Английский язык с Конан Дойлем. Этюд в багровых тонах - Arthur Conan Doyle

haven [ˈheɪv(ǝ)n], bathe [beɪð], virgin [ˈvǝ:ʤɪn]

This is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven. From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains they had struggled on with a constancy almost unparalleled in history. The savage man, and the savage beast, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and disease — every impediment which Nature could place in the way, had all been overcome with Anglo-Saxon tenacity. Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken the hearts of the stoutest among them. There was not one who did not sink upon his knees in heartfelt prayer when they saw the broad valley of Utah bathed in the sunlight beneath them, and learned from the lips of their leader that this was the promised land, and that these virgin acres were to be theirs for evermore.

Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well as a resolute chief (Янг скоро доказал, что он не только решительный вождь, но и умелый администратор: «что он умелый администратор, равно как решительный вождь»). Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which the future city was sketched out (были начерчены карты и подготовлены чертежи, на которых появились наброски будущего города; to sketch — рисовать эскиз, делать набросок). All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual (фермы вокруг распределялись в соответствии со статусом: «в пропорции с рангом» каждого; to apportion — распределять; разделять; to allot — предоставлять, выделять; предназначать; standing — ранг, положение в обществе). The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling (торговцы занялись своим делом, ремесленники — своим; to put — помещать; определять; calling — призвание; профессия; род занятий). In the town streets and squares sprang up, as if by magic (в городе, словно по мановению волшебной палочки: «словно по волшебству», возникали новые дома; to spring up — возникать; magic — волшебство, магия). In the country there was draining and hedging (по всей округе рыли канавы и ставили изгороди; in the country — за городом; drain — дренажная канава; водосток; hedge — изгородь; ограда), planting and clearing (сеяли и расчищали под посевы), until the next summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop (и на следующее лето все золотилось урожаем пшеницы: «до тех пор пока следующее лето увидело всю местность золотистой от урожая пшеницы»). Everything prospered in the strange settlement (в этом странном поселении все росло, как на дрожжах; to prosper — благоденствовать, преуспевать). Above all, the great temple which they had erected in the centre of the city grew ever taller and larger (и прежде всего, большой храм, который они воздвигли в центре города, становился все выше и больше). From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the twilight (с первых лучей солнца и пока не угасали сумерки; blush — румянец; dawn — рассвет; closing — концовка), the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never absent from the monument (стук молотков и визг пил не прекращались: «никогда не был отсутствующим» у этого монумента; absent — отсутствующий) which the immigrants erected to Him who had led them safe through many dangers (который иммигранты воздвигали Тому, кто в целости и сохранности провел их через многие опасности; safe — безопасный; невредимый).

resolute [ˈrez(ǝ)lu:t], chief [ʧi:f], twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt]

Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well as a resolute chief. Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which the future city was sketched out. All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual. The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling. In the town streets and squares sprang up, as if by magic. In the country there was draining and hedging, planting and clearing, until the next summer saw the whole country golden with the wheat crop. Everything prospered in the strange settlement. Above all, the great temple which they had erected in the centre of the city grew ever taller and larger. From the first blush of dawn until the closing of the twilight, the clatter of the hammer and the rasp of the saw was never absent from the monument which the immigrants erected to Him who had led them safe through many dangers.

The two castaways, John Ferrier and the little girl (двое спасенных, Джон Феррьер и маленькая девочка) who had shared his fortunes and had been adopted as his daughter (которая разделила его судьбу и стала его приемной дочерью; to adopt — принимать; усыновлять; удочерять), accompanied the Mormons to the end of their great pilgrimage (прошли с мормонами до конца их долгого паломничества; to accompany — сопровождать, следовать вместе). Little Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleasantly enough in Elder Stangerson's wagon (маленькая Люси Феррьер достаточно удобно путешествовала в фургоне старейшины Стенджерсона; to bear — носить, нести; переносить), a retreat which she shared with the Mormon's three wives and with his son (прибежище, которое она делила с тремя женами и сыном этого мормона), a headstrong forward boy of twelve (упрямым, развязным мальчиком двенадцати лет; headstrong — своевольный, упрямый; forward — навязчивый; нахальный, развязный). Having rallied, with the elasticity of childhood, from the shock caused by her mother's death (оправившись с легкостью, свойственной детству, от шока, вызванного смертью матери; to rally — оправляться; поправляться после болезни; elasticity — гибкость, приспособляемость), she soon became a pet with the women (она вскоре стала любимицей женщин), and reconciled herself to this new life in her moving canvas-covered home (и смирилась с этой новой жизнью в движущемся доме, накрытом парусиной; canvas — холст, парусина; брезент; to cover — накрывать, покрывать). In the meantime Ferrier having recovered from his privations (Феррьер тем временем, поправившись после перенесенных лишений), distinguished himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter (проявил себя как полезный проводник и неутомимый охотник; to distinguish — отмечать; характеризовать). So rapidly did he gain the esteem of his new companions (он так быстро добился уважения своих новых товарищей; to gain — добывать, приобретать, зарабатывать), that when they reached the end of their wanderings (что, когда они достигли конца их странствий), it was unanimously agreed (было единодушно решено; to agree —соглашаться; сходиться во взглядах) that he should be provided with as large and as fertile a tract of land as any of the settlers (что он получит такой же большой и такой же плодородный участок земли, как и любой из поселенцев; to provide — давать, предоставлять; обеспечивать), with the exception of Young himself, and of Stangerson, Kemball, Johnston, and Drebber, who were the four principal Elders (за исключением самого Янга, и Стенджерсона, Кембалла, Джонстона и Дреббера, которые были четырьмя основными старейшинами).

