and stamped, and waved our umbrellas for a quarter of an hour (где мы кричали, топали/стучали ногами, махали зонтами четверть часа); and then a young lady came, and asked us if we wanted anything (потом барышня подошла и спросила, хотим ли мы что-нибудь /заказать/).

parcel [pRsl] general [`Gen(q)rql] laughed [lRft] quarter [`kwLtq] hour [`auq]
And then they both began sniffing, and, at the third sniff, they caught it right on the chest, and rose up without another word and went out. And then a stout lady got up, and said it was disgraceful that a respectable married woman should be harried about in this way, and gathered up a bag and eight parcels and went. The remaining four passengers sat on for a while, until a solemn-looking man in the corner, who, from his dress and general appearance, seemed to belong to the undertaker class, said it put him in mind of dead baby; and the other three passengers tried to get out of the door at the same time, and hurt themselves.

I smiled at the black gentleman, and said I thought we were going to have the carriage to ourselves; and he laughed pleasantly, and said that some people made such a fuss over a little thing. But even he grew strangely depressed after we had started, and so, when we reached Crewe, I asked him to come and have a drink. He accepted, and we forced our way into the buffet, where we yelled, and stamped, and waved our umbrellas for a quarter of an hour; and then a young lady came, and asked us if we wanted anything.

"I'll have half-a-crown's worth of brandy, neat, if you please, miss (бренди на полкроны, чистого, будьте добры, мисс; neat — ясный, чистый; неразбавленный)," he responded (ответил он).

And he went off quietly after he had drunk it (он ушел/убежал тихо после того, как выпил бренди; to drink) and got into another carriage, which I thought mean (и сел в другой вагон, что я счел низким; to think; mean — жалкий, низкий, подлый).

From Crewe I had the compartment to myself, though the train was crowded (от Кру я ехал в купе один, хотя поезд был переполнен). As we drew up at the different stations (когда мы останавливались на различных станциях; to draw up), the people, seeing my empty carriage, would rush for it (люди, видя мой пустой вагон, бросались в него). "Here y' are, Maria (сюда, Мария; y' = you); come along, plenty of room (быстрее /иди/, много места)." "All right, Tom; we'll get in here (хорошо, Том, войдем = сядем сюда)," they would shout (кричали они). And they would run along, carrying heavy bags, and fight round the door to get in first (и они бежали, неся тяжелые сумки, и сражались у двери, чтобы войти первыми). And one would open the door and mount the steps (потом кто-нибудь открывал дверь и поднимался по ступеням), and stagger back into the arms of the man behind him (и падал назад на руки человека позади себя; to stagger — шататься; идти шатаясь; to stagger back — отшатнуться, отпрянуть); and they would all come and have a sniff (они все заходили и делали вдох/тянули носом), and then droop off and squeeze into other carriages, or pay the difference and go first (затем поникали и втискивались в другие вагоны или доплачивали разницу и ехали первым /классом/; to droop — поникать, склонять/ся/; увядать, ослабевать).

compartment [kqm`pRtmqnt] shout [Saut] difference [`dIf(q)rqns]
"What's yours?" I said, turning to my friend.

"I'll have half-a-crown's worth of brandy, neat, if you please, miss," he responded.

And he went off quietly after he had drunk it and got into another carriage, which I thought mean.

From Crewe I had the compartment to myself, though the train was crowded. As we drew up at the different stations, the people, seeing my empty carriage, would rush for it. "Here y' are, Maria; come along, plenty of room." "All right, Tom; we'll get in here," they would shout. And they would run along, carrying heavy bags, and fight round the door to get in first. And one would open the door and mount the steps, and stagger back into the arms of the man behind him; and they would all come and have a sniff, and then droop off and squeeze into other carriages, or pay the difference and go first.

I said:
"It's cheeses. Tom bought them in Liverpool, and asked me to bring them up with me (Том купил их в Ливерпуле и попросил меня принести их /сюда/; to buy)."

And I added that I hoped she understood that it had nothing to do with me (я добавил, что, надеюсь, она понимает, что я здесь ни при чем; to understand); and she said that she was sure of that (она сказала, что уверена в этом), but that she would speak to Tom about it when he came back (но что она поговорит с Томом об этом, когда он вернется; to come back).

My friend was detained in Liverpool longer than he expected (мой приятель задержался в Ливерпуле дольше, чем ожидал); and, three days later, as he hadn't returned home, his wife called on me (три дня спустя, когда он не вернулся, его жена посетила меня). She said:

bought [bLt] worst [wq:st] expected [Ik`spektId]

I said:
"It's cheeses. Tom bought them in Liverpool, and asked me to bring them up with me."

And I added that I hoped she understood that it had nothing to do with me; and she said that she was sure of that, but that she would speak to Tom about it when he came back.

My friend was detained in Liverpool longer than he expected; and, three days later, as he hadn't returned home, his wife called on me. She said:

She said:

I thought he had, and added that he seemed greatly attached to them (я предположил, что да, и добавил, что он, кажется, сильно привязан к ним = дорожит ими; to attach — прикреплять/ся/; располагать к себе).

"You think he would be upset (думаете, он расстроится)," she queried (спросила она; to query — спрашивать, осведомляться), "if I gave a man a sovereign to take them away and bury them (если я дам кому-нибудь соверен, чтобы их /сыры/ унесли и закопали; to give)?"

I answered that I thought he would never smile again (я ответил, что, полагаю, он никогда больше не улыбнется; to think).

touch [tAC] queried [`kwIqrId] sovereign [`sOvrIn]
I replied that he had directed they were to be kept in a moist place, and that nobody was to touch them.

She said:

I thought he had, and added that he seemed greatly attached to them.

"You think he would be upset," she queried, "if I gave a man a sovereign to take them away and bury them?"

I answered that I thought he would never smile again.

"Madam (мадам/сударыня)," I replied (ответил я; to reply), "for myself I like the smell of cheese (что касается меня, /то/ мне нравится запах сыра), and the journey the other day with them from Liverpool (и путешествие с ними на днях из Ливерпуля) I shall ever look back upon as a happy ending to a pleasant holiday (я всегда буду вспоминать как счастливое завершение приятного отпуска; to look back — оглядываться; вспоминать). But, in this world, we must consider others (но в этом мире мы должны считаться с другими; to consider — принимать во внимание, учитывать). The lady under whose roof I have the honour of residing is a widow (дама, под чьей крышей я имею честь проживать, вдова), and, for all I know, possibly an orphan too (и, насколько мне известно, возможно, также сирота). She has a strong, I may say an eloquent, objection to being what she terms `put upon (у нее есть сильное, я могу сказать = я бы даже сказал, красноречивое/выразительное возражение против того, чтобы, как она выражается, ее «обижали»; to term — называть, обозначать; to put upon — обманывать, обижать; эксплуатировать, обременять).' The presence of your husband's cheeses in her house she would, I instinctively feel (присутствие сыров вашего мужа в ее доме она, я интуитивно чувствую; instinctively — инстинктивно, подсознательно), regard as a `put upon' (посчитает «обидой»; to regard — расценивать, считать); and it shall never be said that I put upon the widow and the orphan (никогда не будут говорить = я не допущу, чтобы говорили, будто я обижаю вдову и сироту)."