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

able [eIbl], good-natured ["gud'neItSqd], farewell [feq'wel], kindly ['kaIndlI], outer ['autq]

"I certainly shall if I am able," the Scarecrow replied; "but I must help Dorothy to get home, first." As Dorothy bade the good-natured Guardian a last farewell she said: "I have been very kindly treated in your lovely City, and everyone has been good to me. I cannot tell you how grateful I am."

"Don't try, my dear," he answered. "We should like to keep you with us, but if it is your wish to return to Kansas, I hope you will find a way." He then opened the gate of the outer wall, and they walked forth and started upon their journey.

The sun shone brightly (солнце светило ярко) as our friends turned their faces toward the Land of the South (когда наши друзья повернули свои лица к Стране Юга). They were all in the best of spirits (все они пребывали в наилучшем настроении), and laughed and chatted together (и смеялись, и болтали друг с другом). Dorothy was once more filled with the hope of getting home (Дороти снова: «еще раз» была преисполнена надежды попасть домой), and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were glad to be of use to her (а Страшила и Железный Дровосек были рады быть ей полезными). As for the Lion, he sniffed the fresh air with delight (что касается Льва, то он с наслаждением вдыхал свежий воздух; to sniff — сопеть; вдыхать /носом, через нос/ ) and whisked his tail from side to side in pure joy at being in the country again (и махал хвостом из стороны в сторону, в полнейшей радости от того, что он снова был на природе: «в сельской местности»; to whisk — смахивать, сгонять; помахивать, взмахивать; pure — чистый, беспримесный; полнейший, чистейший ), while Toto ran around them and chased the moths and butterflies (тогда как Тото бегал вокруг них и гонялся за мотыльками и бабочками; moth — моль; мотылек ), barking merrily all the time (весело лая все время).

hope [hqup], home [hqum], pure [pjuq], moth [mOT]

The sun shone brightly as our friends turned their faces toward the Land of the South. They were all in the best of spirits, and laughed and chatted together. Dorothy was once more filled with the hope of getting home, and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were glad to be of use to her. As for the Lion, he sniffed the fresh air with delight and whisked his tail from side to side in pure joy at being in the country again, while Toto ran around them and chased the moths and butterflies, barking merrily all the time.

"City life does not agree with me at all (городская жизнь мне вовсе не подходит; to agree — соглашаться; быть полезным/приятным, быть подходящим )," remarked the Lion, as they walked along at a brisk pace (заметил Лев, пока они шли /по дороге/ быстрым шагом; brisk — живой, оживленный, проворный ). "I have lost much flesh since I lived there (я очень похудел с тех пор, как стал жить там; flesh — тело; мясо; to lose flesh — худеть: «терять плоть» ), and now I am anxious for a chance (и теперь я жду удачного случая; anxious — беспокоящийся, тревожащийся; стремящийся /к чему-либо/, страстно желающий /чего-либо/; chance — случайность, случай; удобный случай, возможность ) to show the other beasts how courageous I have grown (чтобы показать другим зверям, каким храбрым я стал; courage — смелость )."

They now turned and took a last look at the Emerald City (тогда они обернулись и в последний раз взглянули: «бросили последний взгляд» на Изумрудный Город).

All they could see was a mass of towers and steeples behind the green walls (все, что они смогли разглядеть, это было скопление башен и шпилей за зелеными стенами; mass — масса; скопление, куча; steeple — колокольня; башня; шпиль ), and high up above everything the spires and dome of the Palace of Oz (и высоко над всем этим /возвышались/ шпили и купол Дворца Оза; spire — шпиль, игла, острие ).

anxious ['xNkSqs], chance [tSQ:ns], tower ['tauq], steeple [sti:pl], spire ['spaIq], dome [dqum]

"City life does not agree with me at all," remarked the Lion, as they walked along at a brisk pace. "I have lost much flesh since I lived there, and now I am anxious for a chance to show the other beasts how courageous I have grown." They now turned and took a last look at the Emerald City.

All they could see was a mass of towers and steeples behind the green walls, and high up above everything the spires and dome of the Palace of Oz.

"Oz was not such a bad Wizard, after all (Оз, не был таким уж плохим Волшебником, в конечном счете)," said the Tin Woodman (сказал Железный Дровосек), as he felt his heart rattling around in his breast (чувствуя, как его сердце громко стучит в /его/ груди).

"He knew how to give me brains, and very good brains, too (он знал, как дать мне мозги, и очень хорошие мозги, к тому же)," said the Scarecrow.

"If Oz had taken a dose of the same courage he gave me (если бы Оз принял дозу той же самой смелости, которую он дал мне)," added the Lion (добавил Лев), "he would have been a brave man (то он был бы смелым человеком)."

Dorothy said nothing (Дороти ничего не сказала). Oz had not kept the promise he made her (Оз не сдержал своего обещания, которое он ей дал), but he had done his best (но он сделал все, что смог; to do one’s best — сделать все от себя зависящее ), so she forgave him (так что она простила его; to forgive ). As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard (как он и сказал, он был хорошим человеком, даже если он и был плохим Волшебником).

breast [brest], dose [dqus], promise ['prOmIs]

"Oz was not such a bad Wizard, after all," said the Tin Woodman, as he felt his heart rattling around in his breast.

"He knew how to give me brains, and very good brains, too," said the Scarecrow.

"If Oz had taken a dose of the same courage he gave me," added the Lion, "he would have been a brave man." Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not kept the promise he made her, but he had done his best, so she forgave him. As he said, he was a good man, even if he was a bad Wizard.

The first day's journey was through the green fields and bright flowers (в первый день их путь лежал через зеленые поля в ярких цветах: «зеленые поля и яркие цветы»; journey — путешествие, поездка; расстояние, преодолеваемое за день пути /в Средние века приблизительно оценивалось в 20 миль/ ) that stretched about the Emerald City on every side (которые простирались во все стороны от Изумрудного Города; to stretch — тянуться, растягиваться; иметь протяжение, простираться ).