Практичне заняття №1 (2 години). 37 страница

raving ['reIvIN] absurd [qb'sq:d] individuality ["IndI"vIdZV'xlItI]

"I never set out to be a raving beauty, but the one thing no one has ever denied me

is personality. It's absurd to pretend that because I can play a hundred different

parts in a hundred different ways I haven't got an individuality of my own. I can do

that because I'm a bloody good actress."

She tried to think what happened to her when she went alone into an empty room.

"But I never am alone, even in an empty room. There's always Michael, or Evie, or

Charles, or the public; not in the flesh, of course, but in the spirit, as it were. I must

speak to Charles about Roger."

Unfortunately he was away (к сожалению, его не было на месте; to be away —

отсутствовать). But he was coming back for the dress-rehearsal and the first

night (но он должен был вернуться к генеральной репетиции: «репетиции в

костюмах» и премьере); he had not missed these occasions for twenty years (он

никогда не пропускал эти события за двадцать лет), and they had always had

supper together after the dress-rehearsal (и они всегда ужинали вместе после

генеральной репетиции). Michael would remain in the theatre (Майкл останется

в театре), busy with the lights and so on (занятый освещением и все такое), so

that they would be alone (так, что они останутся одни). They would be able to

have a good talk (они смогут хорошенько поговорить).

She studied her part (Джулия изучала свою роль). Julia did not deliberately

create the character she was going to act by observation (Джулия не намерено

создавала героиню, которую она собиралась играть, по наблюдениям); she

had a knack of getting into the shoes of the woman she had to portray (она

обладала особой способностью забраться в шкуру: «ботинки» той женщины,

что она собиралась изображать) so that she thought with her mind and felt with

her senses (так, что она думала ее мыслями и чувствовала ее чувствами). Her

intuition suggested to her a hundred small touches (ее интуиция подсказывала ей

сотни маленьких черточек: «характерных черт») that afterwards amazed people

by their verisimilitude (что впоследствии поражали публику: «людей» своим

правдоподобием); but when they asked her where she had got them she could not

say (но когда ее спрашивали, где она взяла их, она не могла сказать).

deliberately [dI'lIb(q)rItlI] portray [pO:'treI] verisimilitude ["verIsI'mIlItju:d]

Unfortunately he was away. But he was coming back for the dress-rehearsal and

the first night; he had not missed these occasions for twenty years, and they had

always had supper together after the dress-rehearsal. Michael would remain in the

theatre, busy with the lights and so on, so that they would be alone. They would be

able to have a good talk.

She studied her part. Julia did not deliberately create the character she was going to

act by observation; she had a knack of getting into the shoes of the woman she had

to portray so that she thought with her mind and felt with her senses. Her intuition

suggested to her a hundred small touches that afterwards amazed people by their

verisimilitude; but when they asked her where she had got them she could not say.

Now she wanted to show the courageous yet uneasy breeziness of the Mrs. Marten

(теперь ей хотелось показать бесстрашную, но в тоже время тревожную

беззаботность миссис Мартен) who played golf and could talk to a man like one

good chap to another (которая играла в гольф и могла поговорить с мужчиной

по-свойски: «как один хороший малый с другим») and yet, essentially a

respectable, middle-class woman (и, в тоже время, /была/ по существу,

почтенной женщиной среднего класса), hankered for the security of the

marriage state (страстно жаждущей безопасности замужнего статуса:

«состояния»).

