Уильям Моэм - Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы

musicale ["mju: zI'kxl], auditorium ["O: dI'tO: rIqm], civilized ['sIv(q)laIzd], clamour ['klxmq]

For Isabel's mind was richly stored, and her conversation, however light, was never flippant. She spoke now of the Musicale to which she and her mother had been in the afternoon, of the lectures which an English poet was giving at the Auditorium, of the political situation, and of the Old Master which her father had recently bought for fifty thousand dollars in New York. It comforted Bateman to hear her. He felt that he was once more in the civilized world, at the center of culture and distinction; and certain voices, troubling and yet against his will refusing to still their clamour, were at last silent in his heart.

"Gee, but it's good to be back in Chicago (Боже, здорово снова вернуться в Чикаго)," he said.

At last dinner was over (наконец обед подошел к концу: «закончился»), and when they went out of the dining-room Isabel said to her mother (и, когда они вышли из столовой, Изабелла сказала матери):

"I'm going to take Bateman along to my den (я собираюсь пойти с Бейтманом в свою комнату; den— логово, берлога; разг. уютная небольшая комната, рабочий кабинет ). We have various things to talk about (нам о многом: «разном» надо поговорить; various— различный; многие, разные;thing— вещь, предмет; вещь, явление )."

"Very well, my dear (очень хорошо, моя дорогая)," said Mrs. Longstaffe. "You'll find your father and me in the Madame du Barry room when you're through (когда вы освободитесь, ты найдешь нас с отцом в комнате, /оформленной в стиле/ мадам дю Барри /1746-1793, любовница Людовика XVII/; be through — закончить, завершить )."

Isabel led the young man upstairs (Изабелла повела молодого человека вверх /по лестнице/; to lead ) and showed him into the room of which he had so many charming memories (и /они/ вошли в ту самую комнату, о которой у него сохранилось столь много чарующих воспоминаний; to show smb. into a place — провожать, сопровождать кого-либо куда-либо ). Though he knew it so well he could not repress the exclamation of delight (хотя он и знал /эту комнату/ очень хорошо, он не мог сдержать восторженного восклицания; to repress — подавлять; сдерживать/чувства и т. п./ ) which it always wrung from him (которое у него всегда вырывалось; to wring — скручивать; вымогать ). She looked round with a smile (она с улыбкой оглядела комнату: «огляделась вокруг»).

various ['ve(q)rIqs], upstairs ["Ap'steqz], exclamation ["eksklq'meIS(q)n]

"Gee, but it's good to be back in Chicago," he said.

At last dinner was over, and when they went out of the dining-room Isabel said to her mother:

"I'm going to take Bateman along to my den. We have various things to talk about."

"Very well, my dear," said Mrs. Longstaffe. "You'll find your father and me in the Madame du Barry room when you're through."

Isabel led the young man upstairs and showed him into the room of which he had so many charming memories. Though he knew it so well he could not repress the exclamation of delight which it always wrung from him. She looked round with a smile.

"I think it's a success (мне кажется, что она удалась; success — успех, удача;то, что пользуется успехом )," she said. "The main thing is that it's right (самое главное — что она совершенно достоверная; right— правый, справедливый; надлежащий, подходящий ). There's not even an ashtray that isn't of the period (здесь нет даже пепельницы, которая не принадлежала бы к эпохе ;period— период, промежуток времени; эпоха, время )."

"I suppose that's what makes it so wonderful (полагаю, именно это и делает ее /комнату/ такой удивительной). Like all you do it's so superlatively right (как и все, что ты делаешь, она в высшей степени достоверная)."

They sat down in front of a log fire (они присели перед камином; log— бревно, чурбан;fire— огонь, пламя ) and Isabel looked at him with calm grave eyes (и Изабелла посмотрела на него своими спокойными, печальными глазами; grave— серьезный; мрачный, печальный ).

"Now what have you to say to me (итак, что ты мне можешь рассказать)?" she asked.

"I hardly know how to begin (даже не знаю, с чего начать)."

"Is Edward Barnard coming back (Эдвард Барнард возвращается)?"

"No."

success [sqk'ses], ashtray ['xStreI], superlatively [s(j)u:'pWlqtIvlI]

"I think it's a success," she said. "The main thing is that it's right. There's not even an ashtray that isn't of the period."

"I suppose that's what makes it so wonderful. Like all you do it's so superlatively right."

They sat down in front of a log fire and Isabel looked at him with calm grave eyes.

"Now what have you to say to me?" she asked.

"I hardly know how to begin."

"Is Edward Barnard coming back?"

"No."

There was a long silence before Bateman spoke again (стояла долгая тишина, прежде чем Бейтман снова заговорил), and with each of them it was filled with many thoughts (и для каждого из них она была наполнена множеством мыслей). It was a difficult story he had to tell (история, которую он должен был рассказать, была неприятной; difficult — трудный; затруднительный, неприятный ), for there were things in it which were so offensive to her sensitive ears (потому как в ней были вещи, которые были оскорбительными для ее нежных ушей) that he could not bear to tell them (и ему было тяжело их рассказывать; to bear — терпеть, выносить; мириться/с чем-либо/ ), and yet in justice to her, no less than in justice to himself (и все же, отдавая ей должное, так же как и самому себе; justice — справедливость ), he must tell her the whole truth (он должен был рассказать ей всю историю целиком).

offensive [q'fensIv], bear [beq], justice ['dZAstIs]

There was a long silence before Bateman spoke again, and with each of them it was filled with many thoughts. It was a difficult story he had to tell, for there were things in it which were so offensive to her sensitive ears that he could not bear to tell them, and yet in justice to her, no less than in justice to himself, he must tell her the whole truth.