Английский язык с О. Уайльдом. Кентервильское привидение / О. Wilde: The Canterville Ghost

To her immense surprise, however (однако, к ее огромному изумлению), it was the Canterville Ghost himself (это было само Кентервильское привидение)! He was sitting by the window (он сидел у окна), watching the ruined gold of the yellowing trees fly through the air (глядя на желтые листья, облетавшие с деревьев: «на разрушенную позолоту желтеющих деревьев, летящую по воздуху»), and the red leaves dancing madly down the long avenue (и на красные листья, танцующие сумасшедший танец = гонимые ветром по длинной дороге, ведущей в дом). His head was leaning on his hand (он подпирал рукой свою голову: «его голова опиралась на его ладонь»), and his whole attitude was one of extreme depression (и вся его поза указывала на крайнюю депрессию). Indeed, so forlorn and so much out of repair did he look (на самом деле, он выглядел таким одиноким и таким больным: «столь вне /состояния/ годности»; repair — восстановление; поправка; годность; исправность), that little Virginia, whose first idea had been to run away and lock herself in her room (что маленькая Вирджиния, первой мыслью которой было убежать и запереться в своей комнате), was filled with pity (исполнилась жалостью), and determined to try and comfort him (и решила попытаться утешить его). So light was her footfall (столь легкой была ее походка), and so deep his melancholy (и столь глубокой была его меланхолия), that he was not aware of her presence (что он не заметил ее присутствия), till she spoke to him (пока она не заговорила с ним; to speak).

forlorn [fə`lo:n] comfort [`kλmfət] aware [ə`wεə]

To her immense surprise, however, it was the Canterville Ghost himself! He was sitting by the window, watching the ruined gold of the yellowing trees fly through the air, and the red leaves dancing madly down the long avenue. His head was leaning on his hand, and his whole attitude was one of extreme depression. Indeed, so forlorn, and so much out of repair did he look, that little Virginia, whose first idea had been to run away and lock herself in her room, was filled with pity, and determined to try and comfort him. So light was her footfall, and so deep his melancholy, that he was not aware of her presence till she spoke to him.

"I am so sorry for you (мне очень жаль вас)," she said, "but my brothers are going back to Eton to-morrow (но мои братья возвращаются в Итон завтра), and then, if you behave yourself (и тогда, если вы будете вести себя хорошо), no one will annoy you (никто не будет досаждать вам)."

sorry [`sori] brothers [`brλðəz] Eton [i:tn]

"I am so sorry for you," she said, "but my brothers are going back to Eton to-morrow, and then, if you behave yourself, no one will annoy you."