"Where shall I tell him to take you (куда, мне сказать, чтоб он отвез вас: to take — брать; доставлять /куда-л./)?"
indignant [In'dIgnqnt], government ['gAvnmqnt], caught [kLt]
Mrs. Harris was justly indignant. "What's all this?" she demanded. "Call this 'ere stuff money? Their coins feel like duds."
The Airways man smiled. "Well, in a sense they are, but only the government's allowed to make them. The fact just hasn't caught up with the French yet. Still, they continue to pass." He guided her through the crowd and up the ramp and placed her in a taxi. "Where shall I tell him to take you?"
Mrs. Harris sat up with her slender back (миссис Харрис села, с тонкой спиной = ее спина была тонкой/стройной), thin from hard work (худой от тяжелой работы), ramrod straight (прямой как шомпол), pink rose pointing due north (розовым цветком: «розой», указывающим прямо на север), her face as calm and composed as that of a duchess (/с/ лицом спокойным и сдержанным, как у герцогини). Only the little eyes were dancing with excitement (только маленькие глазки бегали: «плясали» от волнения). "Tell him to take me to the dress shop of Christian Dior (скажите ему, чтобы отвез меня к магазину одежды Кристиана Диора)," she said. The Airways man stared at her (работник авиакомпании пристально посмотрел на нее), refusing the evidence of his ears (отказываясь верить своим ушам: «отрицая данные его ушей»; evidence — очевидность; факты, данные). "I beg your pardon, ma'am (прошу прощения, мадам)?"
"The dress shop of Dior, you 'eard me (магазин одежды Диор, вы слышали меня: to hear)?"
duchess ['dACIs], excitement [Ik'saItmqnt], evidence ['evIdqns]
Mrs. Harris sat up with her slender back, thin from hard work, ramrod straight, the pink rose pointing due north, her face as calm and composed as that of a duchess. Only the little eyes were dancing with excitement. "Tell him to take me to the dress shop of Christian Dior," she said.
The Airways man stared at her, refusing the evidence of his ears. "I beg your pardon, ma'am?"
"The dress shop of Dior, you 'eard me?"
The Airways man had heard her all right (работник авиакомпании слышал ее вполне хорошо), but his brain, used to dealing with all kind of emergences and queer cases (но его мозг, привыкший иметь дело со всякими непредвиденными и чудными/странными случаями), could just not make the connection between a London daily woman (просто не мог установить связь между домработницей из Лондона), one of that vast army that sallied forth every morning to scrub up the city's dirt in office and home (одной из той огромной армии, отправляющейся каждое утро вычищать городскую грязь в офисах и домах), and the most exclusive fashion center in the world (и самым престижным центром моды в мире), and he still hesitated (и он по-прежнему колебался/сомневался).
"Come on then, get on with it (ну, тогда давайте живее)," commanded Mrs. Harris sharply (потребовала миссис Харрис резко; to command — господствовать/владеть; приказывать/требовать), "what's so strange about a lady going to buy 'erself a dress in Paris (что странного в женщине/в леди, намеревающейся купить себе платье в Париже)?"
heard [hWd], emergence [I'mWGqns], exclusive [Iks'klHsIv]
The Airways man had heard her all right, but his brain, used to dealing with all kind of emergences and queer cases, could just not make the connection between a London daily woman, one of that vast army that sallied forth every morning to scrub up the city's dirt in office and home, and the most exclusive fashion center in the world, and he still hesitated. |