Английский язык с Дж. Р. Р. Толкиеном. Хоббит

“O very well, ” said Thorin. “Long ago in my grandfather Thror’s time our family was driven out of the far North, and came back with all their wealth and their tools to this Mountain on the map. It had been discovered by my far ancestor, Thrain the Old, but now they mined and they tunnelled and they made huger halls and greater workshops and in addition I believe they found a good deal of gold and a great many jewels too. Anyway they grew immensely rich and famous, and my grandfather was King under the Mountain again and treated with great reverence by the mortal men, who lived to the South, and were gradually spreading up the Running River as far as the valley overshadowed by the Mountain.

They built the merry town of Dale there in those days (они построили там веселый город Дейл в те самые дни). Kings used to send for our smiths (Короли бывало посылали за нашими мастерами; smith—кузнец, рабочийпо металлу), and reward even the least skilful most richly (и вознаграждали даже самых наименее искусных очень щедро; richly — богато, роскошно). Fathers would beg us (отцы умоляли нас) to take their sons as apprentices (взять их сыновей подмастерьями), and pay us handsomely (и щедро платили нам), especially in food-supplies (особенно запасами продовольствия; food — еда, пища; supply — снабжение, поставка), which we never bothered to grow (которые мы никогда не утруждались выращивать) or find for ourselves (или собирать для себя). Altogether those were good days for us (в общем, то были для нас добрые деньки), and the poorest of us (и даже самые беднейшие из нас) had money to spend and to lend (имели деньги, чтобы потратить или дать взаймы), and leisure to make beautiful things (и свободное время, чтобы изготавливать прекрасные вещицы) just for the fun of it (просто ради удовольствия; fun — веселье, забава, интерес), not to speak of (не говоря уже о) the most marvellous and magical toys (наиболее изумительных и волшебных игрушках), the like of which (подобия которым) is not to be found in the world now-a-days (нельзя найти в этой мире в наши дни). So my grandfather’s halls (итак, залы моего деда) became full of armour and jewels (заполнились: «становились полными» доспехами и драгоценностями) and carvings and cups (и резными изделиями и чашами), and the toy-market of Dale (и рынок игрушек в Дейле) was the wonder of the North (считался чудом Севера).

smith [smɪƟ] apprentice [ǝˈprentɪs] leisure [ˈleʒǝ] marvellous [ˈmɑ: v (ǝ) lǝs]

They built the merry town of Dale there in those days. Kings used to send for our smiths, and reward even the least skilful most richly. Fathers would beg us to take their sons as apprentices, and pay us handsomely, especially in food-supplies, which we never bothered to grow or find for ourselves. Altogether those were good days for us, and the poorest of us had money to spend and to lend, and leisure to make beautiful things just for the fun of it, not to speak of the most marvellous and magical toys, the like of which is not to be found in the world now-a-days. So my grandfather’s halls became full of armour and jewels and carvings and cups, and the toy-market of Dale was the wonder of the North.