Vocabulary

ihip— корабль

to sail— плавать (на корабле), отплывать, управлять судном

lail— парус

sailor— матрос, моряк

teaman— моряк, матрос

treasure— сокровище

crew— команда, экипаж (корабля, самолета)pirate— пират

enemy — враг

in order to— для того чтобыcaptain— капитан

first officer— первый помощник (старший помощник)

sea-officer— морской офицер

on foot— пешком

dock— док

tar— смола

Read and translate the text.

GOING TO SEA

Dear Livesey,

Theship is boughtandready for sea. You've never seen a bettership —a childcansail her.Her name is theHispaniola.

I got herthrough my oldfriend,Blandly,whoworked hard to findherfor me. Infact,so did everyonehereinBristol as soon as they heardwherewe wanted to go — for treasure, 1mean.

'Redruth,'1 said, stopping for a moment, 'Dr. Livesey won't likethat. Thesquirehasbeentalking after all.'

Blandly himself found theHispaniola. There are some men in Bris­tol who say thatthe Hispanoila wasactuallyhisshipandthathe soldher to me at a very high price.But I don'tbelievethem.

Then, I had trouble with the crew. I wanted to have twenty men in case we met pirates or enemy ships. I tried my best but could only find six.

And this timeI wasluckyagain — I foundthe very man thatI need­ed, an old sailor,whokeeps aninn and whoknows alltheseamen in Bristol. Long John Silver is hisname.He only has one leg andwants to get work as aship's cook in order to go to sea again.

Well, Sir, IthoughtthatI had found only a cook, but it turned outthatI had actually found a crew. In just a few days Silver had helped meto gathera company of real sea dogs.

Long Johneven sent two menaway out ofthesix I had alreadytak­en on.

I'min wonderful health and spirits, eating like a bull, sleeping like a log. ButI shall not enjoy a moment until theHispaniola goes to sea. So now, Livesey, there's no time to lose. Let young Hawkins go at once to see his motherand thencome quickly to Bristol.

John Trelawney.

PS: Blandly has found us an excellent man to be captain. His name is Smollett. Long John Silver has brought a very useful man for first officer; a man named Arrow.

Youcan imaginetheexcitementinto which thatletter put me. The next morning RedruthandI went on foot totheAdmiral BenbowInn to My goodbye to my mother.

I found her in good health and spirits. The squire had givenher mon- §y torepair everything. All the rooms and thesign had been already re­pairedand Mr. Trelawneyhad also added some furniture. He had found ft boyto help her while I was away. When I saw him,I realized for thefirsttimethatI was reallygoing away. Up to thatmoment Ihad thought if theadventures ahead of me, not at all ofthehomethat I was leaving.And Icried for the first time.

The evening passed andthe next day, after dinner, RedruthandI were ®fl the road again. I saidgoodbye to my motherand to the cove where I had lived all my lifeand to the dearold Admiral Benbow. One of my last thoughts was of the captain,whohad so often walked alongthebeachWithhis old telescope. The nextmomentmyhome wasoutof sight.

That night I slept like a log in thecarriagethathad picked us up on f)Ur way to Bristol. When I opened my eyes later, I foundthatwe had ®ome to a large building in acitystreet.

'Where are we?' I asked.

'InBristol,' said Tom. 'Getdown.'

We had to walk to the dock and,though I had lived by the sea all my life, it seemed as if Ihadnever been nearthe sea until that moment.The Smell of tarand salt was something new. I was going to sea myself, to seaID aship,withreal seamen, to look for buried treasure!

While I was still dreaming,we suddenly arrived at a largeinn and met §quire Trelawney, dressedlikea sea-officer, coming outwith a smile on flisface.

'You're here!' he cried. 'And the doctor came last night from Lon­don.Bravo! The ship's company is complete!'

'Oh,Sir,' I cried, 'when do wesail?'

'Sail?' he said. 'We sail tomorrow!'

from Robert Lewis Stevenson

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