Майклом), and then with Roger, her son, as a baby (и затем с Роджером, ее
сыном, /когда он был/ ребенком). There was one photograph of the three of them
(была и одна фотография их троих, /на ней/), Michael very manly and
incredibly handsome (Майкл очень мужественный и невероятно красивый;
down at Roger (она сама, сама нежность, смотрящая /вниз/ на Роджера;
чувством;
with a curly head (и Роджер, маленький мальчик с кудрявой головкой), which
had been an enormous success (которая имела огромный успех).
career [kq'rIq] laudable ['lO:dqb(q)l] paste [peIst] incredibly [In'kredqblI]
"When someone comes along and wants to write the story of our careers he'll
find all the material ready to his hand," he said.
With the same laudable object he had had all their press cuttings from the
very beginning pasted in a series of large books.
There were photographs of Julia when she was a child, and photographs of
her as a young girl, photographs of her in her first parts, photographs of her
as a young married woman, with Michael, and then with Roger, her son, as a
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baby. There was one photograph of the three of them, Michael very manly
and incredibly handsome, herself all tenderness looking down at Roger with
maternal feeling, and Roger a little boy with a curly head, which had been an
enormous success.
All the illustrated papers (все иллюстрированные издания;
странице) and they had used it on the programmes (и они /сами/ разместили ее:
«использовали ее» на программках). Reduced to picture-postcard size
(уменьшенная до размеров почтовой открытки;
годами продавалась в провинции;
was such a bore (так было обидно: «скучно»;
Roger when he got to Eton (что Роджер, когда он поступил в Итон) refused to
be photographed with her any more (отказался фотографироваться с ней
/больше/;
(казалось смешным/странным, что он) not to want to be in the papers (не хочет
появляться в прессе: «быть в газетах»).
illustrated ['IlqstreItId] reduced [rI'dju:st] province ['prOvIns]
All the illustrated papers had given it a full page and they had used it on the
programmes. Reduced to picture-postcard size it had sold in the provinces for
years. It was such a bore that Roger when he got to Eton refused to be
photographed with her any more. It seemed so funny of him not to want to be
in the papers.
"People will think (люди подумают, что) you're deformed or something (ты
уродливый или что-нибудь еще;
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good form (и это не противоречит хорошим манерам;
необходимо посетить премьеру;
the society people (и посмотреть на светских людей) how they mob the
photographers (как они окружают фотографов;