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After breakfast, John found his way out the great marble entrance, and looked curiously at the scene before him. The whole valley, from the diamond mountain to the steep granite cliff five miles away, still gave off a breath of golden haze which hovered idly above the fine sweep of lawns and lakes and gardens. Here and there clusters of elms made delicate groves of shade, contrasting strangely with the tough masses of pine forest that held the hills in a grip of dark-blue green. Even as John looked he saw three fawns in single file patter out from one clump about a half mile away and disappear with awkward gayety into the black-ribbed half-light of another. John would not have been surprised to see a goat-foot piping his way among the trees or to catch a glimpse of pink nymph-skin and flying yellow hair between the greenest of the green leaves. In some such cool hope he descended the marble steps (с подобной дерзкой надеждой /в душе/ он спустился по мраморным ступеням; cool — прохладный; невозмутимый; наглый, нахальный), disturbing faintly the sleep of two silky Russian wolfhounds at the bottom (слегка потревожив сон двух русских борзых с шелковистой шерстью /лежавших/ внизу; silk — шелк), and set off along a walk of white and blue brick (и пошел по дорожке из белого и синего кирпича) that seemed to lead in no particular direction (которая вела неведомо куда: «казалось, не вела ни в каком определенном направлении»). He was enjoying himself as much as he was able (он наслаждался /окружающим/ так сильно, как только мог). It is youth's felicity as well as its insufficiency (в том то и счастье и ущербность молодости; sufficiency — достаточность; sufficient — достаточный) that it can never live in the present (что она не умеет жить настоящим), but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future (но всегда должна соизмерять /нынешний/ день со своим лучезарным воображаемым будущем) — flowers and gold (цветы и золото), girls and stars (девушки и звезды), they are only prefigurations and prophecies of that incomparable, unattainable young dream (лишь прообразы и пророчества этой несравненной и недостижимой юношеской мечты). wolfhound ['wVlfhaVnd], able [eIbl], present /сущ./ [prez(q)nt] In some such cool hope he descended the marble steps, disturbing faintly the sleep of two silky Russian wolfhounds at the bottom, and set off along a walk of white and blue brick that seemed to lead in no particular direction. He was enjoying himself as much as he was able. It is youth's felicity as well as its insufficiency that it can never live in the present, but must always be measuring up the day against its own radiantly imagined future — flowers and gold, girls and stars, they are only prefigurations and prophecies of that incomparable, unattainable young dream. John rounded a soft corner (прошел: «обогнул» плавный поворот: «угол») where the massed rosebushes filled the air with heavy scent (где густые кусты роз наполняли воздух тяжелым ароматом), and struck off across a park toward a patch of moss under some trees (и зашагал через парк к мшистой лужайке: «клочку мха» под несколькими деревьями; to strike — ударяться; направляться, сворачивать). He had never lain upon moss (никогда не лежал на мху), and he wanted to see (и хотел проверить: «увидеть») whether it was really soft enough to justify the use of its name as an adjective (справедливо ли употребление сравнения со мхом, когда говорят о мягкости: «действительно ли он достаточно мягок, чтобы оправдать употребление его названия в качестве прилагательного»). Then he saw a girl coming toward him over the grass (и тут он вдруг увидел девушку, шедшую по траве в его сторону). She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen (она была самым красивым человеком из всех, что он видел). She was dressed in a white little gown that came just below her knees (она была одета в легкое: «маленькое» белое платье чуть ниже колен), and a wreath of mignonettes clasped with blue slices of sapphire bound up her hair (и ее волосы стягивал веночек из резеды, перехваченный синими полосками: «дольками» сапфира: to bind /up/ — вязать; связывать). Her pink bare feet scattered the dew before them as she came (когда она шла = при ходьбе ее босые розовые ножки разбрызгивали перед собой росу). She was younger than John — not more than sixteen (она была моложе Джона — не старше: «больше» шестнадцати). rosebush ['rqVzbVS], wreath [rJT], mignonette ["mInjq'net] John rounded a soft corner where the massed rosebushes filled the air with heavy scent, and struck off across a park toward a patch of moss under some trees. He had never lain upon moss, and he wanted to see whether it was really soft enough to justify the use of its name as an adjective. Then he saw a girl coming toward him over the grass. She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. She was dressed in a white little gown that came just below her knees, and a wreath of mignonettes clasped with blue slices of sapphire bound up her hair. Her pink bare feet scattered the dew before them as she came. She was younger than John — not more than sixteen. "Hello," she cried softly, "I'm Kismine (здравствуй, — тихонько окликнула она его — я Кисмин; softly — мягко, нежно; тихо, спокойно; тихим голосом)." She was much more than that to John already (но для Джона она была уже гораздо больше, чем это = чем просто Кисмин). He advanced toward her, scarcely moving as he drew near (он пошел ей навстречу, едва передвигая ноги: «двигаясь», когда был уже близко: «приближался»; to draw — тащить; медленно идти; to draw near — подходить, приближаться) lest he should tread on her bare toes (чтобы не = боясь наступить на ее босые пальчики). "You haven't met me (ты меня еще не видел; to meet — встречать; встречаться, видеться)," said her soft voice (сказал ее нежный голос). Her blue eyes added, "Oh, but you've missed a great deal!" (ее синие/голубые глаза добавили: "И как же много ты потерял!"; deal — /некоторое/ количество) ... "You met my sister, Jasmine, last night (прошлой ночью = вчера вечером ты видел мою сестру Жасмин). I was sick with lettuce poisoning (я вчера отравилась латуком; sick — больной; poisoning — отравление)," went on her soft voice (продолжал ее нежный голос), and her eyes continued (продолжили) "and when I'm sick I'm sweet — and when I'm well (а когда я больна, я очень мила, и когда здорова /— тоже/)."
