Английский язык с Робинзоном Крузо (в пересказе для детей),

The tide rose higher and higher (прилив поднимался /все/ выше и выше). At last, to my joy (наконец, к моей радости), the water reached the top of the bank (вода достигла вершины берега). It covered a level spot of ground beyond (она покрыла ровную/плоскую полосу земли за этой вершиной; level — уровень; плоский, ровный; spot — пятнышко; крапинка; небольшой участок местности; beyond — за, по ту сторону).

I waited a little longer (я подождал немного дольше). The water on the level space was a foot deep (вода на ровном месте была в фут глубиной). The tide was beginning to flow out (поток стал отступать: «вытекать» = начался отлив).

With all my might I pushed the raft into this shallow place (со всей своей силой я толкнул плот на мелкое место). The tide ebbed fast (поток отступил быстро). Soon the raft was left high and dry on the land (вскоре плот был оставлен высоко и сухим на земле).

It was easy now to unload the goods (теперь было легко разгрузить товар/добро) and carry them to a safe place (и отнести его в безопасное место).

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I CARRY SOME THINGS ASHORE

IT was now past noon, and the tide was coming in. I could not stop to rest.

"I have food, I have clothing, I have tools," I said to myself. "What do I need next?"

Then I thought of the wild animals and wild men that I might meet on the shore. "How shall I protect myself from them?" I said.

In the captain"s room I found two good guns with a bag of shot and a powderhorn. There were also two old swords, very rusty and dull, and a pair of big pistols.

By looking around, I found also three small kegs of powder. Two of these were dry, but the other was wet and good for nothing.

It took more than an hour to get all these safely placed on my raft. I now had quite a heavy load, and I began to wonder how I should take it to the shore.

I had no oars nor any sail for my raft. But the water was smooth, the tide was flowing in, and a gentle wind was blowing toward the land.

I loosed the rope that held the raft to the ship, and soon began my little voyage.

The tide was now so high that the dry land was much farther away than when I came out. But the raft floated smoothly along, and drew nearer and nearer to the shore.

Just as I thought myself safe, I found that I was entering a strong current which carried me into a narrow bay far from my first landing place.

There the raft stuck fast on an ugly sand bar, and was like to be tipped over.

But the tide was still rising. Soon the raft floated free and glided slowly along again with the current.

In a short time I found that I was being carried up into a little river with high banks on each side.

With a piece of plank for an oar I pushed the raft toward the shore on my right. The water was now so shallow that I could reach the bottom.

The raft floated slowly onward until it reached a little cove into which I pushed it. The water there was quite still.