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А. М. Драгового

Генри,
О.

Г34
Рассказы [= Stories]
/
О. Генри; адаптация текста, коммент. Г.
К. Магидсон-Степановой; упражнения А.
Е. Хабенской. — М.: Айрис-пресс, 2012. —
160 с.: ил. — (Английский клуб). — (До­машнее
чтение).

ISBN
978-5-8112-4664-9

Настоящий
сборник состоит из адаптированных
рассказов американ­ского писателя
О. Генри. Текст рассказов несколько
сокращен, а трудные слова и выражения
заменены на общеупотребительные. Каждый
рассказ сборника снабжен постраничным
комментарием, а также упражнениями,
направленными на проверку понимания
текста, отработку лексики и грам­матических
правил, развитие устной речи.

Книга
предназначена для учащихся 10 классов
средних школ, гимназий, лицеев.

©
ООО «Издательство «АЙРИС- пресс»,
оформление, адаптация, комментарий,
упражнения, 2003

ISBN
978-5-8112-4664-9

ББК
81.2Англ-93 УДК811.111(075)

THE
COUNT AND THE WEDDING GUEST

Andy
Donovan was a boarder at Mrs. Scott’s boarding-house.

One
evening he came to dinner and Mrs. Scott intro­duced him to a new
boarder, a young girl, Miss Conway.

Miss
Conway was small and quite simple. She wore a plain brown dress.
After the introduction she did not speak to Andy Donovan. She sat
looking at her plate and he forgot Miss Conway almost at once.

Two
weeks later Andy was sitting on the front steps of the
boarding-house, smoking a cigar. Suddenly somebody came out. He
turned his head …
and
his head turned.¹

1. He
   turned his head …
   and
   his head turned. —
   Он повернул голову… и голова у него
   закружилась,
   (игра слов)

Miss
Conway was coming out of the door. She wore a beautiful black dress
and a beautiful black hat. Her shoes and her gloves were black too.
Her rich golden hair, and her large grey eyes made her almost
beautiful. She stood looking above the houses across the street up
into the sky. Her eyes were sad. All in black, and that sad far-away
look¹
and the golden hair shining under the black veil…

Mr.
Donovan threw away his unfinished cigar.

«It’s
a fine, clear evening, Miss Conway,» he said.

«Yes,
it is,» answered Miss Conway, «but not for me, Mr.
Donovan.»

«I
hope none of your family is²
…»
said
Andy.

Miss
Conway was silent. At last she said:

«Not
my family. Death has taken from me somebody who was very, very dear
to me… Now I am alone in the world. And I have no friends in this
city.»

Andy
Donovan did not ask any more questions³
and their conversation came to an end.

The
more Andy thought of Miss Conway the more he was sorry for her.⁴
Once he said to her at table:

«It’s
hard to be alone in New York. You should go out⁵
sometimes to forget your trouble. Do you wish

1. that
   sad far-away look —
   этот печальный и какой-то отсутствующий
   взгляд

2. none
   of your family is… —
   никто из членов вашей семьи не…

3. did
   not ask any more questions —
   больше не задавал вопросов

4. The
   more Andy thought of Miss Conway the more he was sorry for her. —
   Чем больше Энди думал о мисс Конвэй,
   тем больше он ей сочувствовал,
   (to
   be sorry
   —
   сочувствовать; раскаиваться, извиняться)

5. You
   should go out —
   Вы должны выходить, развлекаться (глагол
   should
   выражает
   долженствование, необходимость)

to
take a walk in the park, Miss Conway? If you allow me…»

«Thank
you, Mr. Donovan,» said Miss Conway. «I shall be very glad
to have your company. You are very kind.»

While
walking¹
in the park Miss Conway told Andy her sad story.

«His
name was Fernando Mazzini and he was an Ital­ian Count. He had a
lot of land and a villa in Italy. We were going to get married²
next spring. Fernando went to Italy to make his villa ready for us.
After he left I came to New York to get a job. Three days ago I
re­ceived a letter from Italy. It says that Fernando is dead. He
was killed in a gondola accident.

«That
is why I am wearing black. That is why I am always sad. I cannot take
an interest in anybody.³
If you wish to walk back to the house, Mr. Donovan, let’s go.»

Andy
Donovan did not wish to walk back to the house.

«I’m
very sorry⁴,»
he said softly. «No, we won’t⁵
go back to the house, not yet⁶.
And don’t say that you have no friends in this city, Miss Conway. I’m
very, very sor­ry for you. And you must believe that I’m your
friend.»

