mouth [mauT], flush [flAS], over ['quvq]
Mr Kelada stopped with his mouth open. He flushed deeply. You could almost see the effort he was making over himself.
"I was mistaken (я ошибался)," he said. "It`s a very good imitation (это очень хорошая имитация), but of course as soon as I looked through my glass (но, разумеется, как только я посмотрел через мое стекло) I saw that it wasn`t real (я увидел, что оно было не настоящее). I think eighteen dollars (я думаю, восемнадцать долларов) is just about as much as the damned thing`s worth (как раз около того, сколько эта дурацкая вещица =
course [kLs], through [TrH], saw [sL]
"I was mistaken," he said. "It`s a very good imitation, but of course as soon as I looked through my glass I saw that it wasn`t real. I think eighteen dollars is just about as much as the damned thing`s worth."
He took out his pocket book (он вынул свой бумажник) and from it a hundred-dollar bill (и из него сто долларовую банкноту:
pocket ['pOkIt], without [wI'Daut], word [wWd]
He took out his pocket book and from it a hundred-dollar bill. He handed it to Ramsay without a word.
"Perhaps (возможно) that`ll teach you not to be so cocksure another time (это научит вас не быть столь самоуверенным в другой раз), my young friend (мой юный друг)," said Ramsay as he took the note (сказал Рэмзи, беря банкноту).
I noticed that Mr Kelada`s hands were trembling (я заметил, что руки мистера Келада дрожали: «были дрожащими»).
perhaps [pq'hxps], cocksure ["kOk'Suq], another [q'nADq]
"Perhaps that`ll teach you not to be so cocksure another time, my young friend," said Ramsay as he took the note.
I noticed that Mr Kelada`s hands were trembling.
The story spread over the ship as stories do (эта история распространилась по всему кораблю, как истории делают = как обычно бывает), and he had to put up with (и он вынужден был претерпеть) a good deal of chaff that evening (большое количество =
spread [spred], caught [kLt], retired [rI'taIqd], headache ['hedeIk]
The story spread over the ship as stories do, and he had to put up with a good deal of chaff that evening. It was a fine joke that Mr Know-All had been caught out. But Mrs Ramsay retired to her state-room with a headache.
Next morning I got up and began to shave (на следующее утро я встал и начал бриться). Mr Kelada lay on his bed smoking a cigarette (мистер Келада лежал на своей постели, куря сигарету). Suddenly there was a small scraping sound (вдруг там был =
cigarette ["sIgq'ret], suddenly ['sAdnlI], written ['rItn]
Next morning I got up and began to shave. Mr Kelada lay on his bed smoking a cigarette. Suddenly there was a small scraping sound and I saw a letter pushed under the door. I opened the door and looked out. There was nobody there. I picked up the letter and saw that it was addressed to Max Kelada. The name was written in block letters. I handed it to him.
"Who`s this from (от кого это)?" He opened it (он открыл его). "Oh!"
He took out of the envelope (он вынул из конверта), not a letter (не письмо), but a hundred-dollar bill (а стодолларовую банкноту). He looked at me (он посмотрел на меня) and again he reddened (и снова покраснел). He tore the envelope into little bits (он разорвал конверт на мелкие кусочки) and gave them to me (и дал их мне).
"Do you mind (вас не затруднит: «вы не возражаете») just throwing them out of the porthole (только выбросить их в иллюминатор)?" I did as he asked (я сделал, как он просил), and then I looked at him with a smile (и потом взглянул на него с улыбкой).
envelope ['envqlqup], again [q'gen], tore [tL], porthole ['pLthqul]
"Who`s this from?" He opened it. "Oh!"
He took out of the envelope, not a letter, but a hundred-dollar bill. He looked at me and again he reddened. He tore the envelope into little bits and gave them to me.
"Do you mind just throwing them out of the porthole?" I did as he asked, and then I looked at him with a smile.
"No one likes (никому не нравится) being made to look a perfect damned fool (быть выставленным: «быть сделанным выглядеть» полным дураком)," he said.
"Were the pearls real (жемчуг был настоящим)?"
"If I had a pretty little wife (если бы у меня была прелестная юная жена:
At that moment (в тот момент) I did not entirely dislike Mr Kelada (я не испытывал всецело неприязнь к мистеру Келада). He reached out for his pocket book (он достал свой бумажник) and carefully put in it the hundred-dollar note (и аккуратно положил в него стодолларовую банкноту).
perfect ['pWfIkt], year [jW], entirely [In'taIqlI]
"No one likes being made to look a perfect damned fool," he said.
