Doug is such a i never believe a word he says lie

A. Complete using the words in the box.

close • confident • cool • divorced • generous • grateful

independent • loving • loyal • ordinary • patient • private • single

1   Thanks for looking after my dog for the weekend. I’m really ………………… .

2   Judy is one of the most ………………… people I know. She’s always giving me presents!

3   I don’t want a girlfriend. I like being ………………… .

4   It will take a while for Simon to forgive you. You’ll just have to be ………………… .

5   Adam’s parents are …………………, so he only sees his dad at the weekend.

6   Cats are more ………………… than dogs. They live their own lives and don’t need human company.

7   I’m very ………………… to my best friend. I’d never talk about her behind her back.

8   Sandy’s such a ………………… dog. He’s always so happy to see us when we come home!

9   I’m not a very ………………… person. I get nervous when I have to speak in public.

10   My diary is ………………… . No one is allowed to read it apart from me.

11   I tell my sister all my problems and secrets. We have a very ………………… relationship.

12   My uncle’s really …………………! He’s in a rock band!

13   I’m just a/an ………………… person with a normal life -but I’m quite happy!

Answers

1 grateful   2 generous   3 single   4 patient

5 divorced   6 independent   7 loyal   8 loving

9 confident   10 private   11 close   12 cool

13 ordinary

B. Complete using a word formed from the letters given.

1   Don’t you think Ben and Angie make a lovely ……………………? L E O P U C

2   How many …………………… are staying at the hotel at the moment? S E G U T S

3   All our …………………… are coming to the wedding. S N O R E A L I T

4   A …………………… is just a friend you haven’t met yet! G R A N T E R S

5   How long have you been going out with your ……………………? D R I N F E Y O B

6   Why are you in such a bad ……………………? O D O M

7   My grandparents live in a really quiet ……………………  . O H I D R O U G H B O N E

8   My cousin has just moved into a …………………… in the city centre. A T L F

9   I’m going to the cinema with my …………………… tonight. R E D G I N F L I R

Answers

1 couple   2 guests   3 relations   4 stranger

5 boyfriend   6 mood   7 neighbourhood

8 flat   9 girlfriend

C. Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write the correct word.

1   I was first respected to Jake at a party. …………………….

2   I shouldn’t have rented you. Now I know you can’t keep a secret! …………………….

3   Our house is being recognised so we’re staying with my grandparents at the moment. …………………….

4   Everyone apologised Mr Turner because he was strict but fair. …………………….

5   Have you introduced to Kelly for losing her CD? …………………….

6   Sarah said I was a liar but Carol trusted me and said I wasn’t. …………………….

7   We decorated a small house in the countryside for the summer. …………………….

8   No one defended Phil when he came to the party dressed as an old man. …………………….

Answers

1 introduced   2 trusted   3 decorated   4 respected

5 apologised   6 defended   7 rented   8 recognised

D. Circle the correct word.

1   I thought I could trust you! You’ve really let me off / down.

2   Do you get on / in well with your older sister?

3   As children grow off / up, they want more independence from their parents.

4   Dave has fallen off / out with Jason and they’re not talking to each other at the moment.

5   Ed was brought in / up by his aunt because his parents lived abroad.

6   I used to go out / by with Tony but we split off / up about a year ago.

7   I hate looking after / over my baby brother!

Answers

1 down   2 on   3 up   4 out   5 up   6 out/up   7 after

E. Write one word in each gap.

Advice for parents of teenagers

You’ve always (1) …………………… up your children to come to you when they’re in trouble. You feel it’s your job to (2) …………………… after them when they’re having problems. But now, as your children are (3) …………………… up, they often don’t want to share their problems with you. That’s perfectly normal, so don’t worry! Of course, you want to (4) …………………… on well with your children, but that means you have to give them some freedom.

Maybe they’ve (5) …………………… out with their best friend and feel upset and angry. Maybe they’ve just (6) …………………… up with the boyfriend or girlfriend they’ve been (7) …………………… out with. Maybe they’ve been (8) …………………… down by a friend who they trusted. Teenagers go through all these problems. If they want to talk to you about it, then that’s fine. But if they don’t, don’t force them. They’ll come to you when they’re ready.

Answers

1 brought   2 look   3 growing   4 get

5 fallen    6 split   7 going   8 let

F. Each of the words in bold is wrong. Write the correct word.

1   Are you still on contact with any friends from university? ………………..

2   I’m going to split up with Dan because we’ve got nothing from common. ………………..

3   I don’t think I’d like to live on myself. ………………..

4   Would you like to live by your own? ………………..

5   Fiona didn’t break your MP3 player with purpose. It was an accident! ………………..

6   Guess what! Mike and Julie are at love with each other. ………………..

Answers

1 in   2 in   3 by   4 on   5 on   6 in

G. Complete by changing the form of the word in capitals.

1   I’m asking for your …………………..! FORGIVE

2   Doug is such a ………………….. . I never believe a word he says! LIE

3   Be …………………..! I’ve just painted the walls and they’re wet. CARE

4   Lying to your dad like that was really ………………….. . HONEST

5   My brother is ………………….. but that doesn’t stop him from doing lots of sport. ABLE

6   I haven’t got the ………………….. to go up to a stranger at a party and introduce myself. CONFIDENT

7   My best friend gives me lots of help with my ………………….. problems. PERSON

8   My ………………….. with Chris lasted for over three years. RELATION

Answers

1 forgiveness   2 liar   3 careful   4 dishonest

5 disabled   6 confidence   7 personal   8 relationship

H. Complete the words.

1   Liz has got a really lively person……………. .

2   Roger is always losing things. He’s so care…………….!

3   I really admire you for your honest……………. .

4   I have a lot of admir……………. for Linda. She’s achieved such a lot.

5   Uncle Alan has an amazing mental ab……………. – he can guess the number you’re thinking of.

6   In the introduc……………. to this book, it says that moving house is extremely stressful.

7   Most of my relat……………. live in Canada so I don’t see them very often.

Answers

1 -ality   2 -less   3 -y   4 -ation   5 -ility

6 -tion   7 -ions/ves

I. Write one word in each gap.

I’m very fond (1) …………………. my husband, William. I’ve been married (2) …………………. him for over sixty years. I know he cares (3) …………………. me now just as much as when we first met all those years ago. I’d got lost, and I asked him for directions. He was so kind (4) …………………. me. He offered to drive me wherever I wanted to go. It was love at first sight and since then my relationship (5) …………………. him has always been wonderful.

William is proud (6) …………………. my success as an artist, and he’s never been jealous (7) …………………. my fame. I really admire him (8) …………………. supporting me so much over the years. Every evening, we chat (9) …………………. each other (10) …………………. the day’s events. Of course, we do sometimes argue (11) …………………. things. All couples do. But whenever I have an argument (12) …………………. him, we soon start laughing and both apologise (13) …………………. each other (14) …………………. getting angry. I can’t imagine life without him!

Answers

1 of   2 to   3 about   4 to   5 with   6 of   7 of

8 for   9 to   10 about   11 about   12 with

13 to   14 for

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PASSIVE VOICE – PRACTICE TEST No. 2
Exercise 1. The word and phrases in bold in each sentence are wrong. Write the correct word or phrase.
1. Every year, several prizes are giving to the best students. → given
2. When the pizza was delivering, it was cold. →delivered
3. You will be telling when you can come in. →told
4. That song doesn’t played on the radio very often, is it? →isn’t
5. Your money was stealing out of your bag? →Was your money stolen
6. We haven’t allowed to use a dictionary in the exam yesterday. →weren’t
7. That film won’t have shown in our local cinema for a long time. →be
8. I will be picked up from the station on Saturday? Will I be
Exercise 2. Complete using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. When people (arrest) are arrested, they (take) are taken to the police station.
2. Milk (usually/keep)is usually kept in the fridge.
3. (we/tell)Will we be told what’s in next week’s test?
4. How did people communicate over long distances before the phone (invent) was invented?
5. (you/allow)Will you be allowed to come to the party next Saturday?
6. You (give)will be given your exam results next Monday.
7. (Aidan’s bike/find)Was Aidan’s bike found yesterday?
Exercise 3. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one. Write between two and five words.
1. Will they send the letters first class? (sent)
→Will the letter be sent first class?
2. I’m not sure if they eat pizza in China. (is)
→I’m not sure if pizza is eaten in China.
3. Someone told me that they don’t make cars in the UK anymore. (made)
→ Someone told me that cars aren’t made in the UK anymore.
4. Do they usually feed the animals three times a day? (fed)
→Are the animals usually fed three times a day?
5. Mr Jones is ill, so he won’t give us a geography test today! (be)
→Mr Jones is ill, so we won’t be given a geography test today!
6. Did they take her to hospital in an ambulance? (she)

→Was she taken to hospital in an ambulance?
Exercise 4. Write one word in each gap.
The National Trust
There are lots of beautiful, large houses in Britain. Many of them (1.)were built hundreds of years
ago. In the past, they (2.)were owned by very rich families. Today, many of them (3.)are owned by an
organization called The National Trust, which (4.)was created to look after them. The houses (5.)are kept in
perfect condition, and visitors (6.)are allowed to look round them. It’s interesting to learn how different life
was in an old house. Milk was (7.)not/never kept in the fridge, because they didn’t have fridges! Washing
machines (8.)were only invented very recently, so washing (9.) was done by hand. In some cases, the house
(10.) is still lived in today. When this happen, visitors (11.) are only shown part of the house. The private
rooms (12.)are kept closed to the public. These houses often have beautiful gardens, too. The gardens (13.)
are looked after by professional gardeners.
You usually have to pay to look round National Trust houses. Members of the National Trust (14.)
are given a discount. This year, millions of people (15.) will be given the chance to see what life in an old
country house was like.
Exercise 5. Complete using “by” or “with”
1. That book was written by my uncle!
2. Are the best photos usually taken with digital cameras?
3. That song has been sung by lots of famous singers.
4. Is your hair cut by a professional hairdresser?
5. Should the paper be cut with a pair of scissors?
6. All the candles had been lit with the same match.
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7. The film isn’t going to be directed by Steven Spielberg after all.
— We can use “by” to emphasize who does sth: My sister’s bedroom was painted by my parents. (= My
parents painted my sister’s bedroom.)

