gradually ['grxGVqlI], belonging [bI'lPNIN], person [pE:sn], complaining [kqm'pleInIN]

After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm. There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers. However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plumcake, `So I wasn't dreaming, after all,' she said to herself, `unless—unless we're all part of the same dream. Only I do hope it's MY dream, and not the Red King's! I don't like belonging to another person's dream,' she went on in a rather complaining tone: `I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!'

At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of `Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!' (в этот момент ее мысли были прерваны громкими криками: "Эй! Эй! Шах!"; ahoy — на палубе! на корабле! /оклик/) and a Knight dressed in crimson armour came galloping down upon her, brandishing a great club (и закованный в черные: «темно-красные» доспехи Рыцарь подскакал к ней галопом, угрожающе размахивая огромной дубинкой; to dress — одевать, наряжать; crimson — малиновый, темно-красный цвет; to brandish — угрожающе размахивать мечом и т.п.). Just as he reached her, the horse stopped suddenly (как раз когда он доскакал до нее, его конь внезапно остановился; to reach — протягивать, вытягивать /особ. руку/; достигать /места назначения/; доезжать, добираться): `You're my prisoner (ты моя пленница)!' the Knight cried, as he tumbled off his horse (крикнул Рыцарь, свалившись с коня).

ahoy [q'hOI], knight [naIt], crimson [krImzn], galloping ['gxlqpIN]

At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of `Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!' and a Knight dressed in crimson armour came galloping down upon her, brandishing a great club. Just as he reached her, the horse stopped suddenly: `You're my prisoner!' the Knight cried, as he tumbled off his horse.

Startled as she was (/хотя/ она и была испугана), Alice was more frightened for him than for herself at the moment (Алиса была более напугана за него, чем за себя в этот момент), and watched him with some anxiety as he mounted again (и наблюдала за ним с некоторой боязнью, пока он вновь не взобрался /на коня/; to mount — взбираться, восходить; садиться /на лошадь, в седло и т.п./). As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle, he began once more (как только он удобно /уселся/ в седле, он снова заговорил) `You're my (ты моя) —' but here another voice broke in `Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!' (но в этот момент /его/ перебил другой голос: "Эй! Эй! Шах!"; to break in — вламываться; вмешиваться /в разговор и т.п./, прерывать) and Alice looked round in some surprise for the new enemy (и Алиса оглянулась, в некотором удивлении, /чтобы посмотреть/ на этого нового врага).

This time it was a White Knight (на этот раз это был Белый Рыцарь). He drew up at Alice's side (он подъехал к Алисе; to draw — тащить, тянуть; to draw up — останавливаться; side — стенка; место рядом; at smb.'s side — место рядом с кем-л.), and tumbled off his horse just as the Red Knight had done (и свалился со своего коня, точно так же, как и Черный Рыцарь до него): then he got on again (затем он снова поднялся), and the two Knights sat and looked at each other for some time without speaking (и двое Рыцарей смотрели друг на друга некоторое время, ничего не говоря). Alice looked from one to the other in some bewilderment (Алиса глядела то на одного, то на другого в некотором смущении).

anxiety [xN'zaIqtI], surprise [sq'praIz], bewilderment [bI'wIldqmqnt]

Startled as she was, Alice was more frightened for him than for herself at the moment, and watched him with some anxiety as he mounted again. As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle, he began once more `You're my—' but here another voice broke in `Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!' and Alice looked round in some surprise for the new enemy.

This time it was a White Knight. He drew up at Alice's side, and tumbled off his horse just as the Red Knight had done: then he got on again, and the two Knights sat and looked at each other for some time without speaking. Alice looked from one to the other in some bewilderment.

`She's MY prisoner, you know (она моя пленница, ты же знаешь)!' the Red Knight said at last (сказал, наконец, Черный Рыцарь).

`Yes, but then I came and rescued her (да, но потом явился я и спас ее)!' the White Knight replied (ответил Белый Рыцарь).

