Памела Треверс - Английский язык с Мэри Поппинс

“Naow, naow.Wots all this? A Naccident or wot?”

He looked up, his gaze following that of the rest of the crowd.

“ ’Ere!” he called angrily, shaking his fist at Maia. “Come down! Wot you doing up there? ’Olding up the traffic and all. Come down! We can’t ’ave this kind of thing — not in a public place. ’Tisn’t natural!”

Far away they heard Maia laughing and saw something bright dangling from her arm. It was the skipping-rope. After all, the parcel had come undone.

For a moment longer they saw her prancing up the airy stair, and then a bank of cloud hid her from their eyes. They knew she was behind it, though, because of the brightness that shone about its thick dark edge.

“Well, I’m jiggered!” said the Policeman, staring upwards and scratching his head under its helmet.

“And well you might be!” said Mary Poppins, with such a ferocious snap that anyone else might have thought she was really cross with the Policeman. But Jane and Michael were not taken in by that snap. For they could see in Mary Poppins’ eyes something that, if she were anybody else but Mary Poppins, might have been described as tears…

“Could we have imagined it (могли бы мы вообразить такое)?” said Michael, when they got home (когда они пришли домой) and told the story to their Mother (и рассказали историю своей матери; to tell ).

“Perhaps (возможно),” said Mrs Banks. “We imagine strange and lovely things, my darling (мы представляем/воображаем себе странные и прекрасные вещи, мой дорогой; lovely — красивый, прекрасный, привлекательный ).”

“But what about Mary Poppins’s gloves (а как же насчет перчаток Мэри Поппинс)?” said Jane.

“We saw her give them away to Maia (мы видели, как она отдала их Майе). And she’s not wearing them now (и она не носит их сейчас). So it must be true (так что это должно быть правдой)!”

“What, Mary Poppins (что, Мэри Поппинс)!” exclaimed Mrs Banks (воскликнула миссис Бэнкс). “Your best fur-topped gloves (ваши лучшие перчатки с меховой оторочкой)! You gave them away (вы отдали их)!”

Mary Poppins sniffed (Мэри Поппинс фыркнула).

“My gloves are my gloves (мои перчатки это мои перчатки) and I do what I like with them (и я делаю что хочу с ними)!” she said haughtily (она произнесла надменно).

And she straightened her hat (она поправила свою шляпу; tostraighten — выпрямлять; приводить в порядок ) and went down to the kitchen to have her tea (и она спустилась в кухню попить чаю)…

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“Could we have imagined it?” said Michael, when they got home and told the story to their Mother.

“Perhaps,” said Mrs Banks. “We imagine strange and lovely things, my darling.”

“But what about Mary Poppins’s gloves?” said Jane.

“We saw her give them away to Maia. And she’s not wearing them now. So it must be true!”

“What, Mary Poppins!” exclaimed Mrs Banks. “Your best fur-topped gloves! You gave them away!”

Mary Poppins sniffed.

“My gloves are my gloves and I do what I like with them!” she said haughtily.

And she straightened her hat and went down to the kitchen to have her tea…

It was the first day of Spring (это был первый день весны).

Jane and Michael knew this at once (Джейн и Майкл узнали это сразу), because they heard Mr Banks singing in his bath (потому что они услышали пение мистера Бэнкса в ванной), and there was only one day in the year (а был только один день в году) when he did that (когда он делал это).

They always remembered that particular morning (они всегда запомнили именно это утро; particular — особенный, особый, специфический ). For one thing (из-за одного), it was the first time they were allowed to come downstairs for breakfast (это был первый раз, когда им было позволено спуститься вниз на завтрак), and for another Mr Banks lost his black bag (и из-за другого, когда мистер Бэнкс потерял свою черную сумку/черный портфель). So that the day began with two extraordinary happenings (так что день начался с двух исключительных событий).

“Where is my BAG (гдемоя СУМКА ) ?” shouted Mr Banks (кричал мистер Бэнкс), turning round and round in the hall (вертясь кругом и кругом по прихожей) like a dog chasing its tail (как собака, преследующая свой хвост; to chase — гнаться, преследовать; охотиться ).

And everybody else began running round and round too (и все принялись бегать вокруг и вокруг тоже) — Ellen and Mrs Brill and the children (Эллен, миссис Брилл и дети). Even Robertson Ay made a special effort (даже Робертсон Эй сделал особое усилие) and turned round twice (и обошел кругом дважды). At last Mr Banks discovered the bag himself in his study (наконец мистер Бэнкс обнаружил сумку сам в своем кабинете), and he rushed into the hall with it (и бросился в прихожую с ней), holding it aloft (держа ее в воздухе).

“Now (вот),” he said, as though he were delivering a sermon (как будто он читал проповедь; to deliver — освобождать, избавлять; высказывать /что-либо/, высказываться; произносить, провозглашать ), “my bag is always kept in one place (моя сумка всегда хранится в одном месте; to keep — хранить; сохранять; беречь ). Here (здесь). On the umbrella stand (на стойке для зонтиков). Who put it in the study (кто положил ее в кабинет)?” he roared (он орал).

“You did, my dear (ты положил, мой дорогой), when you took the Income Tax papers out of it last night (когда ты достал бумаги по налогам на прибыль из нее вчера вечером),” said Mrs Banks.

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It was the first day of Spring.

Jane and Michael knew this at once, because they heard Mr Banks singing in his bath, and there was only one day in the year when he did that.

They always remembered that particular morning. For one thing, it was the first time they were allowed to come downstairs for breakfast, and for another Mr Banks lost his black bag. So that the day began with two extraordinary happenings.