1. While
   walking —
   Во время прогулки (walking
   —
   Present
   Participle, соответствует
   русскому деепричастию «гуляя»)

2. We
   were going to get married —
   Мы собирались поже­ниться (to
   be going to do smth.
   —
   собираться, намереваться что-л. сделать)

3. I
   cannot take an interest in anybody. —
   Никто мне не ин­тересен. (Я никем не
   могу заинтересоваться.)

4. I’m
   (I am) very sorry —
   Мне очень жаль

5. we
   won’t =
   we
   will not (will
   —
   модальный глагол, выра­жает намерение,
   решимость, особенно в 1-м лице единствен­ного
   и множественного числа)

6. not
   yet —
   (пока) еще нет

«I
have a small photograph of him with me,» said Miss Conway. «I
have never shown it to anybody. But I will show it to you, Mr.
Donovan, because I believe that you are my friend.»

Mr.
Donovan looked at the photograph with much in­terest and for a
long time. The face of Count Mazzini was an interesting one¹.
It was a clever face of a strong man.

«I
have a larger photo of him in my room,» said Miss Conway. «When
we get back to the house I’ll show it to you. I look at it many times
a day².
He will always be present in my heart.³«

When
they came into the hall of the boarding-house she ran up to her room
and brought down a big photo­graph of the dead man.

«A
fine-looking man,» said Donovan. «I like his face very
much. Miss Conway, may I ask you to come to the theatre with me next
Sunday?»

A
month later they told Mrs.Scott that they were going to get married.
But in spite of⁴
this Miss Conway continued to wear black.

One
evening Mr. Donovan and Miss Conway were sit­ting in the park. It
was a fine clear night. The moon shone brightly on the green leaves.
Everything around them was very beautiful. But Donovan was silent. He
had been so silent all day that Miss Conway at last de­cided to
ask him a question.

1. an
   interesting one —
   интересное лицо (местоимение
   one
   употребляется
   во избежание повторения слова
   face)

2. many
   times a day —
   много раз в день

3. Не
   will
   always be present in my heart. —
   Он всегда будет жить в моем сердце.

4. in
   spite of —
   несмотря на

«What
is the matter¹,
Andy?» «Nothing, Maggie.»

«But
you never looked so unhappy before. What is it?» «It’s
nothing much²,
Maggie.»

«I
want to know, Andy. I am sure you are thinking about some other girl.
Well, why don’t you go to her if you love her? Take your arm away³,
please!»

«All
right, I’ll tell you,» said Andy. «I have a friend. His
name is Mike Sullivan. Do you know him?»

«No,
I don’t,» said Maggie. «And I don’t want to know him if you
are so unhappy because of⁴
him.»

«He
is a good friend, Maggie,» continued Andy. «I saw him
yesterday and I told him I was going to get married in two weeks⁵.
‘Andy,’ says he, ‘I want to be present at your wedding. Send me an
invitation and I’ll come.'»

«Well,
why don’t you invite him then if he wants so much to come?» said
Maggie.

«There
is a reason why I can’t invite him,» said Andy sadly. «There
is a reason why he must not be present at our wedding. Don’t ask me
any more ques­tions now, because I can’t answer them.»

«You
must! You must tell me everything,» said Maggie. «All
right,» answered Andy. «Maggie, do you love me as much as
you loved your …
your
Count Mazzini?»

He
waited a long time, but Maggie did not answer. Suddenly she turned to
him and began to cry.

«There,
there, there!⁶»
repeated Andy. «What is the matter now?»

1. What
   is the matter —
   В чем дело (Что с тобой)

2. nothing
   much —
   ничего особенного

3. Take
   your arm away —
   Убери свою руку

4. because
   of —
   из-за, по причине

5. in
   two weeks —
   через две недели

6. There,
   there, there! —
   Ну, ну, не надо, не плачь!

«Andy,»
said Maggie at last, «I have lied to you, and you will never
marry me. You will never love me any more. But I feel that I must
tell you everything. Andy, there was no count in my life. There was
nobody who loved me in all my life. All the other girls always talked
about love and marriage. But nobody loved me. Nobody wanted to marry
me. So at last I thought of a plan. I went to a photographer and
bought that big photo which I showed you. He also made a small one
for me. Then I invented that story about the Count and about the
gondola accident so that¹
I could wear black. I look well in black, and you know it. But nobody
can love a liar. And you will now leave me, Andy, and I shall die for
shame².
You are the only man I loved³
in my life. That’s all.»

