"When I saw you this morning, Bateman (когда я увидел тебя сегодня утром, Бейтман)," he said then (сказал он затем), "I seemed to see myself as I was two years ago (мне показалось, что я увидел себя, каким я был два года назад). The same collar (тот же самый воротничок), and the same shoes (такие же туфли), the same blue suit (такой же синий костюм), the same energy (такая же активность/энергия). The same determination (такая же решимость). By God, I was energetic (Бог мой, я /действительно/ был активный/энергичный). The sleepy methods of this place made my blood tingle (от ленивых: «сонных» методов этого местечка моя кровь кипела;
persuade [pq'sweId], energy ['enqdZI], tingle ['tINg(q)l], enterprise ['entqpraIz]
"You will never persuade me that white is black and that black is white," said Bateman.
"I'm sure I shan't, Bateman."
Bateman could not understand why the flicker of a smile crossed Edward's lips when he thus agreed with him. Edward was silent for a minute.
"When I saw you this morning, Bateman," he said then, "I seemed to see myself as I was two years ago. The same collar, and the same shoes, the same blue suit, the same energy. The same determination. By God, I was energetic. The sleepy methods of this place made my blood tingle. I went about and everywhere I saw possibilities for development and enterprise. There were fortunes to be made here.
It seemed to me absurd (мне казалось нелепым) that the copra should be taken away from here in sacks and the oil extracted in America (что сушеные ядра кокосового ореха вывозились отсюда мешками, а масло отжималось в Америке;
copra ['kOprq], extracted [Ik'strxktId], labour ['leIbq], freight [freIt], inadequate [In'xdIkwIt], scoop [sku: p]