She was much more than that to John already. He advanced toward her, scarcely moving as he drew near lest he should tread on her bare toes. "You haven't met me," said her soft voice. Her blue eyes added, "Oh, but you've missed a great deal!" . . . "You met my sister, Jasmine, last night. I was sick with lettuce poisoning," went on her soft voice, and her eyes continued, "and when I'm sick I'm sweet — and when I'm well."
John observed that they had been walking along the path (заметил, что они идут по тропинке). On her suggestion they sat down together upon the moss (по ее предложению они вместе = оба уселись на мох), the softness of which he failed to determine (на мягкость которого он не обратил внимания: «мягкость которого ему не удалось определить»; to fail — не исполнить, не сделать; подвести). He was critical about women (он был придирчив к женщинам). A single defect (/одного/ единственного недостатка) — a thick ankle (толстой щиколотки), a hoarse voice (хрипловатого голоса), a glass eye (стеклянного = неподвижного взгляда) — was enough to make him utterly indifferent (было достаточно, чтобы сделать его совершенно равнодушным). And here for the first time in his life he was beside a girl (и вот впервые за свою жизнь он находился рядом с девушкой) who seemed to him the incarnation of physical perfection (которая казалась ему воплощением физического совершенства).
John observed that they had been walking along the path. On her suggestion they sat down together upon the moss, the softness of which he failed to determine. He was critical about women. A single defect — a thick ankle, a hoarse voice, a glass eye — was enough to make him utterly indifferent. And here for the first time in his life he was beside a girl who seemed to him the incarnation of physical perfection.
"No," answered John simply (ответил Джон просто). "I'm from Hades." Either she had never heard of Hades (или она никогда не слыхала о Гадесе), or she could think of no pleasant comment to make upon it (или не смогла придумать никакого приятного замечания по этому поводу), for she did not discuss it further (так как = но она не стала развивать эту тему: «обсуждать это дальше»). "I'm going East to school this fall (я поеду этой осенью в школу на Восток)," she said. "D'you think I'll like it? I'm going to New York to Miss Bulge's (/как/ ты думаешь, мне понравится там? Я поеду в Нью-Йорк, в пансион мисс Балдж). It's very strict (там очень строго = строгие правила), but you see over the weekends I'm going to live at home with the family in our New York house (но выходные/уикэнды я все-таки буду проводить дома с семьей, в нашем нью-йоркском доме; you see — видишь ли, знаешь ли), because father heard that the girls had to go walking two by two (потому что = а то отец слыхал, что девочки /там/ должны прогуливаться парами)." either ['aIDq], answer ['Rnsq], upon [q'pOn] "Are you from the East?" asked Kismine with charming interest. "No," answered John simply. "I'm from Hades." Either she had never heard of Hades, or she could think of no pleasant comment to make upon it, for she did not discuss it further. "I'm going East to school this fall," she said. "D'you think I'll like it? I'm going to New York to Miss Bulge's. It's very strict, but you see over the weekends I'm going to live at home with the family in our New York house, because father heard that the girls had to go walking two by two." "Your father wants you to be proud," observed John (отец хочет, чтобы вы были гордыми, — заметил Джон; proud — гордый; обладающий чувством собственного достоинства; неприступный). "We are (мы /такие и/ есть)," she answered, her eyes shining with dignity (мы /такие и/ есть, — ответила она, гордо сверкнув глазами; dignity — достоинство, гордость; чувство собственного достоинства). "None of us has ever been punished (никого из нас ни разу не наказывали). Father said we never should be (сказал, что нас никогда нельзя /наказывать/). Once when my sister Jasmine was a little girl (однажды, когда моя сестра Жасмин была маленькой) she pushed him down-stairs (она столкнула его с лестницы; stairs — лестница) and he just got up and limped away (а он просто встал и, хромая, ушел: «похромал прочь»; to get up — вставать). "Mother was — well, a little startled," continued Kismine (мама... э... несколько опешила, — продолжала Кисмин; to startle — удивить/поразить и слегка испугать), "when she heard that you were from — from where you are from, you know (когда услыхала, что ты из... — ну, оттуда, откуда ты есть, понимаешь). She said that when she was a young girl (сказала, что когда она была молодой…) — but then, you see, she's a Spaniard and old-fashioned (но, знаешь, она вообще-то испанка и у нее старомодные взгляды)."
