Trudy giggled a little (Труди льстиво хихикнула «чуть-чуть»;
humour ['hju: mq] nationality ["nxSq'nxlItI] feasible ['fi: zqb(q)l]
volunteer ["vOl(q)n'tIq] affair [q'fεq]
"Not much of a sense ofhumour, have they?"
"They are of mixed nationalities, so they have to limit theirhumourto jokes which everyone can understand, and so they talk about racing cars which aren't there."
Trudy giggled a little, to show willing. Richard told her he was thirty-five, which she thought feasible. She volunteered that she was not quite twenty-two. Whereupon Richard looked at her and looked away, and looked again and took her hand. For, as he told Gwen afterwards, this remarkable statement was almost an invitation to a love affair.
Their love affair began that afternoon (их любовная связь началась в тот /же/ день), in a boat on the lake (в лодке на озере), when, barefoot (когда босые), they had a game of placing sole to sole, heel to heel (они развлекались: «имели игру» и соединяли: «располагали» ступню к ступне: «подошву к подошве», и пятку к пятке). Trudy squealed (Труди визжала), and leaned back hard (и сильно откидывалась назад), pressing her feet against Richard's (прижимая свои ступни к: «против» /ступням/ Ричарда).
She squealed at Gwen (она пронзительно кричала Гвен) when they met in their room later on (когда они встретились в /их/ номере: «комнате» позже). "I'm having a heavenly time with Richard (я провожу: «имею» восхитительно время с Ричардом;
Gwen sat on her bed (Гвен села на свою кровать) and gave Trudy a look of wonder (и с удивлением посмотрела на Труди: «и дала Труди взгляд удивления»). Then she said (затем она сказала). "He's not much older than you (он не намного старше тебя)."
"I've knocked a bit off my age (я слегка скинула себе годков;
"How much have you knocked off (сколько же ты скинула)?"
"Seven years (семь лет)."
barefoot ['bεqfVt] squeal [skwi: l] wonder ['wAndq] knock off ['nOk'Of]
Their love affair began that afternoon, in a boat on the lake, when, barefoot, they had a game of placing sole to sole, heel to heel. Trudy squealed, and leaned back hard, pressing her feet against Richard's.