Вальтер Скотт – Легкое чтение на английском языке. В. Скотт. Айвенго / Sir Walter Scott. Ivanhoe (страница 3)
“Who are you (кто вы)?” Prior Aymer asked the man (приор Эймер спросил у мужчины), whose face was hidden by the hood of his robe (чье лицо было скрыто капюшоном его одеяния;
“You seem to know this part of the forest well (вы, кажется, знаете эту часть леса хорошо).”
“I am only a poor pilgrim (я просто бедный пилигрим;
hidden [hɪdn], pilgrim [‘pɪlɡrɪm], holy [‘hǝʋlɪ]
“Who are you?” Prior Aymer asked the man, whose face was hidden by the hood of his robe.
“You seem to know this part of the forest well.”
“I am only a poor pilgrim who has just returned from the Holy Land,” the man replied, and they went inside together as it started to rain.
Cedric was a proud old Saxon (Седрик был гордым старым саксом) with broad shoulders (с широкими плечами) and thick blond hair (и густыми светлыми волосами;
shoulder [‘ʃǝʋldǝ], hair [heǝ], oak [ǝʋk], bench [bentʃ], noisily [‘nɔɪzɪlɪ]
Cedric was a proud old Saxon with broad shoulders and thick blond hair. He sat at the end of a heavy oak table in the great hall of his house. Three big hunting dogs lay at his feet. His men sat on long wooden benches and ate their supper noisily. They knew that their master was angry because his ward, the Lady Rowena, was late for supper, and his swineherd and jester had not yet returned from the forest.
Cedric was afraid that the two slaves (Седрик опасался, что эти двое слуг;
“Those Normans think that I am just a weak old man (те норманны думают, что я просто слабый старик: «старый мужчина»), but I will show them otherwise (но я покажу им, что это не так;
harm [hɑ:m], neighbour [‘neɪbǝ], otherwise [‘ʌðǝwaɪz]
Cedric was afraid that the two slaves might have been harmed by Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, one of his Norman neighbours.
“Those Normans think that I am just a weak old man, but I will show them otherwise,” he said to himself in a low voice.
“Ah, Wilfred, Wilfred, my son (ах, Уилфрид, Уилфрид, мой сын), why could you not have controlled your passion (почему же ты не смог сдержать своей страсти;
He felt more sad than angry now (он чувствовал себя более печальным, чем рассерженным сейчас = теперь он более грустил, чем сердился;
passion [‘pæʃ(ǝ)n], abroad [ǝ’brɔ:d], fight [faɪt]
“Ah, Wilfred, Wilfred, my son, why could you not have controlled your passion? And why did you go abroad to serve a Norman? You’ve left your old father alone to fight the Normans at home.”
He felt more sad than angry now.
“And here come Prior Aymer and that Templar, Brian de Bois-Guilbert (и вот приезжают приор Эймер и этот тамплиер, Бриан де Буа-Гильбер)! Normans both of them (норманны, они оба)!” he exclaimed when the guests were announced (воскликнул он, когда было объявлено о приходе гостей;
exclaim [ɪk’skleɪm], guest [ɡest], announce [ǝ’naʋns], duty [‘dju:tɪ]
“And here come Prior Aymer and that Templar, Brian de Bois-Guilbert! Normans both of them!” he exclaimed when the guests were announced. “But I know my duty as a host. Tell them that they are welcome at Rotherwood! I’ve heard that priors and Templars are fond of drinking, so bring out our best wine for our guests!”
Cedric invited the Prior and the Templar (Седрик пригласил приора и тамплиера) to sit beside him at the head of the table (сесть рядом с ним во главе стола;
beside [bɪ’saɪd], preferred [prɪ’fǝ:d], fireplace [‘faɪǝpleɪs]
Cedric invited the Prior and the Templar to sit beside him at the head of the table. The pilgrim, however, said he preferred to have his supper standing by the great fireplace, away from all the other guests.
When Gurth and Wamba came into the great hall a little while later (когда Гурт и Вамба вошли в большой зал немного позже), the Templar recognized them from the forest (тамплиер узнал их /из леса = после встречи в лесу/;
“You will die a violent death one day (ты умрешь насильственной смертью когда-нибудь;
“I only made a small mistake (я только немного ошибся: «допустил маленькую ошибку»),” the jester replied. “Someone who asks a fool for directions (тот, кто спрашивает у дурака как добраться куда-либо) should be able to forgive that (должен уметь прощать это).”
recognize [‘rekǝɡnaɪz], die [daɪ], death [deθ], continue [kǝn’tɪnju:], wrong [rɔŋ]
When Gurth and Wamba came into the great hall a little while later, the Templar recognized them from the forest.
“You will die a violent death one day,” he said to Wamba, “if you continue to give wrong directions to travellers like you did tonight.”
“I only made a small mistake,” the jester replied. “Someone who asks a fool for directions should be able to forgive that.”
Their conversation was interrupted (их разговор был прерван;