— We can use “with” to emphasize what someone uses: Soup is usually eaten with a spoon. (= You usually
use a spoon to eat soup.)
— We don’t use “by” or “with” when we don’t need to say, or don’t know who does sth: Mrs Fisher was
taken to hospital yesterday.
Exercise 6. Complete each second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write no
more than four words.
1. I think John has taken my jacket.
→I think my jacket has been taken by John.
2. You should cook the chicken for at least an hour.
→The chicken should be cooked for at least a hour.
3. They’re showing that film at the cinema in town.
→That film is being shown at the cinema in town.
4. They hadn’t invented digital cameras when we took that photo.
→Digital cameras hadn’t been invented when that photo was taken.
5. When I got there, Carly was doing the ironing, so I didn’t have to do it!
→When I got there, the ironing was being done by Carly, so I didn’t have to do it!
6. They were using hot soapy water to wash all the cars.
→All the cars were being washed with hot soapy water.
Exercise 7. Complete using the words in the box.
close
confident
cool
divorced
generous
grateful
independent
loving
loyal
ordinary
patient

private
single
1. Thanks for looking after my dog for the weekend. I’m really grateful.
2. Judy is one of the most generous people I know. She’s always giving me presents!
3. I don’t want a girlfriend. I like being single.
4. It will take a while for Simon to forgive you. You’ll just have to be patient.
5. Adam’s parents are divorced, so he only sees his dad at the weekend.
6. Cats are more independent than dogs. They live their own lives and don’t need human company.
7. I’m very loyal to my best friend. I’d never talk about her behind her back.
8. Sandy’s such a loving dog. He’s always so happy to see us when we come home!
9. I’m not a very confident person. I get nervous when I have to speak in public.
10. My diary is private. No one is allowed to read it apart from me.
11. I tell my sister all my problems and secrets. We have a very close relationship.
12. My uncle’s really cool! He’s in a rock band!
13. I’m just a/an ordinary person with a normal life- but I’m quite happy!
Exercise 8. Circle the correct word.
1. I thought I could trust you! You’ve really let me off/down.
2. Do you get on/in well with your older sister?
3. As children grow off/up, they want more independence from their parents.
4. Dave has fallen off/out with Jason and they’re not talking to each other at the moment.
5. Ed was brought in/up by his aunt because his parents lived abroad.
6. I used to go out/by with Tony but we split off/up about a year ago.
7. I hate looking after/over my baby brother!
Exercise 9. Write one word in each gap.
ADVICE FOR PARENTS OF TEENAGERS
You’ve always (1.)brought up your children to come to you when they’re in trouble. You feel it’s
your job to (2.) look after them when they’re having problems. But now, as your children are (3.)growing
up, they often don’t want to share their problems with you. That’s perfectly normal, so don’t worry! Of
course, you want to (4.) get on well with your children, but that means you have to give them some freedom.
Maybe they’ve (5.)fallen out with their best friend and feel upset and angry. Maybe they’ve just (6.)

fallen up with the boyfriend or girlfriend they’ve been (7.) going out with. Maybe they’ve been (8.) let down
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by a friend who they trusted. Teenagers go through all these problems. If they want to talk to you about it,
then that’s fine. But if they don’t, don’t force them. They’ll come to you when they’re ready.
Exercise 10. Each of the words in bold is wrong. Write the correct word.
1. Are you still on contact with any friends from university? → in
2. I’m going to split up with Dan because we’ve got nothing from common. →in
3. I don’t think I’d like to live on myself. →by
4. Would you like to live by your own? →on
5. Fiona didn’t break your MP3 player with purpose. It was an accident! →on
6. Guess what! Mike and Julie are at love with each other. →in
Exercise 11. Complete by changing the form of the word in bracket.
1. I’m asking for your forgiveness !(forgive)
2. Doug is such a liar . I never believe a word he says! (lie)
3. Be careful! I’ve just painted the walls and they’re wet. (care)
4. Lying to your dad like that was really dishonest. (honest)
5. My brother is disabled but that doesn’t stop him from doing lots of sport. (able)
6. I haven’t got the confidence to go up to a stranger at a party and introduce myself. (confident)
7. My best friend gives me lots of help with my personal problems. (person)
8. My relationship with Chris lasted for over three years. (relation)
Exercise 12. Compete the words.
1. Liz has got a really lively personality.
2. Roger is always losing things. He’s so careless.
3. I really admire you for your honesty.
4. I have a lot of admiration for Linda. She’s achieved such a lot.
5. Uncle Alan has an amazing mental ability — he can guess the number you’re thinking of.

6. In the introduction to this book, it says that moving house is extremely stressful.
7. Most of my relatives/ions live in Canada so I don’t see them very often.
Exercise 13. Write one word in each gap.
I’m very fond (1.) of my husband, William. I’ve been married (2.) to him for over sixty years. I know
he cares (3.)about me now just as much as when we first met all those years ago. I’d got lost, and I asked
him for directions. He was so kind (4.) to me. He offered to drive me wherever I wanted to go. It was love at
first sight and since then my relationship (5.) with him has always been wonderful.
William is proud (6.) of my success as an artist, and he’s never been jealous (7.) of my fame. I really
admire him (8.) for supporting me so much over the years. Every evening, we chat (9.) to each other (10.)
about the day’s events. Of course, we do sometimes argue (11.)about things. All couples do. But whenever
I have an argument (12.) with him, we soon start laughing and both apologize (13.) to each other (14.) for
getting angry. I can’t imagine life without him!
Exercise 14. Complete using the verbs in the box.
apologize
defend
introduce
recognize
rent
respect
trust
1. “Who’s that over there?” “That’s Graham Western, the actor. Let me introduce you.”
2. “Hi, Harry!” “Oh, Hi, Rita! I didn’t recognize you with your new hair style!”
3. “I’m really sorry!” “There’s no need to apologize.”
4. “I’m thinking of moving house soon.” “Do you want to buy or rent a place?”
5. “I wish I hadn’t told Rebecca some of my secrets.” “Don’t worry. You can trust Rebecca. She won’t tell
anyone.”
6. “Mr Parker is going to run a marathon for charity.” Yes, I really respect Mr Parker. He does such a lot of
charity work.”
7. “I’m sure Billy didn’t say that!” “Why do you always defend Billy? He’s not perfect, you know!”
Exercise 15. Write one word in each gap.

1. Could you look after our rabbit while we’re on holiday?
2. Tim was Sandy’s boyfriend, but they split up last month.
3. Kim and Katy have fallen out with each other, so Kim isn’t going to invite Katy to her party.
4. Phil was brought up by his uncle and aunt.
5. Is Gareth really going out with Liz?
Exercise 16. Complete by changing the form of the word in bracket.
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1. I’ve got so much admiration for Darren. (admire)
2. Susie is so careless. She’s always breaking things! (care)
3. Tony said his dad is a millionaire, but he’s such a liar. (lie)
4. Lots of disabled people live full and happy lives. (able)
5. Karen apologized, so I forgave her immediately. (forgive)
6. Andrea has got a great personality. You’ll really like her! (person)
7. I’m not sure I’ve got the confidence to sing in public! (confident)
8. I hate people who are dishonest. (honest)
Exercise 17. Complete each second sentence using the word give, so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence. Write between two and five words.
1. We gave my dad a surprise party on his fortieth birthday. (was)
→My dad was given surprise party on his fortieth birthday.
2. After the play, they introduced us to all the actors. (we)
→After the play, we were introduced to all the actors.
3. They’ve caught the person who stole your bike! (has)
→The person who stole your bike has been caught!
4. No one had told me that Jill was coming! (been)
→I hadn’t been told that Jill was coming!
5. Our English teacher and our German teacher are husband and wife. (married)

→Our English teacher is married to our German teacher.
6. A neighbor is feeding our dog while we’re away. (being)
→Our dog is being fed by a neighbor while we’re away.
7. Use a sharp knife to cut the cake. (should)
→The cake should be cut with a sharp knife.
8. I’m not interested in what you think! (care)
→I don’t care about what you think!
9. My parents don’t let me watch much TV at home. (allowed)
→ I am not allowed to watch much TV at home.
10. They’re going to invite over a hundred people to the wedding reception. (going)
→Over a hundred people are going to be invited to the wedding reception.
Exercise 18. Choose the correct answer.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS
We can choose our friends, but we can’t choose our (1.)
. That doesn’t mean, though, that
members of our family can’t also be our friends. Many children have such a good relationship (2.)
their parents that they see them as friends. Of course, when you’re a teenager, you’ll have (3.)
with your parents. There will be times when you don’t (4.)
on very well with them. That’s
only natural. There will be times when you want to be (5.)
and solve your problems (6.)
yourself. You’ll also (7.)
your parents down sometimes. After all, nobody’s perfect and we all
make mistakes. But your parents understand that. And as you grow (8.)
and become an adult,
you’ll probably realize you have lots of things in (9.)
with your mum and dad and become
even (10.)
to them.
1. A. couples

B. guests
C. strangers
D. relations
2. A. by
B. for
C. with
D. from
3. A. moods
B. arguments
C. lies
D. dishonesty
4. A. get
B. take
C. put
D. set
5. A. divorced
B. single
C. grateful
D. independent
6. A. on
B. by
C. for
D. with
7. A. let
B. make
C. take
D. fall
8. A. on
B. over
C. out

D. up
9. A. private
B. common
C. contact
D. love
10. A. fonder
B. more proud
C. closer
D. more ordinary
Exercise 19. Choose the correct word or phrase.
1. The prime minister was/has criticized for his recent actions.
2. When I walked pass the Wilson’s house, their new sofa was/has being delivered.
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3. Our teacher was/has told us to take our favorite book to school tomorrow.
4. I think my mobile was/has been stolen!
5. Jonathan was/has chosen to play the lead role in the school play.
6. I’m sleeping downstairs because my bedroom is being painted/has been painting.
7. This picture was/has probably taken during the winter.
8. Your essays must be/have handed in on Friday morning.
9. Someone was/has left their wallet on the floor.
10. Did you hear about the bank being/having robbed?
11. Treasure Island was/has written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
12. It was a real shock when my dad was/has fired from his job.
13. The Vikings had visited America before it was/has discovered by Columbus.
14. When we got to the airport, we learned that our flight was/had been delayed.
15. Was/Has your ticket for the concert tomorrow paid for by you or your parents?

