Английский язык с Мюриэль Спарк (рассказы)

"…during the war (во время войны). Before that I was in general practice (до этого я занималась общей практикой). It's strange (это странно)," she said (сказала она), "how I came to take up psychology (как я пришла к тому, что занялась психологией). My second husband had a breakdown (у моего второго мужа случился нервный приступ; breakdown— поломка, упадок сил, развал) and was under a psychiatrist (и он наблюдался у психиатра). Of course, he's incurable (конечно, он неизлечимо болен; (in)curable— (не)излечимый), but I decided (но я решила)… It's strange, but that's how I came to take it up (это странно, но именно так я решила заняться этим). It saved my reason (это сохранило мой разум). My husband is still in a home (мой муж все еще в лечебнице). His sister, of course, became quite incurable (его сестра, конечно, оказалась совершенно неизлечима). He has his lucid moments (у него бывают моменты просветления; lucid— ясный, понятный, светлый). I did not realise it, of course, when I married (я не понимала этого, конечно, когда выходила замуж), but there was (но уже тогда был) what I'd now call an Oedipus-transference on his part (что бы я сейчас назвала эдипов комплекс: «перенос» с его стороны), and…"

How tedious I found these phrases (какими скучными казались мне эти фразы)! We had come to the lake (мы подошли к озеру). I stooped over it (я наклонилась над ним) and myself looked back at myself through the dark water (и я сама взглянула на себя из глубины: «через» темной воды). I looked at Dr. Gray's reflection and recognised her (я взглянула на отражение доктора Грей и узнала ее). I put on my dark glasses (я надела мои темные очки), then (тогда).

rhododendron ["rqVdq'dendrqn] duchess ['dACIs] breakdown ['breIkdaVn]

incurable [In'kjV(q)rqb(q)l] lucid ['lu: sId] Oedipus ['i: dIpqs]

After lunch, since the Eng. Lit. people had gone off to play tennis, she tacked on to me and we walked to the lake across the lawns, past the rhododendrons. This lake had once been the scene of a love-mad duchess's death.

"…during the war. Before that I was in general practice. It's strange," she said, "how I came to take up psychology. My second husband had a breakdown and was under a psychiatrist. Of course, he's incurable, but I decided… It's strange, but that's how I came to take it up. It saved my reason. My husband is still in a home. His sister, of course, became quite incurable. He has his lucid moments. I did not realise it, of course, when I married, but there was what I'd now call an Oedipus-transference on his part, and…"

How tedious I found these phrases! We had come to the lake. I stooped over it and myself looked back at myself through the dark water. I looked at Dr. Gray's reflection and recognised her. I put on my dark glasses, then.

"Am I boring you (я вас утомляю)?" she said.

"No, carry on (нет, продолжайте)."

"Must you wear those glasses (вам обязательно носить эти очки)? it is a modern psychological phenomenon (это современное психологическое явление) … the trend towards impersonalisation (тенденция к обезличиванию) … the modern Inquisitor (современный инквизитор)."

For a while (какое-то время), she watched her own footsteps (она осторожно ступала; towatchone’sfootstep— ступать осторожно, действовать осмотрительно, footstep— шаг, поступь), as we walked round the lake (пока мы шли вокруг озера). Then she continued her story (затем она продолжила свой рассказ).