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

impatience [Im'peIS(q)ns], hustle ['hAs(q)l], provincial [prq'vInS(q)l], citizen ['sItIz(q)n]

But at last the train steamed in to Chicago and he exulted when he saw the long streets of grey houses. He could hardly bear his impatience at the thought of State and Wabash with their crowded pavements, their hustling traffic, and their noise. He was at home. And he was glad that he had been born in the most important city in the United States. San Francisco was provincial, New York was effete; the future of America lay in the development of its economic possibilities, and Chicago, by its position and by the energy of its citizens, was destined to become the real capital of the country.

"I guess I shall live long enough to see it the biggest city in the world (полагаю, что я доживу до того, чтобы: «что я буду жить достаточно долго, чтобы» увидеть /как Чикаго станет/ самым большим городом мира)," Bateman said to himself as he stepped down to the platform (сказал про себя Бейтман, ступая на платформу).

His father had come to meet him (его отец приехал, чтобы встретить его = его встречал отец), and after a hearty handshake (и после сердечного рукопожатия), the pair of them, tall, slender and well-made (они оба, высокие, стройные, хорошо сложенные; pair — пара, парные предметы), with the same fine, ascetic features and thin lips (с одинаковыми изящными аскетическими чертами лица и тонкими губами), walked out of the station (вышли из /здания/ вокзала). Mr. Hunter's automobile was waiting for them and they got in (их ожидал автомобиль мистера Хантера, и они сели в него). Mr. Hunter caught his son's proud and happy glance as he looked at the street (мистер Хантер перехватил гордый и счастливый взгляд сына, когда тот смотрел на улицу; to catch — схватить, поймать).

"Glad to be back, son (рад, что вернулся, сын)?" he asked (спросил он).

"I should just think I was (разумеется)," said Bateman.

His eyes devoured the restless scene (его глаза жадно наблюдали за неугомонным движением /за окном/; to devour — пожирать; поглощать; scene — место действия; вид, пейзаж).

ascetic [q'setIk], automobile ['O: tqmqbi: l], devour [dI'vaVq], scene [si: n]

"I guess I shall live long enough to see it the biggest city in the world," Bateman said to himself as he stepped down to the platform.

His father had come to meet him, and after a hearty handshake, the pair of them, tall, slender and well-made, with the same fine, ascetic features and thin lips, walked out of the station. Mr. Hunter's automobile was waiting for them and they got in. Mr. Hunter caught his son's proud and happy glance as he looked at the street.

"Glad to be back, son?" he asked.

"I should just think I was," said Bateman.

His eyes devoured the restless scene.

"I guess there's a bit more traffic here than in your South Sea island (полагаю, что движение здесь немного оживленнее, чем на твоем острове в Южных морях /т. е.в южной части Тихого океана/)," laughed Mr. Hunter (рассмеялся мистер Хантер). "Did you like it there (тебе там понравилось)?"

"Give me Chicago, dad (по-моему, ничто не может сравниться с Чикаго: «дай мне Чикаго», папа)," answered Bateman (ответил Бейтман).

"You haven't brought Edward Barnard back with you (ты не привез с собой Эдварда Бернарда)."

"No."

"How was he (как он)?"

Bateman was silent for a moment (Бейтман помолчал минуту), and his handsome sensitive face darkened (и его красивое тонкое лицо помрачнело; sensitive — чувствительный, нежный).

"I'd sooner not speak about him, dad (мне бы не хотелось говорить о нем, отец)," he said at last (сказал он наконец).

"That's all right, my son (хорошо, сынок). I guess your mother will be a happy woman to-day (я думаю, что твоя мать будет сегодня очень счастлива: «счастливой женщиной»)."

traffic ['trxfIk], island ['aIlqnd], laugh [lQ: f], sensitive ['sensItIv]

"I guess there's a bit more traffic here than in your South Sea island," laughed Mr. Hunter. "Did you like it there?"

"Give me Chicago, dad," answered Bateman.

"You haven't brought Edward Barnard back with you."

"No."

"How was he?"

Bateman was silent for a moment, and his handsome sensitive face darkened.

"I'd sooner not speak about him, dad," he said at last.

"That's all right, my son. I guess your mother will be a happy woman to-day."

They passed out of the crowded streets in the Loop (они выехали из переполненных улиц Лупа /делового района Чикаго/) and drove along the lake till they came to the imposing house (и поехали вдоль озера /Мичиган/, пока не приехали к дому внушительных размеров; to drive), an exact copy of a chвteau on the Loire (точной копии замка на Луаре), which Mr. Hunter had built himself some years before (который мистер Хантер сам построил несколько лет назад; to build). As soon as Bateman was alone in his room (как только Бейтман оказался один в своей комнате) he asked for a number on the telephone (он попросил его соединить с телефонным номером). His heart leaped when he heard the voice that answered him (его сердце екнуло, когда он услышал ответивший ему голос; to leap — прыгать, скакать; забиться/о сердце, пульсе/).

"Good-morning, Isabel," he said gaily (весело сказал он).

"Good-morning, Bateman."

"How did you recognize my voice (как ты узнала мой голос)?"

"It is not so long since I heard it last (я не очень: «так» давно слышала его в последний раз). Besides, I was expecting you (кроме того, я ждала тебя)."

"When may I see you (когда я могу тебя увидеть)?"

chateau ['SxtqV], gaily ['geIlI], voice [vOIs]

They passed out of the crowded streets in the Loop and drove along the lake till they came to the imposing house, an exact copy of a chвteau on the Loire, which Mr. Hunter had built himself some years before. As soon as Bateman was alone in his room he asked for a number on the telephone. His heart leaped when he heard the voice that answered him.

