Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр
Шрифт:
(Джулия часто ходила на /дневные/ приемы) he was fond of giving at his house
in Hill Street (которые он любил давать в своем доме на Хилл-стрит). At the
bottom of her heart (в самой глубине своего сердца; bottom — нижняя часть,
основа, суть) she had a profound contempt (она испытывала глубочайшее
презрение) for the great ladies and the noble lords (к благородным дамам и
знатным господам) she met there (/которых/ она встречала там), because she
was a working woman and an artist (потому,
женщиной и актрисой/человеком искусства), but she knew the connexion was
useful (но она знала, что эта связь была очень полезна). It enabled them (она
/связь/ позволила им) to have first nights at the Siddons (иметь такие премьеры
в Сиддонс-театре) which the papers described as brilliant (которые газеты
называли: «описывали как» блестящими), and when she was photographed at
week-end parties (и когда она фотографировалась на воскресных приемах)
among a number of aristocratic persons (среди /значительного/ числа
аристократов: «знатных персон») she knew that it was good publicity (она
знала, что это была очень хорошая реклама).
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marquess ['mQ:kwIs] heiress ['eqrIs, 'eqres] profound [prq'faVnd]
connexion [kq'nekS(q)n]
NEXT day Julia had luncheon with Charles Tamerley. His father, the
Marquess of Dennorant, had married an heiress and he had inherited a
considerable fortune. Julia often went to the luncheon parties he was fond of
giving at his house in Hill Street. At the bottom of her heart she had a
profound contempt for the great ladies and the noble lords she met there,
because she was a working woman and an artist, but she knew the connexion
was useful. It enabled them to have first nights at the Siddons, which the
papers described as brilliant, and when she was photographed at week-end
parties among a number of aristocratic persons she knew that it was good
publicity.
There were one or two leading ladies (была еще пара: «одна или две» известных
актрис: «актрис на первые роли»), younger than she (/которые/ были моложе
ее), who did not like her any better (которые ее не любили еще больше) because
she called at least two duchesses (из-за
двух герцогинь) by their first names (по имени: first name — имя, в отличие от
фамилии). This caused her no regret (но это не огорчало ее: «не причиняло
огорчений»; regret — сожаление, раскаяние). Julia was not a brilliant
conversationalist (Джулия не была блестящим собеседником), but her eyes were
so bright (но ее глаза сияли), her manner so intelligent (ее манеры были такими
умными), that once she had learnt the language of society (что, /после того как/
однажды она выучила язык общества) she passed for a very amusing woman (ее
принимали за очень занимательную собеседницу /женщину/; to pass for smb.
— сойти за кого-либо, слыть кем-либо). She had a great gift of mimicry (она
обладала прекрасным даром подражания: «имитирования, мимикрии»), which
ordinarily she kept in check (который она обычно сдерживала; check —
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препятствие, задержка) thinking it was bad for her acting (думая, что это не
идет на пользу: «вредно» для ее актерской игры), but in these circles (но в этих
кругах) she turned it to good account (она извлекала из него пользу; to turn
smth. to (good) account — обратить что-либо в свою пользу, account — зд.
выгода, польза) and by means of it (и с его помощью) acquired the reputation of
a wit (приобрела репутации острослова; wit — ум, острословие).
duchesse [dju:'Ses] conversationalist ["kOnvq'seIS(q)nqlIst]
language ['lxNgwIdZ] mimicry ['mImIkrI] ordinarily ['O:d(q)n(q)rIlI]
There were one or two leading ladies, younger than she, who did not like her
any better because she called at least two duchesses by their first names. This
caused her no regret. Julia was not a brilliant conversationalist, but her eyes
were so bright, her manner so intelligent, that once she had learnt the