Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах (ASCII-IPA)
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"Gentlemen," he cried, with flashing eyes (джентльмены, — воскликнул он с заблестевшими глазами), "let me introduce you to Mr. Jefferson Hope (позвольте представить вам мистера Джефферсона Хоупа), the murderer of Enoch Drebber and of Joseph Stangerson (убийцу Инока Дреббера и Джозефа Стенджерсона)."
buckle [bVkl], defiant [dI'faI@nt], assist [@'sIst]
"Just give me a help with this buckle, cabman," he said, kneeling over his task, and never turning his head.
The fellow came forward with a somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put down his hands to assist. At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
"Gentlemen," he cried, with flashing eyes, "let me introduce you to Mr. Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch Drebber and of Joseph Stangerson."
The whole thing occurred in a moment (все это произошло за доли секунды)— so quickly that I had no time to realize it (настолько быстро, что я не успел ничего понять: «у меня не было времени, чтобы понять это»). I have a vivid recollection of that instant (я как сейчас помню этот момент: «у меня живое воспоминание этого момента»), of Holmes' triumphant expression and the ring of his voice (триумфальное
triumphant [traI'Vmf@nt], savage ['s&vIdZ], statue ['st&tju:], roar [rO:], fierce [fI@s]
The whole thing occurred in a moment — so quickly that I had no time to realize it. I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes' triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman's dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists. For a second or two we might have been a group of statues. Then, with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes's grasp, and hurled himself through the window. Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds. He was dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict. So powerful and so fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He appeared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit. His face and hands were terribly mangled by his passage through the glass, but loss of blood had no effect in diminishing his resistance. It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we
had pinioned his feet as well as his hands. That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting.
"We have his cab (у нас его кеб)," said Sherlock Holmes. "It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard (воспользуемся им: «он послужит», чтобы доставить его в Скотленд-Ярд). And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile (а теперь, джентльмены, — продолжил он с приятной улыбкой), "we have reached the end of our little mystery (мы добрались до конца нашей маленькой тайны). You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now (пожалуйста, задавайте теперь любые вопросы, что придут к вам в голову: «вы очень приветствуетесь задавать мне сейчас любые вопросы, что вы захотите»), and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them (и не опасайтесь: «и нет опасности», что я откажусь отвечать на них)."
pleasant [pleznt], danger ['deIndZ@], answer ['A:ns@]
"We have his cab," said Sherlock Holmes. "It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile, "we have reached the end of our little mystery. You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them."
PART II. The Country of the Saints
(часть II. Страна святых)
Chapter I. On The Great Alkali Plain
(На огромной соляной равнине; alkali — щелочь; растворимая минеральная соль)
IN the central portion of the great North American Continent there lies an arid and repulsive desert (в
alkali ['&lk(@)laI], throughout [Tru'aut], mountain ['mauntIn], saline ['seIlaIn]
In the central portion of the great North American Continent there lies an arid and repulsive desert, which for many a long year served as a barrier against the advance of civilisation. From the Sierra Nevada to Nebraska, and from the Yellowstone River in the north to the Colorado upon the south, is a region of desolation and silence. Nor is Nature always in one mood throughout this grim district. It comprises snow-capped and lofty mountains, and dark and gloomy valleys. There are swift-flowing rivers which dash through jagged ca~nons; and there are enormous plains, which in winter are white with snow, and in summer are grey with the saline alkali dust. They all preserve, however, the common characteristics of barrenness, inhospitality, and misery.
There are no inhabitants of this land of despair (в этой стране отчаяния нет жителей). A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds (группа индейцев-пауни или блэкфит может иногда пересечь ее, чтобы перебраться на новые охотничьи угодья), but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains (но даже самые закаленные из краснолицых рады выбраться из этих ужасных равнин; hardy — мужественный, отважный; закаленный; brave — индейский воин; to lose sight of — потерять из виду; awesome — внушающий страх, ужасающий), and to find themselves once more upon their prairies (и снова оказаться посреди родных прерий: «на своих прериях»). The coyote skulks among the scrub (койоты скрываются в кустарниках; to skulk — красться; прятаться), the buzzard flaps heavily through the air (стервятники натужно машут крыльями в воздухе; to flap — ударять, хлопать крыльями), and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through the dark ravines (и неуклюжий медведь-гризли ковыляет по мрачным ущельям; to lumber — тяжело ступать, неуклюже двигаться), and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the rocks (выискивая, какую сможет найти, пищу среди скал; to pick up — поднимать, подбирать; sustenance — питание; пища). These are the sole dwellers in the wilderness (это единственные обитатели этой пустыни; to dwell — жить, обитать, находиться, пребывать).
In the whole world there can be no more dreary view (во всем мире не найти более унылого вида) than that from the northern slope of the Sierra Blanco (чем тот, что открывается с северного склона Сьерра-Бланко). As far as the eye can reach stretches the great flat plain-land (насколько хватает глаз: «так далеко, как глаз может достичь» простирается огромная плоская равнина), all dusted over with patches of alkali (вся испещренная заплатами солевых отложений), and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes (с вкраплениями зарослей карликовых кустов чаппараля; to intersect — пересекаться; перерезать). On the extreme verge of the horizon lie a long chain of mountain peaks (на самом краю горизонта лежит длинная цепь горных пиков; extreme — самый отдаленный, крайний), with their rugged summits flecked with snow (с покрытыми снегом зазубренными вершинами; rugged — шероховатый, неровный; to fleck — покрывать пятнами, крапинками). In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life (на всем этом огромном участке нет ни признаков жизни; stretch — протяжение; пространство, участок; country — местность, территория), nor of anything appertaining to life (ни чего-либо, характерного для живых существ; to appertain — быть свойственным). There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven (в голубовато-стальном небе нет птиц; steel — сталь), no movement upon the dull, grey earth (на тусклой, серой земле ничто не шевельнется; movement — движение)— above all, there is absolute silence (и самое главное — тут царит абсолютная тишина). Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness (как ни прислушивайся, не услышишь даже эха звука во всей этой великой пустыне; shadow — след, намек); nothing but silence — complete and heart-subduing silence (ничего, кроме тишины — абсолютной и гнетущей тишины; heart — сердце; to subdue — подавлять).
despair [dI'spe@], traverse [tr@'v@:s], ravine [r@'vi:n], dwarf [dwO:f], horizon [h@'raIz(@)n], appertain [,&p@'teIn]
There are no inhabitants of this land of despair. A band of Pawnees or of Blackfeet may occasionally traverse it in order to reach other hunting-grounds, but the hardiest of the braves are glad to lose sight of those awesome plains, and to find themselves once more upon their prairies. The coyote skulks among the scrub, the buzzard flaps heavily through the air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through the dark ravines, and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the rocks. These are the sole dwellers in the wilderness.