Exercise 20. Complete using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
1. The Earth (hold) is held by the gravity of the Sun and orbits around it.
2. The first feature-length comedy film (create) was created by Charlie Chaplin.
3. The award for best video (present)will be presented/ is going to be presented later this evening.
4. By the time you read this, I (arrest) will have been arrested for murder.
5. I don’t know whether our tests (mark) have been marked yet or not.
6. Radio waves (discover) were discovered by Marconi.
7. You wouldn’t think it to look at him now, but Jack (bully) was bullied (ham doa, buc hai)when he was at school.
8. Your application (consider)is being considered and we will let you know as soon as we’ve made a decision.

9. The roof of the car can (lower) be lowered by pressing this button here.
10. Our tent (blow) was blown over in the night by the wind.
11. Chess (play) has been played for around two thousand years now.
12. Two men (question)are being questioned at this moment by police in connection with the burglary.
Exercise 21. Write sentences in the passive.
1. Our car/service/a mechanic/at the moment.
→Our car is being serviced by a mechanic at the moment.
2. A man/shoot/an air gun/outside the petrol station last night.
→A man was shot with an air gun outside the petrol station last night.
3. Gunpowder/invent/the Chinese.
→Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese.
4. At the surgery yesterday, I/examine/Dr Peterson/and I/give/a prescription.
→At the surgery yesterday, I was examined by Dr Peterson and I was given a prescription.
5. I went to see it because I/tell/it was a good film/all my friends.
→I went to see it because I had been told it was a good film by all my friends.
6. This photograph/take/my grandfather.
→This photograph was taken by my grandfather.
7. It looked like the window/break/a hammer/some time before.
→It looked liked the window had been broken with a hammer some time before.
8. Our dog/give/an injection/a special syringe/the vet.

→Our dog was given an injection with a special syringe by the vet.
9. The winning goal in last night’s match/score/Denatello/a brilliant free kick.
→The winning goal in last night’s match was scored by Denatello with a brilliant free kick.
10. Your cheque/send/last Friday and/should/deliver/to you tomorrow.
→Your cheque was sent last Friday and should be delivered to you tomorrow.
Exercise 22. Rewrite using the phrase given.
1. They have been building the new road for a long time now. (under construction)
→The new road has been under construction for a long time now.
2. They had been training the horse for the race for over a year. (in training)
→The horse had been in training for the race for over a year.
3. They have been discussing the issue in Parliament. (under discussion)
→The issue has been under discussion in Parliament.
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4. They had been observing the criminal for the past two weeks. (under observation)
→The criminal had been under observation for the past two weeks.
5. They have been using this plane for over 25 years now. (in use)
→This plane has been in use for over 25 years now.
6. They have been developing the Cyborg D423 robot for over ten years. (in development)
→The Cyborg D423 has been in development for over ten years.
Exercise 23. Rewrite in the passive starting with the words given.
1. People say that Bali is a beautiful island.
→It is said that Bali is a beautiful island.
2. People generally think that life won’t be found on Mars.
→It is generally thought that life won’t be found on Mars.
3. It is generally said that Christmas is too commercialized.
→Christmas is generally said to be too commercialized.

4. People often argue that prison doesn’t work.
→It is often argued that prison doesn’t work.
5. People have suggested that the school should start to produce a magazine.
→It has been suggested that the school should start to produce a magazine.
6. People say that crocodile tastes like squid.
→Crocodile is said to taste like squid.
7. It is said that Vikings discovered America before Columbus.
→The Vikings are said to have discovered American before Columbus.
8. People think that heart disease is caused by eating the wrong things.
→Heart disease is thought to be caused by eating the wrong things.
Exercise 24. Choose the correct answer
1. We
a swimming pool put in this week.
A. get
B. are having
C. have
D. have got
2. Why don’t you get a doctor
at your arm?
A. to look
B. looked
C. look
D. be looking
3. My teeth were a little yellow so I
by the dentist.
A. had cleaned them
B. have them cleaned
C. was cleaned them D. had them cleaned
4. Stuart’s thinking of having
!

A. shaved his head
B. his head shaving
C. his head shaved D. shaved to his head
5. My sister
her ear pierced last weekend.
A. made
B. got
C. did
D. took
6. Mum and Dad didn’t fancy cooking so we got a pizza
.
A. be delivered
B. to be delivered
C. delivered
D. deliver
7. You should
a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.
A. have
B. make
C. take
D. get
8. Kelly wanted to have a live band
at her wedding.
A. to be played
B. play
C. played
D. been playing
9. Can we
this summer?
A. get installed air-conditioning

B. get air-conditioning to install
C. have installed air-conditioning
D. have air-conditioning installed
10. We
while we were on holiday.
A. were burgled our house
B. had our house burgled
C. had burgled our house
D. got burgled our house
Exercise 25. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the
first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1. Someone has scratched my car on the door! (been)
→My car has been scratched on the door!
2. Tommy is having an operation right now. (being)
→Tommy is being operated on right now.
3. Has Fiona invited you to her party? (been)
→Have you been invited by Fiona to her (to Fiona’s)party?
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4. Shakespeare probably wrote this play in 1587. (written)
→This play was probably written by Shakespeare in 1587.
5. The government is considering a new law to ban smoking following new research. (considered)
→A new law to ban smoking is being considered following new research
6. My mum told me to go to Megagrocers. (sent)
→I was sent to Megagrocers by my mum.
7. I didn’t understand a word so I asked my teacher and she explained it to me. (got)
→I didn’t understand a word so I got my teacher to explain it to me.

Exercise 26. Find the extra word in each line.
Wedding disaster
1.
My wedding had been being arranged for months. I knew exactly what I
2.
wanted for that special day. I had the caterers to give me a menu and
3.
have got them to provide me with samples so that I could be sure we
4.
would have the best food. I also wanted to have us a string quarter play
5.
classical music and I arranged that, too. My dress was been being made
6.
specially and I had told the dressmaker put silver thread in it. Finally, the
7.
big day got arrived. My dress was being delivered in the morning, but by
8.
ten it still hadn’t arrived. They called me and said it had been being
9.
damaged! I was furious! I had my best friend quickly to pop out and get
10.
a new dress. I had got my lawyer to call to get my money back.
Exercise 27. Rewrite with the indirect object at the end of the sentence.
1. My dad got me a great computer game. →My dad got a great computer game for me.
2. Dave sent Jill a really nice letter. →Dave sent a really nice letter to Jill.
3. I threw Colin the ball. →I threw the ball to Colin.
4. The waiter offered us a menu. →The waiter offered a menu to us.
5. The hotel provides its guests with satellite television. →the hotel provides satellite television for its guests.

6. My grandma taught me this song. →My grandma taught this song to me.

Exercise 28. Write one word in each gap.
The European Diet
It’s hard for us to imagine what (1.)was included in the European diet before America (2.) was
discovered (3.) by Columbus in 1492. So many ingredients which today (4.) are grown all over the world
(5.)were unknown to medieval Europeans. Potatoes, tomatoes, maize and chocolate (6.) were all originally
imported from the New World. Until then, meals had (7.) been prepared using ingredients native to Europe,
such as root vegetables. Of course, spices such as pepper (8.) had been traded and added to food for
centuries. When the potato (9.) was first introduced, it was surprisingly unpopular. It (10.) was considered to
be poisonous and it took a long time to become common. There is a story of Parmentier, a French army
officer, who (11.) got/had potatoes planted in the royal garden and (12.) got Marie Antoinette to wear a
potato flower to make them fashionable. The poor peasants were curious about the new plants and many of
them (13.) were stolen to be planted in their own gardens. It was the start of French fries!

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believe a word he says — перевод на русский

