IX. Перепишите и переведите текст. In the spring of that year, Pledger McAdams returned to his old job as car repairman in the coach yard of the Great Midland Railway

IN THE COACH YARD

(after A. Saxton)

In the spring of that year, Pledger McAdams returned to his old job as car repairman in the coach yard of the Great Midland Railway. Through the long afternoons, he and his partner worked down in the wheel pit, fixing the axles and wheels of the damaged cars. Their young assistant gave them tools looking down and trying to follow the work. Pledger was glad to return to his trade again after three years. He was singing to pass the time, and as he worked, he looked forward to supper hour to eat the cake and sandwiches his wife had given him. When the eight o’clock whistle blew, Pledger went out of the pit, stretching and yawning. He and his assistant poured water on their hands, trying to wash the grease off. Pledger ’s partner walked off into the coach yard, and returned after a few minutes with a bottle of coffee.

They sat down on the bench outside the wheel pit house to eat their sandwiches. In front of them, the workers’ gang was making up the midnight express. The coach cleaners scrubbed the sides of the cars with their long-handled brushes, while the Pullman commissary men* pushed along trucks loaded with bedding and food. From the rear of the train, Pledger saw the little carknocker going along the train, tapping the wheels with his hammer and flashing his lantern at the coupling connections. When the carknocker reached the head end of coaches the diesel locomotive arrived, and the carknocker eased it** towards the train with motions of his lantern until the coupling knuckles clanged together. Then, setting his lantern on the ground, he crawled between the engine and the cars to hook up the air hose*** and safety chains****.

In the cab window, Pledger saw the engine driver leaning on his elbow smoking a pipe, while the night yard foreman stood around beside the engine, waving his arms and yelling. The carknocker came out from between the cars, blew out his lantern, and walked over to the bench by the wheel-pit house, where Pledger was waiting for him.

Notes: *Pullman commissary man – экипировщик спальных вагонов

**to ease smth toward smth – осторожно подвести ч-л к ч-л

***air hose – рукав (шланг) для сжатого воздуха

****safety chain – предохранительная (запасная) цепь

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1. In summer of that year Pledger McAdams returned to his old work. 2. He worked as an enginedriver at the Great Midland Railway. 3. His work was to fix axles and wheels of the damaged cars. 4. Pledger worked in the wheel pit alone. 5. At 7 o’clock repairmen had a supper-hour. 6. The workers’ gang was making up the day express. 7. The coach cleaners scrubbed the sides of the cars with their brushes. 8. The carknocker pushed along trucks with food. 9. Then the carknocker eased the diesel locomotive toward the train with motions of his lantern. 10. The engine driver was waiting in the locomotive’s cab, smoking a pipe.

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