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СЦЕНКА 29

 

PACKING

 

Jim and Maggie are getting ready for their trip to Moscow.

Jim and Maggie: Hallo, Robert.

Robert: Hallo, you two¹. I've brought the car round.² We can start packing right away.

Jim: Everything's waiting for you in the hall.

Robert: Good. You two can be bringing the things out, while I put them away in the boot.

Jim: Here's the first item: our tent.

Maggie: And here's our spirit-cooker.

Robert: You won't be needing that, I've already packed mine. We'll be wanting a kettle, though. Have you got one?

Maggie: Jims just bringing it. Oh, look out, Jim. You nearly dropped the spit.

Robert: The spit?

Jim: Is this thing a spit? I wondered what it was for.

Maggie: It's a special clockwork-spit ³ to roast meat or potatoes on. Nice gadget, isn't it? I saw it in Brummidge's ⁴ yesterday and couldn't resist buying it.⁵

Jim: But Maggie, we won't be cooking elaborate meals on our trip. It'll probably be quicker to eat in a restaurant than to start shopping for food⁶ in a strange language.

Maggie: All the same, I think we should take it. After the first week you'll be longing for a nice grilled chop.⁷

Robert: And what's this strange contraption?

Maggie: Oh, that's a special cooler to keep butter in. I think it's so unpleasant to eat runny butter,⁸ don't you?

Robert: Well but does it have to be so large? We'll be running out of space ⁹soon to put things in.

Jim: And what's more¹⁰ we'll be spending all our time loading and unloading the car. We should keep things down to a minimum.¹¹

Maggie: You'd be the first to grumble¹² if your butter was rancid. Here you are. I’ll put the cooker in this bucket, that'll save some room.

Jim: What do we need a bucket for?

Maggie: We've got to have something to keep water in, haven't we?

Robert: We can use the kettle. Look here, is this object ano­ther one of your gadgets?

Maggie: Yes, that's a footpump to pump our rubber mattresses up with. It'll save us a great deal of trouble.

Robert: Oh well, maybe that's not such a bad idea. But what's Jim bringing out now?

Maggie: That's our collapsible card-table. I thought we ought to have a proper table to cat off.

Robert: Now this I really draw the line at, ¹³ Maggie. You'll be asking me to pack a couple of beds and gas-stove next.

Maggie: What are you doing, Jim?

 

 

What's this strange contraption?

 

Jim: Robert's quite right, Maggie. I'm going to take this table

and the bucket and the butter-cooler right back ¹⁴ to where they

came from.¹⁵

Robert: We'll let you keep your spit as a special concession.

Maggie: All I can say is you'll be wishing we'd brought¹⁶ the table when you have ants crawling all over your food.

 

ПОЯСНЕНИЯ

1. you two; that is Maggie and Jim.
2. I've brought the car round. Я приехал на машине.
3. clockwork-spit механический вертел (самовращающийся над огнем)
4. Brummidge  название универмага (фиктивное)
5. resist buying it воздержаться от покупки
6. shopping for food покупка еды
7. grilled chop отбивная котлета, поджаренная на медленном огне
8. runny butter мягкое, почти совсем растопившееся масло
9. We'll be running out of space нам, скоро не хватит места
10. what's more более того
11. keep things down to a minimum ограничить количество вещей до минимума.
12. the first to grumble ты первый ворчишь, ты первый будешь ворчать
13. this I draw the line at с этим я никак не могу согласиться
14. right back; слово right подчёркивает решение Джима
15. to where they came from откуда пришли
16. you'll be wishing we'd brought будете жалеть, что мы не взяли.