Английский язык с Мюриэль Спарк. Рассказы

occasion [q'keIZ(q)n] attendance [q'tendqns] solemn ['sOlqm] tongue [tAN]

Sometimes as occasion arises on a Saturday morning, my friend Kathleen, who is a Catholic, has a Mass said for my soul, and then I am in attendance as it were at the church. But most Saturdays I take my delight among the solemn crowds with their aimless purposes, their enternallife not far away, who push past the counters and stalls, who handle, buy,steal, touch, desire, and ogle the merchandise. I hearthe tinkling tills, I hear the jangle of loose changeand tongues and children wanting to hold and have.

That is how (вот так) I came to be (я оказалась) in the Portobello Road (на Портобелло Роуд) that Saturday morning when I saw George and Kathleen (тем субботним утром, когда я увидела Джорджа и Кэтлин). I would not have spoken (я бы не заговорила) had I not been inspired to it (если бы я не была вдохновлена сделать это). Indeed (в самом деле) it's one of the things (это одна из вещей) I can't do now (которые я не могу делать сейчас) — to speak out (высказываться), unless inspired (до тех пор, пока на тебя не сошло вдохновение). And, most extraordinary (и, что еще более удивительно), on that morning as I spoke (в то утро, что я говорила), a degree of visibility set in (некая степень видимости также присутствовала). I suppose (я полагаю) from poor George's point of view (с точки зрения бедного Джорджа; from one’s point of view) it was like seeing a ghost (это было, как увидеть приведение) when he saw me (когда он увидел меня) standing by the fruit barrow (стоящую у тележки с фруктами) repeating in so friendly a manner (повторяющей, в такой дружеской манере), "Hallo, George!" (Привет, Джордж!).

inspired [In'spaIqd] extraordinary [Ik'strO: d(q)n(q)rI] visibility ["vIzq'bIlItI]

ghost [gqVst]

That is how I came to be in the Portobello Roadthat Saturday morning when I saw George andKathleen. I would not have spoken had I not beeninspired to it. Indeed it's one of the things I can't do now — to speak out, unless inspired. And, mostextraordinary, on that morning as I spoke, a degree ofvisibility set in. I suppose from poor George's point of view it was like seeing a ghost when he saw me standing by the fruit barrow repeating in so friendly a manner, "Hallo, George!"