`Well, we must fight for her, then (что ж, тогда мы должны драться за нее),' said the Red Knight, as he took up his helmet (сказал Черный Рыцарь, взял: «поднял» свой шлем) (which hung from the saddle, and was something the shape of a horse's head (который висел на седле и по форме напоминал голову лошади)), and put it on (и надел его).

`You will observe the Rules of Battle, of course (ты будешь соблюдать правила поединка, конечно же; to observe — наблюдать, следить /за чем-л./; соблюдать, следовать /чему-л./)?' the White Knight remarked, putting on his helmet too (сказал Белый Рыцарь, также надевая свой шлем).

rescue ['reskju:], helmet ['helmIt], observe [qb'zE:v]

`She's MY prisoner, you know!' the Red Knight said at last.

`Yes, but then I came and rescued her!' the White Knight replied.

`Well, we must fight for her, then,' said the Red Knight, as he took up his helmet (which hung from the saddle, and was something the shape of a horse's head), and put it on.

`You will observe the Rules of Battle, of course?' the White Knight remarked, putting on his helmet too.

`I always do (я всегда /их соблюдаю/),' said the Red Knight, and they began banging away at each other with such fury (сказал Черный Рыцарь, и они начали ударять друг друга с такой яростью) that Alice got behind a tree to be out of the way of the blows (что Алиса спряталась за дерево, чтобы не попасть под удары: «чтобы быть в стороне от ударов»; way — путь, дорога; сторона, направление).

`I wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are (интересно, а какие же правила поединка),' she said to herself, as she watched the fight, timidly peeping out from her hiding-place (сказала она себе, пока наблюдала за схваткой, робко выглядывая из своего убежища; to hide — прятать; прятаться, скрываться; hiding-place — тайник; убежище, укрытие): `one Rule seems to be, that if one Knight hits the other, he knocks him off his horse (одно правило, кажется, заключается /в том/, что если один Рыцарь ударяет другого, он сбивает его с лошади), and if he misses, he tumbles off himself (а если он не попадает в него, тот сам сваливается; to miss — промахнуться, промазать, не попасть в цель) — and another Rule seems to be that they hold their clubs with their arms (и еще одно правило, кажется, заключается в том, что они держат свои дубинки /двумя/ руками), as if they were Punch and Judy (словно они Панч и Джуди) — What a noise they make when they tumble (какой же шум они производят, когда падают)! Just like a whole set of fireirons falling into the fender (словно целый набор каминных приборов падает на решетку; fire — огонь, пламя; топка, камин; iron — железо; железное изделие; fireirons — каминный прибор /кочерга, каминные щипцы, совок/)! And how quiet the horses are (а какие лошади-то спокойные)! They let them get on and off them just as if they were tables (они позволяют им взбираться на себя и сваливаться с себя, как если бы они были столами)!'

fury ['fjVqrI], Punch [pAntS], Judy ['dZu:dI], fire irons ['faIqr'aIqnz]

`I always do,' said the Red Knight, and they began banging away at each other with such fury that Alice got behind a tree to be out of the way of the blows.

`I wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are,' she said to herself, as she watched the fight, timidly peeping out from her hiding-place: `one Rule seems to be, that if one Knight hits the other, he knocks him off his horse, and if he misses, he tumbles off himself—and another Rule seems to be that they hold their clubs with their arms, as if they were Punch and Judy—What a noise they make when they tumble! Just like a whole set of fireirons falling into the fender! And how quiet the horses are! They let them get on and off them just as if they were tables!'

Another Rule of Battle, that Alice had not noticed (еще одно правило поединка, которое Алиса не заметила), seemed to be that they always fell on their heads (казалось, заключалось в том, что они всегда падали на голову; to fall), and the battle ended with their both falling off in this way, side by side (и схватка закончилась тем, что они оба свалились /с коней/ таким вот образом, рядом друг с другом; side by side — рядом, бок о бок): when they got up again, they shook hands (когда они снова поднялись, они пожали друг другу руки; to get up; to shake), and then the Red Knight mounted and galloped off (и затем Черный Рыцарь вскочил на коня и умчался прочь).

