Текст книги "Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит"

Автор книги: Джон Рональд Руэл Толкин

Соавторы: Илья Франк
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desperate [ˈdesp (ǝ) rɪt] threaten [ˈƟretn] betterment [ˈbetǝmǝnt]

Bilbo almost stopped breathing, and went stiff himself. He was desperate. He must get away, out of this horrible darkness, while he had any strength left. He must fight. He must stab the foul thing, put its eyes out, kill it. It meant to kill him. No, not a fair fight. He was invisible now. Gollum had no sword. Gollum had not actually threatened to kill him, or tried to yet. And he was miserable, alone, lost. A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo’s heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled. And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.

No great leap for a man (не очень-то большой прыжок для человека), but a leap in the dark (но прыжок-то в темноте). Straight over Gollum’s head he jumped (прямо над головой Голлума прыгнул он), seven feet forward (на семь футов вперед; foot (pl. feet) – фут, мера длины, равная 30, 48 см) and three in the air (и на три фута в воздух); indeed, had he known it (на самом-то деле, знал ли он), he only just missed cracking his skull (что он только что едва избежал пролома черепа; to crack – щелкать, трескаться, разбивать) on the low arch of the passage (о низкий свод прохода).

Gollum threw himself backwards (Голлум бросился назад; to throw (threw, thrown) – бросать), and grabbed (и сделал хватательное движение) as the hobbit flew over him (когда хоббит летел над ним; to fly (flew, flown) ), but too late (но слишком поздно): his hands snapped on thin air (его руки схватили пустой воздух; thin – тонкий; жидкий), and Bilbo, falling fair on his sturdy feet (и Бильбо, упав точно на свои крепенькие ножки), sped off down the new tunnel (понесся вниз по новому туннелю; to speed – двигаться поспешно; мчаться; speed – скорость). He did not turn (он не обернулся) to see what Gollum was doing (чтобы посмотреть, что делал Голлум). There was a hissing and cursing (были шипение и проклятия) almost at his heels at first (почти что позади него, поначалу; heel—пятка), then it stopped (затем все прекратилось). All at once there came a bloodcurdling shriek (почти сразу же раздался леденящий кровь крик; to curdle – свертываться /о крови/; blood – кровь), filled with hatred and despair (полный ненависти и отчаяния). Gollum was defeated (Голлум был побежден). He dared go no further (он не осмеливался идти дальше). He had lost (он потерял; to lose): lost his prey (потерял свою добычу), and lost, too (и потерял, так же), the only thing he had ever cared for (единственную вещь, которой он дорожил; tocare – заботиться, беспокоиться), his precious (его драгоценность). The cry brought Bilbo’s heart to his mouth (этот вопль перепугал Бильбо до смерти: «привел сердце Бильбо к его рту»), but still he held on (но все же он все продолжал двигаться). Now faint as an echo (теперь, уже слабый, как эхо), but menacing (но угрожающий), the voice came behind (позади раздавался голос):

“Thief (вор), thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it (мы ненавидим его), we hates it, we hates it for ever (мы ненавидим его навсегда)!”

arch [ɑ: tʃ] sturdy [ˈstǝ: dɪ] bloodcurdling [ˈblʌdkǝ: dlɪŋ] thief [Ɵi: f]

No great leap for a man, but a leap in the dark. Straight over Gollum’s head he jumped, seven feet forward and three in the air; indeed, had he known it, he only just missed cracking his skull on the low arch of the passage.

Gollum threw himself backwards, and grabbed as the hobbit flew over him, but too late: his hands snapped on thin air, and Bilbo, falling fair on his sturdy feet, sped off down the new tunnel. He did not turn to see what Gollum was doing. There was a hissing and cursing almost at his heels at first, then it stopped. All at once there came a bloodcurdling shriek, filled with hatred and despair. Gollum was defeated. He dared go no further. He had lost: lost his prey, and lost, too, the only thing he had ever cared for, his precious. The cry brought Bilbo’s heart to his mouth, but still he held on. Now faint as an echo, but menacing, the voice came behind:

“Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it for ever!”

