Jerome Jerome - Английский язык с Джеромом К. Джеромом. Трое в лодке, не считая собаки (ASCII-IPA)

We went into the parlour and sat down. There was an old fellow there, smoking a long clay pipe, and we naturally began chatting.

He told us that it had been a fine day to-day (он сказал нам, что сегодня хороший денек) , and we told him that it had been a fine day yesterday (мы сказали ему, что вчера /тоже/ был хороший денек) , and then we all told each other that we thought it would be a fine day to-morrow (затем мы сказали друг другу, что, думаем, завтра /тоже/ будет погожий денек) ; and George said the crops seemed to be coming up nicely (Джордж сказал, хлеба, кажется, прекрасно всходят; crops — зерновые; crop — урожай, посев) .

After that it came out, somehow or other, that we were strangers in the neighbourhood (потом выяснилось, так или иначе, что мы посторонние в окрестностях = нездешние; to come out — выходить; появляться, обнаруживаться) , and that we were going away the next morning (и что уезжаем на следующее утро) .

Then a pause ensued in the conversation, during which our eyes wandered round the room (затем в разговоре последовала пауза, во время которой наши глаза блуждали по комнате) . They finally rested upon a dusty old glass-case (наконец они остановились на пыльном старом стеклянном ящике; glass-case — витрина) , fixed very high up above the chimney-piece, and containing a trout (подвешенном очень высоко над каминной полкой, в котором была форель; to contain — содержать в себе, включать) . It rather fascinated me, that trout (она весьма заворожила меня, эта форель) ; it was such a monstrous fish (такая громадная рыба) . In fact, at first glance, I thought it was a cod (действительно, на первый взгляд = сначала я подумал, что это треска) .

trout [traut] fascinated ['f&sIneItId]

He told us that it had been a fine day to-day, and we told him that it had been a fine day yesterday, and then we all told each other that we thought it would be a fine day to-morrow; and George said the crops seemed to be coming up nicely.

After that it came out, somehow or other, that we were strangers in the neighbourhood, and that we were going away the next morning.

Then a pause ensued in the conversation, during which our eyes wandered round the room. They finally rested upon a dusty old glass-case, fixed very high up above the chimney-piece, and containing a trout. It rather fascinated me, that trout; it was such a monstrous fish. In fact, at first glance, I thought it was a cod.

"Ah!" said the old gentleman, following the direction of my gaze (следуя в направлении моего пристального взгляда) , "fine fellow that, ain't he (прекрасный экземпляр, не правда ли; fine fellow — молодец, славный парень) ?"

"Quite uncommon (совершенно необыкновенный) ," I murmured; and George asked the old man how much he thought it weighed (пробормотал я, а Джордж спросил старика, сколько, по его мнению, весит эта рыба) .

"Eighteen pounds six ounces (восемнадцать фунтов шесть унций; ounce — унция /28, 3 г/) ," said our friend, rising and taking down his coat (сказал наш знакомый, вставая и снимая пиджак) . "Yes," he continued (продолжал он) , "it wur sixteen year ago, come the third o' next month, that I landed him (это было шестнадцать лет назад; будет третьего числа следующего месяца, как я вытащил ее) . I caught him just below the bridge with a minnow (я поймал ее чуть ниже моста, на блесну) . They told me he wur in the river, and I said I'd have him, and so I did (мне сказали, что она в реке, а я сказал, что поймаю ее, так и сделал) . You don't see many fish that size about here now, I'm thinking (думаю, теперь здесь не увидеть много рыбы такого размера = такой рыбы больше не осталось) . Good-night, gentlemen, good-night (спокойной ночи) ."

And out he went, and left us alone (он вышел и оставил нас одних) .

ounce [auns] caught [kO:t]

"Ah!" said the old gentleman, following the direction of my gaze, "fine fellow that, ain't he?"

"Quite uncommon," I murmured; and George asked the old man how much he thought it weighed.

