Английский язык с А. А. Милном. Винни-Пух. Часть 1

“Am I?” said Pooh hopefully (я = да? — спросил Пух с надеждой). And then he brightened up suddenly (и потом он вдруг просиял; bright — яркий; блестящий; светящийся).

“Anyhow,” he said, “it is nearly Luncheon Time (как бы там ни было, — сказал он, — /уже/ почти Обеденное Время / Пора Обедать).”

So he went home for it (и он пошел домой для этого = обедать).

foolish ['fHlIS], world [wWld], luncheon ['lAnCqn]

“Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.

“I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.

“I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of no Brain at All.”

“You're the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.

“Am I?” said Pooh hopefully. And then he brightened up suddenly.

“Anyhow,” he said, “it is nearly Luncheon Time.”

So he went home for it.

Chapter 4,

IN WHICH EEYORE LOSES A TAIL AND POOH FINDS ONE

Глава 4,

В которой Иа теряет хвост, а Пух находит один = его

THE Old Grey Donkey, Eeyore, stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest (Старый Серый Ослик Иа стоял один-одинешенек в заросшем чертополохом углу леса; thistle — чертополох), his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things (/его/ передние лапы очень врозь = широко расставлены, /его/ голова набок, и думал о вещах = о чем-то). Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” (иногда он думал печально про себя: почему?) and sometimes he thought, “Wherefore?” (а иногда он думал: по какой причине?) and sometimes he thought, “Inasmuch as which?” (а иногда он думал: ввиду чего то, что / поскольку то, то что?; inasmuch as — поскольку, так как, ввиду того, что) —and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about (а иногда он совсем не знал, о чем он думает). So when Winnie-the-Pooh came stumping along (поэтому когда притопал: «пришел топоча» Винни-Пух), Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little (Иа был очень рад, /что/ может перестать думать на некоторое время; to be able to V — мочь, быть в состоянии), in order to say “How do you do?” in a gloomy manner to him (для того чтобы сказать ему в мрачной манере: как /ты/ поживаешь?).

Eeyore [J'jL], donkey ['dONkI], thistly ['TIslI]

THE Old Grey Donkey, Eeyore, stood by himself in a thistly corner of the forest, his front feet well apart, his head on one side, and thought about things. Sometimes he thought sadly to himself, “Why?” and sometimes he thought, “Wherefore?” and sometimes he thought, “Inasmuch as which?”—and sometimes he didn't quite know what he was thinking about. So when Winnie-the-Pooh came stumping along, Eeyore was very glad to be able to stop thinking for a little, in order to say “How do you do?” in a gloomy manner to him.

“And how are you?” said Winnie-the-Pooh (а как ты? — спросил Винни-Пух).

Eeyore shook his head from side to side (Иа покачал /своей/ головой из стороны в сторону; to shake — трясти).

“Not very how,” he said (не очень как, — сказал он). “I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time (мне кажется, я не чувствовал себя совсем как на протяжении долгого времени = уже давно; to feel — чувствовать).”

“Dear, dear,” said Pooh (ах-ах-ах, — сказал Пух), “I'm sorry about that (я сожалею об этом). Let's have a look at you (давай-ка посмотрим на тебя; to have a look — посмотреть).” So Eeyore stood there, gazing sadly at the ground (так Иа стоял там, уставившись грустно на землю; to gaze — пристально глядеть; вглядываться; уставиться), and Winnie-the-Pooh walked all round him once (а Винни-Пух обошел один раз полностью вокруг него).

“Why, what's happened to your tail?” he said in surprise (ой, что случилось с твоим хвостом? — спросил он в удивлении = удивленно).

how [hau], sorry ['sOrI], walk [wLk]

“And how are you?” said Winnie-the-Pooh.

Eeyore shook his head from side to side.

“Not very how,” he said. “I don't seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”

“Dear, dear,” said Pooh, “I'm sorry about that. Let's have a look at you.” So Eeyore stood there, gazing sadly at the ground, and Winnie-the-Pooh walked all round him once.

“Why, what's happened to your tail?” he said in surprise.

“What has happened to it?” said Eeyore (/а/ что с ним случилось? — спросил Иа).

“It isn't there (его там нет)!”

“Are you sure (ты уверен)?”

“Well, either a tail is there or it isn't there (ну, либо хвост есть /там/, либо его нет /там/). You can't make a mistake about it (ты не можешь = невозможно ошибиться в этом). And yours isn't there (а твоего нет /там/)!”

“Then what is (тогда что есть / что там)?”

“Nothing (ничего).”

sure [Suq], either ['aIDq], nothing ['nATIN]

“What has happened to it?” said Eeyore.

“It isn't there!”

“Are you sure?”

“Well, either a tail is there or it isn't there You can't make a mistake about it. And yours isn't there!”

“Then what is?”

“Nothing.”