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CHAPTER II ГЛАВА 2 As they entered they saw Dorian Gray. He was seated at the piano, with his back to them, turning over the pages of a volume of Schumann’s «Forest Scenes.» «You must lend me these, Basil,» he cried. «I want to learn them. They are perfectly charming.» «That entirely depends on how you sit today, Dorian.» «Oh, I am tired of sitting, and I don’t want a life-sized portrait of myself,» answered the lad, swinging round on the music-stool in a wilful, petulant manner. When he caught sight of Lord Henry, a faint blush coloured his cheeks for a moment, and he started up. «I beg your pardon, Basil, but I didn’t know you had any one with you.» В мастерской они застали Дориана Грея. Он сидел за роялем, спиной к ним, и перелистывал шумановский альбом «Лесные картинки».
— Что за прелесть! Я хочу их разучить, — сказал он, не оборачиваясь.
— Дайте их мне на время, Бэзил.
— Дам, если вы сегодня будете хорошо позировать, Дориан.
— Ох, надоело мне это! И я вовсе не стремлюсь иметь свой портрет в натуральную величину, — возразил юноша капризно. Повернувшись на табурете, он увидел лорда Генри и поспешно встал, порозовев от смущения, — Извините, Бэзил, я не знал, что у вас гость. «This is Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian, an old Oxford friend of mine. I have just been telling him what a capital sitter you were, and now you have spoiled everything.» «You have not spoiled my pleasure in meeting you, Mr. Gray,» said Lord Henry, stepping forward and extending his hand. «My aunt has often spoken to me about you. You are one of her favourites, and, I am afraid, one of her victims also.» — Знакомьтесь, Дориан, это лорд Генри Уоттон, мой старый товарищ по университету. Я только что говорил ему, что вы превосходно позируете, а вы своим брюзжанием все испортили! — Но ничуть не испортили мне удовольствия познакомиться с вами, мистер Грей, — сказал лорд Генри, подходя к Дориану и протягивая ему руку. — Я много наслышался о вас от моей тетушки. Вы — ее любимец и, боюсь, одна из ее жертв. «I am in Lady Agatha’s black books at present,» answered Dorian with a funny look of penitence. «I promised to go to a club in Whitechapel with her last Tuesday, and I really forgot all about it. We were to have played a duet together — three duets, I believe. I don’t know what she will say to me. I am far too frightened to call.» «Oh, I will make your peace with my aunt. She is quite devoted to you. And I don’t think it really matters about your not being there. The audience probably thought it was a duet. When Aunt Agatha sits down to the piano, she makes quite enough noise for two people.» — Как раз теперь я у леди Агаты на плохом счету, — отозвался Дориан с забавно-покаянным видом. — Я обещал в прошлый вторник поехать с ней на концерт в один уайтчепельский клуб — и совершенно забыл об этом. Мы должны были там играть с ней в четыре руки, — кажется, даже целых три дуэта. Уж не знаю, как она теперь меня встретит. Боюсь показаться ей на глаза. — Ничего, я вас помирю. Тетушка Агата вас очень любит. И то, что вы не выступили вместе с нею на концерте, вряд ли так уж важно. Публика, вероятно, думала, что исполняется дуэт, — ведь за роялем тетя Агата вполне может нашуметь за двоих. «That is very horrid to her, and not very nice to me,» answered Dorian, laughing. Lord Henry looked at him. Yes, he was certainly wonderfully handsome, with his finely curved scarlet lips, his frank blue eyes, his crisp gold hair. There was something in his face that made one trust him at once. All the candour of youth was there, as well as all youth’s passionate purity. One felt that he had kept himself unspotted from the world. No wonder Basil Hallward worshipped him. «You are too charming to go in for philanthropy, Mr. Gray — far too charming.» And Lord Henry flung himself down on the divan and opened his cigarette-case. — Такое мнение крайне обидно для нее и не очень-то лестно для меня, — сказал Дориан, смеясь. Лорд Генри смотрел на Дориана, любуясь его ясными голубыми глазами, золотистыми кудрями, изящным рисунком алого рта. Этот юноша в самом деле был удивительно красив, и что-то в его лице сразу внушало доверие. В нем чувствовалась искренность и чистота юности, ее целомудренная пылкость. Легко было поверить, что жизнь еще ничем не загрязнила этой молодой души. Недаром Бэзил Холлуорд боготворил Дориана! — Ну, можно ли такому очаровательному молодому человеку заниматься благотворительностью! Нет, вы для этого слишком красивы, мистер Грей, — сказал лорд Генри и, развалясь на диване, достал свой портсигар. The painter had been busy mixing his colours and getting his brushes ready. He was looking worried, and when he heard Lord Henry’s last remark, he glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said, «Harry, I want to finish this picture to-day. Would you think it awfully rude of me if I asked you to go away?» Lord Henry smiled and looked at Dorian Gray. «Am I to go, Mr. Gray?» he asked. Художник тем временем приготовил кисти и смешивал краски на палитре. На хмуром его лице было заметно сильное беспокойство. Услышав последнее замечание лорда Генри, он быстро оглянулся на него и после минутного колебания сказал: — Гарри, мне хотелось бы окончить сегодня портрет. Ты не обидишься, если я попрошу тебя уйти? Лорд Генри с улыбкой посмотрел на Дориана. — Уйти мне, мистер Грей? Комментарии «Oh, please don’t, Lord Henry. I see that Basil is in one of his sulky moods, and I can’t bear him when he sulks. Besides, I want you to tell me why I should not go in for philanthropy.» «I don’t know that I shall tell you that, Mr. Gray. It is so tedious a subject that one would have to talk seriously about it. But I certainly shall not run away, now that you have asked me to stop. You don’t really mind, Basil, do you? You have often told me that you liked your sitters to have some one to chat to.» Hallward bit his lip. — Ах нет, лорд Генри, пожалуйста, не уходите! Бэзил, я вижу, сегодня опять в дурном настроении, а я терпеть не могу, когда он сердится. Притом вы еще не объяснили, почему мне не следует заниматься благотворительностью? — Стоит ли объяснять это, мистер Грей? На такую скучную тему говорить пришлось бы серьезно. Но я, конечно, не уйду, раз вы меня просите остаться. Ты ведь не будешь возражать, Бэзил? Ты сам не раз говорил мне, что любишь, когда кто-нибудь занимает тех, кто тебе позирует. Холлуорд закусил губу. «If Dorian wishes it, of course you must stay. Dorian’s whims are laws to everybody, except himself.» Lord Henry took up his hat and gloves. «You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go. I have promised to meet a man at the Orleans. Good-bye, Mr. Gray. Come and see me some afternoon in Curzon Street. I am nearly always at home at five o’clock. Write to me when you are coming. I should be sorry to miss you.» «Basil,» cried Dorian Gray, «if Lord Henry Wotton goes, I shall go, too. You never open your lips while you are painting, and it is horribly dull standing on a platform and trying to look pleasant. Ask him to stay. I insist upon it.» — Конечно, оставайся, раз Дориан этого хочет. Его прихоти — закон для всех, кроме него самого. Лорд Генри взял шляпу и перчатки. — Несмотря на твои настояния, Бэзил, я, к сожалению, должен вас покинуть. Я обещал встретиться кое с кем в Орлеанском клубе. До свиданья, мистер Грей. Навестите меня как-нибудь на Керзопстрит. В пять я почти всегда дома. Но лучше вы сообщите заранее, когда захотите прийти: было бы обидно, если бы вы меня не застали. — Бэзил, — воскликнул Дориан Грей, — если лорд Генри уйдет, я тоже уйду! Вы никогда рта не раскрываете во время работы, и мне ужасно надоедает стоять на подмостках и все время мило улыбаться. Попросите его не уходить! «Stay, Harry, to oblige Dorian, and to oblige me,» said Hallward, gazing intently at his picture. «It is quite true, I never talk when I am working, and never listen either, and it must be dreadfully tedious for my unfortunate sitters. I beg you to stay.» «But what about my man at the Orleans?» The painter laughed. «I don’t think there will be any difficulty about that. Sit down again, Harry. And now, Dorian, get up on the platform, and don’t move about too much, or pay any attention to what Lord Henry says. He has a very bad influence over all his friends, with the single exception of myself.» Dorian Gray stepped up on the dais with the air of a young Greek martyr, and made a little moue of discontent to Lord Henry, to whom he had rather taken a fancy. He was so unlike Basil. They made a delightful contrast. — Оставайся, Гарри. Дориан будет рад, и меня ты этим очень обяжешь, — сказал Холлуорд, не отводя глаз от картины. — Я действительно всегда молчу во время работы и не слушаю, что мне говорят, так что моим бедным натурщикам, должно быть, нестерпимо скучно. Пожалуйста, посиди с нами. — А как же мое свидание в клубе? Художник усмехнулся. — Не думаю, чтобы это было так уж важно. Садись, Гарри. Ну а вы, Дориан, станьте на подмостки и поменьше вертитесь. Да не очень-то слушайте лорда Генри — он на всех знакомых, кроме меня, оказывает самое дурное влияние. Дориан Грей с видом юного мученика взошел на помост и, сделав недовольную гримасу, переглянулся с лордом Генри. Этот друг Бэзила ему очень нравился. Он и Бэзил были совсем разные, составляли прелюбопытный контраст. And he had such a beautiful voice. After a few moments he said to him, «Have you really a very bad influence, Lord Henry? As bad as Basil says?» «There is no such thing as a good influence, Mr. Gray. All influence is immoral — immoral from the scientific point of view.» «Why?» И голос у лорда Генри был такой приятный! Выждав минуту, Дориан спросил: — Лорд Генри, вы в самом деле так вредно влияете на других? — Хорошего влияния не существует, мистер Грей. Всякое влияние уже само по себе безнравственно, — безнравственно с научной точки зрения. — Почему же? «Because to influence a person is to give him one’s own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of someone else’s music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly — that is what each of us is here for. People are afraid of themselves, nowadays. They have forgotten the highest of all duties, the duty that one owes to one’s self. Of course, they are charitable. They feed the hungry and clothe the beggar. But their own souls starve, and are naked. Courage has gone out of our race. Perhaps we never really had it. — Потому что влиять на другого человека — это значит передать ему свою душу. Он начнет думать не своими мыслями, пылать не своими страстями. И добродетели у него будут не свои, и грехи, — если предположить, что таковые вообще существуют, — будут заимствованные. Он станет отголоском чужой мелодии, актером, выступающим в роли, которая не для него написана. Цель жизни — самовыражение. Проявить во всей полноте свою сущность — вот для чего мы живем. А в наш век люди стали бояться самих себя. Они забыли, что высший долг — это долг перед самим собой. Разумеется, они милосердны. Они покормят голодного, оденут нищего. Но их собственные души наги и умирают с голоду. Мы утратили мужество. А может быть, его у нас никогда и не было. The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion — these are the two things that govern us. And yet … » «Just turn your