знал, что делать). I sat on the ground and could not move (сел на землю и не мог
пошевелиться). I could only cry, over and over again (мог только плакать, опять и
опять), "Lord, have mercy on me (Господи, имей жалость ко мне)!"
After the third shock was over I began to grow braver (после /того, как/ третий
толчок закончился, я начал становиться смелее). But still I sat on the ground,
wondering what would come next (думая, что произойдет потом).
All at once the sky was overcast (небо было закрыто). Dark clouds rolled over
the sea (темные облака набежали над морем). The wind began to blow (ветер начал
дуть). A dreadful hurricane was at hand (смертельный ураган был близок).
The sea was covered with foam (покрыто пеной). The waves were mountain
high (с гору высотой). On the shore, trees were torn up by the roots (деревья были
вывернуты с корнем). If my tent had not been well sheltered behind the great rock (если
бы мой навес не был хорошо укрыт за большой скалой), it would have been carried
away (был бы снесен).
The hurricane lasted fully three hours (ураган длился полных три часа). Then
the rain began to pour down (дождь начал лить).
All this time I sat on the ground outside, too much frightened to go back into my
castle (все это время я сидел на земле снаружи, слишком сильно напуганный, чтобы
вернуться назад в мой замок).
Toward night the rain slackened (к ночи дождь ослаб), and I ventured over my
wall (отважился перелезть через стену). The tent was half beaten down (навес был
наполовину снесен). So I crept through into the cave (пробрался в пещеру). I was half
afraid that even it would tumble down on my head (я был наполовину напуган =
немного опасался, что даже это могло упасть на мою голову).
damage [dæmidʒ] ground [graund] earthquake [‘ə:θkweik]
I HAVE A GREAT FRIGHT
THE very next day after my cave was finished a frightful thing happened. I came
near losing everything and my own life as well. I will tell you about it.
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I was busy behind my tent when I heard a fearful noise above my head. Before I
could look up, a great load of earth and stones came tumbling down.
It was a wonder that I was not buried alive. I was scared, for I thought the whole
top of the cave was falling in.
I ran out and climbed over my wall. The great rock behind my castle seemed to be
shaking. Stones and earth were rolling down its side.
"An earthquake! an earthquake!" I cried.
The ground shook. A tall rock that stood between me and the seashore toppled
over and fell. The noise was the most frightful I ever heard.
There were three shocks about eight minutes apart. The strongest building you
ever saw would have been overturned.
I was so frightened that I did not know what to do. I sat on the ground and could
not move. I could only cry, over and over again, "Lord, have mercy on me!"
After the third shock was over I began to grow braver. But still I sat on the
ground, wondering what would come next.
All at once the sky was overcast. Dark clouds rolled over the sea. The wind began
to blow. A dreadful hurricane was at hand.
The sea was covered with foam. The waves were mountain high. On the shore,
trees were torn up by the roots. If my tent had not been well sheltered behind the great
rock, it would have been carried away.
The hurricane lasted fully three hours. Then the rain began to pour down.
All this time I sat on the ground outside, too much frightened to go back into my
castle.
Toward night the rain slackened, and I ventured over my wall. The tent was half
beaten down. So I crept through into the cave. I was half afraid that even it would tumble
down on my head.
I EXPLORE MY ISLAND (исследую свой остров)
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IT rained all that night (шел дождь всю ночь). But in the cave everything was
warm and dry (но в пещере все было теплым и сухим), and little by little I lost my fear
(мало-помалу утратил свой страх).
The earthquake and the hurricane had done great damage to my castle
(причинили большой ущерб моему замку). I had to work hard for many days (должен
был усиленно трудиться много дней) to put things to rights again (чтобы привести
все в порядок).
I had now been on the island about ten months (был уже на острове около
десяти месяцев). In all that time I had seen only a small part of it (за все это время я
видел только малую часть его).
One morning I set out with my gun on my shoulder for a long walk (одним
утром пустился с ружьем на плече на длительную прогулку).
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I went up the little river (прошел вверх вдоль маленькой реки) where I had first
landed with my rafts (где я впервые причаливал с моими плотами). I found that it was
a very short river (я обнаружил, что это была очень короткая река). After about two
miles (через примерно две мили), the tide did not flow any higher (прилив не
приливал выше); and above that (кроме того), the stream was only a little brook of
fresh water (над этим /местом/ поток был только маленьким ручьем пресной воды).
Along the brook there were pleasant meadows (красивые луга), covered with
high grass (покрытые высокой травой).
In the dryer parts of these meadows (в более сухих частях этих лугов) I found
tobacco growing wild (нашел табак, растущий диким = дикорастущий табак).
I looked for the roots of a plant which the Indians use instead of bread (искал
корни растения, которое индейцы используют вместо хлеба), but could find none (не
мог найти ни одного).
In one place, however (однако), I saw many tall sugar canes (много
высоких /растений/ сахарного тростника) and some fair-looking plants of a kind that
was strange to me (несколько красиво выглядящих растений вида, который был