house full of bits? No I can bear with such a life for the sake of my work, but I think I'd start to kill if I saw the white come to your hair 20 years before its time Why? Why would you start to kill? Are you a man or a saint? I am no saint, but I have a duty towards you Let me do it [Bell Ringing] Is there to be no singing for my daughter's wedding, Dai Bando? [Singing in Welsh] Now, then, the bathtub holds 100 gallons "A" fills it at the rate of 20 gallons a minute and "B" at the rate of 10 gallons a minute Got that, Mr. Morgan? 20 and 10 gallons Yes, sir Now, then, "C" is a hole that empties it at the rate of 5 gallons a minute How long, uh to fill the tub? Hmm Ha ha ha! They're silly trying to fill a bathtub full of holes, indeed A sum it is, girl, a sum, a problem for the mind, for his examination into school next month That old national school... just silly they are with their sums Who would pour water in a bathtub full of holes? Who would think of it? Only a madman It is to see if the boy can calculate, girl Figures... nothing else How many gallons and how long? In a bathtub full of holes Now I know why I have such a tribe of sons It is you, Beth Morgan, is the cause Look you, Mr. Gruffydd, have you something else? The decimal point The decimal point The decimal point, then And peace to my house! Go and scratch Uh, it's getting late I've got to get along We'll follow the decimal point tomorrow night Yes, sir Good night Good night, Mrs. Morgan Good night, Mr. Gruffydd Who is there that cannot look back and remember his first day at a new school? To go alone the long walk over the hills to the next valley the first of my family to have the privilege of attending a national school So you're the new boy? Yes, sir You're late Yes, sir What a dirty little sweep it is [Laughter] Who are your people? Where are you from? Cwm Rhondda Cwm Rhondda? Oh, a little genius from the coal pits, and they expect me to make a scholar of it All right, come in Were you brought up in stables? [Laughter] Well, shut the door [Laughter] Your boots are muddy They were clean when I left home You will address me as sir, or I'll put a stick about your back Now, sit down here Yes, sir Ha ha ha! [Laughter] Come here, you dirty little sweep What have we here? A pencil box Pretty, too Hey, you broke my pencil box! [Shrieking] Mervyn, Mervyn, stop it! You'll hurt him! Hit him! Hit him! L... I fell on the mountain Did you win, Huw? No lanto! Fetch Dai Bando Dai Bando, is it? Are you willing to go to school tomorrow? Yes, sir Good From tonight, you shall get a penny for every mark on your face, sixpence for a bloody nose, a shilling for a black eye, and two shillings for a broken nose Gwilym, stop it Fight again, and when you come home, not another look will you get from me, not another word Break your own nose, then Break your mother's heart A boy must fight, Beth Fight? Fight, is it? Another beating like that and he would walk home dead Beating? He's had no beating A hiding, yes, but no beating Give the boy time, it will be he that's giving the beating, is it? Dai Bando, come into the house Good evening, Mrs. Morgan Good Evening, Mrs. Morgan Leave off your hat Dai Bando is going to teach you to box, Huw To fight first To fight first Too many call themselves boxers who are not even fighters Boxing is an art, is it? It is It is Go along with you, girl A cup of tea for the men, is it? Tea? Tea? No tea, Mrs. Morgan In training, he is A glass of beer if you please Baths full of holes and now prizefighters Get him! Come on! Get him! Come on, get him, Mervyn! Get up! Get up! Hit him! Knock him down, Mervyn! Hit him, Mervyn! Our wild little coal-mining friend has been indulging in his favorite sport again, eh? Mr. Phillips, make a ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Преступление и наказание на английском - текст Там, на неведомых дорожках... на английском - текст Справка на английском - текст Адмирал на английском - текст Октябрь на английском |