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

He awoke in his right mind, lying on his back on a rocky ledge. The sun was shining bright and warm. Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves. He was aware of vague memories of rain and wind and snow, but whether he had been beaten by the storm for two days or two weeks he did not know.

For some time he lay without movement (некоторое время он лежал неподвижно: «без движения»), the genial sunshine pouring upon him and saturating his miserable body with its warmth (а доброжелательный солнечный свет лился на него и насыщал его несчастное тело своим теплом). A fine day, he thought (прекрасный день, подумал он). Perhaps he could manage to locate himself (возможно, он мог бы определить свое местоположение). By a painful effort he rolled over on his side (болезненным усилием он перевернулся на бок). Below him flowed a wide and sluggish river (ниже него текла широкая и неторопливая река). Its unfamiliarity puzzled him (ее незнакомость = ее незнакомый вид озадачил его). Slowly he followed it with his eyes (медленно он проследил за ней глазами), winding in wide sweeps among the bleak, bare hills, bleaker and barer and lower-lying (как она извивается широкими изгибами среди унылых, голых холмов, более унылых, голых и низко лежащих) than any hills he had yet encountered (чем какие-либо холмы, которые ему уже встречались; to encounter — неожиданно встретить/ся/, столкнуться; натолкнуться

). Slowly, deliberately, without excitement or more than the most casual interest (неспешно, осмотрительно, без волнения и не более, чем самого поверхностного интереса; casual — случайный, бессистемный, нерегулярный; поверхностный), he followed the course of the strange stream toward the sky-line and saw it emptying into a bright and shining sea (он последовал за течением неизвестного потока в сторону горизонта и увидел, что он впадает в блестящее и сверкающее море). He was still unexcited (он все еще не волновался: «не был взволнован»). Most unusual (очень необычно), he thought (подумал он), a vision or a mirage (видение или мираж) — more likely a vision (скорее видение; likely — вероятно

), a trick of his disordered mind (проделка его больного разума; trick — выходка; шалость, проказа, проделка). He was confirmed in this by sight of a ship lying at anchor in the midst of the shining sea (он укрепился в этом при виде корабля, стоящего на якоре посреди сверкающего моря). He closed his eyes for a while (он закрыл на некоторое время глаза), then opened them (потом открыл их). Strange how the vision persisted (как ни странно видение сохранилось; to persist — удерживаться, сохраняться, продолжать существовать

)! Yet not strange (однако не странно = ничего удивительного). He knew there were no seas or ships in the heart of the barren lands (он знал, что в сердце пустошей нет ни морей, ни кораблей), just as he had known there was no cartridge in the empty rifle (точно так же, как он знал, что в его пустом ружье нет патронов).

For some time he lay without movement, the genial sunshine pouring upon him and saturating his miserable body with its warmth. A fine day, he thought. Perhaps he could manage to locate himself. By a painful effort he rolled over on his side. Below him flowed a wide and sluggish river. Its unfamiliarity puzzled him. Slowly he followed it with his eyes, winding in wide sweeps among the bleak, bare hills, bleaker and barer and lower-lying than any hills he had yet encountered. Slowly, deliberately, without excitement or more than the most casual interest, he followed the course of the strange stream toward the sky-line and saw it emptying into a bright and shining sea. He was still unexcited. Most unusual, he thought, a vision or a mirage — more likely a vision, a trick of his disordered mind. He was confirmed in this by sight of a ship lying at anchor in the midst of the shining sea. He closed his eyes for a while, then opened them. Strange how the vision persisted! Yet not strange. He knew there were no seas or ships in the heart of the barren lands, just as he had known there was no cartridge in the empty rifle.