Елизавета Хундаева - Джек Лондон. Мартин Иден. Учим английский, читая мировую классику

He was keenly sensitive (чувствительный), hopelessly (безнадежно) self-conscious (стеснительный, легко смущающийся), and the amused glance (взгляд) that the other stole (бросить украдкой) privily (незаметно, тайно) at him over the top of the letter burned into him (врезаться в память) like a dagger-thrust (удар ножа). He saw the glance, but he gave no sign (не показать виду), for (так как) among the things he had learned (среди того, чему он научился) was discipline. Also, that dagger-thrust went to his pride. He cursed (ругать, проклинать) himself for having come, and at the same time resolved (решить) that, happen what would (что бы ни случилось), having come (поскольку он пришел), he would carry it through (он должен пройти через это). The lines of his face hardened (стать тверже), and into his eyes came a fighting light (в его взгляде появился свет борьбы). He looked about more unconcernedly (с меньшим волнением), sharply observant (наблюдательный), every detail of the pretty interior registering itself on his brain (при этом каждая деталь красивого убранства отпечатывалась у него в мозгу). His eyes were wide apart (широко раскрытый); nothing in their field of vision (поле зрения) escaped (ускользать); and as they drank in (впитывать в себя) the beauty before them the fighting light (свет борьбы) died out (угасать, умирать) and a warm glow (блеск, свет) took its place (занять место).

He was responsive (восприимчивый, чувствительный) to beauty, and here was cause (причина) to respond.

An oil painting (картина) caught (захватывать; зацеплять) and held (держать, удерживать) him. A heavy surf (прибой) thundered (греметь) and burst over an outjutting (выпирающийся) rock (скала); lowering storm-clouds (грозовое облако) covered the sky; and, outside the line of surf (прибой), a pilot-schooner (шхуна, судно), close-hauled (идущий в крутой бейдевинд), heeled (крениться) over till every detail of her deck (палуба) was visible (видимый), was surging (вибрировать, вздыматься) along against (на фоне) a stormy (бурный, штормовый) sunset (закат солнца) sky. There was beauty, and it drew (притягивать) him irresistibly (недержимо). He forgot his awkward (неуклюжий) walk (походка) and came closer to the painting (картина), very close. The beauty faded out (постепенно исчезать) of the canvas (полотно). His face expressed his bepuzzlement (замешательство; смущение). He stared at (уставиться; пытливо всматриваться) what seemed a careless (небрежный, беспечный) daub (мазок) of paint (краска), then stepped away (отступить, сделать шаг назад). Immediately (немедленно, внезапно) all the beauty flashed back (вернуться) into the canvas (полотно). «A trick (трюк, проделка) picture,» was his thought, as he dismissed (выбрасывать из головы, прогонять от себя) it, though in the midst (среди) of the multitudinous (многочисленный) impressions he was receiving he found time to feel a prod [тычок; толчок] of indignation [возмущение] that so much beauty should be sacrificed (пожертвовать) to make a trick (трюк). He did not know painting (живопись). He had been brought up (быть воспитанным на) on chromos (хромолитография) and lithographs that were always definite (определенный) and sharp (определённый, отчётливый), near or far. He had seen oil paintings, it was true, in the show windows (витрина) of shops, but the glass of the windows had prevented (мешать, препятствовать) his eager (жаждущий) eyes from approaching (приближаться) too near.

He glanced (бросить взгляд; взглянуть мельком) around at his friend reading the letter and saw the books on the table. Into his eyes leaped (прыгать) a wistfulness (тоска) and a yearning (сильное желание; острая тоска) as promptly (быстро) as the yearning (сильное желание) leaps into the eyes of a starving (голодный) man at sight (при виде) of food (пища). An impulsive (импульсивный, вспыльчивый, легко возбудимый) stride (шаг), with one lurch (крен) to right and left of the shoulders, brought him to the table, where he began affectionately (нежно, с любовью) handling (перебирать) the books. He glanced at the titles and the authors’ names, read fragments (отрывок) of text, caressing (гладить) the volumes with his eyes and hands, and, once (однажды), recognized (узнать) a book he had read. For the rest (что касается остальных), they were strange books and strange authors. He chanced (случайно наткнуться) upon a volume (том) of Swinburne and began reading steadily, forgetful of (забыв о) where he was, his face glowing (при этом лицо его светилось, было озарено неким светом). Twice (дважды) he closed the book on his forefinger (указательный палец) to look at the name of the author. Swinburne (Суинберн)! he would (непременно) remember that name. That fellow (парень) had eyes, and he had certainly seen color and flashing (вспыхивающий, светящийся) light. But who was Swinburne? Was he dead (умерший) a hundred years or so (примерно), like (как) most (большинство) of the poets? Or was he alive (живой) still (ещё), and writing? He turned to the title-page (заглавный лист) … yes, he had written other books; well, he would go to the free library the first thing in the morning (первым делом утром) and try to get hold of (найти) some of Swinburne’s stuff. He went back to the text and lost himself. He did not notice that a young woman had entered the room. The first he knew was when he heard Arthur’s voice saying: – «Ruth, this is Mr. Eden.»

The book was closed on his forefinger (указательный палец), and before he turned he was thrilling (испытывать трепет; сильно волноваться) to the first new impression (впечатление), which was not of the girl, but of her brother’s words. Under that muscled (мускулистый) body of his he was a mass of quivering (дрожащий, трепещущий) sensibilities (чуткость, душевная чувствительность). At the slightest (малейший) impact (влияние) of the outside world (внешний мир) upon his consciousness (сознание), his thoughts, sympathies, and emotions leapt and played like lambent (сверкающий) flame (пламя). He was extraordinarily (чрезвычайно) receptive (восприимчивый) and responsive (отзывчивый), while his imagination, pitched (вознёсшееся) high, was ever at work establishing (устанавливать) relations of likeness (сходство) and difference (отличие). «Mr. Eden,» was what he had thrilled to (испытывать восторг) – he who had been called «Eden,» or «Martin Eden,» or just «Martin,» all his life. And «MISTER!» It was certainly going some (было неплохо), was his internal (внутренний) comment (замечание). His mind seemed to turn, on the instant, into a vast camera obscura (камера обскура), and he saw arrayed (расставлять) around his consciousness (сознание) endless pictures from his life, of stoke-holes (устье топки) and forecastles (бак; полубак; носовой кубрик), camps (лагерь, стан) and beaches, jails (тюрьма) and boozing (выпивка, попойка) – kens (круг знаний), fever (лихорадка) – hospitals and slum (трущобы) streets, wherein the thread (нить) of association was the fashion in which he had been addressed in those various (разный) situations.

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