Michael never liked to have a crowd at a dress-rehearsal (Майклу никогда не

нравилось когда собиралась толпа: «иметь толпу» на генеральной

репетиции), and this time, anxious to keep the secret of the play till the first night

(и на этот раз, стремясь сохранить спектакль в секрете до премьеры), he had

admitted besides Charles only the people, photographers and dressmakers (он

допустил, кроме Чарльза, только тех людей, фотографов и костюмеров:

«портных»), whose presence was necessary (чье присутствие было

необходимым). Julia spared herself (Джулия не сильно утруждалась; to spare

oneself — жалеть силы, быть нетребовательным к себе; to spare —

сберегать, экономить). She had no intention of giving all she had to give till the

first night (у нее не было никакого желания: «намерения» дать все, что она

должна дать, до премьеры).

courageous [kq'reIdZqs] essentially [I'senS(q)lI] hanker ['hxNkq]

Now she wanted to show the courageous yet uneasy breeziness of the Mrs. Marten

who played golf and could talk to a man like one good chap to another and yet,

essentially a respectable, middle-class woman, hankered for the security of the

marriage state.

Michael never liked to have a crowd at a dress-rehearsal, and this time, anxious to

keep the secret of the play till the first night, he had admitted besides Charles only

the people, photographers and dressmakers, whose presence was necessary. Julia

spared herself. She had no intention of giving all she had to give till the first night.

It was enough if her performance was adequate (было достаточным, если ее

исполнение соответствовало требованиям: «было адекватным»). Under

Michael's business-like direction (под деловым управлением Майкла)

everything went off without a hitch (все прошло без сучка без задоринки;

without a hitch — гладко, без задержки, hitch — зд. помеха, препятствие), and

by ten o'clock Julia and Charles were sitting in the Grill Room of the Savoy (и уже

к десяти часам Джулия и Чарльз сидели в гриль-баре «Савой»). The first thing

she asked him was what he thought of Avice Crichton (первое, что она спросила

у него /было/, что он думает об Эвис Крайтон).

"Not at all bad and wonderfully pretty (совсем не плоха и удивительно

хорошенькая). She really looked lovely in that second-act dress (она на самом

деле выглядела миленько в том платье для второго акта)."

"I'm not going to wear the dress I wore in the second act (я не буду в том же

платье: «не буду носить то же платье», что было на мне во втором акте).

Charley Deverill has made me another (Чарли Деверил сшил: «сделал» мне

другое)."

adequate ['xdIkwIt] hitch [hItS] wonderful ['wAndqf(q)l]

It was enough if her performance was adequate. Under Michael's business-like

direction everything went off without a hitch, and by ten o'clock Julia and Charles

were sitting in the Grill Room of the Savoy. The first thing she asked him was

what he thought of Avice Crichton.

"Not at all bad and wonderfully pretty. She really looked lovely in that second-act

dress."

"I'm not going to wear the dress I wore in the second act. Charley Deverill has

made me another."

He did not see the slightly humorous glance she gave him (он не заметил:

«увидел» тот слегка веселый взгляд, которым она на него посмотрела), and if

he had (и, если бы он заметил) would not have guessed what it meant (не

догадался бы, что он означал). Michael, having taken Julia's advice (Майкл,

последовав совету Джулии), had gone to a good deal of trouble with Avice

(приложил огромное количество усилий с Эвис). He had rehearsed her by

herself (он репетировал с ней одной) upstairs in his private room (наверху, в

своем личном кабинете) and had given her every intonation and every gesture (и

научил ее: «дал ей» каждой интонации и каждому жесту). He had also, Julia

had good reason to believe (он так же, Джулия имела полное право верить в

это), lunched with her several times and taken her out to supper (обедал с ней

несколько раз и приглашал ее на ужин в ресторан). The result of all this was

that she was playing the part uncommonly well (результатом этого было то, что

она играла свою роль необычайно хорошо). Michael rubbed his hands (Майкл

потирал /свои/ руки).

humorous ['hju:m(q)rqs] intonation ["Intq'neIS(q)n]

uncommonly [An'kOmqnlI]

He did not see the slightly humorous glance she gave him, and if he had would not

have guessed what it meant. Michael, having taken Julia's advice, had gone to a

good deal of trouble with Avice. He had rehearsed her by herself upstairs in his

private room and had given her every intonation and every gesture. He had also,

Julia had good reason to believe, lunched with her several times and taken her out

to supper. The result of all this was that she was playing the part uncommonly

well. Michael rubbed his hands.

