Фрэнсис Фитцджеральд - Английский язык с Ф. Скоттом Фитцджеральдом. Алмаз величиной в отель «Риц» / Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The Diamond As Big As The Ritz

"Yes," he replied with a polite effort, "it certainly is hot enough for me down there."

He managed to add a ghostly laugh; then, without movement, without resistance, he seemed to float off and away, leaving an iced dessert that was pink as a dream. He fell asleep.

When he awoke he knew that several hours had passed. He was in a great quiet room with ebony walls and a dull illumination that was too faint, too subtle, to be called a light. His young host was standing over him.

"You fell asleep at dinner," Percy was saying. "I nearly did, too — it was such a treat to be comfortable again after this year of school. Servants undressed and bathed you while you were sleeping."

"Is this a bed or a cloud (это постель или облако)?" sighed John (вздохнул Джон). "Percy, Percy — before you go (пока ты не ушел: «прежде чем ты пойдешь»), I want to apologize (я хочу попросить /у тебя/ прощения)."

"For what?"

"For doubting you when you said (за то, что не поверил тебе, когда ты сказал; to doubt — сомневаться, не доверять, не верить ) you had a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (/что/ у вас есть алмаз величиной в отель "Риц-Карлтон")."

Percy smiled (улыбнулся).

"I thought you didn't believe me (я /так и/ думал, /что/ ты мне не поверил). It's that mountain (это /ведь/ гора), you know."

"What mountain (какая гора)?"

"The mountain the château rests on (на которой стоит замок). It's not very big, for a mountain (она не очень большая, для горы). But except about fifty feet of sod and gravel on top (но за исключением примерно пятнадцати метров дерна и гравия сверху) it's solid diamond (это/она цельный алмаз). One diamond, one cubic mile without a flaw ( один /единственный/ алмаз, одна кубическая миля без /единого/ изъяна/разрыва). Aren't you listening (ты слушаешь)? Say (скажи) —"

But John T. Unger had again fallen asleep (снова уснул).

sighed [saId], doubting ['daVtIN], listening ['lIs(q)nIN]

"Is this a bed or a cloud?" sighed John. "Percy, Percy — before you go, I want to apologize."

"For what?"

"For doubting you when you said you had a diamond as big as the Ritz-Carlton Hotel."

Percy smiled.

"I thought you didn't believe me. It's that mountain, you know."

"What mountain?"

"The mountain the château rests on. It's not very big, for a mountain. But except about fifty feet of sod and gravel on top it's solid diamond. One diamond, one cubic mile without a flaw. Aren't you listening? Say —"

But John T. Unger had again fallen asleep.

Morning (утро). As he awoke (как только он проснулся) he perceived drowsily (он сквозь дрему ощутил; drowsy — дремлющий; сонный; ленивый; вялый ) that the room had at the same moment become dense with sunlight (что комната в тот же момент наполнилась: «стала плотно наполненной» солнечным светом; dense — густой, плотный ). The ebony panels of one wall had slid aside on a sort of track (эбеновые панели одной стены = одной из стен отъехали в сторону по чему-то похожему на рельс; to slide — скользить; плавно двигаться; track — след, дорожка; колея, рельсовый путь; направляющее устройство; паз ), leaving his chamber half open to the day (наполовину открыв его комнату дню: «оставив/предоставив его комнату наполовину открытой дню»). A large negro in a white uniform stood beside his bed (огромный негр в белой униформе стоял возле его постели; to stand ).

"Good-evening (добрый вечер)," muttered John (пробормотал Джон), summoning his brains from the wild places (собирая свои мысли, разлетевшиеся неведомо куда: «из самых невероятных мест»; brain — мозг; /обычно мн. ч./ интеллект, разум; мысли; wild — дикий; нелепый; безумный; невероятный ).

"Good-morning, sir (доброе утро, сэр). Are you ready for your bath (вы готовы принять ванну: «к ванне/купанию»), sir? Oh, don't get up (не вставайте) — I'll put you in (я вас /сам/ положу), if you'll just unbutton your pajamas (если вы только /соблаговолите/ расстегнуть пижаму) — there (вот так). Thank you (спасибо), sir."

ebony ['ebqnI], chamber ['CeImbq], wild [waIld]

Morning. As he awoke he perceived drowsily that the room had at the same moment become dense with sunlight. The ebony panels of one wall had slid aside on a sort of track, leaving his chamber half open to the day. A large negro in a white uniform stood beside his bed.

"Good-evening," muttered John, summoning his brains from the wild places.

