Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр
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mews [mju:z] chartered ['tSQ:tqd] enormous [I'nO:mqs] domino ['dOmInqV]
"Michael, why don't you let that flat in the mews to Tom? Now that he's passed his
exam and is a chartered accountant he can't go on living in a bed-sitting room."
"That's not a bad idea. I'll suggest it to him."
"It would save an agent's fees. We could help him to furnish it. We've got a lot of
stuff stored away. We might just as well let him use it moulder away in the attics."
Tom and Roger came back to eat an enormous tea and then played tennis till the
light failed. After dinner they played dominoes. Julia gave a beautiful performance
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of a still young mother fondly watching her son and his boy friend.
She went to bed early (она отправилась спать рано). Presently they too went
upstairs (тем временем они оба отправились наверх). Their rooms were just
over hers (их комнаты были как раз над ее). She heard Roger go into Tom's
room (она слышала, как Роджер отправился в комнату Тома). They began
talking (они начали разговаривать), her windows and theirs were open (ее окно
и их /окна/ были открыты), and she heard their voices in animated conversation
(и она слышала их голоса в оживленном разговоре). She wondered with
exasperation (она думала с раздражением) what they found to say to one another
(что же они могли: «находили» сказать друг другу). She had never found either
of them very talkative (она никогда не считала ни одного из них
разговорчивыми). After a while Michael's voice interrupted them (немного
погодя их прервал голос Майкла) .
"Now then, you kids, you go to bed (эй, сейчас же, вы мальчишки, идите спать).
You can go on talking tomorrow (вы сможете продолжить разговор завтра)."
She heard them laugh (она услышала, как они смеются).
"All right, daddy (хорошо, папочка)," cried Roger (закричал Роджер).
"A pair of damned chatterboxes (парочка балаболок, черт возьми; chatterbox —
болтунья, пустомеля), that's what you are (вот кто вы такие)."
She heard Roger's voice again (она снова услышала голос Роджера).
"Well, good night, old boy (ну, спокойной ночи, старик)."
And Tom's hearty answer (и сердечный ответ Тома): "So long, old man (пока,
старик)."
"Idiots (идиоты)!" she said to herself crossly (сказала она про себя
раздраженно).
upstairs ["Ap'steqz] exasperation [Ig'zQ:spe'reIS(q)n] animated ['xnImeItId]
She went to bed early. Presently they too went upstairs. Their rooms were just over
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hers. She heard Roger go into Tom's room. They began talking, her windows and
theirs were open, and she heard their voices in animated conversation. She
wondered with exasperation what they found to say to one another. She had never
found either of them very talkative. After a while Michael's voice interrupted them.
"Now then, you kids, you go to bed. You can go on talking tomorrow."
She heard them laugh.
"All right, daddy," cried Roger.
"A pair of damned chatterboxes, that's what you are."
She heard Roger's voice again.
"Well, good night, old boy."
And Tom's hearty answer: "So long, old man."
"Idiots!" she said to herself crossly.
Next morning while she was having her breakfast (на следующее утро, пока она
завтракала) Michael came into Julia's room (Майкл пришел в комнату
Джулии).
"The boys have gone off to play golf at Huntercombe (мальчики уехали играть в
гольф в Хантерком). They want to play a couple of rounds (они хотят сыграть
пару раундов) and they asked if they need come back to lunch (и они спросили,
нужно ли им возвращаться к ланчу). I told them that was quite all right (я сказал
им, что не надо: «что все в порядке»)."
"I don't know that I particularly like the idea (не знаю, что мне очень-то
нравится то: «идея») of Tom treating the house as if it was a hotel (что Том
пользуется /нашим/ домом, как гостиницей)."
"Oh, my dear, they're only a couple of kids (о, моя дорогая, они всего лишь пара
мальчишек). Let them have all the fun they can get (пусть они повеселятся на
всю катушку: «пусть они получат все веселье, которое они могут получить»),
I say (знаешь ли)."
She would not see Tom at all that day (/это означало, что/ она вовсе не увидит
Тома в этот день), for she had to start for London between five and six (так как
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