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

"Do you know," began John hesitantly (знаешь, — нерешительно начал Джон), "you're much more sophisticated than I thought you were when I first saw you (ты гораздо более современная и светская, чем я подумал /сначала/, как только тебя увидел; first — сначала; впервые; sophisticated — лишенный простоты, наивности; утонченный; искушенный, опытный в жизненных делах; культурный, образованный)?"

"Oh, no, I'm not," she exclaimed hurriedly (нет, совсем нет, — торопливо воскликнула она). "Oh, I wouldn't think of being (я /и/ не хочу быть /такой/). I think that sophisticated young people are terribly common, don't you (я думаю, что современные молодые люди ужасно вульгарны, а ты)? I'm not at all, really (я в самом деле совсем не современная). If you say I am, I'm going to cry (если ты скажешь, что я такая, я заплачу)."

unkind [An'kaInd], provincialism [prq'vInSqlIz(q)m], sophisticated [sq'fIstIkeItId]

"Do you spend much time out here?" asked John, to conceal the fact that he was somewhat hurt by this remark. It seemed an unkind allusion to his provincialism.

"Percy and Jasmine and I are here every summer, but next summer Jasmine is going to Newport. She's coming out in London a year from this fall. She'll be presented at court."

"Do you know," began John hesitantly, "you're much more sophisticated than I thought you were when I first saw you?"

"Oh, no, I'm not," she exclaimed hurriedly. "Oh, I wouldn't think of being. I think that sophisticated young people are terribly common, don't you? I'm not at all, really. If you say I am, I'm going to cry."

She was so distressed that her lip was trembling (она была так огорчена, что губы у нее дрожали). John was impelled to protest (Джону пришлось возразить):

"I didn't mean that; I only said it to tease you (я не думал так /на самом деле/; я сказал это просто, чтобы подразнить тебя)."

"Because I wouldn't mind if I were," she persisted (я бы не возражала, если бы я /на самом деле/ была), "but I'm not. I'm very innocent and girlish (но /ведь/ нет. Я очень наивна и совсем еще девочка). I never smoke, or drink, or read anything except poetry (не курю, не пью, ничего не читаю, кроме стихов). I know scarcely any mathematics or chemistry (почти не знаю математики или химии). I dress very simply — in fact, I scarcely dress at all (одеваюсь очень просто — в сущности, почти никак не одеваюсь). I think sophisticated is the last thing you can say about me (думаю, "современная" — это самое неподходящее: «последнее», что можно обо мне сказать). I believe that girls ought to enjoy their youths in a wholesome way (я считаю, что девушки должны наслаждаться молодостью, но вести здоровый образ жизни; wholesome — благотворный; здоровый, полезный для здоровья)."

"I do too," said John heartily (я тоже /так считаю/, — искренне сказал Джон).

Kismine was cheerful again (снова была весела). She smiled at him, and a still-born tear dripped from the corner of one blue eye (улыбнулась ему, и из уголка одного /ее/ синего глаза капнула = выкатилась запоздалая слезинка; still-born — мертворождённый).

chemistry ['kemIstrI], persist [pq'sIst], wholesome ['hqVlsqm]

She was so distressed that her lip was trembling. John was impelled to protest:

"I didn't mean that; I only said it to tease you."

"Because I wouldn't mind if I were," she persisted, "but I'm not. I'm very innocent and girlish. I never smoke, or drink, or read anything except poetry. I know scarcely any mathematics or chemistry. I dress very simply — in fact, I scarcely dress at all. I think sophisticated is the last thing you can say about me. I believe that girls ought to enjoy their youths in a wholesome way."

"I do too," said John heartily.

Kismine was cheerful again. She smiled at him, and a still-born tear dripped from the corner of one blue eye.