Английский язык с У. С. Моэмом. На окраине империи. Рассказы / W. S. Maugham: Stories

"Now what have you to say to me?" she asked.

"I hardly know how to begin."

"Is Edward Barnard coming back?"

"No."

There was a long silence before Bateman spoke again (стояла долгая тишина, прежде чем Бейтман снова заговорил), and with each of them it was filled with many thoughts (и для каждого из них она была наполнена множеством мыслей). It was a difficult story he had to tell (история, которую он должен был рассказать, была неприятной; difficult — трудный; затруднительный, неприятный), for there were things in it which were so offensive to her sensitive ears (потому как в ней были вещи, которые были оскорбительными для ее нежных ушей) that he could not bear to tell them (и ему было тяжело их рассказывать; to bear — терпеть, выносить; мириться/с чем-либо/), and yet in justice to her, no less than in justice to himself (и все же, отдавая ей должное, так же как и самому себе; justice — справедливость), he must tell her the whole truth (он должен был рассказать ей всю историю целиком).

offensive [q'fensIv], bear [beq], justice ['dZAstIs]

There was a long silence before Bateman spoke again, and with each of them it was filled with many thoughts. It was a difficult story he had to tell, for there were things in it which were so offensive to her sensitive ears that he could not bear to tell them, and yet in justice to her, no less than in justice to himself, he must tell her the whole truth.

It had all begun long ago when he and Edward Barnard, still at college, had met Isabel Longstaffe (все это началось очень давно, когда он и Эдвард Барнард, /тогда они/ все еще учились в колледже, познакомились с Изабеллой Лонгстаф; to meet — встречать; знакомиться) at the tea-party given to introduce her to society (на чаепитии, устроенном /в честь/ ее представления в обществе = ее выхода в свет; to introduce — вводить, вставлять; приводить, впускать/куда-либо/). They had both known her when she was a child and they long-legged boys (они оба знали ее, когда она была /еще/ ребенком, а они — длинноногими мальчишками), but for two years she had been in Europe to finish her education (но она провела в Европе два года, заканчивая свое образование) and it was with a surprised delight that they renewed acquaintance with the lovely girl who returned (и с удивленным восхищением они возобновили знакомство, с возвратившейся прелестной девушкой; to renew — обновлять; возобновлять).

society [sq'saIqtI], education ["edjV'keIS(q)n], acquaintance [q'kweIntqns]

It had all begun long ago when he and Edward Barnard, still at college, had met Isabel Longstaffe at the tea-party given to introduce her to society. They had both known her when she was a child and they long-legged boys, but for two years she had been in Europe to finish her education and it was with a surprised delight that they renewed acquaintance with the lovely girl who returned.