The Canterville Ghost

Many American ladies (многие американские женщины) on leaving their native land (покинув свою родную землю; to leave — оставлять, покидать) adopt an appearance of chronic ill-health (принимают вид хронических больных; ill-health — нездоровье), under the impression that it is a form of European refinement (под впечатлением, что это и есть форма европейской утонченности)

, but Mrs. Otis had never fallen into this error (никогда не впадала в это заблуждение; error — заблуждение, оплошность, ошибка; to fall). She had a magnificent constitution (она обладала прекрасным телосложением), and a really wonderful amount of animal spirits (и действительно необыкновенным зарядом жизнерадостности; wonderful — удивительный, замечательный; amount — количество; animal spirits — жизнерадостность).

chronic [

`kronik] ill-health [`ilhel] error [`er]

Many American ladies on leaving their native land adopt an appearance of chronic ill-health, under the impression that it is a form of European refinement, but Mrs. Otis had never fallen into this error. She had a magnificent constitution, and a really wonderful amount of animal spirits.

Indeed, in many respects (на самом деле, во многих отношениях)

, she was quite English (она была совершенной англичанкой), and was an excellent example of the fact (и была отличным примером того факта), that we have really everything in common with America nowadays (что у нас действительно все общее с Америкой в наши дни), except, of course, language (кроме, конечно, языка).

nowadays [`nadeiz] amount [`mant] except [ik`sept]

Indeed, in many respects, she was quite English, and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.