Илья Франк - Английский язык с Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города

castle [kQ:sl], deed [di:d], shapeless ['SeIplIs], mess [mes]

"Well, in a few minutes I shall be all melted, and you will have the castle to yourself. I have been wicked in my day, but I never thought a little girl like you would ever be able to melt me and end my wicked deeds. Look out — here I go!" With these words the Witch fell down in a brown, melted, shapeless mass and began to spread over the clean boards of the kitchen floor. Seeing that she had really melted away to nothing, Dorothy drew another bucket of water and threw it over the mess.

She then swept it all out the door (затем она вымела все за дверь; to sweep ). After picking out the silver shoe (вытащив серебряный башмак), which was all that was left of the old woman (который был всем, что осталось от старой женщины), she cleaned and dried it with a cloth (она почистила и высушила его тряпочкой), and put it on her foot again (и снова надела его на свою ногу). Then, being at last free to do as she chose (затем, будучи наконец свободной делать то, что она хотела; to choose — выбирать; хотеть, желать ), she ran out to the courtyard to tell the Lion that the Wicked Witch of the West had come to an end (она выбежала во двор, чтобы рассказать Льву о том, что Злой Ведьме Запада пришел конец: «что /она/ пришла к концу»), and that they were no longer prisoners in a strange land (и что они больше не были пленниками в этой чужой земле; prisoner — заключенный, арестант; пленник, узник; strange — незнакомый, неизвестный; чужой, чужеземный; in a strange land — в чужой стране, в чужих краях, на чужбине ).

clean [kli:n], chose [tSquz], courtyard ['kO:tjQ:d], prisoner ['prIz(q)nq]

She then swept it all out the door. After picking out the silver shoe, which was all that was left of the old woman, she cleaned and dried it with a cloth, and put it on her foot again. Then, being at last free to do as she chose, she ran out to the courtyard to tell the Lion that the Wicked Witch of the West had come to an end, and that they were no longer prisoners in a strange land.

13. The Rescue (Избавление)

The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear (Трусливый Лев был очень рад услышать) that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water (что Злая Ведьма была растоплена ведром воды), and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free (и Дороти тут же отперла дверь его тюрьмы и освободила его). They went in together to the castle (они вместе вошли в замок), where Dorothy's first act was to call all the Winkies together (где Дороти первым делом созвала всех Винки; act — дело, поступок; to call together — собирать, созывать ) and tell them that they were no longer slaves (и сказала им, что они больше не были рабами).

There was great rejoicing among the yellow Winkies (/наступило/ великое ликование среди желтокожих Винки), for they had been made to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch (потому что их заставляли тяжело работать в течение многих лет на Злую Ведьму), who had always treated them with great cruelty (которая всегда обращалась с ними с большой = особой жестокостью; cruel — жестокий ). They kept this day as a holiday, then and ever after (с тех пор: «тогда и навсегда после», они отмечали этот день как праздник; to keep — держать, хранить; соблюдать, отмечать /памятные даты/ ), and spent the time in feasting and dancing (и проводили время, /устраивая/ пиршества и танцы; to spend — тратить; проводить /время/; feast — пир, празднество, банкет; to feast — пировать, праздновать ).

prison [prIzn], during ['djuqrIN], cruelty ['kru:qltI], holiday ['hOlIdI], feast [fi:st]

The Cowardly Lion was much pleased to hear that the Wicked Witch had been melted by a bucket of water, and Dorothy at once unlocked the gate of his prison and set him free. They went in together to the castle, where Dorothy's first act was to call all the Winkies together and tell them that they were no longer slaves.

There was great rejoicing among the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch, who had always treated them with great cruelty. They kept this day as a holiday, then and ever after, and spent the time in feasting and dancing.

"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us (если бы только наши друзья, Страшила и Железный Дровосек, были с нами)," said the Lion, "I should be quite happy (я был бы совершенно счастлив)."

