Russian Lessons: Time Schedule
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- 49. - Достаточно, хватит! Я устала, Валентин Петрович. 50. - Хорошо, хорошо, Джоан. Сегодня больше не ходите в парилку.
- Ваши элегантные часики, которые Вы оставляли ей на хранение, и получить в гардеробе пальто (надеюсь Вы не потеряли свой номерок)
- 50b. Всё в порядке, Джоан Хорошо помылись В таком случае, с лёгким паром! 51. - С легким паром, Валентин Петрович!
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48. - Очень хорошо, Джоан. Значит, хватит париться. Пошли в душ (а ещё лучше в бассейн, если он есть в Вашей бане). Дайте своему организму охладиться. А теперь выйдите в раздевалку. Посидите там спокойно, расслабтесь, отдохните, попросите банщика (или в Вашем случае, банщицу) принести Вам кружку кваса или пива. Чувствуете во всём теле необыкновенную лёгкость и бодрость? Прекрасно! Теперь можете снова повторить весь цикл: парилка, душ, расслабление и отдых. Потом ещё, и ещё, и ещё... 49. - Достаточно, хватит! Я устала, Валентин Петрович. 50. - Хорошо, хорошо, Джоан. Сегодня больше не ходите в парилку. Посидите в раздевалке подольше, обменяйтесь новостями с банщицей или с другими посетителями, обсудите с ними Ваши личные и мировые проблемы, взвешайтесь на больших банных весах, одевайтесь и идите домой. 50a. Не забудьте только перед уходом забрать у банщицы Ваши элегантные часики, которые Вы оставляли ей на хранение, и получить в гардеробе пальто (надеюсь Вы не потеряли свой номерок?) 270 50b. Всё в порядке, Джоан? Хорошо помылись? В таком случае, с лёгким паром! 51. - С легким паром, Валентин Петрович! Translation of the Russian text presented in paragraphs 1 - 51 above 1. - Good day, Valentin Petrovich! 2. - Oh, Joan! How are you? I am glad to see you. 3. - So am I. But where are you hurrying so much with this besom? To sweep the floor in your school? 4. - Witty-witty. However, this thing is intended not for "pola" (the floor) but for the "polka". 5. - For what "polka"? Do you mean a military polk (regiment)? And do not laugh, please, at a poor foreigner who became disorientated in the jungles of the Russian language. 6. - I do not laugh at you at all. Truly. I just have a tickling in my throat... As for this bundle of twigs, it is for a bathhouse. As soon as I enter the steaming room, I will climb up the polok and begin to thrash myself with the twigs. 7. - You have completely confused me today. Now blame only yourself, Valentin Petrovich: in order to disentangle myself, I will ask you many-many questions. 8. - The more, the better. 9. - We will see, we will see. I am afraid, you will become hot even before you enter the bathhouse. 271 10. - Heat does not break bones. Ask your questions, Joan. 11. - Well, well, well. My first question. Why are you going to a bathhouse when you can take a bath at your place, in your own bathroom? It is much more comfortable and cosy. You even do not need to worry about the saving of hot water! 12. - You are asking "why?" A strange question. First of all, this is a tradition. The second reason: I like to steam, which is only possible in a bathhouse. And last, a bathhouse is not just a place where people wash themselves. It is a kind of a social club, where people meet each other, exchange news, philosophize - I would say, give relaxation to their mind and body. 13. - All this sounds very tempting, Valentin Petrovich! I wish I could go to a bathhouse myself. 14. - In that case, let's go together! 15. - What are you talking about? This is not a proper thing to do. 16. - What is not proper? We will be in different divisions: I will be in a division for men, and you - in that for women. 17. - Oh, no! You misunderstood me. Not proper in the sense that I have no idea about the bathhouse as an institution. In the eyes of the other women there, I will appear as a most foolish person. Will you describe to me all the procedure? 18. - With pleasure. However, please note that women might have their own peculiarities which I am not familiar with. 19. - Tut-tutl Shame on you, Valentin Petrovich! A grown up man who is not familiar with women's peculiarities. However, I will make allowances for your male ignorance. 272 20. - In that case, I will begin with asking you some basic questions. Tell me, Joan, what would you take with you from home prior to leaving for a bathhouse? 21. - A besom. 22. - Correct (certainly, if you are going to steam). And what else? 23. - A soap, a sponge, a towel, and some clean underwear to change into. 24. - Excellent! It is exactly what you can find in my briefcase. It means I am ready for washing. Now, seeing a sign "Bathhouse", I can enter the building with confidence. 24a. - Once in the hall, I will proceed to the cashier's window and buy a ticket to the general public division. (Many bathhouses have additional, more expensive divisions: a division with a swimming pool, a shower division, a private bathroom for a family or for one person only.) 24b. - Then (still in the hall) I will leave my overcoat in the cloakroom (people usually call it "veshalka" = hanger), which is served by male or female attendants. 24c. - Nearby you will see the buffet, where you can drink a glass of kvass or beer (or, if you prefer, a glass of aerated water). However, like the majority of other people would do, I would rather have my drink after visiting the baths. 25. - But when, after all, will you start washing, Valentin Petrovich? You are beating about the bush. 26. - Hold on, Joan. Don't be in a hurry. I would rather have my hair cut before I go to the baths. Do not worry, it is not far away: each bathhouse has its own barbershop. 273 27. - Valentin Petrovich, do not divert from the subject, please. I beg you. I just cannot wait till you reach the baths! 28. - Okay-okay, if you insist... Right now I am opening the door with a sign "The men's division" and entering the dressing room - large premises where each person is able to sit, undress, and neatly put his clothes on the seat or hang them in a tidy manner. 29. - Does someone look after your clothes while you are in the baths? 30. - Not personally after mine. But there is an attendant in the dressing room, who is responsible for general order. In my memory, there was never a case when somebody's clothes were stolen. However, watches, rings and other valuables I would recommend to leave with the attendant, and not in the pockets of your trousers. 