head a little more to the right, Dorian, like a good boy,» said the painter, deep in his work and conscious only that a look had come into the lad’s face that he had never seen there before. Боязнь общественного мнения, эта основа морали, и страх перед богом, страх, на котором держится религия, — вот что властвует над нами. Между тем … — Будьте добры, Дориан, поверните-ка голову немного вправо, — попросил художник. Поглощенный своей работой, он ничего не слышал и только подметил на лице юноши выражение, какого до сих пор никогда не видел. «And yet,» continued Lord Henry, in his low, musical voice, and with that graceful wave of the hand that was always so characteristic of him, and that he had even in his Eton days, «I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream — I believe that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we would forget all the maladies of mediaevalism, and return to the Hellenic ideal — to something finer, richer than the Hellenic ideal, it may be. But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself. The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful. — А между тем, — своим низким, певучим голосом продолжал лорд Генри с характерными для него плавными жестами, памятными всем, кто знавал его еще в Итоне, — мне думается, что, если бы каждый человек мог жить полной жизнью, давая волю каждому чувству и выражение каждой мысли, осуществляя каждую свою мечту, — мир ощутил бы вновь такой мощный порыв к радости, что забыты были бы все болезни средневековья, и мы вернулись бы к идеалам эллинизма, а может быть, и к чему-либо еще более ценному и прекрасному. Но и самый смелый из нас боится самого себя. Самоотречение, этот трагический пережиток тех диких времен, когда люди себя калечили, омрачает нам жизнь. И мы расплачиваемся за это самоограничение. Всякое желание, которое мы стараемся подавить, бродит в нашей душе и отравляет нас. А согрешив, человек избавляется от влечения к греху, ибо осуществление — это путь к очищению. После этого остаются лишь воспоминания о наслаждении или сладострастие раскаяния. Единственный способ отделаться от искушения — уступить ему. А если вздумаешь бороться с ним, душу будет томить влечение к запретному, и тебя измучают желания, которые чудовищный закон, тобой же созданный, признал порочными и преступными. It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with your rose-red youth and your rose-white boyhood, you have had passions that have made you afraid, thoughts that have filled you with terror, day-dreams and sleeping dreams whose mere memory might stain your cheek with shame Кто-то сказал, что величайшие события в мире — это те, которые происходят в мозгу у человека. А я скажу, что и величайшие грехи мира рождаются в мозгу, и только в мозгу. Да ведь и в вас, мистер Грей, даже в пору светлого отрочества и розовой юности, уже бродили страсти, пугавшие вас, мысли, которые вас приводили в ужас. Вы знали мечты и сновидения, при одном воспоминании о которых вы краснеете от стыда… «Stop!» faltered Dorian Gray, «stop! you bewilder me. I don’t know what to say. There is some answer to you, but I cannot find it. Don’t speak. Let me think. Or, rather, let me try not to think.» For nearly ten minutes he stood there, motionless, with parted lips and eyes strangely bright. He was dimly conscious that entirely fresh influences were at work within him. Yet they seemed to him to have come really from himself. — Постойте, постойте! — пробормотал, запинаясь, Дориан Грей. — Вы смутили меня, я не знаю, что сказать… С вами можно бы поспорить, но я сейчас не нахожу слов… Не говорите больше ничего! Дайте мне подумать… Впрочем, лучше не думать об этом! Минут десять Дориан стоял неподвижно, с полуоткрытым ртом и странным блеском в глазах. Он смутно сознавал, что в нем просыпаются какие-то совсем новые мысли и чувства. Ему казалось, что они пришли не извне, а поднимались из глубины его существа. The few words that Basil’s friend had said to him — words spoken by chance, no doubt, and with wilful paradox in them — had touched some secret chord that had never been touched before, but that he felt was now vibrating and throbbing to curious pulses. The few words that Basil’s friend had said to him — words spoken by chance, no doubt, and with wilful paradox in them — had touched some secret chord that had never been touched before, but that he felt was now vibrating and throbbing to curious pulses. Music had stirred him like that. Music had troubled him many times. But music was not articulate. It was not a new world, but rather another chaos, that it created in us. Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words? До сих пор так волновала его только музыка. Да, музыка не раз будила в его душе волнение, но волнение смутное, бездумное. Она ведь творит в душе не новый мир, а скорее — новый хаос. А тут прозвучали слова. Простые слова — но как они страшны! От них никуда не уйдешь. Как они ясны, неотразимо сильны и жестоки! И вместе с тем — какое в них таится коварное очарование! Они, казалось, придавали зримую и осязаемую форму неопределенным мечтам, и в них была своя музыка, сладостнее звуков лютни и виолы. Только слова! Но есть ли что-либо весомее слов? Yes; there had been things in his boyhood that he had not understood. He understood them now. Life suddenly became fiery-coloured to him. It seemed to him that he had been walking in fire. Why had he not known it? Да, в ранней юности он, Дориан, не понимал некоторых вещей. Сейчас он понял все. Жизнь вдруг засверкала перед ним жаркими красками. Ему казалось, что он шагает среди бушующего пламени. И как он до сих пор не чувствовал этого? With his subtle smile, Lord Henry watched him. He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. He felt intensely interested. He was amazed at the sudden impression that his words had produced, and, remembering a book that he had read when he was sixteen, a book which had revealed to him much that he had not known before, he wondered whether Dorian Gray was passing through a similar experience. He had merely shot an arrow into the air. Had it hit the mark? How fascinating the lad was! Лорд Генри с тонкой усмешкой наблюдал за ним. Он знал, когда следует помолчать. Дориан живо заинтересовал его, и он сам сейчас удивлялся тому впечатлению, какое произвели па юношу его слова. Ему вспомнилась одна книга, которую он прочитал в шестнадцать лет; она открыла ему тогда многое такое, чего он не знал раньше. Быть может, Дориан Грей сейчас переживает то же самое? Неужели стрела, пущенная наугад, просто так, в пространство, попала в цель? Как этот мальчик мил!.. Hallward painted away with that marvellous bold touch of his, that had the true refinement and perfect delicacy that in art, at any rate comes only from strength. He was unconscious of the silence. Холлуорд писал с увлечением, как всегда, чудесными, смелыми мазками, с тем подлинным изяществом и утонченностью, которые — в искусстве по крайней мере — всегда являются признаком мощного таланта. Он не замечал наступившего молчания. «Basil, I am tired of standing,» cried Dorian Gray suddenly. «I must go out and sit in the garden. The air is stifling here.» «My dear fellow, I am so sorry. When I am painting, I can’t think of anything else. But you never sat better. You were perfectly still. And I have caught the effect I wanted — the half-parted lips and the bright look in the eyes. I don’t know what Harry has been saying to you, but he has certainly made you have the most wonderful expression. I suppose he has been paying you compliments. You mustn’t believe a word that he says.» — Бэзил, я устал стоять, — воскликнул вдруг Дориан, — Мне надо побыть на воздухе, в саду. Здесь очень душно! — Ах, простите, мой друг! Когда я пишу, я забываю обо всем. А вы сегодня стояли, не шелохнувшись. Никогда еще вы так хорошо не позировали. И я поймал то выражение, какое все время искал. Полуоткрытые губы, блеск в глазах… Не знаю, о чем тут разглагольствовал Гарри, но, конечно, это он вызвал на вашем лице такое удивительное выражение. Должно быть, наговорил вам кучу комплиментов? А вы не верьте ни единому его слову. «He has certainly not been paying me compliments. Perhaps that is the reason that I don’t believe anything he has told me.» «You know you believe it all,» said Lord Henry, looking at him with his dreamy languorous eyes. «I will go out to the garden with you. It is horribly hot in the studio. Basil, let us have something iced to drink, something with strawberries in it.» — Нет, он говорил мне вещи совсем не лестные. Поэтому я и не склонен ему верить. — Ну, ну, в душе вы отлично знаете, что поверили всему, — сказал лорд Генри, задумчиво глядя на него своими томными глазами. Я, пожалуй, тоже выйду с вами в сад, здесь невыносимо жарко. Бэзил, прикажи подать нам какого-нибудь питья со льдом… и хорошо бы с земляничным соком. «Certainly, Harry. Just touch the bell, and when Parker comes I will tell him what you want. I have got to work up this background, so I will join you later on. Don’t keep Dorian too long. I have never been in better form for painting than I am to-day. This is going to be my masterpiece. It is my masterpiece as it stands.» Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine. He came close to him and put his hand upon his shoulder. — С удовольствием, Гарри. Позвони Паркеру, и я скажу ему, что принести. Я приду к вам в сад немного погодя, надо еще подработать фон. Но не задерживай Дориана надолго. Мне сегодня, как никогда, хочется писать. Этот портрет будет моим шедевром. Даже в таком виде, как сейчас, он уже чудо как хорош. Выйдя в сад, лорд Генри нашел Дориана у куста сирени: зарывшись лицом в прохладную массу цветов, он упивался их ароматом, как жаждущий — вином. Лорд Генри подошел к нему вплотную и дотронулся до его плеча. — Вот это правильно, — сказал он тихо. «You are quite right to do that,» he murmured. «Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.» The lad started and drew back. He was bareheaded, and the leaves had tossed his rebellious curls and tangled all their gilded threads. There was a look of fear in his eyes, such as people have when they are suddenly awakened. His finely chiselled nostrils quivered, and some hidden nerve shook the scarlet of his lips and left them trembling. «You are quite right to do that,» he murmured. «Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.» The lad started and drew back. He was bareheaded, and the leaves had tossed his rebellious curls and tangled all their gilded threads. There was a look of fear in his eyes, such as people have when they are suddenly awakened. His finely chiselled nostrils quivered, and some hidden nerve shook the scarlet of his lips and left them trembling. «Yes,» continued Lord Henry, «that is one of the great secrets of life — to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means of the soul. You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.» Dorian Gray frowned and turned his head away. He could not help liking the tall, graceful young man who was standing by him. His romantic, olive-coloured face and worn expression interested him. There was something in his low languid voice that was absolutely fascinating. His cool, white, flowerlike hands, even, had a curious charm. They moved, as he spoke, like music, and