you've got the makings of a great actress. I've never been so sure of anything
in my life."
"I know I want experience. I'd have to think it over of course. I wouldn't
mind coming to you for a season."
"Go to hell. Do you think I can make an actress of you in a season? Do you
think I'm going to work my guts out to make you give a few decent
Performances and then have you go away to play some twopenny-halfpenny
part in a commercial play in London? What sort of a bloody fool do you take
me for? I'll give you a three years' contract, I'll give you eight pounds a week
and you'll have to work like a horse."
"Eight pounds a week's absurd ( ). I
couldn't possibly take that ( : )."
"Oh yes, you could (, , ). It's all you're worth ( ,
) and it's all you're going to get ( , )."
Julia had been on the stage for three years ( / /
) and had learnt a good deal ( ; deal
. , , , ). Besides, Jane Taitbout, no strict
moralist ( , , // ; strict
, , ; moralist ,
), had given her a lot of useful information
(: ).
"And are you under the impression ( ; to be under the
impression , , ) by any chance
(), that for that ( ) I'm going to let you sleep with me (
: ) as well (
/)?"
absurd [qb'sq:d] moralist ['mOrqlIst] useful ['ju:sf(q)l]
"Eight pounds a week's absurd. I couldn't possibly take that."
"Oh yes, you could. It's all you're worth and it's all you're going to get."
Julia had been on the stage for three years and had learnt a good deal.
Besides, Jane Taitbout, no strict moralist, had given her a lot of useful
Information.
"And are you under the impression by any chance, that for that I'm going to
let you sleep with me as well?"
"My God ( ), do you think ( ), I've got time (
) to go to bed with the members of my company (
)? I've got much more important things to do (
, / / ) than that, my
girl ( , ). And you'll find ( ) that after you've
rehearsed for four hours ( /, / )
and played a part at night to my satisfaction ( // :
|
|
|
), besides a couple of matinees (
; couple , ),
you won't have much time ( ) or much
inclination ( ; inclination , , ,
) to make love to anybody ( -
). When you go to bed ( ) all you'll
want to do (, ) is to sleep ( )."
But Jimmie Langton was wrong there ( :
; wrong , , ).
couple ['kAp(q)l] matinee ['mxtIneI] inclination ["InklI'neIS(q)n]
"My God, do you think I've got time to go to bed with the members of my
company? I've got much more important things to do than that, my girl. And
you'll find that after you've rehearsed for four hours and played a part at
night to my satisfaction, besides a couple of matinees, you won't have much