elasticity [ˌɪlæsˈtɪsǝtɪ], esteem [ɪsˈti:m], unanimously [ju:ˈnænɪmǝslɪ], fertile [ˈfǝ:taɪl]

The two castaways, John Ferrier and the little girl who had shared his fortunes and had been adopted as his daughter, accompanied the Mormons to the end of their great pilgrimage. Little Lucy Ferrier was borne along pleasantly enough in Elder Stangerson's waggon, a retreat which she shared with the Mormon's three wives and with his son, a headstrong forward boy of twelve. Having rallied, with the elasticity of childhood, from the shock caused by her mother's death, she soon became a pet with the women, and reconciled herself to this new life in her moving canvas-covered home. In the meantime Ferrier having recovered from his privations, distinguished himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter. So rapidly did he gain the esteem of his new companions, that when they reached the end of their wanderings, it was unanimously agreed that he should be provided with as large and as fertile a tract of land as any of the settlers, with the exception of Young himself, and of Stangerson, Kemball, Johnston, and Drebber, who were the four principal Elders.

On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house (на этом участке: «на ферме, таким образом приобретенной» Джон Феррьер сам построил основательный бревенчатый дом; log — бревно; log-house — сруб; бревенчатый дом), which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa (который настолько расстроился: «который получил так много добавлений» за последующие годы, что превратился: «вырос» в просторную виллу; to succeed — следовать за чем-либо, кем-либо; сменять). He was a man of a practical turn of mind (он был человеком практического склада ума), keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands (с практической сметкой и мастер на все руки; keen — проницательный, сообразительный; dealing —действия, поведение, поступки; dealings —дружеские или деловые отношения; skilful — умелый; skill — искусство, мастерство, умение). His iron constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and tilling his lands (его железное здоровье позволяло ему работать с утра до вечера, внося улучшения в свое хозяйство и возделывая свою землю; to enable — давать возможность что-либо сделать; able — способный). Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly (поэтому так произошло, что его ферма и все, что ему принадлежало, процветало; to come about — происходить, случаться; to prosper — благоденствовать, преуспевать, процветать; exceedingly — чрезвычайно, очень; to exceed — превышать; переступать пределы, границы). In three years he was better off than his neighbours (через три года он стал зажиточнее, чем его соседи), in six he was well-to-do (через шесть лет он был вполне обеспечен; well-to-do — зажиточный, обеспеченный, состоятельный), in nine he was rich (через девять он был богат), and in twelve there were not half a dozen men in the whole of Salt Lake City who could compare with him (а через двенадцать едва ли полдюжины людей во всем Солт-Лейк-Сити могли сравниться с ним). From the great inland sea to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than that of John Ferrier (от Большого Соленого озера: «от большого внутреннего моря» до далеких гор Уосатч не было имени известнее, чем имя Джона Феррьера).

neighbour [ˈneɪbǝ], half [hɑ:f], compare [kǝmˈpeǝ]

On the farm thus acquired John Ferrier built himself a substantial log-house, which received so many additions in succeeding years that it grew into a roomy villa. He was a man of a practical turn of mind, keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands. His iron constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and tilling his lands. Hence it came about that his farm and all that belonged to him prospered exceedingly. In three years he was better off than his neighbours, in six he was well-to-do, in nine he was rich, and in twelve there were not half a dozen men in the whole of Salt Lake City who could compare with him. From the great inland sea to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than that of John Ferrier.