Английский язык с П. Галлико и миссис Харрис, или Платье от Диора - [12]

extraordinary [Iks'trLdnrI], experienced [Iks'pIqrIqnst], endeavor [In'devq]

Prior to her own extraordinary craving which had brought her to Paris, Mrs. Harris had not experienced this in herself though she understood it very well. With her it had not been so much the endeavor to make something of herself as it had been the battle to survive, and in that sense these two were not unalike.

When Mrs. Harris' husband had died some twenty years past and left her penniless (когда муж миссис Харрис умер около двадцати лет назад и оставил ее без гроша: «без пенни»), she simply had to make a go of things (она просто должна была справиться с положением; to make a go of it — добиться успеха), her widow's pension being insufficient (/так как/ ее вдовьей пенсии было недостаточно).

And then too there was the glamour of the theater (а еще ведь было очарование театра; glamour — волшебство, чары; чарующая сила) which surrounded Miss Snite (которое окружало мисс Снайт), or rather Penrose, as Mrs. Harris chose to think of her, and this was irresistible (или, вернее, Пенроуз, как миссис Харрис предпочитала думать о ней, и это было неотразимо; to resist — сопротивляться).

husband ['hAzbqnd], glamour ['glxmq], irresistible ["IrI'zIstqbl]

When Mrs. Harris' husband had died some twenty years past and left her penniless, she simply had to make a go of things, her widow's pension being insufficient.

And then too there was the glamour of the theater which surrounded Miss Snite, or rather Penrose, as Mrs. Harris chose to think of her, and this was irresistible.

Mrs. Harris was not impressed by titles (миссис Харрис не впечатляли звания), wealth (богатство), position (положение), or family (или родство), but she was susceptible to the enchantment that enveloped anything or anyone that had to do with the stage (но она была чувствительна/восприимчива к очарованию, которое окружало все или всякого, кто имел дело со сценой), the television (телевидением), or the flicks (или кино).

She had no way of knowing how tenuous and sketchy was Miss Penrose's connection with these (у нее не было возможности знать = она не представляла, как незначительна и поверхностна была связь миссис Пенроуз с ними; tenuous — тонкий; незначительный, слабый, бедный, скудный), that she was not only a bad little girl but a mediocre actress (что она была не только плохой девчонкой, но и посредственной актрисой).

susceptible [sq'septqbl], tenuous ['tenjuqs], mediocre ['mJdIqukq]

Mrs. Harris was not impressed by titles, wealth, position, or family, but she was susceptible to the enchantment that enveloped anything or anyone that had to do with the stage, the television, or the flicks.

She had no way of knowing how tenuous and sketchy was Miss Penrose's connection with these, that she was not only a bad little girl but a mediocre actress.

It was sufficient for Mrs. Harris that from time to time (для миссис Харрис было достаточно /того/, что время от времени) her voice was heard on the wireless (ее голос слышался из радиоприемника; wire — проволока; wireless — беспроводный, беспроволочный; радио; радиоприемник) or she would pass across the television screen (или она пересекла экран телевизора) wearing an apron and carrying a tray (в переднике и с подносом). Mrs. Harris respected the lone battle the girl was waging (миссис Харрис уважала одинокую битву, /которую/ эта девушка вела; to wage — проводить /кампанию/, вести /войну/; бороться /за что-л./), humored her (потакала ей), cosseted her (баловала ее), and took from her what she would not from anyone else (и терпела от нее /то/, что не /потерпела бы/ ни от кого другого).

It was sufficient for Mrs. Harris that from time to time her voice was heard on the wireless or she would pass across the television screen wearing an apron and carrying a tray. Mrs. Harris respected the lone battle the girl was waging, humored her, cosseted her, and took from her what she would not from anyone else.

The taxicab entered a broad street (такси въехало на широкую улицу) lined with beautiful buildings (обрамленную красивыми зданиями), but Mrs. Harris had no eye or time for architecture (но миссис Харрис не была знатоком архитектуры или не имела /на это/ времени).

" 'Ow far is it (это далеко)?" she shouted at the cab driver (она крикнула шоферу), who replied (который ответил), not slowing down one whit (не сбавляя скорость ни на йоту), by taking both hands off the steering wheel (оторвав обе руки от рулевого колеса), waving his arms in the air (размахивая своими руками в воздухе), turning around and shouting back at her (развернувшись назад и крича ей). Mrs. Harris, of course, understood not a word (миссис Харрис, конечно, не поняла ни слова), but his smile beneath a walrus mustache was engaging and friendly enough (но его улыбка под свисающими усами «как у моржа» была довольно обаятельной и дружелюбной), and so she settled back to endure the ride (и поэтому она снова уселась, чтобы вытерпеть/пережить поездку; to endure — подвергаться /чему-л./; выдерживать испытание временем; длиться; продолжаться, тянуться; терпеть, сносить