Английский язык с Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города
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But the child was so proud of her pretty shoes (но девочка была так горда = настолько гордилась своими прелестными башмаками) that she never took them off except at night (что она никогда не снимала их, кроме как ночью) and when she took her bath (и когда она принимала ванну; bath — купание /в ванне, в бане/, мытье; to take a bath — принимать ванну, мыться, купаться). The Witch was too much afraid of the dark (Ведьма слишком боялась темноты) to dare go in Dorothy's room at night to take the shoes (чтобы решиться войти в комнату Дороти ночью, чтобы забрать башмаки), and her dread of water was greater than her fear of the dark (а
longing ['lONIN], carefully ['keqfulI], steal [sti:l], proud [praud], except [Ik'sept], bath [bQ:T], dread [dred], bathing ['beIDIN]
Now the Wicked Witch had a great longing to have for her own the Silver Shoes which the girl always wore. Her bees and her crows and her wolves were lying in heaps and drying up, and she had used up all the power of the Golden Cap; but if she could only get hold of the Silver Shoes, they would give her more power than all the other things she had lost. She watched Dorothy carefully, to see if she ever took off her shoes, thinking she might steal them.
But the child was so proud of her pretty shoes that she never took them off except at night and when she took her bath. The Witch was too much afraid of the dark to dare go in Dorothy's room at night to take the shoes, and her dread of water was greater than her fear of the dark, so she never came near when Dorothy was bathing.
Indeed, the old Witch never touched water (и действительно, старая Ведьма никогда не касалась воды), nor ever let water touch her in any way (и также не позволяла воде как-либо касаться ее).
But the wicked creature was very cunning (но это злобное создание было очень коварным), and she finally thought of a trick (и, в конце концов, она придумала трюк; trick — хитрость, обман; фокус, трюк) that would give her what she wanted (который дал бы ей то, что она хотела). She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor (она положила железную решетку: «решетку из железа» посередине кухонного пола), and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes (и затем, посредством своего магического искусства, сделала ее невидимой для человеческих глаз; art — искусство; мастерство, умение; visible — видимый, видный; invisible — невидимый, незримый). So that when Dorothy walked across the floor she stumbled over the bar (поэтому, когда Дороти шла по полу /в кухне/, она споткнулась о решетку), not being able to see it (не видя ее: «не имея способности видеть ее»), and fell at full length (и упала во весь рост; length — длина).
She was not much hurt (она не сильно ушиблась), but in her fall one of the Silver Shoes came off (но при падении один из Серебряных Башмаков спал; to come off — покидать, уходить; падать с чего-либо); and before she could reach it (и, прежде чем она могла до него дотянуться), the Witch had snatched it away and put it on her own skinny foot (Ведьма выхватила его и натянула его на свою костлявую ногу; to snatch — хватать, ухватить; украсть, стащить; skinny — худой, тощий, кожа да кости).
touch [tAtS], water ['wO:tq], cunning ['kAnIN], iron ['aIqn], middle [mIdl], invisible [In'vIzqbl], human ['hju:mqn], length [leNT], snatch [snxtS], skinny ['skInI]
Indeed, the old Witch never touched water, nor ever let water touch her in any way.
But the wicked creature was very cunning, and she finally thought of a trick that would give her what she wanted. She placed a bar of iron in the middle of the kitchen floor, and then by her magic arts made the iron invisible to human eyes. So that when Dorothy walked across the floor she stumbled over the bar, not being able to see it, and fell at full length.
She was not much hurt, but in her fall one of the Silver Shoes came off; and before she could reach it, the Witch had snatched it away and put it on her own skinny foot.
The wicked woman was greatly pleased with the success of her trick (злая
The little girl, seeing she had lost one of her pretty shoes, grew angry (маленькая девочка, увидев, что она потеряла один из своих прекрасных башмаков, рассердилась: «стала сердитой»), and said to the Witch, "Give me back my shoe (верни мой башмак)!"
"I will not (я не /верну/)," retorted the Witch (резко возразила Ведьма; to retort — резко возражать), "for it is now my shoe, and not yours (потому что теперь это мой башмак, а не твой)."
pleased [pli:zd], success [sqk'ses], own [qun], retort [rI'tO:t]
The wicked woman was greatly pleased with the success of her trick, for as long as she had one of the shoes she owned half the power of their charm, and Dorothy could not use it against her, even had she known how to do so.
The little girl, seeing she had lost one of her pretty shoes, grew angry, and said to the Witch, "Give me back my shoe!"
"I will not," retorted the Witch, "for it is now my shoe, and not yours."
"You are a wicked creature (ты злое существо = ты злая)!" cried Dorothy (крикнула Дороти). "You have no right to take my shoe from me (у тебя нет права забирать у меня мой башмак)."
"I shall keep it, just the same (я сохраню его = оставлю его у себя, все равно)," said the Witch, laughing at her (сказала Ведьма, смеясь над ней), "and someday I shall get the other one from you, too (и когда-нибудь я заберу у тебя и второй /башмак/ тоже)." This made Dorothy so very angry (это так сильно рассердило Дороти) that she picked up the bucket of water that stood near (что она схватила ведро воды, которое стояло рядом) and dashed it over the Witch (и плеснула его на Волшебницу; to dash — наносить сокрушающий удар, разбивать вдребезги; брызгать, плескать) wetting her from head to foot (намочив ее с головы до ног; wet — мокрый, влажный; to wet — мочить, увлажнять; вымочить, промочить /в полной мере, до конца, очень сильно/).