"I'm very pleased with her (я очень ею доволен). I think she'll make quite a hit (я

думаю, что она будет настоящим успехом). I've half a mind to give her a

contract (я уже почти решил подписать: «дать» с ней контракт; to have half a

mind to do smth — быть не прочь сделать что-либо)."

"I wouldn't (я бы не стала)," said Julia. "Not till after the first night (до тех пор,

пока не пройдет премьера). You can never really tell (никогда нельзя на самом-

то деле сказать) how a performance is going to pan out (как пройдет спектакль;

to pan out — /зд. разг./ преуспевать, удаваться) till you've got an audience

(пока не будет публики)."

"She's a nice girl and a perfect lady (она милая девушка и истинная:

«совершенная» леди)."

"A nice girl, I suppose, because she's madly in love with you (милая девушка, я

полагаю, из-за того, что она безумно влюблена в тебя), and a perfect lady

because she's resisting your advances till she's got a contract (и истинная леди,

из-за того, что сопротивляется твоим ухаживаниям до тех пор, пока у нее нет:

«она не получила» контракта)."

"Oh, my dear, don't be so silly (о, моя дорогая, не глупи). Why, I'm old enough

to be her father (я достаточно стар, что мог бы быть ее отцом = я ей в отцы

гожусь)."

audience ['O:dIqns] perfect ['pq:fIkt] silly ['sIlI]

"I'm very pleased with her. I think she'll make quite a hit. I've half a mind to give

her a contract."

"I wouldn't," said Julia. "Not till after the first night. You can never really tell how

a performance is going to pan out till you've got an audience."

"She's a nice girl and a perfect lady."

"A nice girl, I suppose, because she's madly in love with you, and a perfect lady

because she's resisting your advances till she's got a contract."

"Oh, my dear, don't be so silly. Why, I'm old enough to be her father."

But he smiled complacently (но он улыбнулся самодовольно). She knew very

well that his love-making went no farther than holding hands (она знала очень

хорошо, что его ухаживания не шли дальше, чем держание за руки) and a kiss

or two in a taxi (и пары: «одного или двух» поцелуев в такси), but she knew

also that it flattered him to imagine (но она знала также, что это льстило ему,

воображать) that she suspected him capable of infidelity (что она подозревала,

что он способен на супружескую неверность).

But now Julia, having satisfied her appetite with proper regard for her figure (но

теперь Джулия, удовлетворив свой аппетит с надлежащим вниманием к

своей фигуре), attacked the subject which was on her mind (приступила к теме,

которая была у нее на уме; to attack — нападать, атаковать, энергично

браться за работу).

"Charles dear, I want to talk to you about Roger (Чарльз дорогой, я хочу

поговорить с тобой о Роджере)."

"Oh yes, he came back the other day, didn't he (о да, он вернулся на днях, не так

ли)? How is he (как он)?"

"My dear, a most terrible thing has happened (дорогой мой, случилась ужасная

вещь). He's come back a fearful prig (он вернулся ужасным педантом) and I

don't know what to do about it (и я не знаю, что с этим делать)."

complacent [kqm'pleIs(q)nt] infidelity ["InfI'delItI] appetite ['xpItaIt]

But he smiled complacently. She knew very well that his love-making went no

farther than holding hands and a kiss or two in a taxi, but she knew also that it

flattered him to imagine that she suspected him capable of infidelity.

But now Julia, having satisfied her appetite with proper regard for her figure,

attacked the subject which was on her mind.

"Charles dear, I want to talk to you about Roger."

"Oh yes, he came back the other day, didn't he? How is he?"

"My dear, a most terrible thing has happened. He's come back a fearful prig and I

don't know what to do about it."

