That, Daddy, is true fame (вот, Папочка, настоящая слава). Then trotting back to the dressing tent (затем торопишься назад, к шатру для переодевания;
pole-vaulting ['pqVl"vO:ltIN], balloon [bq'lu:n], yell [jel]
We tried for the running broad jump and lost; but Sallie won the pole-vaulting (seven feet three inches) and I won the fifty-yard sprint (eight seconds). I was pretty panting at the end, but it was great fun, with the whole class waving balloons and cheering and yelling:
What's the matter with Judy Abbott?
She's all right.
Who's all right?
Judy Ab-bott!
That, Daddy, is true fame. Then trotting back to the dressing tent and being rubbed down with alcohol and having a lemon to suck. You see we're very professional.
It's a fine thing to win an event for your class (это так превосходно — выиграть одно из соревнований за свою группу), because the class that wins the most (потому что та группа, которая выигрывает больше всего) gets the athletic cup for the year (получает спортивный кубок на год;
The athletic association gave a dinner in the gymnasium (спортивное общество устроило ужин в спортивном зале) to all of the winners (для всех победителей). We had fried soft-shell crabs (мы ели жареных крабов в мягких панцирях /после линьки/), and chocolate ice-cream moulded in the shape of basket balls (и шоколадное мороженое в форме баскетбольных мячей;
I sat up half of last night reading Jane Eyre (я просидела вчера полночи: «половину прошлой ночи», читая «Джейн Эйр»). Are you old enough, Daddy, to remember sixty years ago (вы довольно старый, Папочка, чтобы помнить, что было шестьдесят лет назад)? And, if so, did people talk that way (если это так, действительно ли люди разговаривали так)?
The haughty Lady Blanche says to the footman (надменная леди Бланш говорит лакею), 'Stop your chattering, knave (перестань пустословить, прислужник;
association [q"sqVsI'eIS(q)n, q"sqVSI'eIS(q)n], haughty ['hO:tI], knave [neIv]
It's a fine thing to win an event for your class, because the class that wins the most gets the athletic cup for the year. The Seniors won it this year, with seven events to their credit.
The athletic association gave a dinner in the gymnasium to all of the winners. We had fried soft-shell crabs, and chocolate ice-cream moulded in the shape of basket balls.
I sat up half of last night reading Jane Eyre. Are you old enough, Daddy, to remember sixty years ago? And, if so, did people talk that way?
The haughty Lady Blanche says to the footman, `Stop your chattering, knave, and do my bidding.'