Arthur Conan Doyle - Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Собака Баскервилей

sign [saɪn], eye [aɪ], successful [sǝkˈsesf(ǝ)l]

"Well, Watson, what do you make of it?"

Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.

"How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of your head."

"I have, at least, a well-polished silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me," said he. "But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor's stick? Since we have been so unfortunate as to miss him and have no notion of his errand, this accidental souvenir becomes of importance. Let me hear you reconstruct the man by an examination of it. "I think," said I, following as far as I could the methods of my companion, "that Dr. Mortimer is a successful elderly medical man, well-esteemed, since those who know him give him this mark of their appreciation."

"Good!" said Holmes. "Excellent (хорошо, — сказал Холмс, — превосходно)!"

"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner (к тому же я думаю, есть вероятность «в пользу того», что он сельский врач; in favour of — в пользу; country — страна; сельская местность) who does a great deal of his visiting on foot (которому приходится много ходить: «который делает много визитов» пешком)."

"Why so (почему так)?"

"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one (потому что эта трость, изначально очень недурная; handsome — красивый), has been so knocked about (настолько сбита; to knock about — бить, колотить) that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it (что я едва ли могу себе представить городского врача, носящего ее). The thick iron ferrule is worn down (толстый железный наконечник /совсем/ стерт; to wear down — стирать/ся/, изнашивать/ся/), so it is evident (поэтому /совершенно/ очевидно) that he has done a great amount of walking with it (что он с ней исходил изрядно; a great amount — большое, изрядное количество)."

"Perfectly sound (совершенно справедливо; sound — здоровый, крепкий; здравый, логичный)!" said Holmes.

"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' (и опять же /надпись/ "от друзей по C.C.H."). I should guess that to be the Something Hunt (я бы предположил, что это какое-то охотничье общество; hunt — охота; группа охотников со сворой собак), the local hunt (местное охотничье общество) to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance (членам которого он, возможно, оказал какую-то хирургическую помощь), and which has made him a small presentation in return (а те в ответ сделали ему небольшой подарок; presentation — представление; дар, подношение)."

favour [ˈfeɪvǝ], surgical [ˈsǝ:dʒɪk(ǝ)l], presentation [ˌprezenˈteɪʃ(ǝ)n]

"Good!" said Holmes. "Excellent!"

"I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot."

"Why so?"

"Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one, has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it. The thick iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it."

"Perfectly sound!" said Holmes.

"And then again, there is the 'friends of the C.C.H.' I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return."

"Really, Watson, you excel yourself (в самом деле, Ватсон, вы превзошли: «превосходите» самого себя)," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette (сказал Холмс, откидываясь на спинку стула и прикуривая папиросу; to light — светить; зажигать). "I am bound to say (должен отметить: «сказать»; to be bound — быть обязанным) that in all the accounts (что во всех отчетах = записках) which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements (которые вы столь любезно посвятили моим «собственным» скромным достижениям; to give — давать; посвящать /кому-либо, чему-либо/) you have habitually underrated your own abilities (вы обычно недооцениваете свои собственные возможности). It may be that you are not yourself luminous (может быть, вы сами и не светитесь; luminous — светящийся; ярко освещенный), but you are a conductor of light (но вы — проводник света). Some people without possessing genius (многие люди, не обладая гениальностью; some — кое-кто, некоторые; многие; to possess — владеть, обладать) have a remarkable power of stimulating it (имеют замечательную способность вызывать ее /в других/; power — сила; способность, возможность; to stimulate — возбуждать; поощрять). I confess, my dear fellow (признаюсь, друг мой; fellow — приятель, товарищ), that I am very much in your debt (я в очень большом долгу /перед/ вами)."

excel [ɪkˈsel], underrate [ˌʌndǝˈreɪt], conductor [kǝnˈdʌktǝ]

"Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities. It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it. I confess, my dear fellow, that I am very much in your debt."