She gave him her version of the conversation (она представила ему свою версию

того разговора). She left out one or two things that it seemed inconvenient to

mention (она опустила пару моментов, которые, как казалось, неудобно

упоминать; to leave (left) out — пропускать, не включать, упускать), but what

she told was on the whole accurate (но что она рассказала было, в целом,

точным).

"The tragic thing is that he has absolutely no sense of humour (самое трагическое

— так это то, что у него абсолютно нет чувства юмора)," she finished

(закончила она).

"After all he's only eighteen (в конце концов, ему всего лишь восемнадцать)."

"You could have knocked me down with a feather (я была настолько потрясена:

«ты бы мог сбить меня с ног с помощью перышка») when he said all those

things to me (когда он говорил все это мне). I felt just like Balaam (я

чувствовала себя почти как Валаам) when his ass broke into light conversation

(когда его ослица разразилась легким = напринужденным разговором)."

She gave him a gay look (она весело взглянула на него), but he did not even

smile (но он даже и не улыбнулся). He did not seem to think her remark as funny

as she did (он, как оказалось, не думал, что ее замечание было таким уж

забавным, как думала она).

"I can't imagine where he got his ideas (не могу представить, где он набрался

/своих/ мыслей). It's absurd to think (нелепо думать) that he could have thought

out all that nonsense for himself (что он мог выдумать всю эту ерунду сам; to

think out — продумать, додумать до конца)."

accurate ['xkjqrqt] remark [rI'mQ:k] idea [aI'dIq]

She gave him her version of the conversation. She left out one or two things that it

seemed inconvenient to mention, but what she told was on the whole accurate.

"The tragic thing is that he has absolutely no sense of humour," she finished.

"After all he's only eighteen."

"You could have knocked me down with a feather when he said all those things to

me. I felt just like Balaam when his ass broke into light conversation."

She gave him a gay look, but he did not even smile. He did not seem to think her

remark as funny as she did.

"I can't imagine where he got his ideas. It's absurd to think that he could have

thought out all that nonsense for himself."

"Are you sure that boys of that age (а ты уверена, что юноши в этом возрасте)

don't think more than we older people imagine (не размышляют больше, чем мы,

старшее поколение: «люди» можем представить)? It's a sort of puberty of the

spirit (своего рода взросление духа; puberty — возмужалость, половая

зрелость) and its results are often strange (и его результаты часто странные)."

"It seems so deceitful of Roger (это кажется таким вероломным со стороны

Роджера) to have harboured thoughts like those all these years (вынашивать

подобные мысли все эти годы; to harbour — становиться в гавань,

приютить, затаить) and never breathed a word about them (и никогда и

словом не обмолвиться о них; to breathe — дышать, жить). He might have

been accusing me (он, может быть, обвиняет меня)." She gave a chuckle (она

хмыкнула; chuckle — тихий смех; хихиканье). "To tell you the truth (сказать

тебе по правде), when Roger was talking to me (когда Роджер говорил со мной)

I felt just like Hamlet's mother (я чувствовала себя матерью Гамлета)." Then

with hardly a break (и затем, без перерыва: «едва ли с перерывом»): "I wonder

if I'm too old to play Hamlet (интересно, не слишком ли я стара, чтобы играть

Гамлета)?"

"Gertrude isn't a very good part, is it (Гертруда — не очень-то хорошая роль,

так ведь)?"

Julia broke into a laugh of frank amusement (Джулия залилась смехом

искреннего изумления).

puberty ['pju:bqtI] harbour ['hQ:bq] chuckle ['tSAk(q)l]

"Are you sure that boys of that age don't think more than we older people imagine?

It's a sort of puberty of the spirit and its results are often strange."

"It seems so deceitful of Roger to have harboured thoughts like those all these

years and never breathed a word about them. He might have been accusing me."

She gave a chuckle. "To tell you the truth, when Roger was talking to me I felt just

like Hamlet's mother." Then with hardly a break: "I wonder if I'm too old to play

Hamlet?"

