Уильям Моэм - Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы

"It was the last time she ever saw him (это был последний раз, /когда/ она вообще видела его).

"Next day the boy came back alone (на следующий день мальчик вернулся: «пришел назад» один). He was all in tears (он был весь в слезах). This is the story he told (вот история, /которую/ он рассказал).

yearn [jWn], dissuade [dI`sweId], occur [q`kW]

"The pandanus cigarettes that Sally made him with untiring hands were strong and pleasant enough to smoke, but they left him unsatisfied; and he yearned on a sudden for real tobacco, hard, rank, and pungent. He had not smoked a pipe for many months. His mouth watered at the thought of it. One would have thought some premonition of harm would have made Sally seek to dissuade him, but love possessed her so completely that it never occurred to her any power on earth could take him from her. They went up into the hills together and gathered a great basket of wild oranges, green, but sweet and juicy; and they picked plantains from around the hut, and coconuts from their trees, and breadfruit and mangoes; and they carried them down to the cove. They loaded the unstable canoe with them, and Red and the native boy who had brought them the news of the ship paddled along outside the reef.

"It was the last time she ever saw him.

"Next day the boy came back alone. He was all in tears. This is the story he told.

"When after their long paddle they reached the ship (когда после своего долгого плавания они добрались до корабля; to paddle — грести; плыть в лодке, используя весла ) and Red hailed it (и Рыжий окликнул его), a white man looked over the side (какой-то белый человек посмотрел через борт) and told them to come on board (и сказал им подняться на борт). They took the fruit they had brought with them (они взяли фрукты, /которые/ привезли с собой) and Red piled it up on the deck (и Рыжий свалил их в кучу на палубе; to pile up — нагромождать ). The white man and he began to talk (белый человек и он начали разговаривать), and they seemed to come to some agreement (и они, похоже, пришли к какому-то соглашению). One of them went below and brought up tobacco (кто-то из команды: «один из них» пошел вниз и вынес табаку). Red took some at once and lit a pipe (Рыжий сразу же взял немного и разжег трубку). The boy imitated the zest with which he blew a great cloud of smoke from his mouth (мальчик показал с каким удовольствием он выпустил: «выдул» большое облако дыма изо рта; to imitate — копировать; подражать; zest — пыл ). Then they said something to him and he went into the cabin (потом они что-то сказали ему, и он пошел в каюту). Through the open door the boy, watching curiously (через открытую дверь мальчик, наблюдавший /за всем/ с любопытством), saw a bottle brought out and glasses (увидел вытащенную бутылку = /как/вытащили бутылку и стаканы). Red drank and smoked (Рыжий пил и курил). They seemed to ask him something (кажется, они спросили его о чем-то), for he shook his head and laughed (ибо он покачал головой и рассмеялся). The man, the first man who had spoken to them, laughed too (человек, тот первый человек, который говорил с ними, рассмеялся тоже), and he filled Red’s glass once more (и он наполнил стакан Рыжего еще раз). They went on talking and drinking (они продолжали разговаривать и выпивать), and presently, growing tired of watching a sight that meant nothing to him (и вскоре, устав наблюдать зрелище, которое ничего /не/ значило для него), the boy curled himself up on the deck and slept (мальчик свернулся калачиком на палубе и заснул). He was awakened by a kick (он был разбужен = проснулся от пинка); and jumping to his feet (и, вскакивая на ноги), he saw that the ship was slowly sailing out of the lagoon (он увидел, что корабль медленно выплывает из лагуны). He caught sight of Red seated at the table (он поймал вид = заметил Рыжего, сидевшего за столом), with his head resting heavily on his arms (с головой, покоящейся тяжело = тяжело уронив голову на руки), fast asleep (/он/ крепко спал; asleep — спящий ). He made a movement towards him, intending to wake him (он сделал движение по направлению к нему, собираясь разбудить его), but a rough hand seized his arm (но грубая рука схватила его /за/ руку; hand — рука/кисть/; arm — рука/от кисти до плеча/ ), and a man, with a scowl and words which he did not understand (и какой-то человек сердитым взглядом и словами, которые он не понял), pointed to the side (указал /ему/ на борт). He shouted to Red (/тогда/ он крикнул Рыжему), but in a moment he was seized and flung overboard (но через мгновение он был схвачен и выброшен за борт). Helpless (беспомощный = бессильный что-либо сделать), he swam round to his canoe (он поплыл назад к своему каноэ), which was drifting a little way off (которое относило течением немного в сторону), and pushed it on to the reef (и подтолкнул его к рифу). He climbed in (он залез в /него/) and, sobbing all the way (и, рыдая/всхлипывая всю дорогу), paddled back to shore (погреб назад к берегу).

rough [rAf], seize [sJz], canoe [kq`nH]

"When after their long paddle they reached the ship and Red hailed it, a white man looked over the side and told them to come on board. They took the fruit they had brought with them and Red piled it up on the deck. The white man and he began to talk, and they seemed to come to some agreement. One of them went below and brought up tobacco. Red took some at once and lit a pipe. The boy imitated the zest with which he blew a great cloud of smoke from his mouth. Then they said something to him and he went into the cabin. Through the open door the boy, watching curiously, saw a bottle brought out and glasses. Red drank and smoked. They seemed to ask him something, for he shook his head and laughed. The man, the first man who had spoken to them, laughed too, and he filled Red’s glass once more. They went on talking and drinking, and presently, growing tired of watching a sight that meant nothing to him, the boy curled himself up on the deck and slept. He was awakened by a kick; and jumping to his feet, he saw that the ship was slowly sailing out of the lagoon. He caught sight of Red seated at the table, with his head resting heavily on his arms, fast asleep. He made a movement towards him, intending to wake him, but a rough hand seized his arm, and a man, with a scowl and words which he did not understand, pointed to the side. He shouted to Red, but in a moment he was seized and flung overboard. Helpless, he swam round to his canoe, which was drifting a little way off, and pushed it on to the reef. He climbed in and, sobbing all the way, paddled back to shore.