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

clown [klaun], jolly ['dZOlI], completely [kqm'pli:tlI], plainly ['pleInlI]

"But could you not be mended?" asked the girl.

"Oh, yes; but one is never so pretty after being mended, you know," replied the Princess.

"I suppose not," said Dorothy.

"Now there is Mr. Joker, one of our clowns," continued the china lady, "who is always trying to stand upon his head. He has broken himself so often that he is mended in a hundred places, and doesn't look at all pretty. Here he comes now, so you can see for yourself." Indeed, a jolly little clown came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places.

The Clown put his hands in his pockets (Клоун засунул руки в карманы), and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said (надул щеки и дерзко кивнул им /головой/, после чего он сказал; to puff out — задувать /свечу/; надувать, раздувать; saucy — дерзкий, нахальный, наглый; веселый, неугомонный; sauce — соус; saucy — /уст./ относящийся к соусу; соусообразный; подаваемый с соусом ): "My lady fair, why do you stare аt poor old Mr. Joker (моя прекрасная леди, почему ты так пристально смотришь на бедного старого мистера Джокера; fair — честный, справедливый; /арх., поэт./ красивый, прекрасный )? You're quite as stiff and prim as if you'd eaten up a poker (ты такая напряженная и чопорная, как будто съела кочергу; stiff — жесткий, тугой; напряженный, деревянный )!"

"Be quiet, sir (успокойтесь, сэр)!" said the Princess. "Can't you see these are strangers (разве вы не видите, что это чужестранцы), and should be treated with respect (и /что с ними/ нужно вести себя уважительно)?"

"Well, that's respect, I expect (что ж, вот это, я думаю, уважение; to expect — ожидать, ждать; предполагать, полагать, думать )," declared the Clown, and immediately stood upon his head (заявил Клоун и немедленно встал на голову).

"Don't mind Mr. Joker (не обращайте внимания на мистера Джокера)," said the Princess to Dorothy. "He is considerably cracked in his head (у него голова трескалась много раз; игра слов: тж. он совершенно чокнутый; considerably — значительно, много; cracked — треснувший; разг. чокнутый, ненормальный ), and that makes him foolish (и это делает его таким глупым/дурашливым)."

puff out ['pAf'aut], saucily ['sO:sIlI], poker ['pqukq], considerably [kqn'sId(q)rqblI], foolish ['fu:lIS]

The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said: "My lady fair, why do you stare at poor old Mr. Joker? You're quite as stiff and prim as if you’d eaten up a poker!"

"Be quiet, sir!" said the Princess. "Can't you see these are strangers, and should be treated with respect?"

"Well, that's respect, I expect," declared the Clown, and immediately stood upon his head.

"Don't mind Mr. Joker," said the Princess to Dorothy. "He is considerably cracked in his head, and that makes him foolish."

"Oh, I don't mind him a bit (о, я и не обращаю)," said Dorothy. "But you are so beautiful (но ты такая красивая)," she continued, "that I am sure I could love you dearly (что я уверена, что могу нежно любить тебя). Won't you let me carry you back to Kansas (не позволишь ли ты мне отнести тебя в Канзас), and stand you on Aunt Em's mantel (и поставить тебя на каминной полочке Тетушки Эм)? I could carry you in my basket (я могла бы понести тебя в своей корзине)."

"That would make me very unhappy (это сделало бы меня очень несчастной)," answered the china Princess.

"You see, here in our country we live contentedly (видишь ли, здесь, в нашей стране, мы живем довольные /жизнью/), and can talk and move around as we please (и можем говорить и гулять: «двигаться повсюду», как нам заблагорассудится). But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen (но всякий раз, когда кого-либо из нас уносят, наши суставы немедленно деревенеют), and we can only stand straight and look pretty (и мы можем лишь прямо стоять и мило выглядеть).

mind [maInd], mantel [mxntl], contentedly [kqn'tentIdlI], stiffen [stIfn]

"Oh, I don't mind him a bit," said Dorothy. "But you are so beautiful," she continued, "that I am sure I could love you dearly. Won't you let me carry you back to Kansas, and stand you on Aunt Em's mantel? I could carry you in my basket."

"That would make me very unhappy," answered the china Princess.

"You see, here in our country we live contentedly, and can talk and move around as we please. But whenever any of us are taken away our joints at once stiffen, and we can only stand straight and look pretty.

Of course that is all that is expected of us (конечно, это все, что от нас и ожидают) when we are on mantels and cabinets and drawing-room tables (когда мы /стоим/ на каминных полках, в застекленных шкафчиках, или на столах в гостиной), but our lives are much pleasanter here in our own country (но наши жизни гораздо приятнее здесь, в нашей собственной стране)."