"We are," she answered, her eyes shining with dignity. "None of us has ever been punished. Father said we never should be. Once when my sister Jasmine was a little girl she pushed him down-stairs and he just got up and limped away. "Mother was — well, a little startled," continued Kismine, "when she heard that you were from — from where you are from, you know. She said that when she was a young girl — but then, you see, she's a Spaniard and old-fashioned."
"Percy and Jasmine and I are here every summer (/проводим/ здесь каждое лето), but next summer Jasmine is going to Newport (следующим летом Жасмин поедет в Ньюпорт). She's coming out in London a year from this fall (а потом осенью: «/через/ год после этой осени» в Лондоне она /впервые/ выйдет в свет). She'll be presented at court (она будет представлена при дворе)." "Do you know," began John hesitantly (знаешь, — нерешительно начал Джон), "you're much more sophisticated than I thought you were when I first saw you (ты гораздо более современная и светская, чем я подумал /сначала/, как только тебя увидел; first — сначала; впервые; sophisticated — лишенный простоты, наивности; утонченный; искушенный, опытный в жизненных делах; культурный, образованный)?" "Oh, no, I'm not," she exclaimed hurriedly (нет, совсем нет, — торопливо воскликнула она). "Oh, I wouldn't think of being (я /и/ не хочу быть /такой/). I think that sophisticated young people are terribly common, don't you (я думаю, что современные молодые люди ужасно вульгарны, а ты)? I'm not at all, really (я в самом деле совсем не современная). If you say I am, I'm going to cry (если ты скажешь, что я такая, я заплачу)." unkind [An'kaInd], provincialism [prq'vInSqlIz(q)m], sophisticated [sq'fIstIkeItId] "Do you spend much time out here?" asked John, to conceal the fact that he was somewhat hurt by this remark. It seemed an unkind allusion to his provincialism. "Percy and Jasmine and I are here every summer, but next summer Jasmine is going to Newport. She's coming out in London a year from this fall. She'll be presented at court." "Do you know," began John hesitantly, "you're much more sophisticated than I thought you were when I first saw you?" "Oh, no, I'm not," she exclaimed hurriedly. "Oh, I wouldn't think of being. I think that sophisticated young people are terribly common, don't you? I'm not at all, really. If you say I am, I'm going to cry." She was so distressed that her lip was trembling (она была так огорчена, что губы у нее дрожали). John was impelled to protest (Джону пришлось возразить): "I didn't mean that; I only said it to tease you (я не думал так /на самом деле/; я сказал это просто, чтобы подразнить тебя)." "Because I wouldn't mind if I were," she persisted (я бы не возражала, если бы я /на самом деле/ была), "but I'm not. I'm very innocent and girlish (но /ведь/ нет. Я очень наивна и совсем еще девочка). I never smoke, or drink, or read anything except poetry (не курю, не пью, ничего не читаю, кроме стихов). I know scarcely any mathematics or chemistry (почти не знаю математики или химии). I dress very simply — in fact, I scarcely dress at all (одеваюсь очень просто — в сущности, почти никак не одеваюсь). I think sophisticated is the last thing you can say about me (думаю, "современная" — это самое неподходящее: «последнее», что можно обо мне сказать). I believe that girls ought to enjoy their youths in a wholesome way (я считаю, что девушки должны наслаждаться молодостью, но вести здоровый образ жизни; wholesome — благотворный; здоровый, полезный для здоровья)." "I do too," said John heartily (я тоже /так считаю/, — искренне сказал Джон). Kismine was cheerful again (снова была весела). She smiled at him, and a still-born tear dripped from the corner of one blue eye (улыбнулась ему, и из уголка одного /ее/ синего глаза капнула = выкатилась запоздалая слезинка; still-born — мертворождённый).
