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

costume ['kOstjum], convenient [kqn'vi: nIqnt], inexpensive ["InIk'spensIv], whitewash ['waItwOS], ceiling ['si: lIN]

"It's a comfort to get into a pareo when one gets back from town," said Jackson. "If you were going to stay here I should strongly recommend you to adopt it. It's one of the most sensible costumes I have ever come across. It's cool, convenient, and inexpensive."

They walked up to the house, and Jackson took them into a large room with white-washed walls and an open ceiling in which a table was laid for dinner. Bateman noticed that it was set for five.

"Eva, come and show yourself to Teddie's friend and then shake us a cocktail," called Jackson.

Then he led Bateman to a long low window (после чего повел Бейтмана к длинному низкому окну).

"Look at that (взгляните на это)," he said, with a dramatic gesture (сказал он, /сопроводив свои слова/ эффектным жестом). "Look well (хорошенько взгляните)."

Below them coconut trees tumbled down steeply to the lagoon (перед ними: «под ними» кокосовые пальмы спускались по крутому холму: «круто» к лагуне; to tumble down— свалиться, упасть; сбегать, опускаться), and the lagoon in the evening light had the colour, tender and varied of a dove's breast (и лагуна при вечернем свете переливалась нежным разноцветьем голубиного оперенья: «голубиной груди»). On a creek, at a little distance, were the clustered huts of a native village (в небольшом заливе, невдалеке: «на небольшом расстоянии», стояли близко расположенные хижины местного поселения; to cluster— расти пучками, гроздьями; собираться группами, толпиться, тесниться), and towards the reef was a canoe, sharply silhouetted (и ближе к рифу находилось каноэ, четко очерченное /на фоне моря/), in which were a couple of natives fishing (с которого рыбачили двое туземцев). Then, beyond, you saw the vast calmness of the Pacific (а дальше можно было увидеть обширное спокойствие Тихого океана; beyond — далеко, вдали; на расстоянии; за пределами) and twenty miles away, airy and unsubstantial like the fabric of a poet's fancy (и на расстоянии в двадцать миль, воздушный и бестелесный, словно результат воображения поэта), the unimaginable beauty of the island which is called Urea (/можно было увидеть/ остров невообразимой красоты под названием Муре).

dramatic [drumstick], gesture ['dZestSq], varied ['ve(q)rId], breast [brest], canoe [kq'nu: ], silhouette ["sIlu:'et], Pacific Ocean [pq'sIfIk'quS(q)n], unsubstantial ["Ansqb'stxnS(q)l], fabric ['fxbrIk], unimaginable ["AnI'mxdZInqb(q)l]

Then he led Bateman to a long low window.

"Look at that," he said, with a dramatic gesture. "Look well."

Below them coconut trees tumbled down steeply to the lagoon, and the lagoon in the evening light had the colour, tender and varied of a dove's breast. On a creek, at a little distance, were the clustered huts of a native village, and towards the reef was a canoe, sharply silhouetted, in which were a couple of natives fishing. Then, beyond, you saw the vast calmness of the Pacific and twenty miles away, airy and unsubstantial like the fabric of a poet's fancy, the unimaginable beauty of the island which is called Urea.

It was all so lovely that Bateman stood abashed (все это = эти виды были настолько прекрасны, что Бейтман был в растерянности; abashed — сконфуженный, смешавшийся, смущенный; to feel/be/stand abashed — смешаться, растеряться).