Илья Франк - Английский шутя. Английские и американские анекдоты для начального чтения (ASCII-IPA)

"Well, not quite (ну, не совсем) ," the priest intoned (пропел, произнес нараспев, протянул) . "I was going through the Ten Commandments as you suggested (я проходил через Десять Заповедей, как ты посоветовал) . But when I got to the part about ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’ (не прелюбодействуй) ," I remembered (вспомнил) where I left (где я оставил /to leave-left-left/) my bike."

The rabbi and the priest met every Sunday at 2 PM in the park to talk over the week's event sat. They rode their bicycles to a special bench every Sunday for twenty years.

One Sunday the rabbi got to bench exactly at 2 and waited and waited. An hour went by and the priest was still not there.

The rabbi rode home and called the priest on the phone. "Hey, Father, what happened?" The rabbi asked. "For twenty years we've met at the park every Sunday, but today you didn't show up. What's wrong?

"Well Rabbi," the priest explained, "after church today I went out to get my bike to meet you, but my bike was missing. I know it must have been someone in my parish who took it. Rabbi, what should I do?"

"Well, that's quite a dilemma, Father." The rabbi said thoughtfully, "I'll tell you what you should do. Next Sunday when you give your sermon, speak of the Ten Commandments. When you get to the part about ‘Thou shall not steal’, look over your congregation, and the person with the guilty look will be the one who stole your bicycle."

The following Sunday at 2 the rabbi was already waiting for the priest.

Promptly at 2 up rode the priest on his bike.

"Well Father, my idea must have worked," the rabbi said.

"Well, not quite," the priest intoned. "I was going through the Ten Commandments as you suggested. But when I got to the part about ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’, I remembered where I left my bike."

What happened?

What's wrong?

What should I do?

Well, my idea must have worked.

Well, not quite.

A carpenter (плотник) in Chelm is fixing the roof (чинит крышу) , but as he works (в то время, как он работает, работая) , he throws away (отбрасывает) about half the nails (около половины гвоздей) . The mayor is passing by (мэр проходит мимо) , and asks him why he's wasting so many nails (и спрашивает его, почему он тратит впустую так много гвоздей; to waste — расточать, тратить /впустую/) .

The carpenter answers (отвечает) , "I take a nail out of the bag (я беру гвоздь из ящика) , and if it's facing the roof (и если он лицом = острием к крыше) , I use it (я его использую) ; if it's facing away (если в другую сторону: «прочь») , I know it's defective (я знаю, что он бракованный) and throw it away."

The mayor tells him, "You fool! (дурак) Those are for the other side!! (те для другой стороны) "

A carpenter in Chelm is fixing the roof, but as he works, he throws away about half the nails. The mayor is passing by, and asks him why he's wasting so many nails. The carpenter answers, "I take a nail out of the bag, and if it's facing the roof, I use it; if it's facing away, I know it's defective and throw it away."

The mayor tells him, "You fool! Those are for the other side!!"

You fool!

The rabbi of Chelm and one of his students (и один из его учеников) were spending the night (проводили ночь /to spend-spent-spent — тратить, расходовать; проводить /время/) at the inn (в гостинице) . The student asked the servant (попросил слугу) to wake him at dawn (разбудить его на заре) because he was to take an early train (так как ему нужно было попасть на ранний поезд) . The servant did so (так и сделал) . Not wishing (не желая) to wake the rabbi, the student groped in the dark for his clothes (нащупал в темноте свою одежду) and, in his haste (в спешке) , he put on (надел) the long rabbinical gabardine (длинный габардин рабби — длиннополый кафтан из грубого сукна) . He hurried to the station (поспешил на станцию) , and, as he entered the train (когда сел: «вошел» в поезд) , he was struck dumb with amazement (онемел от изумления; struck — сражен /to strike-struck-struck/; dumb — немой) as he looked at himself (когда посмотрел на себя) in the compartment mirror (в зеркало купе) .

"What an idiot that servant is!" he cried angrily (крикнул сердито) . "I asked him to wake me, instead ( вместо этого) he went and woke the rabbi! (он пошел и разбудил рабби) "

The rabbi of Chelm and one of his students were spending the night at the inn. The student asked the servant to wake him at dawn because he was to take an early train. The servant did so. Not wishing to wake the rabbi, the student groped in the dark for his clothes and, in his haste, he put on the long rabbinical gabardine. He hurried to the station, and, as he entered the train, he was struck dumb with amazement as he looked at himself in the compartment mirror.

"What an idiot that servant is!" he cried angrily. "I asked him to wake me, instead he went and woke the rabbi!"

I was struck dumb with amazement.

The rabbi was fed up (был пресыщен, ему надоела /to feed-fed-fed — кормить, питать) with his congregation (паства) . So, he decided to skip the services (итак, поэтому он решил пропустить богослужения) on Yom Kippur, the holiest day (самый священный день) on the Jewish calendar, and instead go play golf (и вместо этого пойти поиграть в гольф) .

Moses (Моисей) was looking down from heaven (смотрел вниз с небес) and saw the rabbi on the golf course (и увидел рабби на гольфовом поле, на гольфовой дорожке /to see-saw-seen/) . He naturally (естественно) reported it to God (передал, сообщил это Богу) . Moses suggested (предложил) God punish (наказать) the rabbi severely (строго; severely [sI'vI@lI]) .

As he watched (когда он посмотрел) , Moses saw the rabbi playing the best game (играющего лучшую игру) he had ever played! (которую он когда-либо играл) The rabbi got a hole-in-one (загнал мяч; hole-in-one — высшее достижение при игре в гольф) on the toughest hole (в самую трудную лунку; tough — тугой, плотный; трудный) on the course. Moses turned to God and asked (повернулся к Богу и спросил) , "I thought you were going to punish him (я думал, ты собираешься наказать его /to think-thought-thought/) . Do you call this punishment?! (ты называешь это наказанием) "