`It was a glorious victory, wasn't it (это была славная победа, не так ли)?' said the White Knight, as he came up panting (сказал Белый Рыцарь, задыхаясь, когда он подошел /к Алисе/).

`I don't know (я не знаю),' Alice said doubtfully (сказала Алиса с сомнением /в голосе/). `I don't want to be anybody's prisoner (я не хочу быть чьей-либо пленницей). I want to be a Queen (я хочу быть Королевой).'

falling ['fO:lIN], mounted ['maVntId], glorious ['glO:rIqs]

Another Rule of Battle, that Alice had not noticed, seemed to be that they always fell on their heads, and the battle ended with their both falling off in this way, side by side: when they got up again, they shook hands, and then the Red Knight mounted and galloped off.

`It was a glorious victory, wasn't it?' said the White Knight, as he came up panting.

`I don't know,' Alice said doubtfully. `I don't want to be anybody's prisoner. I want to be a Queen.'

`So you will, when you've crossed the next brook (так ты и будешь, когда перейдешь следующий ручеек),' said the White Knight. `I'll see you safe to the end of the wood (я провожу тебя до самой опушки леса; to see — видеть; to see smb. to some place — провожать, сопровождать кого-л. куда-л.; safe — безопасный, благополучный; end — конец, окончание; конец, край) — and then I must go back, you know (и затем я должен вернуться назад, знаешь ли). That's the end of my move (это окончание моего хода).'

`Thank you very much (спасибо вам большое),' said Alice. `May I help you off with your helmet (могу я вам помочь с вашим шлемом)?' It was evidently more than he could manage by himself (было очевидно, что самому ему было это не под силу: «было больше, чем то, с чем он мог бы справиться сам»); however, she managed to shake him out of it at last (как бы то ни было, ей удалось вытряхнуть его из /шлема/, наконец).

`Now one can breathe more easily (теперь можно вздохнуть свободнее: «легче»),' said the Knight, putting back his shaggy hair with both hands (сказал Рыцарь, пригладив свои лохматые волосы обеими руками; shag — жесткая, лохматая шевелюра), and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice (и повернув свое доброе лицо с большими кроткими глазами к Алисе; mild — мягкий, кроткий, тихий). She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life (она подумала, что она никогда в своей жизни не видала такого странного воина; -looking — /в сложных словах/ имеющий определенный вид).

move [mu:v], breathe [bri:D], shaggy ['SxgI], hair [heq]

`So you will, when you've crossed the next brook,' said the White Knight. `I'll see you safe to the end of the wood—and then I must go back, you know. That's the end of my move.'

`Thank you very much,' said Alice. `May I help you off with your helmet?' It was evidently more than he could manage by himself; however, she managed to shake him out of it at last.

`Now one can breathe more easily,' said the Knight, putting back his shaggy hair with both hands, and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice. She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life.

He was dressed in tin armour (он был закован в жестяные доспехи), which seemed to fit him very badly (которые, казалось, очень плохо на нем сидели; to fit — соответствовать, годиться; подходить, быть впору), and he had a queer-shaped little deal box (и у него был небольшой деревянный ящик странной формы; deal — доска /обычно еловая или сосновая/) fastened across his shoulder, upside-down, and with the lid hanging open (который висел у него через плечо вверх дном, и крышка у которого была открыта; to fasten — связывать, скреплять; прикреплять, привязывать). Alice looked at it with great curiosity (Алиса взглянула на него с огромным любопытством).

`I see you're admiring my little box (я вижу, что ты восхищаешься моим ящичком).' the Knight said in a friendly tone (сказал Рыцарь дружелюбным тоном). `It's my own invention (это мое собственное изобретение) — to keep clothes and sandwiches in (я храню в нем одежду и сэндвичи). You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain can't get in (ты видишь, что я ношу его вверх дном, чтобы в него дождь не попадал).'