Английский язык с Шерлоком Холмсом. Первый сборник рассказов
Шрифт:
"There is the writing."
"Pooh, pooh! Forgery."
"My private note-paper."
"Stolen."
"My own seal (моя личная печать)."
"Imitated (подделана)."
"My photograph (моя фотография)."
"Bought (куплена; to buy — покупать)."
"We were both in the photograph (мы были вдвоем на фотографии)."
"My own seal."
"Imitated."
"My photograph."
"Bought."
"We were both in the photograph."
"Oh, dear (о
"I was mad — insane (я был без ума — безрассуден; mad — сумасшедший; insane — психически ненормальный)."
insane [n'sen]
"You have compromised yourself seriously (вы серьезно скомпрометировали /сами/ себя)."
"I was only Crown Prince then (я был всего лишь наследным принцем тогда). I was young (я был молод). I am but thirty now (мне только тридцать сейчас)."
"Oh, dear! That is very bad! Your Majesty has indeed committed an indiscretion."
"I was mad — insane."
"You have compromised yourself seriously."
"I was only Crown Prince then. I was young. I am but thirty now."
"It must be recovered (это должно быть возвращено)."
"We have tried and failed (мы пытались и потерпели неудачу)."
failed [field]
"Your Majesty must pay (ваше величество должны заплатить). It must be bought (/фотография/ должна быть куплена)."
"She will not sell (она не продаст)."
"Stolen, then (украдена, в таком случае)."
"It must be recovered."
"We have tried and failed."
"Your Majesty must pay. It must be bought."
"She will not sell."
"Stolen, then."
"Five attempts have been made пять попыток было сделано). Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house (дважды взломщики, нанятые мной: «в моей плате» обшарили ее дом). Once we diverted her luggage when she traveled (однажды мы обыскали ее багаж, когда она путешествовала; to divert — отвлечь, увести в сторону). Twice she has been waylaid (дважды она была перехвачена по пути). There has been no result (там был никакой результат = никаких результатов)."
"No sign of it (нет признаков этого = никаких)?"
"Absolutely none (абсолютно никаких)."
burglars ['b:lz], ransacked ['raensaekt], luggage ['l]
"Five attempts have been made. Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result."
"No sign of it?"
"Absolutely none."
Holmes laughed (засмеялся). "It is quite a pretty little problem (это
"But a very serious one to me (но для меня очень серьезная /задача/)," returned the King reproachfully (ответил король укоризненно).
"Very, indeed. And what does she propose to do with the photograph (и что она предполагает сделать с фотографией)?"
"To ruin me (погубить меня)."
"But how?"
"I am about to be married (я собираюсь жениться: «я рядом с тем, чтобы быть женатым»)."
"So I have heard (об этом я слышал)."
propose [pr'puz]
Holmes laughed. "It is quite a pretty little problem," said he.
"But a very serious one to me," returned the King reproachfully.
"Very, indeed. And what does she propose to do with the photograph?"
"To ruin me."
"But how?"
"I am about to be married."
"So I have heard."
"To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen (на Клотильде Лотман фон Саксе-Менинген), second daughter of the King of Scandinavia (второй дочери короля Скандинавии). You may know the strict principles of her family (вы, может быть, знаете строгие принципы ее семьи). She is herself the very soul of delicacy (она сама — душа изысканности = воплощенная изысканность). A shadow of a doubt as to my conduct (тень сомнения относительно моего прошлого; conduct — поведение, поступок) would bring the matter to an end (привело бы дело к концу = к разрыву)."
"And Irene Adler?"
"Threatens to send them the photograph (угрожает послать им фотографию). And she will do it (и она это сделает). I know that she will do it. You do not know her (вы не знаете ее), but she has a soul of steel (но у нее душа из стали = железный характер). She has the face of the most beautiful of women (у нее лицо самой прекрасной из женщин), and the mind of the most resolute of men (и разум самого твердого из мужчин). Rather than I should marry another woman (только бы не дать мне жениться на другой; rather than — скорее чем), there are no lengths to which she would not go — none (она ни перед чем не остановится: «нет таких расстояний, которые бы она не прошла»)."
daughter ['d:t], family ['faeml], threaten [retn], beautiful ['bju:tfl], marry ['maer]
"To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia. You may know the strict principles of her family. She is herself the very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a doubt as to my conduct would bring the matter to an end."
"And Irene Adler?"
"Threatens to send them the photograph. And she will do it. I know that she will do it. You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men. Rather than I should marry another woman, there are no lengths to which she would not go — none."