Then there was a silence (потом наступила тишина). But that too seemed menacing to Bilbo (но и она тоже казалась угрожающей Бильбо).

“If goblins are so near (если гоблины так близко) that he smelt them (что он чувствовал их запах; to smell), ” he thought (думал он; to think), “then they’ll have heard his shrieking and cursing (тогда они услышали его крики и проклятия). Careful now (надо быть осторожным теперь), or this way will lead you to worse things (или этот путь приведет тебя к еще более плохим вещам). ” The passage was low and roughly made (проход был низким и небрежно: «грубо» сделанным). It was not too difficult for the hobbit (он не был очень-то сложным для хоббита), except when, in spite of all care (за исключением /тех случаев/, когда /он/, несмотря на все предосторожности), he stubbed his poor toes again (он спотыкался своими бедными ножками: «пальцами ног» снова), several times (несколько раз), on nasty jagged stones in the floor (об отвратительные зазубренные камни на полу; jag – острый выступ, зубец).

“A bit low for goblins (немного низковато для гоблинов), at least for the big ones (по меньшей мере, для больших гоблинов), ” thought Bilbo (думал Бильбо), not knowing (не зная) that even the big ones (что даже большие гоблины), the ores of the mountains (слава гор; ore—руда; /поэт. / (драгоценный) металл; слава, почет), go along at a great speed (продвигаются на большой скорости) stooping low (наклоняясь низко) with their hands almost on the ground (и их руки почти что /касаются/ земли).

Soon the passage (вскоре проход) that had been sloping down (который /до этого/ полого опускался) began to go up again (начал снова подниматься), and after a while it climbed steeply (и, спустя какое-то время, круто пошел вверх). That slowed Bilbo down (это снизило скорость Бильбо; slow – медленный; to slow down – замедлять). But at last the slope stopped (но наконец наклон прекратился), the passage turned a corner (проход повернул за угол), and dipped down again (и снова нырнул вниз), and there (и там), at the bottom of a short incline (на дне короткого склона), he saw (он увидел), filtering round another corner (просачивающийся из-за другого угла) – a glimpse of light (проблеск света). Not red light (не красного света), as of fire or lantern (как от костра или фонаря), but a pale out-of-doors sort of light (но бледного, уличного какого-то света; out-of-doors – на открытом воздухе). Then Bilbo began to run (тогда Бильбо начал бежать).

silence [ˈsaɪlǝns] menacing [ˈmenɪsɪŋ] roughly [ˈrʌflɪ] jagged [ˈdʒæɡɪd]

Then there was a silence. But that too seemed menacing to Bilbo. “If goblins are so near that he smelt them, ” he thought, “then they’ll have heard his shrieking and cursing. Careful now, or this way will lead you to worse things. ” The passage was low and roughly made. It was not too difficult for the hobbit, except when, in spite of all care, he stubbed his poor toes again, several times, on nasty jagged stones in the floor. “A bit low for goblins, at least for the big ones, ” thought Bilbo, not knowing that even the big ones, the ores of the mountains, go along at a great speed stooping low with their hands almost on the ground.

Soon the passage that had been sloping down began to go up again, and after a while it climbed steeply. That slowed Bilbo down. But at last the slope stopped, the passage turned a corner, and dipped down again, and there, at the bottom of a short incline, he saw, filtering round another corner – a glimpse of light. Not red light, as of fire or lantern, but a pale out-of-doors sort of light. Then Bilbo began to run.

