Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
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curiosity ["kju(q)rI'OsItI] trustee [trA'sti:] prohibition ["prquhI'bIS(q)n]
A great curiosity came to the trustee, to disregard the prohibition, and dive at once to the bottom of these mysteries; but professional honour and faith to his dead friend were stringent obligations; and the packet slept in the inmost corner of his private safe.
It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it (но одно дело — смирять любопытство, другое — обуздать его = вовсе избавиться от него; to conquer — завоевывать; преодолевать; to mortify — умерщвлять /плоть/; подавлять /страсти, чувства и т. п./); and it may be doubted if, from that day forth (и
mortify ['mO:tIfaI] conquer ['kONkq] doubt [daut] disquiet [dIs'kwaIqt] inscrutable [In'skru:tqb(q)l] recluse [rI'klu:s]
It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it; and it may be doubted if, from that day forth, Utterson desired the society of his surviving friend with the same eagerness. He thought of him kindly; but his thoughts were disquieted and fearful. He went to call indeed; but he was perhaps relieved to be denied admittance; perhaps, in his heart, he preferred to speak with Poole upon the doorstep, and surrounded by the air and sounds of the open city, rather than to be admitted into that house of voluntary bondage, and to sit and speak with its inscrutable recluse.
Poole had, indeed, no very pleasant news to communicate (на самом деле, Пул не мог сообщить ему ничего приятного: «имел не очень приятные новости, чтобы сообщить»). The doctor, it appeared now more than ever (доктор, это проявлялось теперь чаще, чем когда-либо) confined himself to the cabinet over the laboratory (запирался в кабинете над лабораторией; toconfine— ограничивать; заточать, держать взаперти), where he would sometimes even sleep (где он даже иногда ночевал); he was out of spirits (он был не в духе), he had grown very silent (он стал очень молчалив), he did not read (он ничего не читал); it seemed as if he had something on his mind (казалось, что он что-то задумал). Utterson became so used to the unvarying character of these reports (Аттерсон настолько привык к неизменному характеру этих сообщений), that he fell off little by little in the frequency of his visits (что постепенно он стал приходить все реже и реже; tofalloff— отпадать; уменьшаться; frequency— частотность; повторяемость; frequent — частый; часто встречающийся, повторяющийся).
unvarying [An've(q)rIN] character ['kxrIktq] frequency ['fri:kwqnsI]
Poole had, indeed, no very pleasant news to communicate. The doctor, it appeared now more than ever confined himself to the cabinet over the laboratory, where he would sometimes even sleep; he was out of spirits, he had grown very silent, he did not read; it seemed as if he had something on his mind. Utterson became so used to the unvarying character of these reports, that he fell off little by little in the frequency of his visits.
VII. INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW
(Случай = эпизод
IT CHANCED on Sunday, when Mr. Utterson was on his usual walk with Mr. Enfield (в воскресенье, когда мистер Аттерсон, как обычно, прогуливался с мистером Энфилдом, случилось так), that their way lay once again through the by-street (что их путь снова пролегал по той самой улочке); and that when they came in front of the door (и когда оба они поравнялись с: «прошли перед» той самой дверью), both stopped to gaze on it (они оба остановились, чтобы взглянуть на нее).
"Well," said Enfield, "that story's at an end, at least (во всяком случае, история та подошла к концу). We shall never see more of Mr. Hyde (мы больше никогда не увидим мистера Хайда)."
"I hope not (надеюсь, что так)," said Utterson. "Did I ever tell you that I once saw him (а я вам рассказывал, что однажды я видел его), and shared your feeling of repulsion (и испытал то же самое чувство отвращения, что и вы; toshare— делить; разделять /чувства, мнения и т. п./, сопереживать)?"
chance [tSQ:ns] share [Seq] repulsion [rI'pAlS(q)n]
IT CHANCED on Sunday, when Mr. Utterson was on his usual walk with Mr. Enfield, that their way lay once again through the by-street; and that when they came in front of the door, both stopped to gaze on it.
"Well," said Enfield, "that story's at an end, at least. We shall never see more of Mr. Hyde."
"I hope not," said Utterson. "Did I ever tell you that I once saw him, and shared your feeling of repulsion?"
"It was impossible to do the one without the other (невозможно было увидеть его и не испытать отвращения: «невозможно было сделать одно без второго»)," returned Enfield. "And, by the way, what an ass you must have thought me (и кстати, каким же глупцом вы, должно быть, сочли меня; ass — осел; глупец, тупица), not to know that this was a back way to Dr. Jekyll's (что я не узнал, что это черный вход в дом доктора Джекила)! It was partly your own fault that I found it out, even when I did (это была частично ваша вина, что я это выяснил, даже если я сделал /это/ = собственно, если бы не вы, я бы этого по-прежнему не знал; tofindout— разузнать; раскрыть /тайну/)."
"So you found it out, did you (так вы это разузнали)?" said Utterson. "But if that be so, we may step into the court (но если это так, мы можем зайти во двор) and take a look at the windows (и взглянуть на окна). To tell you the truth, I am uneasy about poor Jekyll (сказать вам по правде, я встревожен из-за бедняги Джекила); and even outside (пусть даже и снаружи /его дома/), I feel as if the presence of a friend might do him good (я чувствую так, словно присутствие друга может принести ему пользу; good — добро; польза)."
fault [fO:lt] truth [tru:T] presence ['prez(q)ns]
"It was impossible to do the one without the other," returned Enfield. "And, by the way, what an ass you must have thought me, not to know that this was a back way to Dr. Jekyll's! It was partly your own fault that I found it out, even when I did."
"So you found it out, did you?" said Utterson. "But if that be so, we may step into the court and take a look at the windows. To tell you the truth, I am uneasy about poor Jekyll; and even outside, I feel as if the presence of a friend might do him good."