Илья Франк - Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море

"Are his eyes that bad (у него настолько плохи глаза)?"

"He is almost blind (он почти слепой)."

dolphin ['dOlfIn], blind [blaInd], eye [aI]

"He does not like to work too far out."

"No," the boy said. "But I will see something that he cannot see such as a bird working and get him to come out after dolphin."

"Are his eyes that bad?"

"He is almost blind."

"It is strange (странно)," the old man said. "He never went turtle-ing (он никогда не ходил за черепахами). That is what kills the eyes (именно это убивает глаза = портит зрение)."

"But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast and your eyes are good (но ты ходил за черепахами годами к Москитному берегу, и твои глаза в порядке)."

"I am a strange old man (я необыкновенный/странный старик)."

turtle [tWtl], Mosquito [mqs'kItqu], coast [kqust]

"It is strange," the old man said. "He never went turtle-ing. That is what kills the eyes."

"But you went turtle-ing for years off the Mosquito Coast and your eyes are good."

"I am a strange old man."

"But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish (а ты достаточно силен для действительно большой рыбы)?"

"I think so (думаю, да: «думаю так»). And there are many tricks (тут главное сноровка: «есть много ловких приемов»; trick — уловка; сноровка, ловкий прием )."

"Let us take the stuff home (давай отнесем снасти домой; stuff — материя; хлам; вещи )," the boy said. "So I can get the cast net and go after the sardines (потом я возьму сеть и схожу за сардинами; cast net — сеть, которую забрасывают и вытягивают /в отличие от той, которую оставляют на продолжительное время/; to cast — бросать, забрасывать )."

enough [I'nAf], cast [kRst], sardine [sR'dJn]

"But are you strong enough now for a truly big fish?"

"I think so. And there are many tricks."

"Let us take the stuff home," the boy said. "So I can get the cast net and go after the sardines."

They picked up the gear from the boat (они подняли снасти из лодки). The old man carried the mast on his shoulder (старик нес мачту на своем плече) and the boy carried the wooden box with the coiled, hard-braided brown lines (а мальчик нес деревянный ящик с мотками туго сплетенной коричневой лесы; to braid — оплетать, обматывать ), the gaff (багор) and the harpoon with its shaft (и гарпун с рукояткой). The box with the baits was under the stern of the skiff (ящик с наживкой остался: «был» на корме шлюпки) along with the club (вместе с дубинкой) that was used to subdue the big fish (которую использовали, чтобы оглушить рыбу; to subdue — подавлять /физически/ ) when they were brought alongside (когда ее вы вытаскивали на поверхность; alongside — у борта ). No one would steal from the old man (никто не украл бы у старика) but it was better to take the sail and the heavy lines home (но было лучше забрать паруса и тяжелые снасти домой) as the dew was bad for them (так как роса плоха для них = чтобы они не отсырели от росы) and, though he was quite sure no local people would steal from him (и хотя он был вполне уверен, что никто из местных не украдет у него), the old man thought that a gaff and a harpoon were needless temptations to leave in a boat (старик думал, что оставлять багор и гарпун в лодке — лишнее искушение).

gear [gIq], shoulder ['Squldq], though [Dqu]

They picked up the gear from the boat. The old man carried the mast on his shoulder and the boy carried the wooden box with the coiled, hard-braided brown lines, the gaff and the harpoon with its shaft. The box with the baits was under the stern of the skiff along with the club that was used to subdue the big fish when they were brought alongside. No one would steal from the old man but it was better to take the sail and the heavy lines home as the dew was bad for them and, though he was quite sure no local people would steal from him, the old man thought that a gaff and a harpoon were needless temptations to leave in a boat.