He had never said as much before (прежде он никогда такого: «так много» не говорил), and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure (и я должен признать, «что» его слова доставили мне огромное удовольствие; to give; keen — острый; имеющий то или иное свойство в высокой степени), for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration (поскольку меня часто огорчало его равнодушие к моему восхищению; to pique — уязвлять; раздражать) and to the attempts which I had made (и к попыткам, которые я предпринимал: «делал») to give publicity to his methods (/чтобы/ предать гласности его методы). I was proud too to think (также я был горд от мысли; to think — думать) that I had so far mastered his system (что я настолько овладел его системой; far — далеко; в значительной степени) as to apply it in a way which earned his approval (что применил ее таким способом, который заслужил его одобрение; way — путь; способ; to earn — зарабатывать; заслуживать). He now took the stick from my hands (он тотчас взял трость у меня из рук: «из моих рук»; to take) and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes (и изучал ее в течение нескольких минут невооруженным глазом; naked — голый; невооруженный /обходящийся без помощи какой-либо аппаратуры/). Then with an expression of interest (затем с выражением интереса = заинтересовавшись) he laid down his cigarette (он отложил свою папиросу; to lay — класть, положить) and, carrying the cane to the window (и, поднеся трость к окну), he looked over it again with a convex lens (/принялся/ тщательно изучать ее снова /при помощи/ увеличительного стекла; to look over — просматривать; тщательно изучать; convex lens — выпуклая линза).

"Interesting, though elementary (интересно, хотя и просто)," said he, as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee (сказал он, вернувшись в свой излюбленный угол дивана). "There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick (здесь на трости определенно есть одна или две подсказки). It gives us the basis for several deductions (это дает нам основу для некоторых умозаключений; several — некоторые, несколько /но не много/)."

pleasure [ˈpleʒǝ], publicity [pʌbˈlɪsɪtɪ], though [ðǝu]

He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods. I was proud too to think that I had so far mastered his system as to apply it in a way which earned his approval. He now took the stick from my hands and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes. Then with an expression of interest he laid down his cigarette and, carrying the cane to the window, he looked over it again with a convex lens.

"Interesting, though elementary," said he, as he returned to his favourite corner of the settee. "There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick. It gives us the basis for several deductions."

"Has anything escaped me (от меня что-то ускользнуло; to escape — совершать побег; ускользать)?" I asked, with some self-importance (спросил я несколько самодовольно; self-importance — самомнение, чванство; importance — важность). "I trust that there is nothing of consequence (надеюсь, нет ничего важного; to trust — верить, доверять; надеяться; consequence — последствие; важность, значимость) which I have overlooked (что бы я упустил; to overlook — обозревать; не заметить, пропустить)?"

"I am afraid, my dear Watson (боюсь, мой дорогой Ватсон), that most of your conclusions were erroneous (что большинство ваших выводов были ошибочны). When I said that you stimulated me (когда я сказал, что вы стимулируете меня) I meant, to be frank (я, /если/ быть честным, имел в виду; to mean), that in noting your fallacies (что, обращая внимание на ваши промахи; to note — замечать; обращать внимание; fallacy — обманчивая внешность; ошибка, заблуждение) I was occasionally guided towards the truth (я порой находил истину; to guide — вести, направлять; towards — к, по направлению к). Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance (не то, что вы совсем не правы в данном случае; instance — отдельный пример, случай). The man is certainly a country practitioner (этот человек несомненно сельский врач). And he walks a good deal (и ему /приходится/ много ходить пешком)."

consequence [ˈkɔnsɪkwǝns], erroneous [ɪˈrǝunjǝs], guide [ˈɡaɪd]

"Has anything escaped me?" I asked, with some self-importance. "I trust that there is nothing of consequence which I have overlooked?"

"I am afraid, my dear Watson, that most of your conclusions were erroneous. When I said that you stimulated me I meant, to be frank, that in noting your fallacies I was occasionally guided towards the truth. Not that you are entirely wrong in this instance. The man is certainly a country practitioner. And he walks a good deal."

"Then I was right (итак, я был прав)."

"To that extent (в этих пределах; extent — пространство, протяжение; мера, степень, рамки, пределы)."

"But that was all (но это все)."

"No, no, my dear Watson, not all (нет, нет, мой дорогой Ватсон, не все) — by no means all (далеко не все; by no means — никоим образом не; отнюдь не). I would suggest, for example (я бы, например, предположил), that a presentation to a doctor is more likely to come (что, вероятнее всего, такой подарок врач /может/ получить: «такого подарка врач может добиться»; to come — приходить; достигать) from an hospital than from a hunt (от какой-нибудь больницы, а не от охотничьего /общества/), and that when the initials 'C.C.' are placed before that hospital (и что когда перед /словом/ "больница" стоят инициалы " C.C.") the words 'Charing Cross' very naturally suggest themselves (слово "Чаринг-Кросс" очень естественно напрашивается: «предлагает само себя»)."