"Good-morning, sir. Are you ready for your bath, sir? Oh, don't get up — I'll put you in, if you'll just unbutton your pajamas — there. Thank you, sir."

John lay quietly (лежал не двигаясь) as his pajamas were removed (пока /с него/ снимали пижаму; to remove — перемещать; убирать, устранять; снимать ) — he was amused and delighted (ему было забавно и приятно; to amuse — развлекать; позабавить, развеселить; to delight — радовать, восхищать; доставлять большое удовольствие ); he expected to be lifted like a child by this black Gargantua (он ожидал, что, как ребенок, будет поднят /на руки/ этим черным Гаргантюа; Gargantua — великан из книги Франсуа Рабле «Гаргантюа и Пантагрюэль» ) who was tending him (прислуживающим ему; to tend — заботиться /о ком-л./; ухаживать; прислуживать /кому-л./ ), but nothing of the sort happened (но ничего подобного не случилось); instead he felt the bed tilt up slowly on its side (вместо этого он почувствовал /как/ кровать медленно поднялась с /одного/ своего бока; to tilt — наклонять; опрокидывать ) — he began to roll (он покатился: «начал катиться»), startled at first (испугавшись вначале), in the direction of the wall (к стене: «по направлению к…»), but when he reached the wall (но когда он коснулся: «достиг» стены) its drapery gave way (драпировка раздалась: «дала дорогу»; to give ), and sliding two yards farther down a fleecy incline (и, проскользнув два ярда дальше вниз по ворсистому скату; fleece — руно; овечья шерсть; волосяной покров ) he plumped gently into water the same temperature as his body (он мягко шлепнулся в воду такой же температуры, как его тело).

delighted [dI'laItId], nothing ['nATIN], instead [In'sted]

John lay quietly as his pajamas were removed — he was amused and delighted; he expected to be lifted like a child by this black Gargantua who was tending him, but nothing of the sort happened; instead he felt the bed tilt up slowly on its side — he began to roll, startled at first, in the direction of the wall, but when he reached the wall its drapery gave way, and sliding two yards farther down a fleecy incline he plumped gently into water the same temperature as his body.

He looked about him (посмотрел вокруг себя = огляделся). The runway or rollway (спуск или скат) on which he had arrived (по которому он соскользнул: «прибыл») had folded gently back into place (бесшумно свернулся и исчез: «свернулся обратно на /свое/ место»). He had been projected into another chamber (его переправили в другую комнату; to project — выдвигать; выбрасывать, выпускать /снаряд/ ) and was sitting in a sunken bath (и /теперь он/ сидел в ванне, утопленной в полу; to sink — тонуть; погружать/ся/, опускать/ся/ ) with his head just above the level of the floor (так что его голова поднималась чуть выше уровня пола: «с головой чуть выше…»). All about him, lining the walls of the room and the sides and bottom of the bath itself (кругом него, образуя стены комнаты, и стенки, и дно самой ванны), was a blue aquarium (был голубой аквариум), and gazing through the crystal surface on which he sat (и, глядя сквозь хрустальную поверхность, на которой он сидел; to sit ), he could see fish swimming among amber lights (он мог видеть рыб, плавающих между янтарных ламп) and even gliding without curiosity past his outstretched toes (и даже равнодушно: «без любопытства» скользящих мимо его вытянутых ног; toe — палец ноги ), which were separated from them only by the thickness of the crystal (отделенных от них только/лишь толщиной хрусталя). From overhead, sunlight came down through sea-green glass (сверху, сквозь стекло цвета морской волны, проходил солнечный свет; sea — море ).

above [q'bAv], aquarium [q'kwFqrIqm], surface ['sWfIs]

He looked about him. The runway or rollway on which he had arrived had folded gently back into place. He had been projected into another chamber and was sitting in a sunken bath with his head just above the level of the floor. All about him, lining the walls of the room and the sides and bottom of the bath itself, was a blue aquarium, and gazing through the crystal surface on which he sat, he could see fish swimming among amber lights and even gliding without curiosity past his outstretched toes, which were separated from them only by the thickness of the crystal. From overhead, sunlight came down through sea-green glass.

"I suppose, sir (полагаю, сэр), that you'd like hot rosewater and soapsuds this morning sir (этим утром = сегодня утром вам подошла бы горячая розовая вода с мыльной пеной; you'd like = you would like — вам бы хотелось; вы пожелаете/предпочтете; вам бы понравилось; soap — мыло ) — and perhaps cold salt water to finish (а под конец: «чтобы закончить», пожалуй, холодная морская: «соленая» вода)."