Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки

bosom ['buzm] adieu ['dju:] thoroughly ['rl]

You start on Monday with the idea implanted in your bosom that you are going to enjoy yourself. You wave an airy adieu to the boys on shore, light your biggest pipe, and swagger about the deck as if you were Captain Cook, Sir Francis Drake, and Christopher Columbus all rolled into one. On Tuesday, you wish you hadn't come. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you wish you were dead. On Saturday, you are able to swallow a little beef tea, and to sit up on deck, and answer with a wan, sweet smile when kind-hearted people ask you how you feel now. On Sunday, you begin to walk about again, and take solid food. And on Monday morning, as, with your bag and umbrella in your hand, you stand by the gunwale, waiting to step ashore, you begin to thoroughly like it.

I remember my brother-in-law going for a short sea trip once (помню, мой зять отправился в короткое морское путешествие однажды; brother-in-law — зять; шурин; свояк; brother — брат; law — закон), for the benefit of his health (чтобы поправить свое здоровье; for the benefit of — для, ради, на благо; benefit — выгода, польза). He took a return berth from London to Liverpool (он взял билет от Лондона до Ливерпуля и обратно; to take; return — возвращение; билет в оба конца; berth — койка, спальное место); and when he got to Liverpool, the only thing he was anxious about was to sell that return ticket (а когда он добрался до Ливерпуля, единственной вещью, о которой он беспокоился, было продать тот /обратный/ билет; to get).

It was offered round the town at a tremendous reduction, so I am told (он /билет/ предлагался по всему городу с огромной скидкой, /так/ мне рассказывали; round — вокруг, кругом, повсюду, на всем протяжении; tremendous — страшный, гигантский; громадный; to tell); and was eventually sold for eighteenpence to a bilious-looking youth (и был в конце концов продан за восемнадцать пенсов молодому человеку, больному желтухой: «желтушно выглядевшему»; to sell; bilious — желчный, желтушный) who had just been advised by his medical men to go to the sea-side, and take exercise (которому его врач как раз/только что посоветовал отправиться к морскому берегу и больше двигаться = делать моцион; sea-side — морской берег, побережье; to take exercise — делать моцион, гимнастику; exercise — упражнение, тренировка; зарядка).

law [l:] anxious ['aeks] tremendous [tr'mends] bilious ['bljs] exercise ['ekssaz]

I remember my brother-in-law going for a short sea trip once, for the benefit of his health. He took a return berth from London to Liverpool; and when he got to Liverpool, the only thing he was anxious about was to sell that return ticket.

It was offered round the town at a tremendous reduction, so I am told; and was eventually sold for eighteenpence to a bilious-looking youth who had just been advised by his medical men to go to the sea-side, and take exercise.

"Sea-side (морского берега)!" said my brother-in-law, pressing the ticket affectionately into his hand (сказал мой зять, нежно/ласково втискивая билет в его руку; to press into — втискивать, вталкивать; всовывать); "why, you'll have enough to last you a lifetime (вы будете иметь достаточно = вам хватит на всю жизнь; to last — продолжаться, длиться; сохраняться); and as for exercise (а что касается движения/гимнастики)! why, you'll get more exercise, sitting down on that ship (вы получите этого больше, садясь = сев на этот корабль), than you would turning somersaults on dry land (чем /если бы/ вы кувыркались на суше: «сухой земле»; to turn somersault — кувыркаться; to turn — поворачивать/ся/, кружиться)."

He himself — my brother-in-law — came back by train (сам он — мой зять — вернулся поездом). He said the North-Western Railway was healthy enough for him (он сказал, Северо-Западная железная дорога была достаточно полезна для него; to say; healthy — здоровый; полезный, благотворный).

Another fellow I knew went for a week's voyage round the coast (другой приятель, которого я знал = другой мой знакомый отправился в недельное /морское/ путешествие вдоль побережья), and, before they started, the steward came to him to ask (и, прежде чем они отплыли, стюард пришел к нему спросить; steward — официант на пассажирском морском судне или на пассажирском самолете; бортпроводник) whether he would pay for each meal as he had it (будет ли он платить за каждый обед /во время еды/; whether — ли; meal — прием пищи, еда; to have a meal — есть, кушать), or arrange beforehand for the whole series (или заплатит заранее за весь комплекс; to arrange — приводить в порядок, устраивать; договариваться; beforehand — заранее, заблаговременно; series — серия, комплект).

affectionately ['fekntl] somersault ['sms:lt] voyage ['v] steward ['stjud]

"Sea-side!" said my brother-in-law, pressing the ticket affectionately into his hand; "why, you'll have enough to last you a lifetime; and as for exercise! why, you'll get more exercise, sitting down on that ship, than you would turning somersaults on dry land."

