Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. Театр

("I can stick it out now. It'll be different when we're back in London again. I

mustn't show how miserable I am. I must pretend it's all right.")

"A snip having this spell of fine weather," said Michael. "Tom's been a success,

hasn't he? Pity he can't stay another week."

"Yes, a terrible pity."

"I think he's a nice friend for Roger to have. A thoroughly normal, clean-minded

English boy."

"Oh, thoroughly." ("Bloody fool, bloody fool").

"To see the way they eat is a fair treat (смотреть, как они едят — это чистой

/воды/ удовольствие)."

"Yes, they seem to have enjoyed their food (да, они, кажется, едят с аппетитом:

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«получают удовольствие от еды»)." ("My God, I wish it could have choked them

(мой Бог, как бы мне хотелось, чтобы они подавились ей /едой/: «чтобы она

задушила их»; to choke — душить, задыхаться)."

Tom was to go up to town by an early train on Monday morning (Том должен

был уезжать в город утренним: «ранним» поездом в понедельник /утром/).

The Dexters, who had a house at Bourne End (супруги Декстеры, у которых был

дом в Борн-энде), had asked them all to lunch on Sunday (пригласили их всех к

ланчу в воскресенье). They were to go down, in the launch (они собирались

поехать к ним на моторной лодке). Now that Tom's holiday was nearly over

(теперь, когда отпуск Тома был уже почти закончен) Julia was glad that she

had never (что она ни разу: «никогда») by so much as a lifted eyebrow (кроме

как поднятием брови) betrayed her irritation (не выдала своего раздражения).

She was certain (она была уверенна) that he had no notion (что он и понятия не

имел) how deeply he had wounded her (как глубоко он задел ее: «ранил ее»).

After all she must be tolerant (в конце концов, ей следует быть

снисходительной), he was only a boy (он всего лишь юноша), and if you must

cross your t's (и если уж расставить все точки над «i»; to cross one's t's and dot

one's i's —перечеркиватьбукву «t»иставитьточкунад «i», т.е.

быть

скурпулезным, педантично точным), she was old enough to be his mother (она

была достаточно стара, что могла бы быть его матерью).

choke [tSqVk] irritation ["IrI'teIS(q)n] wounded ['wu:ndId]

"To see the way they eat is a fair treat."

"Yes, they seem to have enjoyed their food." ("My God, I wish it could have

choked them.")

Tom was to go up to town by an early train on Monday morning. The Dexters, who

had a house at Bourne End, had asked them all to lunch on Sunday. They were to

go down, in the launch. Now that Tom's holiday was nearly over Julia was glad

that she had never by so much as a lifted eyebrow betrayed her irritation. She was

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certain that he had no notion how deeply he had wounded her. After all she must

be tolerant, he was only a boy, and if you must cross your t's, she was old enough

to be his mother.

It was a bore that she had a thing about him (как досадно, что она помешалась

на нем; to have a thing about smb — боготворить кого-либо), but there it was

(но так оно и было), she couldn't help it (она ничего не могла поделать с этим);

she had told herself from the beginning (она сказала себе с самого начала) that

she must never let him feel (что она не должна дать ему почувствовать) that she

had any claims on him (что она имеет на него виды: «притязания»). No one was

coming to dinner on Sunday (к воскресному обеду /они/ никого не приглашали:

«никто не приезжал к обеду в воскресенье»). She would have liked to have Tom

to herself on his last evening (она бы с удовольствием провела время наедине с

Томом в его последний вечер); that was impossible (это было невозможно), but

at all events they could go for a stroll by themselves in the garden (но, в любом

случае, они могли бы отправиться вдвоем на прогулку по саду).

"I wonder if he's noticed (интересно, заметил ли он) that he hasn't kissed me

since he came here (что он /ни разу/ не поцеловал меня, с того самого

момента, как приехал сюда)?"

They might go out in the punt (они могли бы отправиться /покататься/ на

ялике). It would be heavenly (было бы просто изумительно) to lie in his arms

for a few minutes (полежать в его объятиях несколько минут); it would make

up for everything (это компенсировало бы все; to make up for smth —

наверстать, заменить).

impossible [Im'pOsqb(q)l] minute ['mInIt] everything ['evrITIN]

It was a bore that she had a thing about him, but there it was, she couldn't help it;

she had told herself from the beginning that she must never let him feel that she

had any claims on him. No one was coming to dinner on Sunday. She would have

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