Scuttling as fast as his legs would carry him (поспешно двигаясь, так быстро, как только его ноги могли нести его; to scuttle – поспешно бежать, удирать) he turned the last corner (он завернул за последний угол) and came suddenly right into an open space (и внезапно выбежал прямо на открытое пространство), where the light (где свет), after all that time in the dark (после всего времени /проведенного/ в темноте), seemed dazzlingly bright (казался ослепляющее ярким). Really it was only a leak of sunshine (на самом деле, это был только лучик солнечного света; leak – течь, утечка) in through a doorway (/попадавший/ внутрь сквозь дверной проем), where a great door, a stone door (в котором: «где» огромная дверь, каменная дверь), was left standing open (была оставлена открытой).

Bilbo blinked (Бильбо моргнул), and then suddenly he saw the goblins (и тогда внезапно он увидел гоблинов): goblins in full armour (гоблинов, в полном вооружении; armour – броня, кольчуга) with drawn swords (с обнаженными мечами) sitting just inside the door (сидящих как раз перед дверью), and watching it with wide eyes (и наблюдавших за ней широкими глазами), and watching the passage that led to it (и наблюдавших за проходом, ведущим к ней). They were aroused (они были возбуждены), alert (в боевой готовности), ready for anything (готовые ко всему).

They saw him sooner (они увидели его раньше) than he saw them (чем он увидел их). Yes, they saw him (да, они увидели его). Whether it was an accident (было ли это случайностью), or a last trick of the ring (или последним фокусом кольца) before it took a new master (до того, как оно приняло нового хозяина; to take – брать), it was not on his finger (но его на его пальце не было). With yells of delight (с воплями восторга) the goblins rushed upon him (гоблины бросились на него). A pang of fear and loss (внезапный приступ страха и потери), like an echo of Gollum’s misery (словно эхо несчастий Голлума), smote Bilbo (поразил Бильбо; to smite (smote, smitten) – ударять, бить), and forgetting even to draw his sword (и, позабыв даже обнажить: «вытащить» свой меч) he struck his hands into his pockets (он засунул свои руки в свои карманы). And there was the ring still (и кольцо все еще было там), in his left pocket (в его левом кармане), and it slipped on his finger (и оно наделось на его палец). The goblins stopped short (гоблины резко остановились). They could not see a sign of him (они не могли видеть ни следа его; sign – признак, знак). He had vanished (он исчез). They yelled twice as loud as before (они завопили в два раза громче, чем раньше), but not so delightedly (но уже не с таким восторгом).

through [Ɵru: ] armour [ˈɑ: mǝ] arouse [ǝˈraʋz] misery [ˈmɪz (ǝ) rɪ] vanish [ˈvænɪʃ] yell [jel] delightedly [dɪˈlaɪtɪdlɪ]

Scuttling as fast as his legs would carry him he turned the last corner and came suddenly right into an open space, where the light, after all that time in the dark, seemed dazzlingly bright. Really it was only a leak of sunshine in through a doorway, where a great door, a stone door, was left standing open.

Bilbo blinked, and then suddenly he saw the goblins: goblins in full armour with drawn swords sitting just inside the door, and watching it with wide eyes, and watching the passage that led to it. They were aroused, alert, ready for anything.

They saw him sooner than he saw them. Yes, they saw him. Whether it was an accident, or a last trick of the ring before it took a new master, it was not on his finger. With yells of delight the goblins rushed upon him. A pang of fear and loss, like an echo of Gollum’s misery, smote Bilbo, and forgetting even to draw his sword he struck his hands into his pockets. And – there was the ring still, in his left pocket, and it slipped on his finger. The goblins stopped short. They could not see a sign of him. He had vanished. They yelled twice as loud as before, but not so delightedly.

“Where is it (где он)?” they cried (закричали он).

“Go back up the passage (убежал назад в проход)!” some shouted (кричали одни).

“This way (сюда)!” some yelled (вопили одни). “That way (туда)!” others yelled (вопили другие).

“Look out for the door (стерегите дверь), ” bellowed the captain (проревел глава /гоблинов/; captain – капитан, глава).