He himself — my brother-in-law — came back by train. He said the North-Western Railway was healthy enough for him.

Another fellow I knew went for a week's voyage round the coast, and, before they started, the steward came to him to ask whether he would pay for each meal as he had it, or arrange beforehand for the whole series.

The steward recommended the latter course (стюард рекомендовал второй вариант; the latter — второй, последний /из двух названных/; course — курс, направление; образ действия; блюдо), as it would come so much cheaper (так как это выйдет намного дешевле). He said they would do him for the whole week at two pounds five (он сказал, они /завтраки, обеды, ужины/ обойдутся ему за всю неделю в два фунта пять /шиллингов/; to do — делать, осуществлять; обходиться, довольствоваться). He said for breakfast there would be fish, followed by a grill (он сказал, на завтрак будет рыба, за которой следует мясо = потом мясо; grill — мясо-гриль, рыба-гриль). Lunch was at one, and consisted of four courses (ленч/второй завтрак был в час и состоял из четырех блюд). Dinner at six (обед в шесть) — soup, fish, entree (суп, рыба, закуска; entr'ee — блюдо, подаваемое между рыбой и жарким), joint, poultry, salad (жаркое, домашняя птица, салат; joint — сустав, соединение; мясной отруб), sweets, cheese, and dessert (сладкое, сыр и десерт; sweet — леденец, конфета, сладость). And a light meat supper at ten (и легкий мясной ужин в десять).

My friend thought he would close on the two-pound-five job (he is a hearty eater), and did so (мой друг подумал, /что/ остановится = решил остановиться на варианте два фунта пять /шиллингов/ (он большой любитель поесть), и сделал так; to close on — закрывать/ся/, заканчивать/ся/; приближаться; job — работа, труд; заказ; hearty — сердечный; обильный /о пище/, энергичный).

Lunch came just as they were off Sheerness (второй завтрак подали: «прибыл», как раз когда они покинули Ширнесс; to come). He didn't feel so hungry as he thought he should (он не чувствовал себя настолько голодным, как он полагал, он должен бы /чувствовать/), and so contented himself with a bit of boiled beef (и поэтому довольствовался небольшим куском вареной говядины; a bit — немного, чуть-чуть; to boil — варить/ся/, кипятить/ся/), and some strawberries and cream (и земляникой/клубникой со сливками; strawberry: straw — солома; berry — ягода). He pondered a good deal during the afternoon (он много размышлял в послеобеденное время; to ponder — обдумывать, размышлять; a good deal — много, множество; сильно), and at one time it seemed to him (и иногда: «в одно время» ему казалось; иногда… а иногда — at times… at other times) that he had been eating nothing but boiled beef for weeks (что он не ел ничего, кроме вареной говядины, в течение недель), and at other times it seemed that he must have been living on strawberries and cream for years (а иногда: «в другие времена» казалось, что он, должно быть, годами жил на /одной/ землянике со сливками).

course [k:s] breakfast ['brekfst] entr'ee ['ntre] poultry ['pultr] dessert [d'z:t]

The steward recommended the latter course, as it would come so much cheaper. He said they would do him for the whole week at two pounds five. He said for breakfast there would be fish, followed by a grill. Lunch was at one, and consisted of four courses. Dinner at six — soup, fish, entree, joint, poultry, salad, sweets, cheese, and dessert. And a light meat supper at ten.

My friend thought he would close on the two-pound-five job (he is a hearty eater), and did so.

Lunch came just as they were off Sheerness. He didn't feel so hungry as he thought he should, and so contented himself with a bit of boiled beef, and some strawberries and cream. He pondered a good deal during the afternoon, and at one time it seemed to him that he had been eating nothing but boiled beef for weeks, and at other times it seemed that he must have been living on strawberries and cream for years.