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

Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan (Гаррис сказал, что это вина сковороды), and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove (думает, было бы лучше, если бы у нас были котелок для варки рыбы и газовая плита); and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us (и мы решили не пытаться готовить это блюдо снова, пока у нас не будет этих вспомогательных средств = принадлежностей для домашнего хозяйства).

anticipated [xn`tIsIpeItId] unappetizing [An`xpItaIzIN]

The result was not altogether the success that Harris had anticipated. There seemed so little to show for the business. Six eggs had gone into the frying-pan, and all that came out was a teaspoonful of burnt and unappetizing looking mess.

Harris said it was the fault of the frying-pan, and thought it would have gone better if we had had a fish-kettle and a gas-stove; and we decided not to attempt the dish again until we had those aids to housekeeping by us.
The sun had got more powerful by the time we had finished breakfast (солнце стало сильнее = стало припекать к тому времени, когда мы закончили завтрак/ать/; powerful — крепкий, мощный, могучий), and the wind had dropped, and it was as lovely a morning as one could desire (ветер стих, и утро было таким очаровательным, какое /только/ можно желать). Little was in sight to remind us of the nineteenth century (мало что в поле зрения напоминало нам о девятнадцатом веке); and, as we looked out upon the river in the morning sunlight (и, выглядывая /из-под брезента/ на реку в утреннем солнечном свете), we could almost fancy that the centuries between us and that ever-to-be-famous June morning of 1215 had been drawn aside (мы почти могли вообразить, что века между нами и тем незабываемым июньским утром 1215 года отошли в сторону; to draw aside), and that we, English yeomen's sons in homespun cloth, with dirk at belt (и что мы, сыновья английских йоменов в /одежде/ из домотканой материи, с кинжалом за поясом; yeomen — йомены /свободные крестьяне в Англии 14-18 веков, которые вели самостоятельное хозяйство на земле, являвшейся их наследственным наделом/), were waiting there to witness the writing of that stupendous page of history (ждем здесь, чтобы увидеть, как пишется эта чрезвычайно важная страница истории), the meaning whereof was to be translated to the common people some four hundred and odd years later (значение которой должен был объяснить простым людям четыре с лишним столетия спустя) by one Oliver Cromwell, who had deeply studied it (Оливер Кромвель, который глубоко/основательно изучил ее).

It is a fine summer morning — sunny, soft, and still (прекрасное летнее утро — солнечное, теплое и тихое). But through the air there runs a thrill of coming stir (но в воздухе пробегает дрожь приближающейся суматохи = чувствуется приближение волнения; thrill — возбуждение, глубокое волнение, трепет, дрожь; stir — движение, шевеление; суматоха, переполох). King John has slept at Duncroft Hall (король Иоанн переночевал в Данкрофт-Холл), and all the day before the little town of Staines has echoed to the clang of armed men (и весь день накануне маленький городок Стэйнс вторил бряцанью /оружия/ воинов: «вооруженных людей»), and the clatter of great horses over its rough stones (и топоту прекрасных коней по его ухабистой мостовой: «камням»; clatter — стук, громкая поступь, топот; звон), and the shouts of captains (и крикам командиров), and the grim oaths and surly jests of bearded bowmen (и свирепым проклятиям и грубым шуткам бородатых лучников), billmen, pikemen (алебардщиков, копейщиков), and strange-speaking foreign spearmen (и говорящих на чужом языке иностранных копьеносцев).

stupendous [stjH`pendqs] rough [rAf] foreign [`fOrIN]
The sun had got more powerful by the time we had finished breakfast, and the wind had dropped, and it was as lovely a morning as one could desire. Little was in sight to remind us of the nineteenth century; and, as we looked out upon the river in the morning sunlight, we could almost fancy that the centuries between us and that ever-to-be-famous June morning of 1215 had been drawn aside, and that we, English yeomen's sons in homespun cloth, with dirk at belt, were waiting there to witness the writing of that stupendous page of history, the meaning whereof was to be translated to the common people some four hundred and odd years later by one Oliver Cromwell, who had deeply studied it.

