James Baldwin - Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо (в пересказе для детей) (ASCII-IPA)

Beyond the meadows I came to some beautiful woods (за лугами я пришел к красивым лесам = обнаружил прекрасный лес) .

Here I found several different kinds of fruits (здесь я нашел несколько различных видов фруктов) . There were grapevines covering the trees (здесь были виноградные лозы, покрывающие деревья) , and huge clusters of ripe grapes were hanging from them (и с них свисали огромные гроздья зрелого винограда) .

I was very glad of this (я был очень рад этому) . I made up my mind to come another day (я решил прийти в другой день) and gather some of this fruit (и собрать немного винограда: «некоторое количество этого плода») . I would dry the grapes in the sun (я /подумал, что/ высушу виноград на солнце; would — /зд./ вспомогательный глагол; используется для образования будущего в прошедшем во 2 и 3 лице) , and have some raisins (и получу изюм) .

Night came on (настала ночь) while I was still in the woods (пока я все еще был в лесу) , and I could not do better than stay there till morning (и не мог сделать ничего лучше = мне ничего не оставалось, как остаться там до утра) . So I climbed into a tree and slept there quite well (поэтому я залез на дерево и поспал там очень хорошо; to sleep — спать) .

It was the first night that I had spent away from home (это была первая ночь, которую я провел вне дома; to spend — проводить /время/) .

The next day I went on through the woods for nearly four miles (на следующий день я прошел по лесу почти четыре мили; to go on — продолжать идти) .

At last I came to an open space where the land sloped to the west (наконец я пришел к открытому пространству, где земля клонилась к западу; slope — наклон, уклон; to slope — клониться; иметь наклон) . The country was so fresh and green that it looked like a big garden (местность была такой свежей и зеленой, что выглядела, как большой сад) .

I went down into a pleasant valley (я спустился: «пошл вниз» в красивую/приятную долину) where there were many beautiful trees (где было много прекрасных деревьев) . There I found oranges, lemons, limes, and citrons (там я обнаружил апельсины, лаймы /маленькие зеленые лимончики/, лимоны) , besides many grapes (помимо множества винограда) .

I loaded myself with fruit and started homeward (я нагрузил себя фруктами и начал идти = отправился домой) . "I must come again and bring a sack (я должен вернуться /сюда/ и принести мешок) ," I said.

It was three days before I reached my castle (только через три дня я достиг моего замка: «было три дня, прежде чем…») . By that time the fruit had lost all its flavor (к тому времени плоды потеряли весь свой вкус; to lose — терять, утрачивать) .

The next day I went back to the same valley (на следующий день я вернулся: «пошел назад» в ту же самую долину) . I carried two small sacks to bring home my harvest (я нес два маленьких мешка, чтобы принести домой мой урожай) .

But I found many of the grapevines torn down (но я обнаружил многие лозы сорванными; to tear down — срывать, вырывать; to tear — рвать) . The fruit was scattered on the ground (плоды были разбросаны по земле) . Some had been eaten (некоторые были съедены) . Some had been trodden to pieces (некоторые были растоптаны на куски; to tread — топтать, наступать, давить) .

A wild animal had been there (дикое животное побывало там) . Perhaps it was a goat (возможно, коза) , perhaps it was a larger beast (возможно, это было /какое-то/ животное побольше) . Perhaps several animals had done the mischief (возможно, ущерб сделали = нанесли несколько животных; mischief — вред; повреждение; убытки, ущерб) .

warm ['wO:m], damage ['d&mIdZ], put [put], stream [stri:m], meadow ['med@u], [grA:s], tobacco [t@'b&k@u], plant ['], [plA:nt], Indian ['IndI@n], [In'sted], none [nVn], however [hau'ev@], object ['ObdZIkt, 'ObdZekt], different ['dIf(@)r(@)nt], fruit [fru:t], raisin ['reIzn], orange ['OrIndZ], lemon ['], ['lem@n], citron ['sItr(@)n] besides [bI'saIdz], flavor ['fleIv@], valley ['v&lI], harvest ['hA:vIst], mischief ['mIstSi:f]

IT rained all that night. But in the cave everything was warm and dry, and little by little I lost my fear. The earthquake and the hurricane had done great damage to my castle. I had to work hard for many days to put things to rights again.

I had now been on the island about ten months. In all that time I had seen only a small part of it.

One morning I set out with my gun on my shoulder for a long walk.

I went up the little river where I had first landed with my rafts. I found that it was a very short river. After about two miles, the tide did not flow any higher; and above that, the stream was only a little brook of fresh water.

Along the brook there were pleasant meadows, covered with high grass.

In the dryer parts of these meadows I found tobacco growing wild.

I looked for the roots of a plant which the Indians use instead of bread, but could find none.

In one place, however, I saw many tall sugar canes and some fair-looking plants of a kind that was strange to me.

As I went back to my castle I wondered how I could learn something useful about the many objects I had seen. But I had never taken much thought about such things, and now I had but little chance to learn.

The next day I went up the same way, but much farther.

Beyond the meadows I came to some beautiful woods.

Here I found several different kinds of fruits. There were grapevines covering the trees, and huge clusters of ripe grapes were hanging from them.

I was very glad of this. I made up my mind to come another day and gather some of this fruit. I would dry the grapes in the sun, and have some raisins.

Night came on while I was still in the woods, and I could not do better than stay there till morning. So I climbed into a tree and slept there quite well.

It was the first night that I had spent away from home.

The next day I went on through the woods for nearly four miles.

At last I came to an open space where the land sloped to the west. The country was so fresh and green that it looked like a big garden.