Английский язык с Мюриэль Спарк (рассказы)
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excessive [Ik'sesIv] ascertain ["xsq'teIn] permanency ['pq: mqnqnsI]
cultus ['kAltqs] pertaining [pq'teInIN]
While not wishing to make excessive claims … many prayers answered and requests granted to the Faithful in an exceptional way … two remarkable cures effected, but medical evidence is, of course, still in reserve, a certain lapse of time being necessary to ascertain permanency of cure. The first of these cases was a child of twelve suffering fromleukaemia… The second… While not desiring to create a cultus where none is due, we must remember it is always our duty tohonourOur Blessed Lady, the dispenser of all graces, to whom we owe …
Another aspect of the information received by the Father Rector concerning our "Black Madonna " is one pertaining to childless couples of which three cases have come to his notice. In each case the couple claim to have offered constant devotion to the "Black Madonna," and in two of the cases specific requests were made for thefavourof a child. In all cases the prayers were answered. The proud parents… It should be the loving duty of every parishioner to make a special thanksgiving … The Father Rector will be grateful for any further information …
"Look, Raymond (смотри,
They decided (они решили) to put in for a baby to the Black Madonna (обратиться за ребенком к Черной Мадонне; to put in for smth. — ходатайствовать, подаватьзаявкуначто-либо).
The following Saturday (в следующую субботу), when they drove to the church for Benediction (когда они ехали в церковь на благословение; to drive — водитьмашину, ехать), Lou jangled her rosary (Лу бренчала своими: «ее» четками). Raymond pulled up outside the church (Раймонд остановился у церкви). "Look here, Lou (послушай, Лу)," he said, "do you want a baby in any case (ты хочешь ребенка при любых обстоятельствах: «в любом случае»)?" for he partly thought (так как он отчасти: «частично» думал, что) she was only putting the Black Madonna to the test (она только /хотела/ испытать /силу/ Черной Мадонны: «она только подвергала Черную Мадонну испытанию»; test — испытание, проверка) "Do you want a child (ты /действительно/ хочешь ребенка), after all these years (после всех этих лет)?"
This was a new thought to Lou (это была новая для Лу мысль). She considered her neat flat (она задумалась о своей аккуратной квартирке) and tidy routine (регулярной уборке; to tidy — прибирать, наводитьпорядок), the entertaining with her good coffee cups (приемы гостей и кофе из дорогих чашечек: «приемы гостей с ее хорошими кофейными чашками»; to entertain — приниматьгостей, развлекать), the weekly papers (еженедельные газеты; paper — бумага, документ, газета) and the library books (и книги из библиотеки), the tastes which they would not have been able to cultivate (привычки, которые они не могли бы развивать) had they had a family of children (если бы имели /семейство/ детей). She thought of (она подумала о) her nice young looks (ее приятной моложавой внешности; looks — наружность, внешнийвид) which everyone envied (которой все: «каждый» завидовали; to envy — завидовать), and her freedom of movement (и ее свободе передвижения).
jangle ['GxNg(q)l] routine [ru:'ti: n] entertaining ["entq'teInIN] envy ['envI]
"Look, Raymond," said Lou. "Read this."
They decided to put in for a baby to the Black Madonna.
The following Saturday, when they drove to the church for Benediction. Lou jangled her rosary. Raymond pulled up outside the church. "Look here. Lou," he said, "do you want a baby in any case?" for he partly thought she was only putting the Black Madonna to the test — "Do you want a child, after all these years?"
This was a new thought to Lou. She considered her neat flat and tidy routine, the entertaining with her good coffee cups, the weekly papers and the library books, the tastes which they would not have been able to cultivate had they had a family of children. She thought of her nice young looks which everyone envied, and her freedom of movement.
"Perhaps we should try (возможно
"We have to make some decisions for ourselves (мы должны принять: «сделать» некоторые решения для самих себя)," he said. "And to tell you the truth (и сказать тебе по правде) ifyou don't want a child, I don't (если ты не хочешь ребенка, /то и/ я не хочу)."
"There's no harm (нет никакого вреда; harm— ущерб, беда) in praying for one (в /наших/ молитвах о /ребенке/)," she said.
'"You have to be careful (ты должна быть осторожной; careful— внимательный, тщательный, осмотрительный) what you pray for (о чем ты молишься)," he said. "You mustn’t tempt Providence (ты не должна искушать судьбу; totempt— уговаривать, соблазнять,Providence— провидение, промысел Божий)."
She thought of her relatives (она подумала о своих родственниках), and Raymond's (и /родственниках/ Раймонда), all married with children (всех женатых и с детьми). She thought of her sister Elizabeth (она подумала о своей сестре Элизабет) with her eight (с ее восьмью /детьми/), and remembered that one (и вспомнила ту /малышку/) who cheeked up to the teachers (что дерзила учителям), so pretty and sulky and shabby (такую хорошенькую и надутую и в поношенной одежде), and she remembered the fact baby Francis (она вспомнила, как малыш Фрэнсис) sucking his dummy (сосет «его» пустышку) and clutching Elizabeth's bony neck (и крепко прижимается к худой: «костлявой» шее Элизабет; toclutch— схватить, стиснуть, ухватиться).
"I don't see why I shouldn't have a baby (я не вижу /причин/, почему я не должна иметь ребенка)," said Lou.
truth [tru: T] child [CaIld] providence ['prOvId(q)ns] sulky ['sAlkI] shabby ['SxbI]
"Perhaps we should try,'' she said. "God won't give us a child if we aren't meant to have one."
"We have to make some decisions for ourselves," he said. "And to tell you the truth if you don't want a child, I don't."
"There's no harm in praying for one," she said.
"You have to be careful what you pray for," he said. "You mustn't tempt Providence."
She thought of her relatives, and Raymond's, all married with children. She thought of her sister Elizabeth with her eight, and remembered that one who cheeked up to the teachers, so pretty and sulky and shabby, and she remembered the fact baby Francis sucking his dummy and clutching Elizabeth 's bony neck.