Английский язык с Марком Твеном. Принц и нищий / Mark Twain. The Prince and the Pauper

You should have seen (вам следовало видеть /как/) that fickle crowd (эта переменчивая толпа) snatch off their hats then (сняла шляпы тогда). You should have heard them cheer (вам следовало слышать, (как) они одобрительно кричали), and shout (и кричали), 'Long live the Prince of Wales!' (да здравствует: «да долго живет» принц Уэльский).

gorgeous [`gO:Gəs], excitement [ık`saıtmənt], Wales [weılz]

Poor little Tom, in his rags, approached, and was moving slowly and timidly past the sentinels, with a beating heart and a rising hope, when all at once he caught sight through the golden bars of a spectacle that almost made him shout for joy. Within was a comely boy, tanned and brown with sturdy outdoors sports and exercises, whose clothing was all of lovely silks and satins, shining with jewels; at his hip a little jeweled sword and dagger; dainty buskins on his feet, with red heels; and on his head a jaunty crimson cap, with drooping plumes fastened with a great sparkling gem. Several gorgeous gentlemen stood near — his servants, without a doubt. Oh! he was a prince — a prince, a living prince, a real prince — without the shadow of a question; and the prayer of the pauper boy's heart was answered at last.

Tom's breath came quick and short with excitement, and his eyes grew big with wonder and delight. Everything gave way in his mind instantly to one desire: that was to get close to the prince, and have a good, devouring look at him. Before he knew what he was about, he had his face against the gate-bars. The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers. The soldier said:

'Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!'

The crowd jeered and laughed; but the young prince sprang to the gate with his face flushed, and his eyes flashing with indignation, and cried out:

'How dar'st thou use a poor lad like that! How dar'st thou use the king my father's meanest subject so! Open the gates, and let him in!'

You should have seen that fickle crowd snatch off their hats then. You should have heard them cheer, and shout, 'Long live the Prince of Wales!'

The soldiers presented arms with their halberds (солдаты отдали честь своими алебардами; to present — преподносить ч-л., зд. — салютовать, отдавать честь), opened the gates (открыли ворота), and presented again as the little Prince of Poverty passed in (и отдали честь снова, когда маленький Принц Бедности проходил внутрь), in his fluttering rags (в своем развевающимся тряпье), to join hands with the Prince of Limitless Plenty (чтобы соединить руки с Принцем Безграничного Изобилия). Edward Tudor said (Эдуард Тюдор сказал):

'Thou (ты (устар.)) lookest tired and hungry (выглядишь усталым и голодным; lookest — выглядишь — устар. вместо look); thou'st been treated ill (с тобой обращались плохо; to treat smb — обращаться с кем-то). Come with me (иди со мной).'