Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ

It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf (был уже закат, когда мы бросили якорь в прекраснейшем окруженном со всех сторон сушей заливе; to lock — запирать; окружать), and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes (и нас немедленно окружили береговые шлюпки, полные негров), and Mexican Indians, and half-bloods (и мексиканских индейцев, и метисов: «полукровок»), selling fruits and vegetables, and offering to dive for bits of money (продававших фрукты и овощи и предлагавших нырнуть за /брошенными в воду/ монетами; to offer — предлагать, выражать готовность). The sight of so many good-humoured faces (especially the blacks) (вид столь многочисленных добродушных лиц /особенно черных/), the taste of the tropical fruits (вкус тропических фруктов), and above all, the lights that began to shine in the town (и, прежде всего, огни, которые начали светиться в городе), made a most charming contrast to our dark and bloody sojourn on the island (представляли самый обворожительный контраст нашему мрачному и кровавому пребыванию на острове); and the doctor and the squire, taking me along with them (доктор и сквайр, взяв меня с собой), went ashore to pass the early part of the night (сошли на берег, чтобы провести вечер: «раннюю часть ночи»). Here they met the captain of an English man-of-war (тут они встретились с капитаном английского военного корабля), fell in talk with him, went on board his ship (разговорились с ним, поднялись на борт его судна), and, in short, had so agreeable a time (и, одним словом, так приятно провели время), that day was breaking when we came alongside the Hispaniola (что день начинался, когда мы пришвартовались к Испаньоле).

fruits [fru:ts] vegetables [`veʤɪtəblz] charming [`tʃɑ:mɪŋ] agreeable [ə`gri:əbl]

It was just at sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of negroes, and Mexican Indians, and half-bloods, selling fruits and vegetables, and offering to dive for bits of money. The sight of so many good-humoured faces (especially the blacks), the taste of the tropical fruits, and above all, the lights that began to shine in the town, made a most charming contrast to our dark and bloody sojourn on the island; and the doctor and the squire, taking me along with them, went ashore to pass the early part of the night. Here they met the captain of an English man-of-war, fell in talk with him, went on board his ship, and, in short, had so agreeable a time, that day was breaking when we came alongside the Hispaniola.