"I didn't mean that; I only said it to tease you." "Because I wouldn't mind if I were," she persisted, "but I'm not. I'm very innocent and girlish. I never smoke, or drink, or read anything except poetry. I know scarcely any mathematics or chemistry. I dress very simply — in fact, I scarcely dress at all. I think sophisticated is the last thing you can say about me. I believe that girls ought to enjoy their youths in a wholesome way." "I do too," said John heartily. Kismine was cheerful again. She smiled at him, and a still-born tear dripped from the corner of one blue eye.
Deeply flattered, John bowed from the hips (глубоко польщенный, Джон поклонился от пояса; hip — бедро) as he had been taught at dancing school in Hades (как его учили в танцевальной школе в Гадесе; to teach). "We'd better go now," said Kismine sweetly (нам лучше уже пойти, — ласково сказала Кисмин). "I have to be with mother at eleven (мне надо в одиннадцать быть у мамы). You haven't asked me to kiss you once (ты даже не попросил меня поцеловаться). I thought boys always did that nowadays (я думала, теперь мальчики всегда это делают)." John drew himself up proudly (горделиво расправил плечи; to draw oneself up — выпрямляться, вытягиваться /во весь рост/). "Some of them do," he answered, "but not me (некоторые из них /так/ поступают, — ответил он, — но не я). Girls don't do that sort of thing — in Hades (/и/ девушки такого не делают — /у нас/ в Гадесе)." Side by side they walked back toward the house (они пошли рядышком обратно к дому).
Deeply flattered, John bowed from the hips as he had been taught at dancing school in Hades. "We'd better go now," said Kismine sweetly. "I have to be with mother at eleven. You haven't asked me to kiss you once. I thought boys always did that nowadays." John drew himself up proudly. "Some of them do," he answered, "but not me. Girls don't do that sort of thing — in Hades." Side by side they walked back toward the house.
"The slaves' quarters are there (/вон/ там жилье рабов)." His walking-stick indicated a cloister of marble on their left (его трость указывала на крытую мраморную аркаду слева от них) that ran in graceful Gothic along the side of the mountain (которая тянулась в изящной готике = изящных готических очертаниях вдоль горного склона). "In my youth I was distracted for a while from the business of life by a period of absurd idealism (в юности я на некоторое время был отвлечен от деловой стороны жизни периодом абсурдного идеализма). During that time they lived in luxury (в то время они жили в роскоши). For instance, I equipped every one of their rooms with a tile bath (к примеру, я снабдил каждую из их комнат кафельной ванной)." vacuous ['vxkjVqs], quarters ['kwLtqz], equipped [I'kwIpt] John stood facing Mr. Braddock Washington in the full sunlight. The elder man was about forty with a proud, vacuous face, intelligent eyes, and a robust figure. In the mornings he smelt of horses — the best horses. He carried a plain walking-stick of gray birch with a single large opal for a grip. He and Percy were showing John around. "The slaves' quarters are there." His walking-stick indicated a cloister of marble on their left that ran in graceful Gothic along the side of the mountain. "In my youth I was distracted for a while from the business of life by a period of absurd idealism. During that time they lived in luxury. For instance, I equipped every one of their rooms with a tile bath." "I suppose," ventured John, with an ingratiating laugh (полагаю, — решился /вставить/ Джон c заискивающей улыбкой), "that they used the bathtubs to keep coal in (они использовали ванны, для того чтобы держать в них уголь). Mr. Schnlitzer-Murphy told me that once he (рассказывал мне, что однажды он…) — —" "The opinions of Mr. Schnlitzer-Murphy are of little importance, I should imagine (полагаю, что мнения мистера Шнлицера-Мэрфи не имеют большой важности)," interrupted Braddock Washington, coldly (холодно прервал /его/ Брэддок Вашингтон). "My slaves did not keep coal in their bathtubs (мои рабы не держали уголь в своих ваннах). They had orders to bathe every day, and they did (им было приказано принимать ванну каждый день, и они так и делали; order — приказ; распоряжение; предписание). If they hadn't I might have ordered a sulphuric acid shampoo (если бы они этого не делали, я мог бы назначить шампунь из серной кислоты). I discontinued the baths for quite another reason (я прекратил = отменил ванны по совсем иной причине). Several of them caught cold and died (несколько из них простудились и умерли). Water is not good for certain races — except as a beverage (для определенных рас вода не хороша = вредна — кроме как в качестве напитка)." жүктеу/скачать 0.97 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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