"Gertrude isn't a very good part, is it?"

Julia broke into a laugh of frank amusement.

"Don't be idiotic, Charles (не будь глупцом, Чарльз). I wouldn't play the Queen

(я не буду играть Королеву). I'd play Hamlet (я буду играть Гамлета)."

"D'you think it's suited to a woman (ты думаешь, что эта /роль/ подходит

женщине)?"

"Mrs. Siddons played it and so did Sarah Bernhardt (миссис Сиддонс играла ее и

Сара Бернар). It would set a seal on my career (это станет венцом: «поставит

печать на» моей карьеры), if you know what I mean (если ты понимаешь, что я

имею в виду). Of course there's the difficulty of the blank verse (конечно,

существует сложность — белый стих)."

"I have heard actors speak it so (я слышал как актеры произносят его, так) that

it was indistinguishable from prose (что он неразличим от прозы)," he answered

(ответил он).

"Yes, but that's not quite the same, is it (да, но это же не одно и тоже, так

ведь)?"

"Were you nice to Roger (ты была мила с Роджером)?"

She was surprised at his going back to that subject so suddenly (она была

удивлена тем, что он вернулся к этой теме так внезапно), but she returned to it

with a smile (но она вернулась к ней с улыбкой).

"Oh, charming (о, очаровательна)."

idiotic ["IdI'OtIk] verse [vq:s] indistinguishable ["IndI'stINgwISqb(q)l]

"Don't be idiotic, Charles. I wouldn't play the Queen. I'd play Hamlet."

"D'you think it's suited to a woman?"

"Mrs. Siddons played it and so did Sarah Bernhardt. It would set a seal on my

career, if you know what I mean. Of course there's the difficulty of the blank

verse."

"I have heard actors speak it so that it was indistinguishable from prose," he

answered.

"Yes, but that's not quite the same, is it?"

"Were you nice to Roger?"

She was surprised at his going back to that subject so suddenly, but she returned to

it with a smile.

"Oh, charming."

"It's hard not to be impatient with the absurdity of the young (трудно не

раздражаться: «не быть нетерпеливой» на нелепость молодых); they tell us

that two and two make four as though it had never occurred to us (они говорят

нам, что два плюс два равняется четыре так, как будто это никогда и не

приходило нам в голову), and they're disappointed if we can't share their surprise

(и они разочарованы, если мы не можем разделить с ними их удивления)

when they have just discovered that a hen lays an egg (когда они только что

открыли, что курица откладывает яйца: «яйцо»). There's a lot of nonsense in

their ranting and raving (есть куча чепухи в их тирадах и несвязных речах:

«бреде»), but it's not all nonsense (но в них не все чепуха). One ought to

sympathize with them (следует сочувствовать им; one — в неопределенно-

личных предложениях); one ought to do one's best to understand (следует

стараться изо всех сил, чтобы понять их; to do one's best — сделать все

возможное, не щадить усилий). One has to remember (надо помнить) how

much has to be forgotten (как многое надо забыть) and how much has to be

learnt (и как многое надо узнать) when for the first time one faces life (когда в

первый раз встречаешься лицом к лицу с жизнью). It's not very easy to give up

one's ideals (не так уж легко отказаться от идеалов), and the brute facts of every

day are bitter pills to swallow (и жестокие факты каждого дня /жизни/ — это

горькие пилюли /которые надо проглотить/). The spiritual conflicts of

adolescence can be very severe (духовные конфликты юности: «отрочества»

могут быть очень жестокими: «суровыми») and one can do so little to resolve

them (и можно сделать так мало, чтобы разрешить их). It may be that in a year

or two (может случиться так, что через год или два) he'll lose sight of the clouds

of glory (он забудет об ореоле славы; cloud — облако, туча; to lose sight of —

потерять, упустить из виду) and accept the chain (и примет оковы: «цепь»). It

may be that he'll find what he's looking for (возможно, он найдет что он ищет),

if not in God, then in art (если не в Боге, так в искусстве)."

absurdity [qb'sq:dItI, qb'zq:dItI] adolescence ["xdq'les(q)ns] cloud [klaVd]

"It's hard not to be impatient with the absurdity of the young; they tell us that two

and two make four as though it had never occurred to us, and they're disappointed

if we can't share their surprise when they have just discovered that a hen lays an

egg. There's a lot of nonsense in their ranting and raving, but it's not all nonsense.

