I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn (помню, /как/ мой выходной был полностью испорчен поздней осенью; holiday — праздник; нерабочий день; отпуск)
by our paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper (нашим обращением внимания = тем, что мы обратили внимание на прогноз погоды в местной газете; weather report — сводка погоды, прогноз погоды). "Heavy showers, with thunderstorms, may be expected to-day (сильные ливни с грозами могут ожидаться сегодня)," it would say on Monday (сообщала она в понедельник), and so we would give up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain (и поэтому мы отменяли пикник, и сидели дома весь день, ожидая дождя; to give up — оставить, отказаться; бросить /привычку/; indoors — внутри дома, в помещении). — And people would pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could be (а люди проезжали мимо дома в линейках и колясках, веселые и оживленные, насколько это только может быть; to go off — уходить, уезжать; wagonette — линейка /экипаж с двумя продольными сиденьями/; coach — коляска, карета), the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen (солнце ярко светило, и ни облачка не было видно /на небе/)."Ah (ага)
!" we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window (говорили мы, стоя и смотря на них из окна; to look out — выглядывать, смотреть), "won't they come home soaked (ну и промокшими же они придут домой = ну и промокнут же они)!"And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get (и мы посмеивались, думая, как сильно они вымокнут; to get wet — промокать, вымокать)
, and came back (и возвращались) and stirred the fire, and got our books (и помешивали огонь, и брали книги), and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells (и приводили в порядок образцы водорослей и раковины моллюсков). By twelve o'clock, with the sun pouring into the room (к двенадцати часам солнце заливало комнату; to pour — лить/ся/, разливать/ся/), the heat became quite oppressive (жара становилась совсем гнетущей = невыносимой), and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin (и мы спрашивали себя, когда эти ливни и редкие грозы начнутся).
autumn [ˈɔ:tǝm] cloud [klaud] specimen [ˈspesɪmǝn]
I remember a holiday of mine being completely ruined one late autumn by our paying attention to the weather report of the local newspaper. "Heavy showers, with thunderstorms, may be expected to-day," it would say on Monday, and so we would give up our picnic, and stop indoors all day, waiting for the rain. — And people would pass the house, going off in wagonettes and coaches as jolly and merry as could be, the sun shining out, and not a cloud to be seen.
"Ah!" we said, as we stood looking out at them through the window, "won't they come home soaked!"
And we chuckled to think how wet they were going to get, and came back and stirred the fire, and got our books, and arranged our specimens of seaweed and cockle shells. By twelve o'clock, with the sun pouring into the room, the heat became quite oppressive, and we wondered when those heavy showers and occasional thunderstorms were going to begin.
"Ah! they'll come in the afternoon, you'll find (они начнутся после обеда, вот увидите)
," we said to each other (говорили мы друг другу). "Oh, won't those people get wet (ну и промокнут же те люди). What a lark (как забавно; lark — шутка, веселье, забава)!"