seemed to have a language of their own. But he felt afraid of him, and ashamed of being afraid. Why had it been left for a stranger to reveal him to himself? He had known Basil Hallward for months, but the friendship between them had never altered him. Suddenly there had come some one across his life who seemed to have disclosed to him life’s mystery. And, yet, what was there to be afraid of? He was not a schoolboy or a girl. It was absurd to be frightened. — Да, — продолжал лорд Генри, — надо знать этот великий секрет жизни: лечите душу ощущениями, а ощущения пусть врачует душа. Вы — удивительный человек, мистер Грей. Вы знаете больше, чем вам это кажется, но меньше, чем хотели бы знать. Дориан Грей нахмурился и отвел глаза. Ему безотчетно нравился высокий и красивый человек, стоявший рядом с ним. Смуглое романтическое лицо лорда Генри, его усталое выражение вызывало интерес, и что-то завораживающее было в низком и протяжном голосе. Даже руки его, прохладные, белые и нежные, как цветы, таили в себе странное очарование. В движениях этих рук, как и в голосе, была музыка, и казалось, что они говорят своим собственным языком. Дориан чувствовал, что боится этого человека, — и стыдился своего страха. Зачем нужно было, чтобы кто-то чужой научил его понимать собственную душу? Ведь вот с Бэзилом Холлуордом он давно злаком, но дружба их ничего не изменила в нем. И вдруг приходит этот незнакомец — и словно открывает перед ним тайны жизни. Но всетаки чего же ему бояться? Он не школьник и не девушка. Ему бояться лорда Генри просто глупо. «Let us go and sit in the shade,» said Lord Henry. «Parker has brought out the drinks, and if you stay any longer in this glare, you will be quite spoiled, and Basil will never paint you again. You really must not allow yourself to become sunburnt. It would be unbecoming.» «What can it matter?» cried Dorian Gray, laughing, as he sat down on the seat at the end of the garden. «It should matter everything to you, Mr. Gray.» «Why?» — Давайте сядем где-нибудь в тени, — сказал лорд Генри, — Вот Паркер уже несет нам питье. А если вы будете стоять на солнцепеке, вы подурнеете, и Бэзил больше не захочет вас писать. Загар будет вам не к лицу. — Эка важность, подумаешь! — засмеялся Дориан Грей, садясь на скамью в углу сада. — Для вас это очень важно, мистер Грей. — Почему же? «Because you have the most marvellous youth, and youth is the one thing worth having.» «I don’t feel that, Lord Henry.» «No, you don’t feel it now. Some day, when you are old and wrinkled and ugly, when thought has seared your forehead with its lines, and passion branded your lips with its hideous fires, you will feel it, you will feel it terribly. Now, wherever you go, you charm the world. Will it always be so? . . . You have a wonderfully beautiful face, Mr. Gray. Don’t frown. You have. — Да потому, что вам дана чудесная красота молодости, а молодость — единственное богатство, которое стоит беречь. — Я этого не думаю, лорд Генри. — Теперь вы, конечно, этого не думаете. Но когда вы станете безобразным стариком, когда думы избороздят ваш лоб морщинами, а страсти своим губительным огнем иссушат ваши губы, — вы поймете это с неумолимой ясностью. Теперь, куда бы вы ни пришли, вы всех пленяете. Но разве так будет всегда? Вы удивительно хороши собой, мистер Грей. Не хмурьтесь, это правда. And beauty is a form of genius — is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or spring-time, or the reflection in dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has its divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it. You smile? Ah! when you have lost it you won’t smile. …People say sometimes that beauty is only superficial. That may be so, but at least it is not so superficial as thought is. To me, beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible. …Yes, Mr. Gray, the gods have been good to you. But what the gods give they quickly take away. You have only a few years in which to live really, perfectly, and fully. А Красота — один из видов Гения, она еще выше Гения, ибо не требует понимания. Она — одно из великих явлений окружающего нас мира, как солнечный свет, или весна, или отражение в темпых водах серебряного щита луны. Красота неоспорима. Она имеет высшее право на власть и делает царями тех, кто ею обладает. Вы улыбаетесь? О, когда вы ее утратите, вы не будете улыбаться… Иные говорят, что Красота — это тщета земная. Быть может. Но, во всяком случае, она не так тщетна, как Мысль. Для меня Красота — чудо из чудес. Только пустые, ограниченные люди не судят по внешности. Подлинная тайна жизни заключена в зримом, а не в сокровенном… Да, мистер Грей, боги к вам милостивы. Но боги скоро отнимают то, что дают.. У вас впереди не много лет для жизни настоящей, полной и прекрасной. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it, and then you will suddenly discover that there are no triumphs left for you, or have to content yourself with those mean triumphs that the memory of your past will make more bitter than defeats. Every month as it wanes brings you nearer to something dreadful. Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses. You will become sallow, and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed. You will suffer horribly…. Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar. These are the sickly aims, the false ideals, of our age. Минет молодость, а с нею красота — и вот вам вдруг станет ясно, что время побед прошло, или придется довольствоваться победами столь жалкими, что в сравнении с прошлым они вам будут казаться горше поражений. Каждый уходящий месяц приближает вас к этому тяжкому будущему. Время ревниво, оно покушается на лилии и розы, которыми одарили вас боги. Щеки ваши пожелтеют и ввалятся, глаза потускнеют. Вы будете страдать ужасно… Так пользуйтесь же своей молодостью, пока она не ушла. Не тратьте понапрасну золотые дни, слушая нудных святош, не пытайтесь исправлять то, что неисправимо, не отдавайте свою жизнь невеждам, пошлякам и ничтожествам, следуя ложным идеям и нездоровым стремлениям нашей эпохи. Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. …A new Hedonism — that is what our century wants. You might be its visible symbol. With your personality there is nothing you could not do. The world belongs to you for a season. …The moment I met you I saw that you were quite unconscious of what you really are, of what you really might be. There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted. For there is such a little time that your youth will last — such a little time. The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again. The laburnum will be as yellow next June as it is now. In a month there will be purple stars on the clematis, and year after year the green night of its leaves will hold its purple stars. But we never get back our youth. The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to. Youth! Youth! There is absolutely nothing in the world but youth!» Живите! Живите той чудесной жизнью, что скрыта в вас. Ничего не упускайте, вечно ищите все новых ощущений! Ничего не бойтесь! Новый гедонизм — вот что нужно нашему поколению. И вы могли бы стать его зримым символом. Для такого, как вы, нет ничего невозможного. На короткое время мир принадлежит вам… Я с первого взгляда понял, что вы себя еще не знаете, не знаете, чем вы могли бы быть. Многое в вас меня пленило, и я почувствовал, что должен помочь вам познать самого себя. Я думал: «Как было бы трагично, если бы эта жизнь пропала даром!» Ведь молодость ваша пройдет так быстро! Простые полевые цветы вянут, но опять расцветают. Будущим летом ракитник в июне будет так же сверкать золотом, как сейчас. Через месяц зацветет пурпурными звездами ломонос, и каждый год в зеленой ночи его листьев будут загораться все новые пурпурные звезды. А к нам молодость не возвращается. Слабеет пульс радости, что бьется так сильно в двадцать лет, дряхлеет тело, угасают чувства. Мы превращаемся в отвратительных марионеток с неотвязными воспоминаниями о тех страстях, которых мы слишком боялись, и соблазнах, которым мы не посмели уступить. Молодость! Молодость! В мире нет ничего ей равного! Dorian Gray listened, open-eyed and wondering. The spray of lilac fell from his hand upon the gravel. A furry bee came and buzzed round it for a moment. Then it began to scramble all over the oval stellated globe of the tiny blossoms. He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when things of high import make us afraid, or when we are stirred by some new emotion for which we cannot find expression, or when some thought that terrifies us lays sudden siege to the brain and calls on us to yield. After a time the bee flew away. He saw it creeping into the stained trumpet of a Tyrian convolvulus. The flower seemed to quiver, and then swayed gently to and fro. Дориан Грей слушал с жадным вниманием, широко раскрыв глаза. Веточка сирени выскользнула из его пальцев и упала на гравий. Тотчас подлетела мохнатая пчела, с минуту покружилась над нею, жужжа, потом стала путешествовать по всей кисти, переползая с одной звездочки на другую. Дориан наблюдал за ней с тем неожиданным интересом, с каким мы сосредоточиваем порой внимание на самых незначительных мелочах, когда нам страшно думать о самом важном, или когда нас волнует новое чувство, еще неясное нам самим, или какая-нибудь страшная мысль осаждает мозг и принуждает нас сдаться. Пчела скоро полетела дальше. Дориан видел, как она забралась в трубчатую чашечку вьюнка. Цветок, казалось, вздрогнул и тихонько закачался на стебельке. Suddenly the painter appeared at the door of the studio and made staccato signs for them to come in. They turned to each other and smiled. «I am waiting,» he cried. «Do come in. The light is quite perfect, and you can bring your drinks.» They rose up and sauntered down the walk together. Two green-and-white butterflies fluttered past them, and in the pear-tree at the corner of the garden a thrush began to sing. Неожиданно в дверях мастерской появился Холлуорд и энергичными жестами стал звать своих гостей в дом. Лорд Генри и Дориан переглянулись. — Я жду, — крикнул художник. — Идите же! Освещение сейчас для работы самое подходящее… А пить вы можете и здесь. Они поднялись и медленно зашагали по дорожке. Мимо пролетели две бледнозеленые бабочки, в дальнем углу сада на груше запел дрозд. «You are glad you have met me, Mr. Gray,» said Lord Henry, looking at him. «Yes, I am glad now. I wonder shall I always be glad?» «Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.» As they entered the studio, Dorian Gray put his hand upon Lord Henry’s arm. «In that case, let our friendship be a caprice,» he murmured, flushing at his own boldness, then stepped up on the platform and resumed his pose. — Ведь вы довольны, что познакомились со мной, мистер Грей? — сказал лорд Генри, глядя на Дориана. — Да, сейчас я этому рад. Не знаю только, всегда ли так будет. — Всегда!.. Какое ужасное слово! Я содрогаюсь, когда слышу его. Его особенно любят женщины. Они портят всякий роман, стремясь, чтобы он длился вечно. Притом «всегда» — это пустое слово. Между капризом и «вечной любовью» разница только та, что каприз длится несколько дольше. Они уже входили в мастерскую. Дориан Грей положил руку на плечо лорда Генри. — Если так, пусть наша дружба будет капризом, — шепнул