Джон Рональд – Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит (страница 73)
“They are on their way to visit the land of their fathers, away east beyond Mirkwood, ” put in Gandalf, “and it is entirely an accident that we are in your lands at all. We were crossing by the High Pass that should have brought us to the road that lies to the south of your country, when we were attacked by the evil goblins — as I was about to tell you. ”
“Go on telling, then!” said Beorn, who was never very polite. “There was a terrible storm; the stone-giants were out hurling rocks, and at the head of the pass we took refuge in a cave, the hob bit and I and several of our companions…”
“Do you call two several?”
“Well, no. As a matter of fact there were more than two. ” “Where are they? Killed, eaten, gone home?”
“Well, no. They don’t seem all to have come when I whistled. Shy, I expect. You see, we are very much afraid that we are rather a lot for you to entertain. ”
“Go on, whistle again (продолжайте, свистните снова)! I am in for a party (я готов к приему гостей;
Gandalf whistled again (Гэндальф снова свистнул); but Nori and Ori were there almost before he had stopped (но Нори и Ори оказались на месте почти что до того, как он остановился), for, if you remember (так как, если вы помните), Gandalf had told them to come in pairs (Гэндальф сказал им приходить попарно) every five minutes (через каждые пять минут).
“Hullo (привет)!” said Beorn. “You came pretty quick (вы явились очень быстро) — where were you hiding (где вы прятались;
“Nori at your service (Нори к вашим услугам), Ori at (Ори к…) …” they began (начали они); but Beorn interrupted them (но Беорн прервал их).
“Thank you (благодарю)! When I want your help (когда мне понадобится ваша помощь) I will ask for it (я попрошу ее). Sit down (присаживайтесь), and let’s get on with this tale (и давайте продолжим с этой историей), or it will be supper-time before it is ended (или уже время ужина наступит, прежде чем она закончится). ”
“As soon as we were asleep (как только мы заснули), ” went on Gandalf (продолжал Гэндальф), “a crack at the back of the cave opened (в задней стороне пещеры открылась трещина;
“Troop of ponies (стадо пони)? What were you — a travelling circus (да кто вы такие — бродячий цирк;
difference [ˈdɪf (ǝ) rǝns] pair [peǝ] hiding [ˈhaɪdɪŋ] jack-in-the-box [ˈdʒæk| ɪnðǝbɔks]
“Go on, whistle again! I am in for a party, it seems, and one or two more won’t make much difference, ” growled Beorn.
Gandalf whistled again; but Nori and Ori were there almost before he had stopped, for, if you remember, Gandalf had told them to come in pairs every five minutes.
“Hullo!” said Beorn. “You came pretty quick — where were you hiding? Come on my jack-in-the-boxes!”
“Nori at your service, Ori at. ” they began; but Beorn interrupted them. “Thank you! When I want your help I will ask for it. Sit down, and let’s get
on with this tale, or it will be supper-time before it is ended. ”
“As soon as we were asleep, ” went on Gandalf, “a crack at the back of the cave opened; goblins came out and grabbed the hobbit and the dwarves and our troop of ponies —“
“Troop of ponies? What were you — a travelling circus? Or were you carrying lots of goods? Or do you always call six a troop?”
“O no! As a matter of fact there were more than six ponies (на самом-то деле, там было больше шести пони), for there were more than six of us (так как нас было больше шести) — and well, here are two more (и вот, здесь еще двое)!”
Just at that moment Balin and Dwalin appeared (как раз в этот момент появились Балин и Двалин) and bowed so low (и поклонились так низко) that their beards swept the stone floor (что их бороды подмели каменный пол). The big man was frowning at first (большой человек поначалу хмурился), but they did their very best (но они старались изо всех сил;
“Troop, was right (труппа, вот это точно), ” he said. “A fine comic one (прекрасная смешная труппа). Come in my merry men (заходите, мои забавные друзья;
“Now go on again (давайте, продолжайте снова)!” said Beorn to the wizard (сказал Беорн волшебнику).
beard [bɪǝd] frightfully [ˈfraɪtf (ǝ) lɪ] troop [tru: p] offend [ǝˈfend]
“O no! As a matter of fact there were more than six ponies, for there were more than six of us — and well, here are two more!”
Just at that moment Balin and Dwalin appeared and bowed so low that their beards swept the stone floor. The big man was frowning at first, but they did their very best to be frightfully polite, and kept on nodding and bending and bowing and waving their hoods before their knees (in proper dwarf-fashion), till he stopped frowning and burst into a chuckling laugh; they looked so comical.
“Troop, was right, ” he said. “A fine comic one. Come in my merry men, and what are
“Balin and Dwalin, ” they said not daring to be offended, and sat flop on the floor looking rather surprised.
“Now go on again!” said Beorn to the wizard.
“Where was I (на чем же я остановился)? O yes (ах да) — I was
“Good (хорошо)!” growled Beorn (проворчал Беорн). “It is some good being a wizard, then (значит, есть какая-то польза от того, что ты волшебник). ”
“ — and slipped inside the crack (и проскользнул внутрь щели) before it closed (до того, как она захлопнулась). I followed down into the main hall (я последовал вниз в главный зал), which was crowded with goblins (который был переполнен гоблинами). The Great Goblin was there (там был Великий Гоблин) with thirty or forty armed guards (с тридцатью или сорока вооруженными стражниками). I thought to myself (я подумал про себя) ‘even if they were not all chained together (даже если бы они не были скованы цепью воедино), what can a dozen do against so many (что может сделать дюжина против такого большинства)?’ “
“A dozen (дюжина)! That’s the first time I’ve heard (это первый раз, когда я слышу) eight called a dozen (чтобы восьмерых называли дюжиной). Or have you still got some more jacks (или у вас все еще есть несколько Джеков) that haven’t yet come out of their boxes (которые еще не выпрыгнули из своих коробочек)?”
“Well, yes, there seem to be a couple more here now (ну, да, а вот, кажется, еще парочка здесь) — Fili and Kili, I believe (Фили и Кили, я полагаю), ” said Gandalf, as these two now appeared (как эти двое теперь появились) and stood smiling and bowing (и стояли, улыбаясь и кланяясь).
“That’s enough (хватит)!” said Beorn. “Sit down and be quiet (присаживайтесь и замолчите)! Now go on, Gandalf (ну-ка, продолжайте, Гэндальф)!” So Gandalf went on with the tale (тогда Гэндальф продолжил рассказывать историю), until he came to the fight in the dark (пока он не дошел до битвы в темноте), the discovery of the lower gate (обнаружения нижних ворот), and their horror (и их ужасе) when they found that Mr. Baggins had been mislaid (когда они обнаружили, что мистер Бэггинс пропал;