Английский язык с Дж. Лондоном. Любовь к жизни (рассказы)

He built a fire and warmed himself by drinking quarts of hot water (он развел костер и грелся, выпивая = поглощая кварты горячей воды; quart — кварта /единица измерения объема жидкости; равняется 1/4 галлона = 2 пинтам = 1,14 л в Англии; 0,95 л в Америке/), and made camp on a rocky ledge in the same fashion he had the night before (и устроил лагерь на скалистом выступе точно так же: «в такой же манере», как и предыдущей ночью; to make a camp — раскинуть лагерь

). The last thing he did was to see that his matches were dry and to wind his watch (последним, что он сделал = напоследок он выяснил, что его спички сухие, и завел часы). The blankets were wet and clammy (одеяла были сырые и холодные; clammy — холодный и влажный на ощупь). His ankle pulsed with pain (его лодыжка пульсировала от боли). But he knew only that he was hungry (но он осознавал лишь, что он голоден), and through his restless sleep he dreamed of feasts and banquets (и на всем протяжении беспокойного сна ему снились пиршества и банкеты) and of food served and spread in all imaginable ways (и еда, которую подавали и раскладывали всеми вообразимыми способами; to serve — накрывать на стол, подавать; to spread — развертывать/ся/; расстилать/ся/; разносить/ся/, распространять/ся/; to imagine — воображать, представлять себе

).

Thus he thought, and crumpled up and sank down upon the wet earth. At first he cried softly to himself, then he cried loudly to the pitiless desolation that ringed him around; and for a long time after he was shaken by great dry sobs.

He built a fire and warmed himself by drinking quarts of hot water, and made camp on a rocky ledge in the same fashion he had the night before. The last thing he did was to see that his matches were dry and to wind his watch. The blankets were wet and clammy. His ankle pulsed with pain. But he knew only that he was hungry, and through his restless sleep he dreamed of feasts and banquets and of food served and spread in all imaginable ways.

He awoke chilled and sick (он проснулся продрогший и больной). There was no sun (солнца не было). The gray of earth and sky had become deeper, more profound (серый цвет земли и неба стал темнее: «глубже», более насыщенным). A raw wind was blowing (дул промозглый ветер), and the first flurries of snow were whitening the hilltops (и первые снегопады покрывали белым вершины холмов; flurry — налетевший ливень или снегопад; to whiten — белить

). The air about him thickened and grew white (воздух вокруг него сгустился и побелел) while he made a fire and boiled more water (пока он разводил костер и кипятил еще воду). It was wet snow (это был мокрый снег), half rain (наполовину дождь), and the flakes were large and soggy (и хлопья были крупными и мокрыми). At first they melted as soon as they came in contact with the earth (сначала они таяли, как только соприкасались с землей; to come in contact with — соприкоснуться с), but ever more fell (но /их/ падало все больше), covering the ground (/и они/ покрыли землю), putting out the fire (/и при этом/ затушили костер), spoiling his supply of moss-fuel (испортили его запас топлива из мха).

He awoke chilled and sick. There was no sun. The gray of earth and sky had become deeper, more profound. A raw wind was blowing, and the first flurries of snow were whitening the hilltops. The air about him thickened and grew white while he made a fire and boiled more water. It was wet snow, half rain, and the flakes were large and soggy. At first they melted as soon as they came in contact with the earth, but ever more fell, covering the ground, putting out the fire, spoiling his supply of moss-fuel.