Английский язык с Джеком Лондоном. В далекой стране (рассказы)

Wild adventurers they were, forayers and destroyers from the far lands beyond the Sea of Bering, who blasted the new and unknown world with fire and sword and clutched greedily for its wealth of fur and hide. Negore looked upon them with satisfaction, and in his mind's eye he saw them crushed and lifeless at the passage up the rocks. And ever he saw, waiting for him at the passage up the rocks, the face and the form of Oona, and ever he heard her voice in his ears and felt the soft, warm glow of her eyes. But never did he forget to shiver, nor to stumble where the footing was rough, nor to cry aloud at the bite of the lash. Also, he was afraid of Karduk, for he knew him for no true man. His was a false eye, and an easy tongue — a tongue too easy, he judged, for the awkwardness of honest speech.

All that day they marched (весь тот день они шли). And on the next (а на следующий), when Karduk asked him at command of Ivan (когда Кардук спросил его по распоряжению Ивана), he said he doubted (он сказал, что сомневается) they would meet with his tribe till the morrow (что они встретятся с его племенем до завтрашнего дня). But Ivan, who had once been shown the way by Old Kinoos (но Иван, которому уже однажды показал дорогу Старый Кинус), and had found that way to lead through the white water and a deadly fight (и он обнаружил, что эта дорога ведет через пенный прибой и смертельный бой), believed no more in anything (больше ни во что не верил). So when they came to a passage up the rocks (поэтому, когда они подошли к проходу в скалах), he halted his forty men (он остановил своих сорок солдат), and through Karduk demanded if the way were clear (и через Кардука спросил, свободен ли путь; clear — свободный; свободный, беспрепятственный /о проходе, дороге и т. п./).

Negore looked at it shortly and carelessly (Негор взглянул на него = на путь быстро и небрежно). It was a vast slide that broke the straight wall of a cliff (огромный оползень разрушил ровную стену утеса; slide — оползень; сдвиг горной породы

), and was overrun with brush and creeping plants (и зарос низким кустарником и ползучими растениями; brush — низкий кустарник), where a score of tribes could have lain well hidden (где = среди которых могли лежать, хорошо спрятавшись, два десятка племен).

doubt [daut], believe [bI'lJv], halt [hLlt], straight [streIt]

All that day they marched. And on the next, when Karduk asked him at command of Ivan, he said he doubted they would meet with his tribe till the morrow. But Ivan, who had once been shown the way by Old Kinoos, and had found that way to lead through the white water and a deadly fight, believed no more in anything. So when they came to a passage up the rocks, he halted his forty men, and through Karduk demanded if the way were clear.

Negore looked at it shortly and carelessly. It was a vast slide that broke the straight wall of a cliff, and was overrun with brush and creeping plants, where a score of tribes could have lain well hidden.

He shook his head (он покачал головой). "Nay, there be nothing there (нет, там ничего нет)," he said. "The way is clear (путь свободен)."

Again Ivan spoke to Karduk (снова Иван заговорил с Кардуком), and Karduk said:

"Know, strange brother (знай, чужой брат), if thy talk be not straight (если твои слова не будут искренними), and if thy people block the way and fall upon Ivan and his men (и если твой народ перекроет дорогу и нападет на Ивана и его людей), that thou shalt die, and at once (ты умрешь и тотчас; at once — сразу же, тотчас же, немедленно)."

"My talk is straight (моя речь честна)," Negore said. "The way is clear (путь свободен)."

fall [fLl], once [wAns], clear [klIq]

He shook his head. "Nay, there be nothing there," he said. "The way is clear."

Again Ivan spoke to Karduk, and Karduk said:

"Know, strange brother, if thy talk be not straight, and if thy people block the way and fall upon Ivan and his men, that thou shalt die, and at once."

"My talk is straight," Negore said. "The way is clear."