"Good-morning, Isabel," he said gaily.

"Good-morning, Bateman."

"How did you recognize my voice?"

"It is not so long since I heard it last. Besides, I was expecting you."

"When may I see you?"

"Unless you have anything better to do (если тебе нечем /другим/ заняться) perhaps you'll dine with us to-night (может, ты пообедаешь сегодня с нами)."

"You know very well that I couldn't possibly have anything better to do (ты же очень хорошо знаешь, что я не мог бы найти ничего другого: «лучшего», чем бы заняться)."

"I suppose that you're full of news (полагаю, что тебе есть что рассказать: «ты переполнен новостями»)?"

He thought he detected in her voice a note of apprehension (ему показалось, что он уловил в ее голосе нотки предчувствия; to detect— открывать, находить; замечать, обнаруживать).

"Yes," he answered.

"Well, you must tell me to-night (что ж, ты мне должен /все/ рассказать сегодня вечером). Good-bye."

She rang off (она положила трубку; to ring— звонить). It was characteristic of her that she should be able to wait so many unnecessary hours (это было так ей свойственно — она была способна ждать столь много ненужных часов) to know what so immensely concerned her (чтобы узнать то, что в такой огромной степени беспокоило ее; to concern— касаться /в рассказе/; волновать, заботить). To Bateman there was an admirable fortitude in her restraint (Бейтман видел в ее сдержанности восхитительную силу духа).

perhaps [pq'hxps], apprehension ["xprI'henS(q)n], characteristic ["kxrIktq'rIstIk], fortitude ['fO: tItju: d], restraint [rI'streInt]

"Unless you have anything better to do perhaps you'll dine with us to-night."

"You know very well that I couldn't possibly have anything better to do."

"I suppose that you're full of news?"

He thought he detected in her voice a note of apprehension.

"Yes," he answered.

"Well, you must tell me to-night. Good-bye."

She rang off. It was characteristic of her that she should be able to wait so many unnecessary hours to know what so immensely concerned her. To Bateman there was an admirable fortitude in her restraint.

At dinner, at which beside himself and Isabel no one was present but her father and mother (за обедом, на котором кроме него самого и Изабеллы присутствовали только ее родители: «не присутствовал никто, кроме ее отца и матери), he watched her guide the conversation into the channels of an urbane small talk (он наблюдал, как она направляет разговор в русло вежливой светской беседы; to guide — быть проводником; направлять; channel — канал), and it occurred to him that in just such a manner (и ему пришло в голову, что именно в такой манере; to occur — случаться, происходить; приходить на ум, в голову) would a marquise under the shadow of the guillotine toy with the affairs of a day that would know no morrow (какая-нибудь маркиза под тенью гильотины = зная о грядущей гильотине, легко занималась бы делами дня, у которого не будет продолжения: «завтра»; shadow — тень/от предмета/;призрак;to toy — вертеть в руках; играть, дурачиться).

guide [gaId], channel [tSxnl], urbane [W'beIn], marquise [mQ:'ki: z], guillotine ['gIlqti: n]

At dinner, at which beside himself and Isabel no one was present but her father and mother, he watched her guide the conversation into the channels of an urbane small talk, and it occurred to him that in just such a manner would a marquise under the shadow of the guillotine toy with the affairs of a day that would know no morrow.

Her delicate features, the aristocratic shortness of her upper lip (ее изящные черты, аристократически короткая верхняя губа), and her wealth of fair hair suggested the marquise again (и роскошные белокурые волосы снова навели на мысль о маркизе; wealth — богатство; обилие, множество; to suggest — предлагать, советовать; вызывать/ассоциацию и т. п./), and it must have been obvious (это должно было быть явным), even if it were not notorious (хотя и не было общеизвестно), that in her veins flowed the best blood in Chicago (что в ее венах текла лучшая кровь в Чикаго). The dining-room was a fitting frame to her fragile beauty (столовая /в доме/ была подходящим обрамлением ее хрупкой красоте; frame — каркас; рама), for Isabel had caused the house, a replica of a palace on the Grand Canal at Venice to be furnished by an English expert in the style of Louis XV (так как по пожеланию Изабеллы, дом, который был точной копией дворца на Гранд Канале в Венеции, был меблирован английским специалистом в стиле Людовика XV; to cause — быть причиной; заставлять, побуждать); and the graceful decoration linked with the name of that amorous monarch, enhanced her loveliness (изящное убранство /комнат/, связанное с именем этого любвеобильного монарха, усиливало ее очарование; amorous — влюбчивый) and at the same time acquired from it a more profound significance (и, в тоже самое время, получало от него более глубокий смысл).

delicate ['delIkIt], aristocratic["xrIstq'krxtIk], notorious [nq(u)'tO: rIqs], fragile ['frxdZaIl], replica ['replIkq], amorous ['xm(q)rqs], significance [sIg'nIfIkqns]

Her delicate features, the aristocratic shortness of her upper lip, and her wealth of fair hair suggested the marquise again, and it must have been obvious, even if it were not notorious, that in her veins flowed the best blood in Chicago. The dining-room was a fitting frame to her fragile beauty, for Isabel had caused the house, a replica of a palace on the Grand Canal at Venice, to be furnished by an English expert in the style of Louis XV; and the graceful decoration linked with the name of that amorous monarch enhanced her loveliness and at the same time acquired from it a more profound significance.