Английский язык с Р. Л. Стивенсоном. Странная история доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда
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enigma [I'nIgmq] inexplicable ["InIk'splIkqb(q)l] transcendental ["trxnsen'dentl] superior [s(j)u:'pI(q)rIq]
"Sir," said I, affecting a coolness that I was far from truly possessing, "you speak enigmas, and you will perhaps not wonder that I hear you with no very strong impression of belief. But I have gone too far in the way of inexplicable services to pause before I see the end."
"It is well," replied my visitor. "Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to the most narrow and material views, you who have denied the virtue of transcendental medicine, you who have derided your superiors — behold!"
He put the glass to his lips (он поднес стакан к губам), and drank at one gulp (и выпил /содержимое/ залпом; gulp — глотание; заглатывание; большой глоток
inject [In'dZekt] gasping ['gQ:spIN] feature ['fi:tSq] submerged [sqb'mq:dZd]
He put the glass to his lips, and drank at one gulp. A cry followed; he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on, staring with injected eyes, gasping with open mouth; and as I looked, there came, I thought, a change — he seemed to swell — his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter — and the next moment I had sprung to my feet and leaped back against the wall, my arm raised to shield me from that prodigy, my mind submerged in terror.
"O God (Боже мой)!" I screamed (пронзительно закричал я), and "O God!" again and again (/и продолжал твердить/ снова и снова); for there before my eyes (так как перед моим взором) — pale and shaken (бледный и дрожащий), and half fainting (и едва не падающий в обморок), and groping before him with his hands (и шарящий руками перед собой), like a man restored from death (словно человек, воскресший из мертвых: «возвращенный из смерти»; to restore — возвращать, отдаватьобратно) — there stood Henry Jekyll (стоял Генри Джекил)!
What he told me in the next hour (то, что он рассказал мне за следующий час) I cannot bring my mind to set on paper (я не могу решиться доверить бумаге; to bring smb. to do smth. — заставлять, убеждать). I saw what I saw (я видел то, что видел), I heard what I heard (и слышал то, что слышал), and my soul sickened at it (и душа моя изнемогала от этого; to sicken — заболевать; испытыватьотвращение, изнывать); and yet, now when that sight has faded from my eyes (а теперь, когда этот вид постепенно сгладился перед моим взором) I ask myself if I believe it (я спрашиваю себя — верю ли я в это сам), and I cannot answer (и не могу ответить). My life is shaken to its roots (моя жизнь потрясена до самого основания: «до ее корней»; root — корень; основание); sleep has left me (сон покинул меня; to leave); the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night (невыносимый смертельный ужас стережет меня каждый час дня и ночи; to sit — сидеть; находиться, стоять); I feel that my days are numbered (я чувствую, что дни мои сочтены), and that I must die (и что я должен умереть); and yet I shall die incredulous (и все же, я умру неверящим /в это/).
sicken ['sIkqn] sight [saIt] incredulous [In'kredjulqs]
"O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again; for there before my eyes — pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored from death — there stood Henry Jekyll!
What he told me in the next hour I cannot bring my mind to set on paper. I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet, now when that sight has faded from my eyes I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer. My life is shaken to its roots; sleep has left me; the deadliest terror sits by me at all hours of the day and night; I feel that my days are numbered, and that I must die; and yet I shall die incredulous.
As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me (что
HASTIE LANYON.
turpitude ['tq:pItju:d] unveil ["An'veIl] penitence ['penIt(q)ns]
As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror. I will say but one thing, Utterson, and that (if you can bring your mind to credit it) will be more than enough. The creature who crept into my house that night was, on Jekyll's own confession, known by the name of Hyde and hunted in every corner of the land as the murderer of Carew.
HASTIE LANYON.
X. HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
(Исчерпывающие объяснения Генри Джекила)
I WAS BORN in the year 18__ to a large fortune (я родился в 18___ году, наследником большого состояния), endowed besides with excellent parts (наделеным, кроме того, превосходными = блестящими способностями; toendow— материально обеспечивать; одарять, наделять; part— часть, доля; уст. способности), inclined by nature to industry (склонным от природы к трудолюбию), fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow-men (высоко ценящим уважение мудрых и добродетельных людей среди моих ближних; fond— любящий; good— хороший; благородный), and thus, as might have been supposed (и таким образом, как можно было бы предположить), with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future (со всяческой гарантией благородного и выдающеегося будущего; honour— честь; todistinguish— различить; отличать). And indeed, the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition (и в самом деле, худшим из моих недостатков была страстная: «нетерпеливая» веселость нрава; impatient— нетерпеливый; ожидающий с нетерпением; disposition— характер, нрав; склонность), such as has made the happiness of many (та, что составила счастье многих), but such as I found it hard to reconcile (но которую для меня оказалось тяжело примирить) with my imperious desire to carry my head high (с моим настоятельным желанием держать голову высоко; imperious— властный; настоятельный, насущный; tocarry— нести), and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public (и носить более чем обычно серьезное лицо перед обществом = и представляться обществу человеком необыкновенно серьезным/степенным; towear— носить /чаще об одежде/; commonly— обычно, обыкновенно; countenance — выражение /лица, глаз; чаще мирное, спокойное/; уст. стиль поведения, манера держать себя).
endowed [In'daud] guarantee ["gxrqn'ti:] gaiety ['geIqtI] imperious [Im'pI(q)rIqs]
I WAS BORN in the year 18__ to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts, inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow-men, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an honourable and distinguished future. And indeed, the worst of my faults was a certain impatient gaiety of disposition, such as has made the happiness of many, but such as I found it hard to reconcile with my imperious desire to carry my head high, and wear a more than commonly grave countenance before the public.