And they are so confoundedly impertinent, too, over it (и они еще страшно нахальны /при этом/). You can whistle till you nearly burst your boiler before they will trouble themselves to hurry (можете = приходится свистеть, пока почти не взорвется котел, прежде чем они соблаговолят поторопиться). I would have one or two of them run down now and then (я бы топил пару лодок время от времени), if I had my way, just to teach them all a lesson (будь моя воля, просто чтобы преподать им всем урок).

impertinent [Im'p@:tIn@nt] trouble [trVbl]

At Reading lock we came up with a steam launch, belonging to some friends of mine, and they towed us up to within about a mile of Streatley. It is very delightful being towed up by a launch. I prefer it myself to rowing. The run would have been more delightful still, if it had not been for a lot of wretched small boats that were continually getting in the way of our launch, and, to avoid running down which, we had to be continually easing and stopping. It is really most annoying, the manner in which these rowing boats get in the way of one's launch up the river; something ought to be done to stop it.

And they are so confoundedly impertinent, too, over it. You can whistle till you nearly burst your boiler before they will trouble themselves to hurry. I would have one or two of them run down now and then, if I had my way, just to teach them all a lesson.

The river becomes very lovely from a little above Reading (река становится очень красивой немного выше Рэдинга). The railway rather spoils it near Tilehurst, but from Mapledurham up to Streatley it is glorious (железная дорога несколько портит ее у Тайлхерста, но от Мэплдерхема до Стритли она великолепна). A little above Mapledurham lock you pass Hardwick House, where Charles I. played bowls (немного выше Мэплдерхемского шлюза проплываешь мимо Хардвик-Хаус, где Карл Первый играл в шары/в боулинг). The neighbourhood of Pangbourne, where the quaint little Swan Inn stands (округа Пэнгборна, где находится старинная маленькая гостиница «Лебедь»), must be as familiar to the habitu'es of the Art Exhibitions as it is to its own inhabitants (должно быть, так же хорошо знакома завсегдатаям художественных выставок, как и ее /округи/ жителям).

My friends' launch cast us loose just below the grotto (баркас моих приятелей отцепил нас чуть пониже грота; to cast — бросать, кидать, сбрасывать; loose — свободный, неприкрепленный), and then Harris wanted to make out that it was my turn to pull (и Гаррис захотел сделать вид, что сейчас моя очередь грести; to make out — разобрать, различить; сделать вид, притвориться). This seemed to me most unreasonable (это показалось мне совершенно необоснованным; unreasonable — неразумный, неблагоразумный, необоснованный). It had been arranged in the morning that I should bring the boat up to three miles above Reading (утром условились, что я проведу лодку на три мили выше Рэдинга). Well, here we were, ten miles above Reading (и вот мы десятью милями выше Рэдинга)! Surely it was now their turn again (конечно, теперь была снова их очередь).

habitu'e [h@'bItjueI] exhibition [,eksI'bIS(@)n]

The river becomes very lovely from a little above Reading. The railway rather spoils it near Tilehurst, but from Mapledurham up to Streatley it is glorious. A little above Mapledurham lock you pass Hardwick House, where Charles I. played bowls. The neighbourhood of Pangbourne, where the quaint little Swan Inn stands, must be as familiar to the habitu'es of the Art Exhibitions as it is to its own inhabitants.

My friends' launch cast us loose just below the grotto, and then Harris wanted to make out that it was my turn to pull. This seemed to me most unreasonable. It had been arranged in the morning that I should bring the boat up to three miles above Reading. Well, here we were, ten miles above Reading! Surely it was now their turn again.

I could not get either George or Harris to see the matter in its proper light, however (я не смог заставить ни Джорджа, ни Гарриса увидеть дело в должном свете = не сумел убедить ни того, ни другого, однако); so, to save argument, I took the sculls (поэтому, чтобы решить спор: «избавиться от спора», я взял весла; to save — сохранить, сберечь, сэкономить). I had not been pulling for more than a minute or so (я не греб больше минуты = не успел я погрести и минуты), when George noticed something black floating on the water, and we drew up to it (как Джордж заметил что-то черное, плывшее по воде, и мы приблизились к нему; to draw up). George leant over, as we neared it, and laid hold of it (Джордж наклонился вперед, когда мы приблизились к предмету, и схватил его; to lean; to lay hold of). And then he drew back with a cry, and a blanched face (затем он отшатнулся с криком и побледнел: «с криком и побледневшим лицом»; to draw back — снимать, отдергивать; отходить назад, отступать).

It was the dead body of a woman. It lay very lightly on the water (это было мертвое тело женщины), and the face was sweet and calm (и ее лицо было кротким и спокойным). It was not a beautiful face (оно не было красивым лицом); it was too prematurely aged-looking, too thin and drawn, to be that (было слишком преждевременно состарившимся, чересчур худым и сморщенным, чтобы быть таковым = красивым); but it was a gentle, lovable face, in spite of its stamp of pinch and poverty (но это было спокойное, милое лицо, несмотря на отпечаток нужды и бедности; pinch — щепоть, щепотка; крайняя нужда; стесненное положение, невзгоды), and upon it was that look of restful peace that comes to the faces of the sick sometimes when at last the pain has left them (и на нем было то выражение безмятежности и спокойствия: «спокойного мира», которое появляется иногда на лицах больных, когда наконец боль покинула их).

prematurely [,prem@'tju@lI] poverty ['pOv@tI]

I could not get either George or Harris to see the matter in its proper light, however; so, to save argument, I took the sculls. I had not been pulling for more than a minute or so, when George noticed something black floating on the water, and we drew up to it. George leant over, as we neared it, and laid hold of it. And then he drew back with a cry, and a blanched face.

It was the dead body of a woman. It lay very lightly on the water, and the face was sweet and calm. It was not a beautiful face; it was too prematurely aged-looking, too thin and drawn, to be that; but it was a gentle, lovable face, in spite of its stamp of pinch and poverty, and upon it was that look of restful peace that comes to the faces of the sick sometimes when at last the pain has left them.