Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham: Stories

He knew how the work of the station should be done (он знал как следует вести: «делать» работу резиденции), and during the next few days he kept a suspicious eye on his assistant (и в следующие несколько дней он с недоверием наблюдал за своим помощником; to keep an eye on smth. — наблюдать зачем-либо). He saw very soon that he was painstaking and competent (очень скоро он увидел, что тот был старательным и компетентным). The only fault he had to find with him was that he was brusque with the natives (единственным недостатком, который он нашел в нем, было его грубое отношение к туземцам: «было то, что он был груб с туземцами»).

spruce [spru: s], profound [prq`faund], brusque [bru: sk]

But these emotions he kept hidden from the eyes of men; and no one, seeing this spruce, stout, well-set-up man, with his clean-shaven strong face and his whitening hair, would have dreamed that he cherished so profound a sentiment.

He knew how the work of the station should be done, and during the next few days he kept a suspicious eye on his assistant. He saw very soon that he was painstaking and competent. The only fault he had to find with him was that he was brusque with the natives.

"The Malays are shy and very sensitive (малайцы робкие и очень чувствительные)," he said to him (сказал он ему /Куперу/). "I think you will find that you will get much better results (я уверен: «думаю», вы обнаружите, что получите = достигнете намного лучших результатов) if you take care always to be polite, patient and kindly (если позаботитесь о том, чтобы всегда быть вежливым, терпеливым и добрым)."

Cooper gave a short, grating laugh (/в ответ/ Купер коротко, резко рассмеялся; to give a laugh — рассмеяться; grating — скрежещущий, резкий, режущий /о звуке/; скрипучий /о голосе/).

" I was born in Barbados and I was in Africa in the war (я родился на Барбадосе и воевал в Африке: «был в Африке на войне»). I don`t think there`s much about niggers that I don`t know (не думайте, что существует еще что-то: «многое», чего я не знаю о неграх)."

"I know nothing (я /о них/ не знаю ничего)," said Mr. Warburton acidly (сказал мистер Уорбертон с раздражением). "But we were not talking of them (но мы говорили не о них). We were talking of Malays (мы говорили о малайцах)."

"Aren`t they niggers (разве они не негры)?"

"You are very ignorant (вы очень невежественны)," replied Mr. Warburton (сказал мистер Уорбертон).

He said no more (он больше ничего не сказал).

result [rI`zAlt], patient [peISnt], laugh [lQ: f], acidly [`жsIdlI], ignorant [`Ignqrqnt]

"The Malays are shy and very sensitive," he said to him. "I think you will find that you will get much better results if you take care always to be polite, patient and kindly."

Cooper gave a short, grating laugh.

"I was born in Barbados and I was in Africa in the war. I don`t think there`s much about niggers that I don`t know."

"I know nothing," said Mr. Warburton acidly. "But we were not talking of them. We were talking of Malays."

"Aren`t they niggers?"

"You are very ignorant," replied Mr. Warburton.

He said no more.