«Yes, Robin,» said Sir Richard. «I had a son (у меня был сын). He killed a knight (он убил одного рыцаря). It was in a fair fight at the tournament field (и случилось это в честном поединке на турнирном поле = на ристалище;
fair [feq], tournament ['tuqnqmqnt], proud [praud], sheriff ['SerIf], Nottingham ['nOtINqm], prison [prIzn], borrow ['bOrqu]
«Do you want to tell us why?» Robin asked.
«Yes, Robin,» said Sir Richard. «I had a son. He killed a knight. It was in a fair fight t at the tournament field, but the proud sheriff of Nottingham put my son in prison. To get him out of prison, he took all my money and more. I had to borrow.»
«You borrowed from your friends (ты занял у своих друзей)?» Robin said.
«No. When I was rich, I had friends (когда я был богат, у меня были друзья). When I wanted money, they all left me (когда мне понадобились деньги, они все покинули меня;
abbot ['xbqt], abbey ['xbI], four [fO:], hundred ['hAndrqd], tomorrow [tq'mOrqu], castle [kQ:sl]
«You borrowed from your friends?» Robin said.
«No. When I was rich, I had friends. When I wanted money, they all left me. I had to borrow from the rich abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary. I must pay him back four hundred pieces of gold. If I can't pay him back the money tomorrow, he will take my castle and all my lands.»
Robin spoke to Little John (Робин заговорил с Малышом Джоном = обратился к…;
Little John counted out more than four hundred pieces of gold (Малыш Джон отсчитал более четырехсот золотых монет;
«Can't you count (ты что, не умеешь считать)?» asked Much.
«This is the way to count money when a poor knight has to have it (именно так и надо считать деньги, когда в них нуждается бедный рыцарь: «бедный рыцарь вынужден взять их»).»
hiding-place ['haIdINpleIs], count out ['kaunt'aut], can't [kQ:nt], way [weI]
Robin spoke to Little John. «Go to our hiding-place. Little John, and get four hundred pieces of gold. Sir Richard can borrow it from us.»
Little John counted out more than four hundred pieces of gold.
«Can't you count?» asked Much.
«This is the way to count money when a poor knight has to have it.»
«Robin,» said Little John, «this man is a knight (этот человек — рыцарь), but his clothes are very old (а его одежда очень старая). You must give him the right clothes for a knight (ты должен дать ему подходящую для рыцаря одежду;
«Yes,» said Robin. «Give him three metres (дай ему три метра).»
Little John gave the knight four metres of Lincoln green cloth (Малыш Джон дал рыцарю четыре метра ярко-зеленого сукна).