Английский язык с Э. Хемингуэем. Старик и море

He could not see the green of the shore now (он не видел зелени берега сейчас) but only the tops of the blue hills (но только верхушки голубых холмов) that showed white as though they were snow-capped (которые казались белыми, как будто были покрыты снегом; capped — покрытый; cap — кепка, шапка; фуражка; to cap — надевать шапку, покрывать голову; крыть, покрывать; накрывать) and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them (и облака, которые были похожи на высокие снежные горы над ними). The sea was very dark and the light made prisms in the water (море было очень темным, и свет преломлялся в воде: «делал призмы»). The myriad flecks of the plankton were annulled now by the high sun (несметное число искр планктона были погашены высоким солнцем; fleck — частица, пятно, крапинка; to annul — аннулировать, отменять; уничтожать) and it was only the great deep prisms in the blue water that the old man saw now (и старик сейчас видел только пятна от преломления света в голубой воде) with his lines going straight down into the water that was a mile deep (и лески, уходящие прямо вниз в воду, которая была /здесь/ глубиной в милю).

straggler ['strxglq], myriad ['mIrIqd], annul [q'nAl]

Now is no time to think of baseball, he thought. Now is the time to think of only one thing. That which I was born for. There might be a big one around that school, he thought. I picked up only a straggler from the albacore that were feeding. But they are working far Out and fast. Everything that shows on the surface today travels very fast and to the north-east. Can that be the time of day? Or is it some sign of weather that I do not know?

He could not see the green of the shore now but only the tops of the blue hills that showed white as though they were snow-capped and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them. The sea was very dark and the light made prisms in the water. The myriad flecks of the plankton were annulled now by the high sun and it was only the great deep prisms in the blue water that the old man saw now with his lines going straight down into the water that was a mile deep.

The tuna, the fishermen called all the fish of that species tuna (тунец, рыбаки называли всех рыб этого вида тунцами) and only distinguished among them by their proper names when they came to sell them (и различали их по именам только тогда, когда продавали их; to distinguish — различить, распознавать) or to trade them for baits (или чтобы обменять их на наживку), were down again (были снова внизу = ушли в глубину). The sun was hot now and the old man felt it on the back of his neck (солнце припекало: «было горячим», старик чувствовал его своим загривком/затылком) and felt the sweat trickle down his back as he rowed (и чувствовал, как пот тек тонкой струйкой по его спине, пока он греб; to trickle — течь тонкой струйкой, сочиться).

I could just drift (я мог бы просто плыть по течению), he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me (и спать, и обвязать вокруг моего большого пальца ноги шлаг лесы, чтобы она меня разбудила; bight — шлаг /троса/). But today is eighty-five days and I should fish the day well (но сегодня восемьдесят пятый день, и мне следует рыбачить весь день хорошо).

Just then, watching his lines, he saw one of the projecting green sticks dip sharply (именно тогда, следя за лесами, он увидел, что одно из выступающих зеленых удилищ резко окунулось в воду).

species ['spJSJz], distinguish [dI'stINgwIS], toe [tqu]

The tuna, the fishermen called all the fish of that species tuna and only distinguished among them by their proper names when they came to sell them or to trade them for baits, were down again. The sun was hot now and the old man felt it on the back of his neck and felt the sweat trickle down his back as he rowed.

I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. But today is eighty-five days and I should fish the day well.

Just then, watching his lines, he saw one of the projecting green sticks dip sharply.