Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо (в пересказе для детей)

Then she gave me a cake (затем она дала мне пирог), and kissed me (и поцеловала меня). "How much safer it is to be at home (как много = насколько безопаснее быть = оставаться дома)!" she said.

But I would not listen to her (но я не слушал ее). My mind was made up (мое решение было принято; to make up one's mind — принять решение: «настроить свой разум»; mind — разум; умственные способности; ум; настроение, расположение духа), and a sailor I would be (и /все же именно/ моряком я хотел стать).

When I was eighteen years old (когда мне было восемнадцать лет), I left my pleasant home and went to sea (покинул мой милый дом и отправился в море).

pleasant [pleznt], quiet ['kwat], toward [t'w:d], spread [spred], visit ['vzt], beneath [b'ni:], world [w:ld]

I WISH TO BE A SAILOR

MY name is Robinson Crusoe. I was born in the old city of York, where there is a broad river, with ships coming and going.

When I was a little boy, I spent much of my time looking at the river.

How pleasant was the quiet stream, flowing, always flowing, toward the far-away sea! I liked to watch the ships as they came in with their white sails spread to the wind.

I liked to think of the strange lands which they must have visited, and of the many wonderful things they must have passed.

I wished to be a sailor. I thought how grand it must be to sail and sail on the wide blue sea, with the sky above and the waves beneath. Nothing could be pleasanter.

My father wanted me to learn a trade. But I could not bear the thought of it. I could not bear the thought of working every day in a dusty shop.

I did not wish to stay in York all my life. I wanted to see the world. I would be a sailor and nothing else.

My mother was very sad when I told her.

A sailor's life, she said, was a hard life. There were many storms at sea, and ships were often wrecked.

She told me, too, that there were great fishes in the sea, and that they would eat me up if I fell into the water.

Then she gave me a cake, and kissed me. "How much safer it is to be at home!" she said.

But I would not listen to her. My mind was made up, and a sailor I would be.

When I was eighteen years old, I left my pleasant home and went to sea.

I MAKE MY FIRST VOYAGE

(я совершаю мое первое путешествие)

I SOON found that my mother's words were true (я вскоре нашел = понял, что слова матери были правдой; to find — находить). A sailor's life is indeed a hard life (жизнь моряка /и/ в самом деле тяжелая жизнь; hard — жесткий; трудный, тяжелый).

There was no time for play on board of our ship (не было времени для игр на борту нашего корабля). Even in the fairest weather (даже при самой хорошей погоде) there was much work to be done (было много работы, которую нужно было сделать: «которая должна была быть сделана»).

On the very first night the wind began to blow (в самую первую ночь начал дуть ветер). The waves rolled high (волны катились высоко). The ship was tossed this way and that (корабль бросало туда и суда; to toss — бросать, кидать, швырять). Never had I seen such a storm (никогда я не видел такого шторма; to saw — видеть).

All night long the wind blew (всю ночь напролет дул ветер; to blow — дуть). I was so badly frightened (я был так сильно напуган; badly — скверно, дурно, плохо; крайне, очень сильно /придает эмоционально-усилительный оттенок/) that I did not know what to do (что не знал, что делать). I thought the ship would surely go to the bottom (я подумал, что что корабль наверняка пойдет на дно; surely — конечно, непременно).

Then I remembered my pleasant home and the words of my kind mother (тогда я вспомнил мой милый дом и слова моей доброй матери).