Whistles blew (засвистели свистки), armour clashed (залязгало оружие), swords rattled (забряцали мечи; to rattle – трещать, грохотать; греметь), goblins cursed and swore (гоблины проклинали и ругались; to swear (swore, sworn) – клясться; присягать; ругаться) and ran hither and thither (и бегали туда и сюда), falling over one another (падая друг на друга) and getting very angry (и становясь очень сердитыми). There was a terrible outcry (раздавались: «были» громкие крики), to-do (/царила: «была»/ суматоха), and disturbance (и кутерьма; disturbance – волнения, беспорядки).

Bilbo was dreadfully frightened (Бильбо был ужасно перепуган), but he had the sense to understand (но у него хватило ума понять; sense – чувство, восприятие; сознание) what had happened (что случилось) and to sneak behind a big barrel (и скользнуть за большую бочку) which held drink for the goblin – guards (в которой хранилось питье для стражей-гоблинов), and so get out of the way (и таким образом убраться с дороги) and avoid being bumped into (и избежать того, чтобы в него врезались), trampled to death (затоптали до смерти), or caught by feel (или поймали на ощупь).

bellow [ˈbelǝʋ] whistle [ˈwɪs (ǝ) l] disturbance [dɪsˈtǝ: b (ǝ) ns]

“Where is it?” they cried.

“Go back up the passage!” some shouted.

“This way!” some yelled. “That way!” others yelled. “Look out for the door, ” bellowed the captain.

Whistles blew, armour clashed, swords rattled, goblins cursed and swore and ran hither and thither, falling over one another and getting very angry. There was a terrible outcry, to-do, and disturbance.

Bilbo was dreadfully frightened, but he had the sense to understand what had happened and to sneak behind a big barrel which held drink for the goblin-guards, and so get out of the way and avoid being bumped into, trampled to death, or caught by feel.

“I must get to the door (я должен добраться до двери), I must get to the door (я должен добраться до двери)!” he kept on saying to himself (он продолжал повторять себе), but it was a long time (но прошло много времени) before he ventured to try (до того, как он рискнул попробовать). Then it was like a horrible game of blind-man’s buff (тогда все было похоже на ужасную игру в жмурки). The place was full of goblins (все пространство было заполнено гоблинами; place – место) running about (бегающими вокруг), and the poor little hobbit (и бедный маленький хоббит) dodged this way and that (уклонялся от ударов так и эдак; dodge – обман, уловка, хитрость; to dodge – избегать, увертываться, уклоняться /от удара/; прятаться), was knocked over by a goblin (был сбит с ног каким-то гоблином) who could not make out (который не мог понять) what he had bumped into (во что же это он врезался), scrambled away on all fours (вскарабкался на четвереньки), slipped between the legs of the captain (проскользнул между ногами главы гоблинов) just in time (как раз вовремя), got up (поднялся на ноги), and ran for the door (и побежал к двери).

It was still ajar (она была все еще приоткрыта), but a goblin had pushed it nearly to (но какой-то гоблин почти что захлопнул ее). Bilbo struggled (Бильбо старался изо всех сил; to struggle – бороться, биться; делать усилия) but he could not move it (но он не мог сдвинуть ее). He tried to squeeze through the crack (он попытался протиснуться сквозь щелку; crack – трещина). He squeezed and squeezed (он протискивался и протискивался), and he stuck (и он застрял)! It was awful (это было ужасно). His buttons had got wedged (его пуговицы оказались зажатыми; wedge – клин; to wedge – втискивать, загонять; втискиваться) on the edge of the door and the door-post (между краем двери и дверным косяком). He could see outside into the open air (он мог смотреть наружу, на открытый воздух): there were a few steps (там было несколько ступенек) running down into a narrow valley (ведущих вниз, в узкую долину) between tall mountains (между высокими горами); the sun came out from behind a cloud (солнце вышло из-за облака) and shone bright (и светило ярко; to shine) on the outside of the door (на внешнюю сторону двери) – but he could not get through (но он не мог протиснуться).

