Английский язык с Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города

Sometimes she would cry bitterly for hours (иногда она горько плакала часами; bitter — горький /на вкус/; горький, мучительный), with Toto sitting at her feet and looking into her face (а Тото сидел у ее ног и смотрел ей в лицо), whining dismally to show how sorry he was for his little mistress (печально скуля, чтобы показать, как он сочувствовал своей маленькой хозяйке; sorry — огорченный, сожалеющий). Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz (в действительности Тото было все равно, был ли он в Канзасе или в Стране Оз) so long as Dorothy was with him (пока Дороти была с ним); but he knew the little girl was unhappy (но он знал, что маленькая девочка была несчастлива), and that made him unhappy too (и это делало и его несчастным тоже).

bitterly ['bItqlI], whine [waIn], dismally ['dIzmqlI], mistress ['mIstrIs], unhappy [An'hxpI]

Dorothy's life became very sad as she grew to understand that it would be harder than ever to get back to Kansas and Aunt Em again.

Sometimes she would cry bitterly for hours, with Toto sitting at her feet and looking into her face, whining dismally to show how sorry he was for his little mistress. Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.

Now the Wicked Witch had a great longing to have for her own the Silver Shoes (теперь у Злой Ведьмы было сильное желание присвоить себе Серебряные Башмаки; own — собственность, принадлежность; to have something of one's own — иметь что-либо) which the girl always wore (которые девочка всегда носила = которые всегда были на ней). Her bees (ее пчелы) and her crows (и ее вороны) and her wolves (и ее волки) were lying in heaps and drying up (лежали кучами и высыхали), and she had used up all the power of the Golden Cap (и она полностью использовала всю власть Золотой Шапки); but if she could only get hold of the Silver Shoes (но, если бы ей только удалось заполучить Серебряные Башмаки; hold — удержание, захват; to get hold of smth. — брать, хватать что-либо), they would give her more power than all the other things she had lost (то они дали бы ей больше власти, что все те вещи, которые она потеряла). She watched Dorothy carefully (она внимательно наблюдала за Дороти), to see if she ever took off her shoes (чтобы увидеть, не снимет ли она /когда-нибудь/ свои туфли), thinking she might steal them (думая, что она могла бы украсть их).

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 ее страх воды был больше, чем ее страх темноты), so she never came near when Dorothy was bathing (поэтому она никогда не приближалась, когда Дороти купалась).

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).