It is a fine summer morning — sunny, soft, and still. But through the air there runs a thrill of coming stir. King John has slept at Duncroft Hall, and all the day before the little town of Staines has echoed to the clang of armed men, and the clatter of great horses over its rough stones, and the shouts of captains, and the grim oaths and surly jests of bearded bowmen, billmen, pikemen, and strange-speaking foreign spearmen.

Round the camp-fire in the market-place gather still more of the Barons' troops, and eat and drink deep, and bellow forth roistering drinking songs, and gamble and quarrel as the evening grows and deepens into night. The firelight sheds quaint shadows on their piled-up arms and on their uncouth forms. The children of the town steal round to watch them, wondering; and brawny country wenches, laughing, draw near to bandy ale-house jest and jibe with the swaggering troopers, so unlike the village swains, who, now despised, stand apart behind, with vacant grins upon their broad, peering faces. And out from the fields around, glitter the faint lights of more distant camps, as here some great lord's followers lie mustered, and there false John's French mercenaries hover like crouching wolves without the town.

Ever since grey dawn, in the lower of the two islands (с /наступлением/ серого рассвета = как только забрезжил рассвет, с ближайшего из двух островов; ever since — с тех пор как, с той поры; ever since the morning — с самого утра), just above where we are standing (чуть выше /того места/, где мы стоим), there has been great clamour, and the sound of many workmen (послышались громкие крики и звук множества работников = звуки строительства). The great pavilion brought there yester eve is being raised (огромный шатер, привезенный сюда накануне вечером, /теперь/ возводят; to bring), and carpenters are busy nailing tiers of seats (и плотники заняты сколачиванием рядов скамеек), while `prentices from London town are there with many-coloured stuffs and silks and cloth of gold and silver (а подмастерья из Лондона /привезли/ разноцветные ткани, шелка, золотую и серебряную парчу; `prentice = apprentice).

And now, lo! down upon the road that winds along the river's bank from Staines there come towards us (а вон — смотрите! — по дороге, что вьется вдоль речного берега, от Стэйнса к нам направляются), laughing and talking together in deep guttural bass, a half-a-score of stalwart halberd-men (смеясь и разговаривая друг с другом глубоким гортанным басом, десять рослых/крепких алебардщиков; score — два десятка) — Barons' men, these (это люди баронов) — and halt at a hundred yards or so above us, on the other bank (и останавливаются примерно в сотне ярдов выше нас, на другом берегу), and lean upon their arms, and wait (и опираются на свое оружие, и ждут).

sentinel [`sentIn(q)l] stalwart [`stLlwqt] guttural [`gAt(q)rql]

Ever since grey dawn, in the lower of the two islands, just above where we are standing, there has been great clamour, and the sound of many workmen. The great pavilion brought there yester eve is being raised, and carpenters are busy nailing tiers of seats, while `prentices from London town are there with many-coloured stuffs and silks and cloth of gold and silver.

And now, lo! down upon the road that winds along the river's bank from Staines there come towards us, laughing and talking together in deep guttural bass, a half-a-score of stalwart halberd-men — Barons' men, these — and halt at a hundred yards or so above us, on the other bank, and lean upon their arms, and wait.
And so, from hour to hour, march up along the road ever fresh groups and bands of armed men (и затем каждый час: «из часа в час» идут строем все новые группы и отряды воинов), their casques and breastplates flashing back the long low lines of morning sunlight (их шлемы и нагрудники отражают длинные низкие линии утреннего солнечного света = низкие лучи утреннего солнца), until, as far as eye can reach, the way seems thick with glittering steel and prancing steeds (пока, насколько может видеть глаз, дорога не кажется забитой/наводненной сверкающей сталью и скачущими конями; thick with — густо покрытый, заполненный; prancing — скачущий, важный /о походке, манерах держаться/). And shouting horsemen are galloping from group to group (и покрикивающие всадники скачут галопом от группы к группе), and little banners are fluttering lazily in the warm breeze (и небольшие знамена развеваются лениво на теплом ветерке; breeze — легкий ветерок, бриз), and every now and then there is a deeper stir as the ranks make way on either side (и время от времени происходит более интенсивное движение, когда ряды раздвигаются с обеих сторон), and some great Baron on his war-horse, with his guard of squires around him (и кто-то из великих баронов на своем боевом коне, окруженный охраной из оруженосцев), passes along to take his station at the head of his serfs and vassals (проезжает, чтобы занять свое место во главе своих крепостных и вассалов; serf — крепостной; раб).

