Rather an amusing thing happened while dressing that morning (довольно забавная история случилась, когда я одевался в то утро). I was very cold when I got back into the boat (мне было очень холодно, когда я залез обратно в лодку), and, in my hurry to get my shirt on, I accidentally jerked it into the water (и, торопясь надеть рубашку, я случайно уронил ее в воду). It made me awfully wild, especially as George burst out laughing (это ужасно разозлило меня, особенно когда Джордж залился смехом). I could not see anything to laugh at, and I told George so (я не видел ничего смешного: «чтобы смеяться над», и сказал об этом Джорджу), and he only laughed the more (а он только еще больше засмеялся). I never saw a man laugh so much (никогда не видел, чтобы кто-нибудь так /много/ смеялся). I quite lost my temper with him at last (наконец, я совсем рассердился на него/вышел из себя), and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of an imbecile idiot he was (и высказал ему, какой он сумасшедший болван и слабоумный идиот; to point out — указывать, обращать внимание; drivelling idiot — круглый дурак; imbecile — слабоумный; идиот, болван, тупица); but he only roared the louder (но он лишь громче захохотал). And then, just as I was landing the shirt (а затем, как раз когда я вытаскивал рубашку), I noticed that it was not my shirt at all, but George's (я заметил, что это вовсе не моя рубашка, а Джорджа), which I had mistaken for mine (которую я по ошибке принял за свою; to mistake); whereupon the humour of the thing struck me for the first time, and I began to laugh (после чего комизм этой ситуации поразил меня = дошел до меня, наконец, и /уже/ я начал смеяться; for the first time — впервые; to begin). And the more I looked from George's wet shirt to George, roaring with laughter (и чем больше я смотрел то на мокрую рубашку Джорджа, то на самого Джорджа, покатывающегося со смеху), the more I was amused, and I laughed so much that I had to let the shirt fall back into the water again (тем больше я веселился, и я так засмеялся, что мне пришлось позволить рубашке снова упасть в воду = я снова уронил рубашку в воду).

laughing ['l:f] drivelling ['drvl] imbecile ['mbsi:l]

"Is it all right?" sung out George.

"Lovely," I spluttered back. "You are duffers not to come in. I wouldn't have missed this for worlds. Why won't you try it? It only wants a little determination."

But I could not persuade them.

Rather an amusing thing happened while dressing that morning. I was very cold when I got back into the boat, and, in my hurry to get my shirt on, I accidentally jerked it into the water. It made me awfully wild, especially as George burst out laughing. I could not see anything to laugh at, and I told George so, and he only laughed the more. I never saw a man laugh so much. I quite lost my temper with him at last, and I pointed out to him what a drivelling maniac of an imbecile idiot he was; but he only roared the louder. And then, just as I was landing the shirt, I noticed that it was not my shirt at all, but George's, which I had mistaken for mine; whereupon the humour of the thing struck me for the first time, and I began to laugh. And the more I looked from George's wet shirt to George, roaring with laughter, the more I was amused, and I laughed so much that I had to let the shirt fall back into the water again.

"Ar'n't you — you — going to get it out (ты не собираешься вытаскивать ее; ar'n't = aren`t)?" said George, between his shrieks (сказал Джордж между /приступами/ смеха).