"Were the pearls real?"
"If I had a pretty little wife I shouldn`t let her spend a year in New York while I stayed at Kobe," said he.
At that moment I did not entirely dislike Mr Kelada. He reached out for his pocket book and carefully put in it the hundred-dollar note.
A Man with a Conscience
(Человек, у которого есть совесть)
St. Laurent de Maroni is a pretty little place (Сент-Лорен де Марони — прелестное маленькое местечко
grateful [ogreish(q)l], though [Dqu], coat [kqut]
St. Laurent de Maroni is a pretty little place. It is neat and clean. It has an Hotel de Ville and a Calais de Justice of which many a town in France would be proud. The streets are wide, and the fine trees that border them give a grateful shade. The houses look as though they had just had a coat of paint.
Many of them nestle in little gardens (многие из них уютно устроились среди маленьких садиков), and in the gardens are palm trees and flame of the forest (а в садах растут пальмы и огненные деревья;
nestle ['nes(q)l], variety [vq'raIqtI], bougainvillaea ["bu: gqn'vIlIq], profusely [prq'fju: slI], hibiscus [h(a)I'bIskqs], gorgeous ['gO: dZqs], negligence ['neglIdZ(q)ns]
Many of them nestle in little gardens, and in the gardens are palm trees and flame of the forest, cannas flaunt their bright colours and crotons their variety; the bougainvillaeas, purple or red, riot profusely, and the elegant hibiscus offers its gorgeous flowers with a negligence that seems almost affected.
St. Laurent de Maroni is the center of the French penal settlements of Guiana (Сент-Лорен де Марони — это центр французских колоний для каторжников в Гвиане;
penal [pi: nl], quay [ki: ], prison ['prIz(q)n], tropical ['trOpIk(q)l], residence ['rezId(q)ns], official [q'fIS(q)l], convict ['kOnvIkt]
St. Laurent de Maroni is the center of the French penal settlements of Guiana, and a hundred yards from the quay at which you land is the great gateway of the prison camp. These pretty little houses in their tropical gardens are the residence of the prison officials, and if the streets are neat and clean it is because there is no lack of convicts to keep them so.
One day, walking with a casual acquaintance, I came upon a young man (как-то раз, прогуливаясь со случайным =
"Why are you idling (почему это ты бездельничаешь;
The man gave his shoulders a scornful shrug (тот /молодой/ человек презрительно пожал плечами;
"Look at the blade of grass there (взгляните на траву: «стебли травы» вон там;
casual ['kxZuql], acquaintance [q'kweIntqns], idling ['aIdlIN], scornful ['skO: nf(q)l]
One day, walking with a casual acquaintance, I came upon a young man, in the round straw hat and the pink and white stripes of the convict’s uniform, who was standing by the road-side with a pick, he was doing nothing.
"Why are you idling?" my companion asked him.
The man gave his shoulders a scornful shrug.
"Look at the blade of grass there," he answered. "I’ve got twenty years to scratch it away."
St. Laurent de Maroni exists for the group of prison camps (Сент-Лорен де Марони существует =
Chinese ["tSaI'ni: z], warder ['wO: dq], numerous ['nju: m(q)rqs], deserted [dI'zWtId]
St. Laurent de Maroni exists for the group of prison camps of which it is the centre. Such trade as it has depends on them; its shops, kept by Chinese, are there to satisfy the wants of the warders, the doctors and the numerous officials who are connected with the penal settlements. The streets are silent and deserted.
You pass a convict with a dispatch-case under his arm (/вот/ вы проходите мимо осужденного с папкой для бумаг под мышкой); he has some job in the administration (/значит/ у него некая должность: «работа» в администрации); or another with a basket (или другого /заключенного/, с корзиной); he is a servant in somebody’s house (он слуга в чьем-либо доме). Sometimes you come upon a little group in the charge of a warder (иногда встречаешься с небольшой группой /заключенных/ под руководством одного тюремщика;
dispatch-case [dIs'pxtSkeIs], unguarded [An'gQ: dId], saunter ['sO: ntq]
You pass a convict with a dispatch-case under his arm; he has some job in the administration; or another with a basket; he is a servant in somebody’s house. Sometimes you come upon a little group in the charge of a warder; often you see them strolling to or from the prison unguarded. The prison gates are open all day long and the prisoners freely saunter in and out.