Suddenly one of the goblins inside shouted (внезапно один из гоблинов в пещере: «внутри» закричал): “There is a shadow by the door (у двери какая-то тень). Something is outside (этот кто-то снаружи)!”

blind-man's-buff [blaɪndmænzˈbʌf] dodge [dɔdʒ] ajar [ǝˈdʒɑ: ] squeeze [skwi: z] wedged [wedʒd]

“I must get to the door, I must get to the door!” he kept on saying to himself, but it was a long time before he ventured to try. Then it was like a horrible game of blind-man’s buff. The place was full of goblins running about, and the poor little hobbit dodged this way and that, was knocked over by a goblin who could not make out what he had bumped into, scrambled away on all fours, slipped between the legs of the captain just in time, got up, and ran for the door.

It was still ajar, but a goblin had pushed it nearly to. Bilbo struggled but he could not move it. He tried to squeeze through the crack. He squeezed and squeezed, and he stuck! It was awful. His buttons had got wedged on the edge of the door and the door-post. He could see outside into the open air: there were a few steps running down into a narrow valley between tall mountains; the sun came out from behind a cloud and shone bright on the outside of the door – but he could not get through.

Suddenly one of the goblins inside shouted: “There is a shadow by the door. Something is outside!”

Bilbo’s heart jumped into his mouth (Бильбо испугался до смерти: «сердце Бильбо подпрыгнуло в его рот»). He gave a terrific squirm (он необычайно изогнулся; terrific – страшный, ужасающий; огромный, необычайный; squirm – изгибание, выгибание (тела); to squirm – извиваться, изгибаться). Buttons burst off in all directions (пуговицы разлетелись во все стороны: «направления»; to burst – взрываться, лопаться). He was through (он пролез: «был сквозь»), with a torn coat and waistcoat (с разорванной курткой и жилетом; to tear (tore, torn) – рвать, разрывать), leaping down the steps like a goat (и прыгал вниз по ступенькам, как козел), while bewildered goblins (пока сбитые с толку гоблины; to bewilder – смущать, ставить в тупик; сбивать с толку, приводить в замешательство) were still picking up his nice brass buttons (все еще подбирали его изящные медные пуговицы) on the doorstep (со ступеньки крыльца).

Of course they soon came down after him (конечно, вскоре они бросились вниз за ним), hooting and hallooing (гикая и улюлюкая), and hunting among the trees (и рыская за ним между деревьев). But they don’t like the sun (но они не любят солнце): it makes their legs wobble (от него их ноги дрожат) and their heads giddy (и их головы кружатся). They could not find Bilbo with the ring on (они не могли найти Бильбо, с кольцом на пальце), slipping in and out of the shadow of the trees (который скользил в тень и из тени деревьев), running quick and quiet (перебегая быстро и тихо), and keeping out of the sun (и держась подальше от солнца); so soon they went back (вскоре они вернулись назад) grumbling and cursing (ворча и проклиная) to guard the door (охранять дверь). Bilbo had escaped (Бильбо сбежал).

squirm [skwǝ: m] waistcoat [ˈweɪskǝʋt] bewildered [bɪˈwɪldǝd] halloo [hǝˈlu: ] wobble [ˈwɔb (ǝ) l]

Bilbo’s heart jumped into his mouth. He gave a terrific squirm. Buttons burst off in all directions. He was through, with a torn coat and waistcoat, leaping down the steps like a goat, while bewildered goblins were still picking up his nice brass buttons on the doorstep.

Of course they soon came down after him, hooting and hallooing, and hunting among the trees. But they don’t like the sun: it makes their legs wobble and their heads giddy. They could not find Bilbo with the ring on, slipping in and out of the shadow of the trees, running quick and quiet, and keeping out of the sun; so soon they went back grumbling and cursing to guard the door. Bilbo had escaped.