"Don't you suppose we could rescue them (а ты не думаешь, что мы могли бы спасти их)?" asked the girl anxiously (спросила девочка с беспокойством = беспокоясь о них и желая их спасти; anxious — озабоченный, беспокоящийся; сильно желающий: I am anxious to see him — мне очень хочется повидать его ).

"We can try (мы можем попытаться)," answered the Lion.

scarecrow ['skeqkrqu], woodman ['wudmqn], lion ['laIqn], rescue ['reskju:], anxious ['xNkSqs]

"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us," said the Lion, "I should be quite happy."

"Don't you suppose we could rescue them?" asked the girl anxiously.

"We can try," answered the Lion.

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends (тогда они позвали желтокожих Винки и спросили у них, помогут ли они спасти их друзей), and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy (и Винки сказали, что они были бы рады сделать все, что в их силах, для Дороти; delight — восторг, восхищение, услада; delighted — восхищенный; довольный, радостный ), who had set them free from bondage (которая освободила их от рабского гнета). So she chose a number of the Winkies (итак, она выбрала нескольких Винки; number — число, количество; некоторое количество ) who looked as if they knew the most (которые выглядели так, словно знали больше /других/), and they all started away (и они все вместе отправились в путь: «прочь»). They traveled that day and part of the next (они шли /в течение/ всего того дня и части следующего) until they came to the rocky plain (пока они не пришли к каменистой равнине; rock — скала, утес; камень, булыжник; rocky — скалистый, каменистый ) where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent (где лежал Железный Дровосек, весь разбитый и погнутый). His axe was near him (его топор лежал рядом с ним), but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short (но лезвие его заржавело, и рукоятка сломалась; to break off — отламывать; short — резко, круто; коротко ).

delighted [dI'laItId], Dorothy ['dOrqTI], bondage ['bOndIdZ], number ['nAmbq], rocky ['rOkI]

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends, and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them free from bondage. So she chose a number of the Winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away. They traveled that day and part of the next until they came to the rocky plain where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent. His axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short.

The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms (Винки бережно подняли его на руки; tender — нежный, мягкий; заботливый ), and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again (и отнесли его назад, в Желтый Замок), Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way (по пути Дороти уронила несколько слезинок; to shed — проливать, лить /слезы, кровь и т. п./; by the way — по пути, по дороге ) at the sad plight of her old friend (из-за печального состояния своего старого друга; plight — состояние, положение /обыкн. плохое, трудное/ ), and the Lion looking sober and sorry (а Лев выглядел серьезным и огорченным; sober — непьющий, трезвый; сдержанный, спокойный, серьезный ). When they reached the castle Dorothy said to the Winkies (когда они добрались до замка, Дороти сказала Винки = спросила у Винки): "Are any of your people tinsmiths (есть ли среди вашего народа жестянщики; tin — жесть; smith — кузнец; tinsmith — лудильщик, паяльщик, жестянщик )?"

"Oh, yes. Some of us are very good tinsmiths (некоторые из нас очень хорошие жестянщики)," they told her.

tenderly ['tendqlI], plight [plaIt], sober ['squbq], tinsmith ['tInsmIT]

The Winkies lifted him tenderly in their arms, and carried him back to the Yellow Castle again, Dorothy shedding a few tears by the way at the sad plight of her old friend, and the Lion looking sober and sorry. When they reached the castle Dorothy said to the Winkies: "Are any of your people tinsmiths?"

"Oh, yes. Some of us are very good tinsmiths," they told her.

"Then bring them to me (тогда приведите их ко мне)," she said. And when the tinsmiths came (и когда жестянщики пришли), bringing with them all their tools in baskets (принеся с собой все свои инструменты в корзинах), she inquired (она спросила), "Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman (можете ли вы выпрямить /все/ те вмятины в Железном Дровосеке), and bend him back into shape again (и снова вернуть ему его форму: «и снова согнуть его в форму»; to bend — сгибаться, гнуться, изгибать ), and solder him together where he is broken (и спаять его /в тех местах/, где он сломан; to solder — паять, спаивать )?"