"I would not make you unhappy for all the world (я не сделаю тебя несчастной ни за что на свете)!" exclaimed Dorothy. "So I'll just say good-bye (поэтому я просто попрощаюсь)."

"Good-bye," replied the Princess.

They walked carefully through the china country (и они осторожно пошли по фарфоровой стране). The little animals and all the people scampered out of their way (маленькие животные и все жители быстро разбегались с их пути), fearing the strangers would break them (опасаясь, как бы чужеземцы не разбили их), and after an hour or so the travelers reached the other side of the country (и спустя час или около того путешественники добрались до другой стороны = противоположной части страны) and came to another china wall (и подошли к еще одной фарфоровой стене).

cabinet ['kxb(I)nIt], drawing-room ['drO:INru(:)m], scamper ['skxmpq]

Of course that is all that is expected of us when we are on mantels and cabinets and drawing-room tables, but our lives are much pleasanter here in our own country."

"I would not make you unhappy for all the world!" exclaimed Dorothy.

"So I'll just say good-bye."

"Good-bye," replied the Princess.

They walked carefully through the china country. The little animals and all the people scampered out of their way, fearing the strangers would break them, and after an hour or so the travelers reached the other side of the country and came to another china wall.

It was not so high as the first, however (однако она не была такой высокой, как первая), and by standing upon the Lion's back (и, встав на спину Льва) they all managed to scramble to the top (им всем удалось вскарабкаться наверх). Then the Lion gathered his legs under him and jumped on the wall (затем сам Лев поджал лапы: «собрал свои лапы под собой» и прыгнул на стену); but just as he jumped (но, когда он прыгал), he upset a china church with his tail and smashed it all to pieces (он опрокинул фарфоровую церковь своим хвостом и разбил ее вдребезги: «всю на кусочки»).

"That was too bad (это очень плохо)," said Dorothy, "but really I think we were lucky (но, на самом деле, мне кажется, что нам повезло) in not doing these little people more harm than breaking a cow's leg and a church (что мы не причинили этому маленькому народцу больше вреда, чем отломанная коровья нога и /разбитая/ церковь). They are all so brittle (они все такие хрупкие)!"

"They are, indeed (это уж точно, они такие)," said the Scarecrow, "and I am thankful I am made of straw (и я доволен, что сделан из соломы; thankful — благодарный; довольный /чем-либо/, радующийся /чему-либо/ ) and cannot be easily damaged (и меня трудно повредить; damage — вред, повреждение; to damage — повреждать, портить; повредить, ушибить ). There are worse things in the world than being a Scarecrow (есть вещи и похуже в этом мире, чем быть пугалом)."

scramble [skrxmbl], church [tSq:tS], brittle ['brItl], easily ['i:zIlI]

It was not so high as the first, however, and by standing upon the Lion's back they all managed to scramble to the top. Then the Lion gathered his legs under him and jumped on the wall; but just as he jumped, he upset a china church with his tail and smashed it all to pieces.

"That was too bad," said Dorothy, "but really I think we were lucky in not doing these little people more harm than breaking a cow's leg and a church. They are all so brittle!"

"They are, indeed," said the Scarecrow, "and I am thankful I am made of straw and cannot be easily damaged. There are worse things in the world than being a Scarecrow."

21. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts (лев становится царем зверей)

After climbing down from the china wall (спустившись с фарфоровой стены; to climb — взбираться, влезать, карабкаться; to climb down — слезать ) the travelers found themselves in a disagreeable country (путешественники оказались в неприглядной стране; agreeable — приятный, милый; disagreeable — неприятный, противный ), full of bogs and marshes and covered with tall, rank grass (изобилующей болотами и топями, заросшими высокой травой: «покрытыми высокой буйной травой»; to cover — покрывать, накрывать; покрывать, распространяться, расстилаться; rank — буйный, пышный, роскошный /о растительности/ ). It was difficult to walk without falling into muddy holes (было сложно идти, не падая в грязные ямы; mud — грязь, слякоть ; hole — дыра, отверстие; яма ), for the grass was so thick that it hid them from sight (потому что трава была настолько густой, что она скрывала их из виду; to hide — прятать, скрывать ). However, by carefully picking their way (однако, тщательно выбирая путь; to pick — собирать, снимать /плоды/; выбирать, отбирать; to pick one's way — выбирать дорогу ), they got safely along until they reached solid ground (они благополучно продвигались /вперед/, пока они не достигли твердой почвы). But here the country seemed wilder than ever (но здесь страна казалась еще более дикой, чем когда-либо), and after a long and tiresome walk through the underbrush (и после долгой и утомительной прогулки через подлесок) they entered another forest (они вошли в другой лес), where the trees were bigger and older than any they had ever seen (где деревья были больше и старше, чем те: «какие-либо», которые они когда-либо видели).