Английский язык с Робин Гудом - [26]
sheriff ['SerIf], other ['ADq], place [pleIs], every ['evrI], mark [mQ:k], thank [TxNk]
One hundred and forty strong young men went with Robin. The Sheriff of Nottingham saw only three of Robin's men: Little John, Much the miller's son, and Will Scarlet. They shot well, better than any of the bowmen from other places. But the best was Robin Hood. Every arrow from his bow hit the mark. The gold arrow was his, and he took it from the sheriff with many thanks.
The sheriff held up his hand to his swordsmen (шериф поднял руку, /подав знак/ своим воинам, вооруженным мечами; to hold — держать; держать /в каком-либо положении — о лице, голове и т. п./), and they ran to take Robin (и они бросились: «побежали», чтобы схватить Робина). But then they stopped (но в этот момент они остановились; then — тогда, в то время, в это время). More than a hundred bowmen, with arrows ready, stood out from among the people (более сотни лучников, со стрелами наготове, выступили из рядов зрителей: «из людей»; to stand out — выступать).
«Don't you remember your promise (разве ты забыл: «не помнишь» свое обещание)?» Robin said to the sheriff. «Under my greenwood tree you promised to be my friend (под моим дубом ты пообещал быть моим другом).»
swordsmen ['sO:dzmqn], among [q'mAN], remember [rI'membq], under ['Andq], tree [tri:]
The sheriff held up his hand to his swordsmen, and they ran to take Robin. But then they stopped. More than a hundred bowmen, with arrows ready, stood out from among the people.
«Don't you remember your promise?» Robin said to the sheriff. «Under my greenwood tree you promised to be my friend.»
Some of the sheriff's men began to run away (некоторые из людей шерифа бросились бежать: «начали убегать прочь»), but some of them stayed (но некоторые из них остались). A fight began (началась схватка).
An arrow hit Little John's knee and wounded him badly (стрела ранила Малыша Джона в колено и нанесла ему сильную рану; to hit — ударять; поражать, ранить; badly — скверно, дурно, плохо; /эмоц.-усил./ крайне, очень сильно).
«Please, Robin (пожалуйста, Робин),» he said, «don't let the sheriff take me alive (не дай шерифу взять меня живым). Kill me with your sword, and leave me dead (убей меня своим мечом и оставь меня мертвым).»
«Never (никогда)!» said Robin. And he took the big man on his back (и он взвалил высокого мужчину себе на спину). All the way from Nottingham to the Lee he carried Little John (весь путь от Ноттингема до Ли он нес Малыша Джона).
run away ['rAnq'weI], fight [faIt], wound [wu:nd], wounded ['wu:ndId], badly ['bxdlI], alive [q'laIv], kill [kIl], leave [li:v], dead [ded], never ['nevq], Nottingham ['nOtINqm], Lee [li:]
Some of the sheriff's men began to run away, but some of them stayed. A fight began.
An arrow hit Little John's knee and wounded him badly.
«Please, Robin,» he said, «don't let the sheriff take me alive. Kill me with your sword, and leave me dead.»
«Never!» said Robin. And he took the big man on his back. All the way from Nottingham to the Lee he carried Little John.
Sometimes he had to put him on the ground (иногда ему приходилось опускать: «класть» того на землю) to shoot at the men who came after them (чтобы стрелять в людей, которые гнались за ними; to come after — следовать за кем-либо; преследовать, гнаться). Then he took him up again and went on (затем он снова поднимал его и продолжал путь).
They came to a strong castle just inside the forest (они подошли к укрепленному замку, стоящему в лесу: «внутри леса»; strong — сильный, обладающий большой физической силой; неприступный, хорошо защищенный /о городах, фортах, крепостях, укреплениях и т. д./). It was Sir Richard's castle (это был замок сэра Ричарда), and the knight welcomed Robin Hood and all his men (и рыцарь радушно принял Робина Гуда и всех его товарищей; to welcome — приветствовать, радушно принимать).
«I'm not afraid of the Sheriff of Nottingham (я не боюсь шерифа Ноттингемского),» he said. «Come in, and we'll shut up the castle and shoot from the walls (входите, и мы запрем замок и будем стрелять со стен; to shut — закрывать, запирать, затворять; to shut up — плотно закрыть).»
sometimes ['sAmtaImz], ground [graund], just [dZAst], inside [In'saId], shut up ['SAt'Ap], wall [wO:l]
Sometimes he had to put him on the ground to shoot at the men who came after them. Then he took him up again and went on.
They came to a strong castle just inside the forest. It was Sir Richard's castle, and the knight welcomed Robin Hood and all his men.
«I'm not afraid of the Sheriff of Nottingham,» he said. «Come in, and we'll shut up the castle and shoot from the walls.»
Chapter 12
ROBIN HOOD SAVES SIR RICHARD OF THE LEE
