Английский язык с В. Ирвингом. Рип ван Винкль - [15]
With some difficulty he got down into the glen: he found the gully up which he and his companion had ascended the preceding evening; but to his astonishment a mountain stream was now foaming down it, leaping from rock to rock, and filling the glen with babbling murmurs. He, however, made shift to scramble up its sides, working his toilsome way through thickets of birch, sassafras, and witch-hazel, and sometimes tripped up or entangled by the wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree, and spread a kind of network in his path.
At length (в конце концов) he reached to (он достиг /того места/) where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre (где ущелье /раньше / вело сквозь утесы в амфитеатр; to open to [qVpn] — сообщаться; вести); but no traces of such opening remained (но никаких следов такого прохода не осталось). The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall (камни представляли собой высокую непроницаемую стену) over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam (через которую обрушивался поток в клочьях пушистой пены; to tumble — падать, рушиться; feather — перо /у птиц/), and fell into a broad deep basin (и впадал в широкий, глубокий водоем), black from the shadows of the surrounding forest (черный от теней окружающего леса). Here, then (здесь тогда), poor Rip was brought to a stand (бедный Рип вынужден был остановиться).
At length he reached to where the ravine had opened through the cliffs to the amphitheatre; but no traces of such opening remained. The rocks presented a high impenetrable wall over which the torrent came tumbling in a sheet of feathery foam, and fell into a broad deep basin, black from the shadows of the surrounding forest. Here, then, poor Rip was brought to a stand.
He again called and whistled after his dog (он снова кричал и свистел своему псу); he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows (ему только отвечала карканьем стая праздных ворон), sporting high in air about a dry tree (веселящаяся высоко в воздухе над засохшим деревом) that overhung a sunny precipice (которое нависало над солнечным обрывом; to hang [hxN] — hung [hAN] / hanged — hung / hanged– вешать; подвешивать: висеть; свисать); and who, secure in their elevation (и которые, в безопасности на их высоте; elevation — возвышение, возвышенность; высота), seemed to look down (казалось, смотрели /на него/ сверху вниз) and scoff at the poor man's perplexities (и насмехались над трудностями бедного человека; perplexity [pq‘pleksItI] — недоумение; растерянность; затруднение). What was to be done (что можно было сделать)? The morning was passing away (утро уже проходило), and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast (и Рип чувствовал голод из-за недостатка завтрака = поскольку не позавтракал). He grieved to give up his dog and gun (он сожалел, что придется отказаться от своего ружья и собаки; to give up [gIv Ap] — оставить, отказаться; сдаться, уступить); he dreaded to meet his wife (он опасался встретить свою жену); but it would not do to starve among the mountains (но никуда не годилось умереть с голоду в горах; to do [du:] — did [dId] — done [dAn] — делать; совершать действия; здесь подходить, годиться; удовлетворять требованиям). He shook his head (он тряхнул головой), shouldered the rusty firelock (положил на плечо ржавое кремневое ружье), and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety (и с сердцем, полным тревоги и страха), turned his steps homeward (повернул шаги сторону дома = отправился домой).
He again called and whistled after his dog; he was only answered by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting high in air about a dry tree that overhung a sunny precipice; and who, secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man's perplexities. What was to be done? the morning was passing away, and Rip felt famished for want of his breakfast. He grieved to give up his dog and gun; he dreaded to meet his wife; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward.