"Eighteen pounds six ounces," said our friend, rising and taking down his coat. "Yes," he continued, "it wur sixteen year ago, come the third o' next month, that I landed him. I caught him just below the bridge with a minnow. They told me he wur in the river, and I said I'd have him, and so I did. You don't see many fish that size about here now, I'm thinking. Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

And out he went, and left us alone.

We could not take our eyes off the fish after that (мы не могли отвести глаз от рыбы после этого) . It really was a remarkably fine fish (это была удивительная, прекрасная рыба: «удивительно прекрасная рыба») . We were still looking at it, when the local carrier, who had just stopped at the inn (мы по-прежнему смотрели на нее, когда местный перевозчик, который только что остановился у трактира) , came to the door of the room with a pot of beer in his hand, and he also looked at the fish (подошел к двери комнаты с кружкой пива в руке и тоже посмотрел на рыбу) .

"Good-sized trout, that (большая форель, а) ," said George, turning round to him (сказал Джордж, поворачиваясь к нему) .

"Ah! you may well say that, sir (совершенно верно: «вы вполне можете сказать так», сэр) ," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added (ответил человек, а потом, после глотка пива/отхлебнув пива, добавил; to pull at — дергать, тянуть; затягиваться /сигаретой/, тянуть /из бутылки/) , "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught (может, вас здесь не было, сэр, когда эту рыбу поймали) ?"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood (мы здесь чужие) .

We could not take our eyes off the fish after that. It really was a remarkably fine fish. We were still looking at it, when the local carrier, who had just stopped at the inn, came to the door of the room with a pot of beer in his hand, and he also looked at the fish.

"Good-sized trout, that," said George, turning round to him.

"Ah! you may well say that, sir," replied the man; and then, after a pull at his beer, he added, "Maybe you wasn't here, sir, when that fish was caught?"

"No," we told him. We were strangers in the neighbourhood.

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you (тогда, конечно, откуда вам /знать/) ? It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout (почти пять лет назад я поймал эту форель) ."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then (значит, это вы ее поймали) ?" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow (ответил добродушный старик) . "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then (я поймал его немного ниже шлюза — по крайней мере, у того, что было шлюзом тогда) — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly (в пятницу после обеда; и удивительно — я поймал ее на муху) . I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout (я отправился ловить щук, ей-богу, и не думал о форели) , and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback (а когда увидел эту громадину на конце лески, то, черт побери, она меня так поразила; to take aback — захватить врасплох; поразить, ошеломить) . Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound (она весила двадцать шесть фунтов) . Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

genial ['dZi:nI@l] pound [paund]

"Ah!" said the carrier, "then, of course, how should you? It was nearly five years ago that I caught that trout."

"Oh! was it you who caught it, then?" said I.

"Yes, sir," replied the genial old fellow. "I caught him just below the lock — leastways, what was the lock then — one Friday afternoon; and the remarkable thing about it is that I caught him with a fly. I'd gone out pike fishing, bless you, never thinking of a trout, and when I saw that whopper on the end of my line, blest if it didn't quite take me aback. Well, you see, he weighed twenty-six pound. Good-night, gentlemen, good-night."

Five minutes afterwards, a third man came in (пять минут спустя третий человек вошел) , and described how he had caught it early one morning, with bleak (и описал, как он поймал ее однажды рано утром на уклейку) ; and then he left, and a stolid, solemn-looking, middle-aged individual came in, and sat down over by the window (потом он ушел, вошел невозмутимый, серьезного вида человек средних лет и сел у окна) .

None of us spoke for a while (ни один из нас не говорил ничего некоторое время) ; but, at length, George turned to the new-comer, and said (но наконец Джордж обратился к новоприбывшему и сказал) :

"I beg your pardon, I hope you will forgive the liberty that we (прошу прощения, надеюсь, вы простите бесцеремонность, которую мы; liberty — свобода; бесцеремонность, вольность; дерзость) — perfect strangers in the neighbourhood (совсем чужие люди в этих краях) — are taking, but my friend here and myself would be so much obliged (позволяем себе, но вот мой приятель и я сам были бы очень благодарны) if you would tell us how you caught that trout up there (если бы вы рассказали нам, как поймали вон ту форель) ."