They walked up the road together to the old man's shack (они поднялись по дороге к хижине старика; shack — лачуга, хижина ) and went in through its open door (и вошли внутрь через ее открытые двери). The old man leaned the mast with its wrapped sail against the wall (старик прислонил мачту с обмотанным вокруг нее парусом к стене) and the boy put the box and the other gear beside it (а мальчик положил ящик и другое оборудование = снасти рядом /с мачтой/). The mast was nearly as long as the one room of the shack (мачта была практически такой же длины, что и комната лачуги). The shack was made of the tough bud shields of the royal palm which are called guano (хижина была сделана из крепких листьев королевской пальмы, которая называется гуано; bud — почка ) and in it there was a bed (и внутри была кровать), a table (стол), one chair (один стул), and a place on the dirt floor to cook with charcoal (и место = выемка на грязном полу, где готовилась еда на древесном угле). On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano (на коричневых стенах из сплющенных заходящих один на другой листьев прочных волокон гуано; flattened — сплющенный; sturdy — прочный, крепкий; fiber — древесное волокно ) there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (висела: «была» цветная картина Священного Сердца Иисуса = Сердца Господня) and another of the Virgin of Cobre (и другая — /Святая/ Дева из Кобре). These were relics of his wife (они принадлежали его жене; relic — след, остаток ). Once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall (раньше на стене еще висела раскрашенная фотография его жены; to tint — окрашивать ) but he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it (но он ее снял, потому что смотреть на нее было слишком одиноко = тоскливо; to take down ) and it was on the shelf in the corner under his clean shirt (и она теперь была на полке в углу под его чистой рубашкой).

charcoal ['CRkqul], sturdy ['stWdI], relic ['relIk]

They walked up the road together to the old man's shack and went in through its open door. The old man leaned the mast with its wrapped sail against the wall and the boy put the box and the other gear beside it. The mast was nearly as long as the one room of the shack. The shack was made of the tough bud shields of the royal palm which are called guano and in it there was a bed, a table, one chair, and a place on the dirt floor to cook with charcoal. On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre. These were relics of his wife. Once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it and it was on the shelf in the corner under his clean shirt.

"What do you have to eat (что у тебя есть поесть)?" the boy asked.

"A pot of yellow rice with fish (чашка желтого риса с рыбой). Do you want some (хочешь немного)?"

"No. I will eat at home (я поем дома). Do you want me to make the fire (хочешь, я разведу огонь)?"

"No. I will make it later on (я разведу его позже). Or I may eat the rice cold (или же я могу съесть рис холодным)."

"May I take the cast net (можно взять сеть)?"

"Of course (конечно)."

There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it (никакой сети не было, и мальчик помнил, когда они ее продали). But they went through this fiction every day (но они проходили через эту выдумку каждый день). There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too (не было чашки с желтым рисом и рыбой, и мальчик об этом тоже знал).

through [Tru:], fiction [fIkSn], yellow ['jelqu]

"What do you have to eat?" the boy asked.

"A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some?"

"No. I will eat at home. Do you want me to make the fire?"

"No. I will make it later on. Or I may eat the rice cold."

"May I take the cast net?"

"Of course."

There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice and fish and the boy knew this too.

"Eighty-five is a lucky number (восемьдесят пять — счастливое число)," the old man said. "How would you like to see me bring one in that dressed out over a thousand pounds (как тебе понравится увидеть меня с выпотрошенной рыбой весом более тысячи фунтов)?"

"I'll get the cast net and go for sardines (я возьму сеть и пойду за сардинами). Will you sit in the sun in the doorway (ты посидишь на солнце на пороге)?"

"Yes. I have yesterday's paper (у меня есть вчерашняя газета) and I will read the baseball (и я почитаю о бейсболе)."

The boy did not know whether yesterday's paper was a fiction too (мальчик не знал, была ли вчерашняя газета тоже выдумкой). But the old man brought it out from under the bed (но старик достал ее из-под кровати).

"Perico gave it to me at the bodega (Перико дал мне ее в винной лавке; bodega — исп. винный погребок )," he explained (объяснил он).

bodega [bqu'dJgq], lucky ['lAkI], whether ['weDq]

"Eighty-five is a lucky number," the old man said. "How would you like to see me bring one in that dressed out over a thousand pounds?"