The next morning, when the Otis family met at breakfast
(на другое утро, когда семья Отисов встретилась за завтраком; to meet), they discussed the ghost at some length (они некоторое время обсуждали привидение; at length — наконец; подробно; length — длина). The United States Minister was naturally a little annoyed (посол Соединенных штатов был, конечно, несколько раздосадован) to find that his present had not been accepted (обнаружив, что его подарок не был принят). "I have no wish (у меня нет желания)," he said, "to do the ghost any personal injury (наносить привидению какое-либо личное оскорбление), and I must say (но я должен сказать), that considering the length of time he has been in the house (что, принимая во внимание все то время, которое он находится в доме; length of time — продолжительность времени), I don't think it is at all polite to throw pillows at him (я думаю, что вовсе не вежливо бросаться в него подушками)", — a very just remark (очень справедливое замечание), at which, I am sorry to say (при котором, я должен с сожалением сказать), the twins burst into shouts of laughter (близнецы громко расхохотались; to burst into laughter — расхохотаться: «разразиться смехом»; to burst — лопнуть; разразиться; laughter — смех; shout — возглас, крик). "Upon the other hand," he continued (с другой стороны, продолжал он), "if he really declines to use the Rising Sun Lubricator (если оно на самом деле отказывается использовать машинное масло «Восходящее Солнце»), we shall have to take his chains from him (нам придется снять с него цепи). It would be quite impossible to sleep (было бы невозможно спать), with such a noise going on outside the bedrooms (/когда / такой шум раздается рядом со спальнями)."
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The next morning, when the Otis family met at breakfast, they discussed the ghost at some length. The United States Minister was naturally a little annoyed to find that his present had not been accepted. "I have no wish," he said, "to do the ghost any personal injury, and I must say that, considering the length of time he has been in the house, I don't think it is at all polite to throw pillows at him,"—a very just remark, at which, I am sorry to say, the twins burst into shouts of laughter. "Upon the other hand," he continued, "if he really declines to use the Rising Sun Lubricator, we shall have to take his chains from him. It would be quite impossible to sleep, with such a noise going on outside the bedrooms."