Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы
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They never talked of him (они никогда о нем не говорили). They would not even pass through the street in which he had lived (они даже не ходили по той улице, на которой он жил). Too kind to make his wife and children suffer for his misdeeds (/будучи/ слишком добрыми, чтобы заставить его жену и детей страдать за его злодеяния), they had supported them for years (они многие годы поддерживали их), but on the understanding that they should live in Europe (но на том условии, что они будут жить в Европе; understanding — понимание; условие). They did everything they could to blot out all recollection of Arnold Jackson (они делали все возможное, чтобы уничтожить все воспоминания об Арнольде Джексоне; to blot out — закрывать, заслонять; уничтожать, разрушать) and yet were conscious that the story was as fresh in the public mind (и в тоже время они понимали, что в /глазах/
recollection ["rekq'lekS(q)n], conscious ['kOnSqs], scandal [skxndl]
They never talked of him. They would not even pass through the street in which he had lived. Too kind to make his wife and children suffer for his misdeeds, they had supported them for years, but on the understanding that they should live in Europe. They did everything they could to blot out all recollection of Arnold Jackson and yet were conscious that the story was as fresh in the public mind as when first the scandal burst upon a gaping world.
Arnold Jackson was as black a sheep as any family could suffer from (Арнольд Джексон был такой паршивой овцой, от которой могла бы пострадать любая семья). A wealthy banker (состоятельный банкир), prominent in his church (/занимающий видное место/ в церкви; prominent — выступающий, торчащий; известный, выдающийся), a philanthropist (филантроп), a man respected by all (всеми уважаемый человек), not only for his connections (не только за его связи) (in his veins ran the blue blood of Chicago (в его жилах текла голубая кровь Чикаго)), but also for his upright character (но также за его честность: «честную репутацию»; upright — вертикальный; честный, справедливый), he was arrested one day on a charge of fraud (в один прекрасный день он был арестован по обвинению в мошенничестве); and the dishonesty which the trial brought to light (и обман, который обнаружил суд; dishonesty — нечестность; обман; trial — испытание, проба; судебное разбирательство, суд; to bring — приносить) was not of the sort which could be explained by a sudden temptation (был такого сорта, что не мог быть объяснен внезапным соблазном); it was deliberate and systematic (он был преднамеренным и систематическим). Arnold Jackson was a rogue (Арнольд Джексон оказался жуликом/мошенником). When he was sent to the penitentiary for seven years (когда его отправили в тюрьму на семь лет) there were few who did not think he had escaped lightly (все подумали: «было мало таких, кто не подумал», что он легко отделался; to escape — бежать/из заключения/;избежать/опасности/,отделаться).
wealthy ['welTI], philanthropist [fI'lxnTrqpIst], fraud [frO: d], dishonesty [dIs'OnIstI], rogue [rqVg], penitentiary ["penI'tenS(q)rI]
Arnold Jackson was as black a sheep as any family could suffer from. A wealthy banker, prominent in his church, a philanthropist, a man respected by all, not only for his connections (in his veins ran the blue blood of Chicago), but also for his upright character, he was arrested one day on a charge of fraud; and the dishonesty which the trial brought to light was not of the sort which could be explained by a sudden temptation; it was deliberate and systematic. Arnold Jackson was a rogue. When he was sent to the penitentiary for seven years there were few who did not think he had escaped lightly.
When at the end of this last evening the lovers separated (когда в конце этого последнего вечера влюбленные расстались) it was with many protestations of devotion (/то расставание сопровождалось/ множеством заверений в любви; devotion — преданность, приверженность; глубокая привязанность, любовь). Isabel, all tears, was consoled a little by her certainty of Edward's passionate love (Изабелла, вся в слезах, немного утешилась своей уверенностью в страстной любви Эдварда). It was a strange feeling that she had (она испытывала довольно странное чувство). It made her wretched to part from him (она была несчастной, расставаясь с ним) and yet she was happy because he adored her (и в то же время она была счастлива, потому что он обожал ее).
This was more than two years ago (это было более чем два года тому назад).
protestation ["prOtI'steIS(q)n], certainty ['sWtntI], wretched ['retSId]
When at the end of this last evening the lovers separated it was with many protestations of devotion. Isabel, all tears, was consoled a little by her certainty of Edward's passionate love. It was a strange feeling that she had. It made her wretched to part from him and yet she was happy because he adored her.
This was more than two years ago.
He had written to her by every mail since then (с
"I could not love thee,dear,so much(я не могла бы любить тебя, дорогой, так сильно),
Loved I not honour more (если б я не любила честь больше)."
humorous ['hju: m(q)rqs], desire [dI'zaIq], anxiously ['xNklqslI], persevere [pWsI'vIq], endurance [In'dju(q)rqns], quote [kwqut]
He had written to her by every mail since then, twenty-four letters in all, for the mail went but once a month, and his letters had been all that a lover's letters should be. They were intimate and charming, humorous sometimes, especially of late, and tender. At first they suggested that he was homesick, they were full of his desire to get back to Chicago and Isabel; and, a little anxiously, she wrote begging him to persevere. She was afraid that he might throw up his opportunity and come racing back. She did not want her lover to lack endurance and she quoted to him the lines:
"I could not love thee, dear, so much,
Loved I not honour more."
But presently he seemed to settle down (но постепенно он, казалось, успокоился; to settle down — поселяться; успокаиваться) and it made Isabel very happy to observe his growing enthusiasm (и Изабелла была очень счастлива, наблюдая его растущее воодушевленное желание) to introduce American methods into that forgotten corner of the world (ввести американские методы /работы/ в этом забытом уголке мира). But she knew him (но она его знала), and at the end of the year, which was the shortest time he could possibly stay in Tahiti (и к концу года, а это был самый короткий период времени, что он мог провести на Таити), she expected to have to use all her influence to dissuade him from coming home (она ожидала, что ей придется воспользоваться всем своим влиянием, чтобы отговорить его от возвращения домой). It was much better that he should learn the business thoroughly (было бы гораздо лучше, если бы он как следует изучил бизнес), and if they had been able to wait a year (и /к тому же/ если они смогли выдержать год) there seemed no reason why they should not wait another (казалось, не было никаких причин, почему бы им не подождать еще один).
enthusiasm [In'Tju: zIxz(q)m], method ['meTqd], forgotten [fq'gOtn], influence ['Influqns], thoroughly ['TArqlI]
But presently he seemed to settle down and it made Isabel very happy to observe his growing enthusiasm to introduce American methods into that forgotten corner of the world. But she knew him, and at the end of the year, which was the shortest time he could possibly stay in Tahiti, she expected to have to use all her influence to dissuade him from coming home. It was much better that he should learn the business thoroughly, and if they had been able to wait a year there seemed no reason why they should not wait another.