Английский язык с П. Треверс. Мэри Поппинс / P. L. Travers: Mary Poppins

“Ha!” said Mr Banks, drawing in his head very quickly. “Admiral’s telescope says East Wind. I thought as much. There is frost in my bones. I shall wear two overcoats.” And he kissed his wife absentmindedly on one side of her nose and waved to the children and went away to the City.

Now, the City was a place where Mr Banks went every day (банк был тем местом, куда мистер Бэнкс ходил каждый день) — except Sundays, of course, and Bank Holidays (кроме, конечно, воскресений и банковских праздников) — and while he was there (а пока он был здесь) he sat on a large chair in front of a large desk and made money (он сидел на большом стуле перед большим столом и делал деньги; to sit —сидеть, to make — делать, изготавливать). All day long he worked (весь день он работал), cutting out pennies and shillings and half-crowns and threepenny-bits, (вырезая пенни, шиллинги, полукроны и трехпенсовики; «кусочки в три пенни»). And he brought them home with him in his little black bag (и он приносил их домой в своей маленькой черной сумке; to bring — приносить, доставлять). Sometimes he would give some to Jane and Michael for their money-boxes (иногда он давал несколько монет Джейн и Майклу для их копилок), and when he couldn’t spare any (а когда он не приносил: «не мог сэкономить» монеты), he would say (он обычно говорил), “The Bank is broken (банк сломался: «есть сломан»),” and they would know he hadn’t made much money that day (и они понимали, что он не сделал много денег сегодня).

Well, Mr Banks went off with his black bag (что ж, мистер Бэнкс ушел со своей черной сумкой), and Mrs Banks went into the drawing room (а миссис Бэнкс пошла в гостиную) and sat there all day long writing letters to the papers (и сидела здесь весь день, пиша объявления в газеты) and begging them to send some Nannies to her at once as she was waiting (и умоляя их прислать нескольких нянек тотчас же, поскольку она ожидала); and upstairs in the Nursery, Jane and Michael watched at the window and wondered who would come (а наверху, в детской /комнате/, Джейн и Майкл смотрели в окно и гадали, кто к ним придет; to watch — смотреть, to wonder — интересоваться, размышлять, задаватьсявопросом). They were glad Katie Nanna had gone (они были рады, что няня Кейти ушла), for they had never liked her (так как они никогда не любили ее). She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water (она была старой и толстой, и пахла ячменным отваром). Anything, they thought (что угодно, думали они), would be better than Katie Nanna (будет лучше, чем няня Кейти) — if not much better (если даже и не намного).

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Now, the City was a place where Mr Banks went every day — except Sundays, of course, and Bank Holidays — and while he was there he sat on a large chair in front of a large desk and made money. All day long he worked, cutting out pennies and shillings and half-crowns and threepenny-bits. And he brought them home with him in his little black bag. Sometimes he would give some to Jane and Michael for their money-boxes, and when he couldn’t spare any he would say, “The Bank is broken,” and they would know he hadn’t made much money that day.

Well, Mr Banks went off with his black bag, and Mrs Banks went into the drawing room and sat there all day long writing letters to the papers and begging them to send some Nannies to her at once as she was waiting; and upstairs in the Nursery, Jane and Michael watched at the window and wondered who would come. They were glad Katie Nanna had gone, for they had never liked her. She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water. Anything, they thought, would be better than Katie Nanna — if not much better.

When the afternoon began to die away behind the Park (когда на улице начало смеркаться: «когда день начал гаснуть за парком»; to die away — слабеть, затухать), Mrs Brill and Ellen came to give them their supper and to bathe the Twins (миссис Брилл и Элен пришли дать детям ужин и искупать близнецов). And after supper Jane and Michael sat at the window watching for Mr Banks to come home (а после ужина Джейн и Майкл сидели у окна, высматривая мистера Бэнкса, идущего домой), and listening to the sound of the East Wind (и слушая звук восточного ветра) blowing through the naked branches of the cherry trees in the Lane (дующего сквозь голые ветви вишневых деревьев на улице). The trees themselves (сами деревья), turning and bending in the half light (поворачиваясь и сгибаясь в полумраке: «полусвете»), looked as though they had gone mad (выглядели так, как будто они сошли с ума) and were dancing their roots out of the ground (и танцевали так, что их корни готовы были вырваться из почвы; to go mad — сойтисума).