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

Lord Canterville was the chief mourner, having come up specially from Wales to attend the funeral, and sat in the first carriage along with little Virginia. Then came the United States Minister and his wife, then Washington and the three boys, and in the last carriage was Mrs. Umney. It was generally felt that, as she had been frightened by the ghost for more than fifty years of her life, she had a right to see the last of him.

A deep grave had been dug in the corner of the churchyard (глубокая могила была вырыта в углу кладбища; to dig), just under the old yew-tree (как раз под старым тисовым деревом), and the service was read in the most impressive manner by the Rev. Augustus Dampier (и служба была проведена почтенным Огастусом Дампье в самой впечатляющей манере = и произвела глубокое впечатление; to read —читать). When the ceremony was over (когда церемония была закончена), the servants (слуги), according to an old custom observed in the Canterville family (в соответствии со старым обычаем, соблюдаемым в семье Кентервиль), extinguished their torches (погасили факелы), and, as the coffin was being lowered into the grave (и, в то время как гроб опускали в могилу), Virginia stepped forward (Вирджиния сделала шаг вперед), and laid on it a large cross made of white and pink almond-blossoms (и положила на него большой крест, сделанный из белых и розовых цветов миндаля; to lay).

churchyard [`t∫ə:t∫jα:d] service [`sə:vis] ceremony [`seriməni]

A deep grave had been dug in the corner of the churchyard, just under the old yew-tree, and the service was read in the most impressive manner by the Rev. Augustus Dampier. When the ceremony was over, the servants, according to an old custom observed in the Canterville family, extinguished their torches, and, as the coffin was being lowered into the grave, Virginia stepped forward, and laid on it a large cross made of white and pink almond-blossoms.

As she did so (в то время как она делала это), the moon came out from behind a cloud (луна вышла из-за тучи), and flooded with its silent silver the little churchyard (и залила своим серебристым светом маленькое кладбище), and from a distant copse a nightingale began to sing (и в отдаленном подлеске начал петь соловей; copse — роща; подлесок; кустарник). She thought of the ghost's description of the Garden of Death (она вспомнила описание Сада Смерти, данное призраком), her eyes became dim with tears (ее глаза наполнились слезами), and she hardly spoke a word during the drive home (и она не сказала почти ни одного слова во время поездки домой).

copse [kops] description [dis`krip∫n] word [wə:d]

As she did so, the moon came out from behind a cloud, and flooded with its silent silver the little churchyard, and from a distant copse a nightingale began to sing. She thought of the ghost's description of the Garden of Death, her eyes became dim with tears, and she hardly spoke a word during the drive home.