One ought to sympathize with them; one ought to do one's best to understand. One

has to remember how much has to be forgotten and how much has to be learnt

when for the first time one faces life. It's not very easy to give up one's ideals, and

the brute facts of every day are bitter pills to swallow. The spiritual conflicts of

adolescence can be very severe and one can do so little to resolve them. It may be

that in a year or two he'll lose sight of the clouds of glory and accept the chain. It

may be that he'll find what he's looking for, if not in God, then in art."

"I should hate him to be an actor (я бы очень не хотела, чтобы он стал актером;

to hate — ненавидеть, очень сожалеть) if that's what you mean (если ты это

имеешь в виду)."

"No, I don't think he'll fancy that (нет, я не думаю, что ему это понравится)."

"And of course he can't be a playwright (и, конечно, он не может быть

драматургом), he hasn't a sense of humour (у него нет чувства юмора)."

"I dare say he'll be quite content to go into the Foreign Office (я полагаю, он был

бы доволен, пойди он /на работу/ в министерство иностранных дел). It would

be an asset to him there (это было бы его преимуществом там)."

"What would you advise me to do (что ты посоветуешь мне сделать)?"

"Nothing (ничего). Let him be (оставь его в покое). That's probably the greatest

kindness you can do him (это, возможно, самая большая услуга: «доброта»,

которую ты можешь оказать: «сделать» ему)."

"But I can't help being worried about him (но я же не могу не переживать из-за

него)."

"You needn't be (тебе /совершенно/ не надо /волноваться/). Be hopeful

(надейся; hopeful — надеющийся, оптимистичный). You thought you'd only

given birth to an ugly duckling (ты думала, что ты просто родила уродливого

утенка; birth — рождение, роды, происхождение); perhaps he's going to turn

into a white-winged swan (возможно, он превратиться в белокрылого лебедя;

to turn — поворачивать, вращаться, to turn into smb. — превращаться в кого-

либо, становиться кем-либо)."

Charles was not giving Julia what she wanted (Чарльз не давал Джулии того,

чего она хотела). She had expected him to be more sympathetic (она ожидала от

него, что он будет более сочувственным).

duckling ['dAklIN] swan [swOn] sympathetic ["sImpq'TetIk]

"I should hate him to be an actor if that's what you mean."

"No, I don't think he'll fancy that."

"And of course he can't be a playwright, he hasn't a sense of humour."

"I dare say he'll be quite content to go into the Foreign Office. It would be an asset

to him there."

"What would you advise me to do?"

"Nothing. Let him be. That's probably the greatest kindness you can do him."

"But I can't help being worried about him."

"You needn't be. Be hopeful. You thought you'd only given birth to an ugly

duckling; perhaps he's going to turn into a white-winged swan."

Charles was not giving Julia what she wanted. She had expected him to be more

sympathetic.

"I suppose he's getting old, poor dear (я полагаю, что он старее, бедняжка)," she

reflected (размышляла она). "He's losing his grip of things (он утрачивает

контроль над происходящим: «вещам»; grip — схватывание, цепкость, зд.

власть, контроль). He must have been impotent for years (он, должно быть,

был импотентом долгие годы); I wonder it never struck me before (интересно,

что это никогда мне не пришло в голову раньше)."

She asked what the time was (она спросила сколько времени).

"I think I ought to go (я думаю, мне надо идти). I must get a long night's rest (я