он, краснея, смущенный собственной смелостью. Затем взошел на подмостки и стал в позу. — Ведь вы довольны, что познакомились со мной, мистер Грей? — сказал лорд Генри, глядя на Дориана. — Да, сейчас я этому рад. Не знаю только, всегда ли так будет. — Всегда!.. Какое ужасное слово! Я содрогаюсь, когда слышу его. Его особенно любят женщины. Они портят всякий роман, стремясь, чтобы он длился вечно. Притом «всегда» — это пустое слово. Между капризом и «вечной любовью» разница только та, что каприз длится несколько дольше. Они уже входили в мастерскую. Дориан Грей положил руку на плечо лорда Генри. — Если так, пусть наша дружба будет капризом, — шепнул он, краснея, смущенный собственной смелостью. Затем взошел на подмостки и стал в позу. Лорд Генри, расположившись в широком плетеном кресле, наблюдал за ним. Тишину в комнате нарушали только легкий стук и шуршанье кисти по полотну, затихавшее, когда Холлуорд отходил от мольберта, чтобы издали взглянуть на свою работу. В открытую дверь лились косые солнечные лучи, в них плясали золотые пылинки. Приятный аромат роз словно плавал в воздухе. Прошло с четверть часа. Художник перестал работать. Он долго смотрел на Дориана Грея, потом, так же долго, на портрет, хмурясь и покусывая кончик длинной кисти. «It is quite finished,» he cried at last, and stooping down he wrote his name in long vermilion letters on the left-hand corner of the canvas. Lord Henry came over and examined the picture. It was certainly a wonderful work of art, and a wonderful likeness as well. «My dear fellow, I congratulate you most warmly,» he said. «It is the finest portrait of modern times. Mr. Gray, come over and look at yourself.» — Готово! — воскликнул он наконец и, нагнувшись, подписал свое имя длинными красными буквами в левом углу картины. Лорд Генри подошел ближе, чтобы лучше рассмотреть ее. Несомненно, это было дивное произведение искусства, да и сходство было поразительное. — Дорогой мой Бэзил, поздравляю тебя от всей души, — сказал он. — Я не знаю лучшего портрета во всей современной живописи. Подойдите же сюда, мистер Грей, и судите сами. The lad started, as if awakened from some dream. «Is it really finished?» he murmured, stepping down from the platform. «Quite finished,» said the painter. «And you have sat splendidly to-day. I am awfully obliged to you.» «That is entirely due to me,» broke in Lord Henry. «Isn’t it, Mr. Gray?» Юноша вздрогнул, как человек, внезапно очнувшийся от сна. — В самом деле кончено? — спросил он, сходя с подмостков. — Да, да. И вы сегодня прекрасно позировали. Я вам за это бесконечно благодарен. — За это надо благодарить меня, — вмешался лорд Генри. — Правда, мистер Грей? Dorian made no answer, but passed listlessly in front of his picture and turned towards it. When he saw it he drew back, and his cheeks flushed for a moment with pleasure. A look of joy came into his eyes, as if he had recognized himself for the first time. He stood there motionless and in wonder, dimly conscious that Hallward was speaking to him, but not catching the meaning of his words. The sense of his own beauty came on him like a revelation. He had never felt it before. Basil Hallward’s compliments had seemed to him to be merely the charming exaggeration of friendship. He had listened to them, laughed at them, forgotten them. They had not influenced his nature. Then had come Lord Henry Wotton with his strange panegyric on youth, his terrible warning of its brevity. Дориан, не отвечая, с рассеянным видом, прошел мимо мольберта, затем повернулся к нему лицом. При первом взгляде на портрет он невольно сделал шаг назад и вспыхнул от удовольствия. Глаза его блеснули так радостно, словно он в первый раз увидел себя. Он стоял неподвижно, погруженный в созерцание, смутно сознавая, что Холлуорд что-то говорит ему, но не вникая в смысл его слов. Как откровение пришло к нему сознание своей красоты. До сих пор он как-то ее не замечал, и восхищение Бэзила Холлуорда казалось ему трогательным ослеплением дружбы. Он выслушивал его комплименты, подсмеивался над ними и забывал их. Они не производили на него никакого впечатления. Но вот появился лорд Генри, прозвучал его восторженный гимн молодости, грозное предостережение о том, что она быстротечна. That had stirred him at the time, and now, as he stood gazing at the shadow of his own loveliness, the full reality of the description flashed across him. Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair. The life that was to make his soul would mar his body. He would become dreadful, hideous, and uncouth. Это взволновало Дориана, и сейчас, когда он смотрел на отражение своей красоты, перед ним вдруг с поразительной ясностью встало то будущее, о котором говорил лорд Генри. Да, наступит день, когда его лицо поблекнет и сморщится, глаза потускнеют, выцветут, стройный стан согнется, станет безобразным. Годы унесут с собой алость губ и золото волос. Жизнь, формируя его душу, будет разрушать его тело. Он станет отталкивающе некрасив, жалок и страшен. As he thought of it, a sharp pang of pain struck through him like a knife and made each delicate fibre of his nature quiver. His eyes deepened into amethyst, and across them came a mist of tears. He felt as if a hand of ice had been laid upon his heart. «Don’t you like it?» cried Hallward at last, stung a little by the lad’s silence, not understanding what it meant. «Of course he likes it,» said Lord Henry. «Who wouldn’t like it? It is one of the greatest things in modern art. I will give you anything you like to ask for it. I must have it.» При этой мысли острая боль, как ножом, пронзила Дориана, и каждая жилка в нем затрепетала. Глаза потемнели, став из голубых аметистовыми, и затуманились слезами. Словно ледяная рука легла ему на сердце. — Разве портрет вам не нравится? — воскликнул наконец Холлуорд, немного задетый непонятным молчанием Дориана. — Ну конечно, нравится, — ответил за него лорд Генри. — Кому он мог бы не понравиться? Это один из шедевров современной живописи. Я готов отдать за него столько, сколько ты потребуешь. Этот портрет должен принадлежать мне. «It is not my property, Harry.» «Whose property is it?» «Dorian’s, of course,» answered the painter. «He is a very lucky fellow.» — Я не могу его продать, Гарри. Он не мой. — А чей же? — Дориана, разумеется, — ответил художник. — Вот счастливец! «How sad it is!» murmured Dorian Gray with his eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. «How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. …If it were only the other way! If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that — for that — I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my soul for that!» — Как это печально! — пробормотал вдруг Дориан Грей, все еще не отводя глаз от своего портрета. — Как печально! Я состарюсь, стану противным уродом, а мой портрет будет вечно молод. Он никогда не станет старше, чем в этот июньский день… Ах, если бы могло быть наоборот! Если бы старел этот портрет, а я навсегда остался молодым! За это… за это я отдал бы все на свете. Да, ничего не пожалел бы! Душу бы отдал за это! «You would hardly care for such an arrangement, Basil,» cried Lord Henry, laughing. «It would be rather hard lines on your work.» «I should object very strongly, Harry,» said Hallward. Dorian Gray turned and looked at him. «I believe you would, Basil. You like your art better than your friends. I am no more to you than a green bronze figure. Hardly as much, I dare say.» — Тебе, Бэзил, такой порядок вещей вряд ли понравился бы! — воскликнул лорд Генри со смехом. — Тяжела тогда была бы участь художника! — Да, я горячо протестовал бы против этого, — отозвался Холлуорд. Дориан Грей обернулся и в упор посмотрел на него. — О Бэзил, в этом я не сомневаюсь! Свое искусство вы любите больше, чем друзей. Я вам не дороже какой-нибудь позеленевшей бронзовой статуэтки. Hardly as much, I dare say.» The painter stared in amazement. It was so unlike Dorian to speak like that. What had happened? He seemed quite angry. His face was flushed and his cheeks burning. «Yes,» he continued, «I am less to you than your ivory Hermes or your silver Faun. You will like them always. How long will you like me? Till I have my first wrinkle, I suppose. I know, now, that when one loses one’s good looks, whatever they may be, one loses everything. Your picture has taught me that. Lord Henry Wotton is perfectly right. Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.» Нет, пожалуй, ею вы дорожите больше. Удивленный художник смотрел на него во все глаза. Очень странно было слышать такие речи от Дориана. Что это с ним? Он, видимо, был очень раздражен, лицо его пылало. — Да, да, — продолжал Дориан. — Я вам не так дорог, как ваш серебряный фавн или Гермес из слоновой кости. Их вы будете любить всегда. А долго ли будете любить меня? Вероятно, до первой морщинки на моем лице. Я теперь знаю — когда человек теряет красоту, он теряет все. Ваша картина мне это подсказала. Лорд Генри совершенно прав: молодость — единственное, что ценно в нашей жизни. Когда я замечу, что старею, я покончу с собой. Hallward turned pale and caught his hand. «Dorian! Dorian!» he cried, «don’t talk like that. I have never had such a friend as you, and I shall never have such another. You are not jealous of material things, are you? — you who are finer than any of them!» «I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die. I am jealous of the portrait you have painted of me. Why should it keep what I must lose? Холлуорд побледнел и схватил его за руку. — Дориан, Дориан, что вы такое говорите! У меня не было и не будет друга ближе вас. Что это вы вздумали завидовать каким-то неодушевленным предметам? Да вы прекраснее их всех! — Я завидую всему, чья красота бессмертна. Завидую этому портрету, который вы с меня написали. Почему он сохранит то, что мне суждено утратить? Every moment that passes takes something from me and gives something to it. Oh, if it were only the other way! If the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now! Why did you paint it? It will mock me some day — mock me horribly!» The hot tears welled into his eyes; he tore his hand away and, flinging himself on the divan, he buried his face in the cushions, as though he was praying. Каждое уходящее мгновение отнимает что-то у меня и дарит ему. О, если бы было наоборот! Если бы портрет менялся, а я мог всегда оставаться таким, как сейчас! Зачем вы его написали? Придет время, когда он будет дразнить меня, постоянно насмехаться надо мной! Горячие слезы подступили к глазам Дориана, он вырвал свою руку из руки Холлуорда и, упав на диван, спрятал лицо в подушки. «This is your doing, Harry,» said the painter bitterly. Lord Henry shrugged his shoulders. «It is the real Dorian Gray — that is all.» «It is not.» «If it is not, what have I to do with it?» «You should have gone away when I asked you,» he muttered. — Это ты наделал, Гарри! — сказал художник с горечью. Лорд Генри пожал плечами. — Это заговорил настоящий Дориан Грей, вот и все. — Неправда. — А если нет, при чем же тут я? — Тебе следовало уйти, когда я просил тебя об этом. «I stayed when you asked me,» was Lord Henry’s answer. «Harry, I can’t quarrel with my two best friends at once, but between you both you have made me hate the finest piece of work I have ever done, and I will destroy it. What is it but