Илья Франк - Английский язык с В. Ирвингом. Рип ван Винкль

With some difficulty he got down into the glen: he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift to scramble up its sides, working his toilsome way through thickets of birch, sassafras, and witch-hazel, and sometimes tripped up or entangled by the wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree, and spread a kind of network in his path.

At length (в конце концов) he reached to (он достиг /того места/) where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre (где ущелье /раньше / вело сквозь утесы в амфитеатр; to open to [qVpn] — сообщаться; вести ); but no traces of such opening remained (но никаких следов такого прохода не осталось). The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall (камни представляли собой высокую непроницаемую стену) over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam (через которую обрушивался поток в клочьях пушистой пены; to tumble — падать, рушиться; feather — перо /у птиц/ ), and fell into a broad deep basin (и впадал в широкий, глубокий водоем), black from the shadows of the surrounding forest (черный от теней окружающего леса). Here, then (здесь тогда), poor Rip was brought to a stand (бедный Рип вынужден был остановиться).

At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand.

He again called and whistled after his dog (он снова кричал и свистел своему псу); he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows (ему только отвечала карканьем стая праздных ворон), sporting high in air about a dry tree (веселящаяся высоко в воздухе над засохшим деревом) that overhung a sunny precipice (которое нависало над солнечным обрывом; to hang [hxN] — hung [hAN] / hanged — hung / hanged– вешать; подвешивать: висеть; свисать ); and who, secure in their elevation (и которые, в безопасности на их высоте; elevation — возвышение, возвышенность; высота ), seemed to look down (казалось, смотрели /на него/ сверху вниз) and scoff at the poor man's perplexities (и насмехались над трудностями бедного человека; perplexity [pq‘pleksItI] — недоумение; растерянность; затруднение ). What was to be done (что можно было сделать)? The morning was passing away (утро уже проходило), and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast (и Рип чувствовал голод из-за недостатка завтрака = поскольку не позавтракал). He grieved to give up his dog and gun (он сожалел, что придется отказаться от своего ружья и собаки; to give up [gIv Ap] — оставить, отказаться; сдаться, уступить ); he dreaded to meet his wife (он опасался встретить свою жену); but it would not do to starve among the mountains (но никуда не годилось умереть с голоду в горах; to do [du:] — did [dId] — done [dAn] — делать; совершать действия; здесь подходить, годиться; удовлетворять требованиям ). He shook his head (он тряхнул головой), shouldered the rusty firelock (положил на плечо ржавое кремневое ружье), and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety (и с сердцем, полным тревоги и страха), turned his steps homeward (повернул шаги сторону дома = отправился домой).

He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward.

As he approached the village (пока он подходил к деревне) he met a number of people (он встретил некоторое количество людей = несколько человек), but none whom he knew (но никого из тех, кого он знал), which somewhat surprised him (что несколько удивило его), for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round (так как он думал, что был знаком с каждым в округе: «в местности вокруг»). Their dress, too (их одежда тоже), was of a different fashion (была отличного фасона) from that to which he was accustomed (от того, к которому он привык). They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise (они все смотрели на него с одинаковым выражением удивления; equal [‘i:kw(q)l] — равный, одинаковый; идентичный ), and whenever they cast their eyes upon him (и всякий раз, когда они останавливали на нем взгляд; to cast — бросать ), invariably stroked their chins (неизменно поглаживали свои подбородки; invariable [In’vFqrIqbl] — неизменный, неизменяемый; постоянный, стабильный, устойчивый ). The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same (постоянное повторение этого жеста заставило Рипа невольно сделать то же самое; recurrence [rI’kAr(q)ns] — повторение; повторное проявление; возвращение, возврат ), when, to his astonishment (когда = и тогда, к своему изумлению), he found his beard had grown a foot long (он обнаружил, что его борода выросла на целый фут; foot [fVt] — фут /мера длины, равная 30,48 см, составляет одну треть ярда/ )!

As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with every one in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced Rip, involuntarily, to do the same, when, to his astonishment, he found his beard had grown a foot long!

He had now entered the skirts of the village (теперь он подошел к краю деревни; skirts — край, граница; окраина ). A troop of strange children ran at his heels (ватага незнакомых ребятишек бежала за ним по пятам; troop [tru:p] — стадо, стая; отряд, группа людей ), hooting after him (гонясь за ним с криками), and pointing at his gray beard (и показывая на его седую бороду). The dogs, too (собаки тоже), not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance (ни одну из которых он не признал как старую знакомую), barked at him as he passed (лаяли на него, когда он проходил мимо). The very village was altered (сама деревня была переменившейся = сильно изменилась; to alter [‘O:ltq] — изменять/ся/; менять/ся/; видоизменять, вносить изменения, переделывать ); it was larger and more populous (она стала больше и многолюднее). There were rows of houses which he had never seen before (там были ряды домов, которые он никогда не видел раньше), and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared (а те, которые были привычными ему местами, исчезли; haunt [hO:nt] — часто посещаемое место; to haunt — часто заезжать проведать, навещать /какое-л. место, людей и т. п./; бывать /где-л./ ). Strange names were over the doors (над дверьми были незнакомые имена) — strange faces at the windows (незнакомые лица /выглядывали/ из окон) every thing was strange (все было незнакомым).

He had now entered the skirts of the village. A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting after him, and pointing at his gray beard. The dogs, too, not one of which he recognized for an old acquaintance, barked at him as he passed. The very village was altered; it was larger and more populous. There were rows of houses which he had never seen before, and those which had been his familiar haunts had disappeared. Strange names were over the doors — strange faces at the windows every thing was strange.

His mind now misgave him (теперь его разум изменил ему; to misgive [mIs’gIv] — misgave [mIs’geIv] — misgiven [mIs’gIvn] — внушать недоверие; дать осечку; потерпеть неудачу ); he began to doubt (он начал сомневаться; to begin [bI’gIn] — began [bI’gxn] — begun [bI’gAn] — начинать/ся/ ) whether both he and the world around him were not bewitched (не был ли он сам и мир вокруг околдованы; witch — колдунья, ведьма ). Surely this was his native village (несомненно, это была его родная деревня) which he had left but the day before (которую он покинул днем раньше; to leave — оставлять ). There stood the Kaatskill mountains (там высились Каатскиллские горы) — there ran the silver Hudson at a distance (там вдали бежал серебристый Гудзон; to run [rAn] — ran [rxn] — run — бежать; течь ) — there was every hill and dale precisely (там были каждый холм и долина точно такими же) as it had always been (какими они были всегда) — Rip was sorely perplexed (Рип пребывал в болезненном недоумении; to perplex — ставить в тупик, приводить в недоумение ) — "That flagon last night (тот графин прошлой ночью)," thought he (подумал он), "has addled my poor head sadly (прискорбно повлиял на мою бедную голову; to addle — пропадать, портиться /о яйце/; сбивать с толку, запутывать )!"