And up the slope of Cooper's Hill, just opposite, are gathered the wondering rustics and curious townsfolk (а на склоне Купер-Хилл, как раз напротив, собрались удивленные селяне и любопытные горожане; rustic — сельский житель; крестьянин), who have run from Staines, and none are quite sure what the bustle is about (которые прибежали из Стэйнса, и никто полностью не уверен = толком не знает, из-за чего эта суматоха), but each one has a different version of the great event that they have come to see (но у каждого есть своя версия великого события = все по-разному объясняют причину этого события, которое они пришли посмотреть; different — непохожий, другой, разный); and some say that much good to all the people will come from this day's work (и некоторые говорят, что много хорошего всем людям получится в результате = дадут события этого дня); but the old men shake their heads, for they have heard such tales before (но старики отрицательно качают головами, потому что слышали такие сказки и раньше).

rustic [`rAstIk] bustle [`bAs(q)l]
And so, from hour to hour, march up along the road ever fresh groups and bands of armed men, their casques and breastplates flashing back the long low lines of morning sunlight, until, as far as eye can reach, the way seems thick with glittering steel and prancing steeds. And shouting horsemen are galloping from group to group, and little banners are fluttering lazily in the warm breeze, and every now and then there is a deeper stir as the ranks make way on either side, and some great Baron on his war-horse, with his guard of squires around him, passes along to take his station at the head of his serfs and vassals.

And up the slope of Cooper's Hill, just opposite, are gathered the wondering rustics and curious townsfolk, who have run from Staines, and none are quite sure what the bustle is about, but each one has a different version of the great event that they have come to see; and some say that much good to all the people will come from this day's work; but the old men shake their heads, for they have heard such tales before.

It is noon, and we and all the people have been waiting patient for many an hour (полдень, и мы, и все люди ждем терпеливо /уже/ много часов), and the rumour has run round that slippery John has again escaped from the Barons' grasp (и слух пробежал, что увертливый Иоанн снова выскользнул из рук: «хватки» баронов; slippery — скользкий, увертливый; ненадежный, неискренний), and has stolen away from Duncroft Hall with his mercenaries at his heels (и незаметно убежал из Данкрофт-Холла, а за ним следом его наемники; to steal away — незаметно ускользнуть; at somebody`s heels — по пятам, следом за ним), and will soon be doing other work than signing charters for his people's liberty (и скоро займется другим делом = делами поинтереснее, чем подписывать хартии о вольности своего народа; liberty — свобода, вольность).

coracle [`kOrqkl] Charter [`CRtq] rumour [`rHmq]
And all the river down to Staines is dotted with small craft and boats and tiny coracles — which last are growing out of favour now, and are used only by the poorer folk. Over the rapids, where in after years trim Bell Weir lock will stand, they have been forced or dragged by their sturdy rowers, and now are crowding up as near as they dare come to the great covered barges, which lie in readiness to bear King John to where the fateful Charter waits his signing.

It is noon, and we and all the people have been waiting patient for many an hour, and the rumour has run round that slippery John has again escaped from the Barons' grasp, and has stolen away from Duncroft Hall with his mercenaries at his heels, and will soon be doing other work than signing charters for his people's liberty.

He rides to where the barges lie in readiness (он подъезжает к /тому месту/, где баржи стоят наготове), and the great Barons step forth from their ranks to meet him (и великие бароны выходят из рядов = из строя, чтобы встретить его; to step forth — выступить, выдвинуться). He greets them with a smile and laugh, and pleasant honeyed words (он приветствует их улыбкой, смехом, и приятными льстивыми словами; honeyed — медовый, сладкий; льстивый; honey — мед), as though it were some feast in his honour to which he had been invited (как будто это было празднество в его честь, на которое его пригласили; feast — празднование, торжество, пир). But as he rises to dismount (но когда он поднимается, чтобы спешиться), he casts one hurried glance from his own French mercenaries (он бросает один беглый взгляд на своих французских наемников) drawn up in the rear to the grim ranks of the Barons' men that hem him in (выстроившихся в тылу, и на угрюмые ряды людей баронов, которые окружают его).