canvas and colour? I will not let it come across our three lives and mar them.» Dorian Gray lifted his golden head from the pillow, and with pallid face and tear-stained eyes, looked at him as he walked over to the deal painting-table that was set beneath the high curtained window. What was he doing there? His fingers were straying about among the litter of tin tubes and dry brushes, seeking for something. Yes, it was for the long palette-knife, with its thin blade of lithe steel. He had found it at last. He was going to rip up the canvas. — Я остался по твоей же просьбе, — возразил лорд Генри. — Гарри, я не хочу поссориться разом с двумя моими близкими друзьями… Но вы оба сделали мне ненавистной мою лучшую картину. Я ее уничтожу. Что ж, ведь это только холст и краски. И я не допущу, чтобы она омрачила жизнь всем нам. Дориан Грей поднял голову с подушки и, бледнея, заплаканными глазами следил за художником, который подошел к своему рабочему столу у высокого, занавешенного окна. Что он там делает? Шарит среди беспорядочно нагроможденных на столе тюбиков с красками и сухих кистей, — видимо, разыскивает что-то. Ага, это он искал длинный шпатель с тонким и гибким стальным лезвием. И нашел его наконец. Он хочет изрезать портрет! With a stifled sob the lad leaped from the couch, and, rushing over to Hallward, tore the knife out of his hand, and flung it to the end of the studio. «Don’t, Basil, don’t!» he cried. «It would be murder!» «I am glad you appreciate my work at last, Dorian,» said the painter coldly when he had recovered from his surprise. «I never thought you would.» «Appreciate it? I am in love with it, Basil. It is part of myself. I feel that.» Всхлипнув, юноша вскочил с дивана, подбежал к Холлуорду и, вырвав у него из рук шпатель, швырнул его в дальний угол. — Не смейте, Бэзил! Не смейте! — крикнул он. — Это все равно что убийство! — Вы, оказывается, всетаки цените мою работу? Очень рад, — сказал художник сухо, когда опомнился от удивления, — А я да это уже не надеялся. — Ценю ее? Да я в нее влюблен, Бэзил. У меня такое чувство, словно этот портрет — часть меня самого. «Well, as soon as you are dry, you shall be varnished, and framed, and sent home. Then you can do what you like with yourself.» And he walked across the room and rang the bell for tea. «You will have tea, of course, Dorian? And so will you, Harry? Or do you object to such simple pleasures?» «I adore simple pleasures,» said Lord Henry. «They are the last refuge of the complex. But I don’t like scenes, except on the stage. What absurd fellows you are, both of you! I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Ну и отлично. Как только вы высохнете, вас покроют лаком, вставят в раму и отправят домой. Тогда можете делать с собой, что хотите. Пройдя через комнату, Холлуорд позвонил. — Вы, конечно, не откажетесь выпить чаю, Дориан? И ты тоже, Гарри? Или ты не охотник до таких простых удовольствий? — Я обожаю простые удовольствия, — сказал лорд Генри. — Они — последнее прибежище для сложных натур. Но драматические сцены я терплю только на театральных подмостках. Какие вы оба нелепые люди! Интересно, кто это выдумал, что человек — разумное животное? Что за скороспелое суждение! Man is many things, but he is not rational. I am glad he is not, after all — though I wish you chaps would not squabble over the picture. You had much better let me have it, Basil. This silly boy doesn’t really want it, and I really do.» «If you let any one have it but me, Basil, I shall never forgive you!» cried Dorian Gray; «and I don’t allow people to call me a silly boy.» У человека есть что угодно, только не разум. И, в сущности, это очень хорошо!.. Однако мне неприятно, что вы ссоритесь из-за портрета. Вы бы лучше отдали его мне, Бэзил! Этому глупому мальчику вовсе не так уж хочется его иметь, а мне очень хочется. — Бэзил, я вам никогда не прощу, если вы его отдадите не мне! — воскликнул Дориан Грей. — И я никому не позволю обзывать меня «глупым мальчиком». «You know the picture is yours, Dorian. I gave it to you before it existed.» «And you know you have been a little silly, Mr. Gray, and that you don’t really object to being reminded that you are extremely young.» «I should have objected very strongly this morning, Lord Henry.» «Ah! this morning! You have lived since then.» There came a knock at the door, and the butler entered with a laden tea-tray and set it down upon a small Japanese table. — Я уже сказал, что дарю портрет вам, Дориан. Я так решил еще прежде, чем начал его писать. — А на меня не обижайтесь, мистер Грей, — сказал лорд Генри. — Вы сами знаете, что вели себя довольно глупо. И не так уж вам неприятно, когда вам напоминают, что вы еще мальчик. — Еще сегодня утром мне было бы это очень неприятно, лорд Генри. — Ах, утром! Но с тех пор вы многое успели пережить. В дверь постучали, вошел лакей с чайным подносом и поставил его на японский столик. There was a rattle of cups and saucers and the hissing of a fluted Georgian urn. Two globe-shaped china dishes were brought in by a page. Dorian Gray went over and poured out the tea. The two men sauntered languidly to the table and examined what was under the covers. «Let us go to the theatre to-night,» said Lord Henry. «There is sure to be something on, somewhere. I have promised to dine at White’s, but it is only with an old friend, so I can send him a wire to say that I am ill, or that I am prevented from coming in consequence of a subsequent engagement. I think that would be a rather nice excuse: it would have all the surprise of candour.» Звякали чашки и блюдца, пыхтел большой старинный чайник. За лакеем мальчик внес два шарообразных фарфоровых блюда. Дориан Грей подошел к столу и стал разливать чай. Бэзил и лорд Генри не спеша подошли тоже и, приподняв крышки, посмотрели, что лежит на блюдах. — А не пойти ли нам сегодня вечером в театр? — предложил лорд Генри. — Наверное, где-нибудь идет что-нибудь интересное. Правда, я обещал одному человеку обедать сегодня с ним у Уайта, но это мой старый приятель, ему можно телеграфировать, что я заболел или что мне помешало прийти более позднее приглашение… Пожалуй, такого рода отговорка ему даже больше понравится своей неожиданной откровенностью. «It is such a bore putting on one’s dress-clothes,» muttered Hallward. «And, when one has them on, they are so horrid.» «Yes,» answered Lord Henry dreamily, «the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.» «You really must not say things like that before Dorian, Harry.» «Before which Dorian? The one who is pouring out tea for us, or the one in the picture?» «Before either.» — Ох, надевать фрак! Как это скучно! — буркнул Холлуорд. — Терпеть не могу фраки! — Да, — лениво согласился лорд Генри. — Современные костюмы безобразны, они угнетают своей мрачностью. В нашей жизни не осталось ничего красочного, кроме порока. — Право, Гарри, тебе не следует говорить таких вещей при Дориане! — При котором из них? При том, кто наливает нам чай, или том, что на портрете? — И при том, и при другом. «I should like to come to the theatre with you, Lord Henry,» said the lad.
«Then you shall come; and you will come, too, Basil, won’t you?»
«I can’t, really. I would sooner not. I have a lot of work to do.»
«Well, then, you and I will go alone, Mr. Gray.» «I should like that awfully.» The painter bit his lip and walked over, cup in hand, to the picture.
«I shall stay with the real Dorian,» he said, sadly.
«Is it the real Dorian?» cried the original of the portrait, strolling across to him. «Am I really like that?»
«Yes; you are just like that.» — Я с удовольствием пошел бы с вами в театр, лорд Генри, — промолвил Дориан.
— Прекрасно. Значит, едем. И вы с нами, Бэзил?
— Нет, право, не могу. У меня уйма дел.
— Ну, так мы пойдем вдвоем — ты и я, мистер Грей.
— Как я рад! Художник, закусив губу, с чашкой в руке подошел к портрету.
— А я останусь с подлинным Дорианом, — сказал он грустно.
— Так, по-вашему, это — подлинный Дориан? — спросил Дориан Грей, подходя к нему. — Неужели я в самом деле такой?
— Да, именно такой. «How wonderful, Basil!»
«At least you are like it in appearance. But it will never alter,» sighed Hallward.
«That is something.»
«What a fuss people make about fidelity!» exclaimed Lord Henry.
«Why, even in love it is purely a question for physiology. It has nothing to do with our own will. Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot: that is all one can say.»
«Don’t go to the theatre tonight, Dorian,» said Hallward. «Stop and dine with me.»
«I can’t, Basil.» — Как это чудесно, Бэзил!
— По крайней мере, внешне вы такой. И на портрете всегда таким останетесь, — со вздохом сказал Холлуорд.
— А это чего-нибудь да стоит.
— Как люди гонятся за постоянством! — воскликнул лорд Генри.
— Господи, да ведь и в любви верность — это всецело вопрос физиологии, она ничуть не зависит от нашей воли. Люди молодые хотят быть верны — и не бывают, старики хотели бы изменять, но где уж им! Вот и все.
— Не ходите сегодня в театр, Дориан, — сказал Холлуорд. — Останьтесь у меня, пообедаем вместе.
— Не могу, Бэзил. «Why?»
«Because I have promised Lord Henry Wotton to go with him.» «He won’t like you the better for keeping your promises. He always breaks his own. I beg you not to go.» Dorian Gray laughed and shook his head.
«I entreat you.» — Почему?
— Я же обещал лорду Генри пойти с ним. — Думаете, он станет хуже относиться к вам, если вы не сдержите слова? Он сам никогда не выполняет своих обещаний. Я вас очень прошу, не уходите. Дориан засмеялся и покачал головой.
— Умоляю вас! The lad hesitated, and looked over at Lord Henry, who was watching them from the tea-table with an amused smile. «I must go, Basil,» he answered.
«Very well,» said Hallward, and he went over and laid down his cup on the tray. «It is rather late, and, as you have to dress, you had better lose no time. Good-bye, Harry. Good-bye, Dorian. Come and see me soon. Come tomorrow.» Юноша в нерешимости посмотрел на лорда Генри, который, сидя за чайным столом, с улыбкой слушал их разговор. — Нет, я должен идти, Бэзил.
— Как знаете. — Холлуорд отошел к столу и поставил свою чашку на поднос.
— В таком случае не теряйте времени. Уже поздно, а вам еще надо переодеться. До свиданья, Гарри. До свиданья, Дориан. Приходите поскорее — ну, хотя бы завтра. Придете? «Certainly.»
«You won’t forget?»
«No, of course not,» cried Dorian.
«And … Harry!»
«Yes, Basil?»
«Remember what I asked you, when we were in the garden this morning.»
«I have forgotten it.» «I trust you.» — Непременно.
— Не забудете?
— Нет, конечно, нет! — заверил его Дориан.
— И вот еще что… Гарри!
— Что, Бэзил?
— Помни то, о чем я просил тебя утром в саду!
— А я уже забыл, о чем именно.
— Смотри! Я тебе доверяю. «I wish I could trust myself,» said Lord Henry, laughing.
«Come, Mr. Gray, my hansom is outside, and I can drop you at your own place. Good-bye, Basil. It has been a most interesting afternoon.» As the door closed behind them, the painter flung himself down on a sofa, and a look of pain came into his face. — Хотел бы я сам себе доверять! — сказал лорд Генри со смехом.
— Идемте, мистер Грей, мой кабриолет у ворот, и я могу довезти вас до дому. До свиданья, Бэзил. Мы сегодня очень интересно провели время. Когда дверь закрылась за гостями, художник тяжело опустился на диван. По лицу его видно было, как ему больно.