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

This was much handier and easier than the other way (это было намного удобнее и легче, чем наоборот; handy — доступный; близкий, /имеющийся/ под рукой; удобный /для пользования/) . But it did not seem so safe (но это не казалось таким безопасным) . I feared now lest some wild beast might get into my house (я боялся, как бы дикие животные не смогли попасть в мой дом) ; and yet the biggest animal (хотя самым большим животным) I had seen on the island was a goat (/которое/ я видел на острове, была коза) .

Soon after this I put a roof over my whole inclosure (вскоре после этого я поместил крышу над всем своим убежищем; inclosure/enclosure — огороженное место) . I took a number of long poles for rafters (я взял несколько длинных шестов в качестве стропил) and laid one end of each on the wall (и положил один конец каждого /стропила/ на стену; to lay — класть) , while the other end leaned against the rock above the cave (в то время как другой конец опирался на скалу над пещерой) .

These I covered with boughs of trees (их я покрыл ветками деревьев) , long grass (длинной травой) , and such other things as I could get (и подобными другими вещами, которые мог достать) . In this way I made a very good roof which turned the rain and kept everything dry (так/таким образом я сделал очень хорошую крышу, которая отклоняла дождь = защищала от дождя и сохраняла все сухим) .

My castle was now a very roomy place (мой замок был теперь очень просторным местом; room — место, пространство; помещение) . It was quite warm and dry even in the worst of weather (оно было довольно теплым и сухим даже в самую плохую погоду; worst — худший; the worst — самое худшее) .

discover [dI'skVv@], grove ['gr@uv], bower ['bau@], brushwood ['brVSwud], between [bI'twi:n], enjoy [In'dZOI], myself [maI'self], season [si:zn], bunch [bVntS], turtle [t@:tl], soup [su:p], indoors [,In'dO:z], idle ['aIdl], roof [ru:f]

I WAS so much pleased with the valley I had discovered that I spent much of my time there. At last I built me a small summer house close by a grove of orange trees.

It was but little more than a bower, made of the branches of trees.

I built a strong fence around it. This was made of two rows of tall stakes with brushwood between.

There was no gate in this fence, but only a short ladder, just as at my castle.

Here I sometimes stayed two or three nights together.

I gathered about two hundred clusters of grapes and hung them up to dry. In due time they made the finest of raisins. I took them down and carried them to my castle.

Thus little by little I gathered food for winter.

The winters there were not cold. But the rain fell every day, and often all the day.

I had just finished my bower, and was beginning to enjoy myself when the rainy season, or winter, began.

What could I do but hurry back to my castle and its dry, warm cave?

For weeks I could not stir out without getting wet. My store of food began to grow small.

One day, in spite of the rain, I went out and killed a goat. The next day I found a very large turtle among the rocks.

This was all good luck, for I had now enough to eat for many a day.

My meals were simple and plain.

For breakfast, I had a bunch of raisins and a bit of biscuit.

For dinner, I had broiled turtle. I could not have turtle soup, for I had no vessel in which to cook it.

For supper, I ate two or three turtle's eggs.

Although I was kept close indoors by the rain, I was never idle.

Every day I worked at making my cave larger. I dug far in, behind the rock, and made a fine, large room there.

Then I made another door or way out, which opened on the outside of my wall. So now I could come into the castle through the cellar, or kitchen, and without climbing the ladder.

This was much handier and easier than the other way. But it did not seem so safe. I feared now lest some wild beast might get into my house; and yet the biggest animal I had seen on the island was a goat.

Soon after this I put a roof over my whole inclosure. I took a number of long poles for rafters and laid one end of each on the wall, while the other end leaned against the rock above the cave.

These I covered with boughs of trees, long grass, and such other things as I could get. In this way I made a very good roof which turned the rain and kept everything dry.

My castle was now a very roomy place. It was quite warm and dry even in the worst of weather.

(я делаю себе календарь)

IT was now just one year since I was cast upon this lonely island (теперь был = прошел как раз один год с того времени, когда я был выброшен на этот необитаемый остров; to cast — бросать; lonely — одинокий; пустынный) .

Do you wonder how I have kept an account of the time (вам интересно, как я вел счет времени) ? I will tell you (я расскажу вам) .

A few days after the ship wreck (несколько дней спустя после кораблекрушения) it came into my mind that I should lose track of the days and the seasons (мне пришло на ум, что я потеряю = могу потерять счет дней и сезонов = времен года) . For I had neither almanac nor notebook (так как у меня не было ни альманаха = календаря, ни записной книжки; almanac — календарь; альманах, сборник) . It would be hard always to remember the days of the week (будет трудно всегда помнить дни недели) and I might even forget when it was Sunday (и я могу даже забыть, когда воскресенье) .

So I set up a large post by my door (поэтому я установил большой столб у двери) . At the top of this post I cut in large letters these words (на верхушке столба я вырезал большими буквами эти слова; post — мачта, подпорка, свая, стойка, столб, кол, шест) :

I CAME ON SHORE HERE (я высадился на берег здесь)

SEPTEMBER 30, 1659.

Every morning I cut a little notch on the side of the post under these words (каждое утро я вырезал зарубку на боку шеста под этими словами) .

Every seventh notch was twice as long as the rest (каждая седьмая зарубка была в два раза длиннее других; rest — остаток, остальное) , and this showed me that the day was Sunday (и это показывало мне, что этот день был воскресеньем) .