31. - Everything so far seems to be simple, reasonable and nice. 32. - I agree. But, unfortunately, this was not always the case. I remember years when the dressing room was filled-with little wardrobes mounted along the walls. Each wardrobe had a padlock. But the key was held by the woman in charge (oh, yes, that was not a slip of the tongue: women-attendants worked in the division for men). 33. - Why women? In order to attract more visitors? 34. - Of course, not! There were more than enough visitors all the time. Before you could enter the dressing room, you would have to stand in а long queue. Remember, that was still the time, when very few people lived in self-contained flats with hot water and a shower. 274 Besides, all these women (as far as I can remember) were old and fat. In their white, worn out robes, they always seemed to me as sexless and shapeless creatures. So, we can hardly talk here about any hint at female attractiveness. 35. - In this case, why was it that the women did the job, not the men? 36. - Probably, because not many men survived the war. And those who survived were busy doing more important and serious jobs. 37. - Can you describe that "not serious" job of the dressing room attendant? 38. Any man in a state of undress (with his clothes and shoes already being put in the wardrobe) had to call the attendant "Please, close..." (here he announced his wardrobe number). The woman in charge would approach, glancing at the naked man with such a blank look as though she did not see him at all, and hang a small padlock on the wardrobe door. Then she would give him a tag indicating the wardrobe number. This tag, naturally, had to be carefully kept while washing, and after that returned to the attendant; otherwise the man would not have his clothes back. 39. - Excuse me, but where could a naked person keep that tag? 40. - The tag (usually referred to as "a little number") was looped with a piece of rope. Everything else depended on your own ingenuity: for example, you could wear the tag round your neck, or tie it to your hand or a washtub. 41. - All this sounds very amusing. 42. - It would have seemed to you even more amusing, if you had read the humorous short story "A bathhouse" by Mikhail Zoshchenko. At least in my time, tags were made of metal. In Zoshchenko*s story they are made of paper. Just imagine what can happen with a paper tag affected by hot water and soap! 275 43. -I am scared to even think about this. I beg you, Valentin Petrovich, please, come back to the comfortable present. 44. - I have done this already: there are no wardrobes with padlocks, no tags, and no women-attendants. Undressed and equipped with a sponge, a piece of soap and, of course, with a besom, I am now entering "The Soap Room", that is the room, where people soap (and, consequently, wash) themselves. 44a. What do I see? A huge hall with rows of benches where people are sitting and washing with help of washtubs. The hot and cold water taps are installed along the walls. 44b. First of all, I should find a spare washtub. Then I will try to find a vacant place on one of the benches. Just in case I would ask the man sitting next to me, "Excuse me, please! Is this washtub vacant?" or "Is this seat occupied?" 44c. After that, for hygienic reasons, I will carefully wash the tub which I have just obtained, using hot water and soap; then I will pour several washtubs of the nearly boiling water down onto my part of the bench. And then the only thing you have to do is to repeatedly fill your washtub with clean water and wash yourself until you are fully satisfied. 45. - However, when will you begin to steam, Valentin Petrovich? 46. - You are a very impatient person, Joan. I have not washed my back properly yet. Do you know how awkward it is when you are trying to do it by yourself? I would rather ask the man next to me, "Would you kindly rub my back, please" (with these words, I will give him my soapy sponge offering for him to use it). 46a. After he has completed this procedure, I, no doubt, would tell him, "Thank you very much. Now, let me rub your back." 276 46b. However, to finish with this, I will only pour some cool water from the tub over my whole body. Now I am ready to go to the steaming room. 46c. I am now inside that room. It is hot here, but not hot enough yet. I am going to throw some water on the heated stones in order to produce more steam. No sooner said than done. Now I can mount polok (wooden steps). The higher I climb, the hotter it is. I would rather not climb to the very top: one could literally get breathless up there (I am now the wrong age for such experiments, and my heart may fail). 46d. Now I will use my besom to thrash myself. Or, even better, I will thrash the man sitting next to me, and then he will do the same for me. Good! But do you know why? Because, as a result of hitting with a bundle of birch twigs (in combination with the high air temperature), my skin capillaries are expanded and filled with blood. Not going into further medical details, I can only say that all this causes improvement of one's blood circulation and increases metabolic rate of the body. 47. - Valentin Petrovich, you describe everything so vividly that I feel hot just listening to your tale. 48. - Very well, Joan. This means you have had enough steaming. Let's take a shower (or, preferably, make a dive into a swimming pool, if there is one in your bathhouse). Allow your body to cool down. Now, go out to the dressing room. Sit there quietly for a while, relax, have a rest, ask an attendant (in your case, it will certainly be a woman) to bring you a glass of kvass or beer. Do you feel an extraordinary lightness and cheerfulness in your 277 body? Excellent! Now you can repeat the whole cycle: the steaming room, a shower, relaxation and rest. Then again, again, and again... 49. - Enough, stop it! I am tired, Valentin Petrovich. 50. - Okay, okay, Joan. Do not go to the steaming room any more today. Sit in the dressing room a little bit longer, exchange news with the woman in charge or with the other visitors, discuss with them your personal and world problems, check your weight on the large bathhouse scales, dress, and go home. 50a. But before you go, please don't forget to take back from the attendant your elegant little watch (which you left with her for security purposes), and get your overcoat from the cloakroom (I hope you have not lost your tag, have you?) 50b. Is everything all right, Joan? Did you have a good wash? Then, have a light steam! 51. - You too, Valentin Petrovich! Download 3.08 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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