But
instead of leaving her⁴,
Andy put his arms about her⁵
and looked into her face. She looked up and saw how happy he was.

«Can
you …
can
you forget it, Andy?» she asked.

«Of
course, I can,» said Andy. «I’m glad you have told me
everything, Maggie.»

They
were silent for some time. Then Maggie said:

«Andy,
did you believe all that story about the Count?»

«Well,
not all of it⁶,»
said Andy, «because the pho­tograph you have shown me is the
photograph of my friend, Mike Sullivan.»

1. so
   that
   —
   так чтобы, для того чтобы

2. I
   shall die for shame
   —
   я умру от стыда

3. the
   only man I loved
   —
   единственный мужчина, которого я любила

4. instead
   of leaving her
   —
   вместо того, чтобы уйти от нее (покинуть
   ее)

5. put
   his arms about her
   —
   обнял ее

6. not
   all of it
   —
   не целиком, не вполне

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1. The Gift of the Magi (Дары волхвов)
2. The Last Leaf (Последний лист)
3. No Story (Без вымысла)
4. After Twenty Years (Двадцать лет спустя)
5. A Retrieved Reformation (Обращение Джимми Валентайна).

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I. Уровень «легкий» (beginner, pre-intermediate)

1.O. Henry «The Gift of the Magi» (in English, for beginners)

Della counted the money. It was one dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all that she could save on vegetables and meat during 5 months.  Della counted it once more. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was nothing to do but sit down and cry. So Della cried. When she finished crying, she dried her face and came up by the window. She saw a grey cat walking along a grey fence in a grey back yard. She sighed unhappily as the money was not enough to buy her husband Jim a gift.

The Christmas story «The Gift of the Magi» (for beginner, read online)

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2.  O. Henry «The Last Leaf» (in English, for beginners)

Two young women, Sue and Johnsy, lived in New York. They were artists. Johnsy’s real name was Joanna.

In November it was very cold and Johnsy fell ill. She had a pneumonia, a decease that killed many people.

Johnsy lay on her bed and looked through the small window. She could see only the brick wall of the house next to her building.

«The Last Leaf» (for beginners, read online)

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4. O. Henry «After Twenty Years» (in English, for pre-intermediate)

The policeman walked along the street looking important. The time was nearly ten o’clock at night and it was cold. There was a wind with a little rain. The policeman looked up and down the street. Cigar shops or cafes that work all night were open; but most of the doors belonged to offices and they had been closed.

In the middle of one street the policeman suddenly began to walk slowly. In the doorway of one shop stood a man, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. When the policeman came up to him, the man spoke quickly.

After Twenty Years (for pre-intermediate, read online)

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II. Уровень «средний» (intermediate, upper-intermediate)

1. O.Henry «The Gift of the Magi» (in English, for intermediate)

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money — pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat. Negotiating until one’s face burned with the silent knowledge of being poor. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but sit down and cry. So Della cried. Which led to the thought that life is made up of little cries and smiles, with more little cries than smiles.

The Gift of the Magi (for intermediate, read and listen online)

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2. O. Henry «The Last Leaf» (in English, for intermediate)

Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy’s real name was Joanna.

In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building.

• O. Henry «The Last Leaf» (for intermediate, read online)

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3. O.Henry «No Story» (in English, for intermediate)

I worked in a newspaper. One day Tripp came in and leaned on my table. Tripp was something. He was about twenty-five and looked forty. His face was covered with short, curly red hair. He was pale and unhealthy and miserable and always was borrowing money from twenty-five cents to a dollar. One dollar was his limit. When he leaned on my table he held one hand with the other to keep from shaking. Whisky.
O.Henry «No Story» (for intermediate, read online)

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Рассказы О. Генри на английском языке. Уровень «сложный» (advanced)

1. O. Henry «A Retrieved Reformation»

A GUARD CAME to the prison shoe-shop, where Jimmy Valentine was stitching uppers (тачал заготовки), and escorted him to the front office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon, which had been signed that morning by the governor. Jimmy took it in a tired kind of way. He had served nearly ten months of a four year sentence. He had expected to stay only about three months, at the longest. When a man had as many friends on the outside as Jimmy Valentine did it is hardly worthwhile to cut his hair.

• A Retrieved Reformation (for advanced, read online with translation)
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