Английский язык с Л. Ф. Баумом - Волшебник страны Оз

Then she said to Dorothy, harshly and severely: "Come with me; and see that you mind everything I tell you, for if you do not I will make an end of you, as I did of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow." Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep the fire fed with wood.

Dorothy went to work meekly (Дороти смиренно приступила к работе), with her mind made up to work as hard as she could (решив работать так старательно, как только она сможет; to make up one’s mind — решиться, принять решение; hard — сильно, интенсивно; настойчиво, упорно); for she was glad the Wicked Witch had decided not to kill her (ведь она была рада, что Злая Ведьма решила не убивать ее).

With Dorothy hard at work (пока Дороти усердно работала)

, the Witch thought she would go into the courtyard and harness the Cowardly Lion like a horse (Ведьма подумала, что она пойдет во внутренний дворик и запряжет Трусливого Льва как лошадь); it would amuse her, she was sure, to make him draw her chariot (ее бы позабавило, она была уверена, /если бы/ она заставила его везти ее колесницу; to draw — тащить, волочить) whenever she wished to go to drive (каждый раз, когда бы ей захотелось поехать покататься; whenever — всякий раз когда; когда бы ни). But as she opened the gate the Lion gave a loud roar (но, как только она открыла ворота, Лев громко зарычал) and bounded at her so fiercely (и прыгнул на нее так яростно) that the Witch was afraid, and ran out and shut the gate again (что Ведьма испугалась и выбежала, и снова закрыла ворота).

meekly [ˈmiːklɪ], courtyard [ˈkɔːtjɑːd], harness [ˈhɑːnɪs], amuse [ə’mjuːz], chariot [ˈʧærɪət], fiercely [ˈfɪəslɪ]

Dorothy went to work meekly, with her mind made up to work as hard as she could; for she was glad the Wicked Witch had decided not to kill her.

With Dorothy hard at work, the Witch thought she would go into the courtyard and harness the Cowardly Lion like a horse; it would amuse her, she was sure, to make him draw her chariot whenever she wished to go to drive. But as she opened the gate the Lion gave a loud roar and bounded at her so fiercely that the Witch was afraid, and ran out and shut the gate again.

"If I cannot harness you (если я не могу запрячь тебя)," said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate (сказала Ведьма Льву, говоря через прутья решетки ворот)

, "I can starve you (я могу уморить тебя голодом; to starve — голодать, умирать от голода; морить голодом; лишать пищи). You shall have nothing to eat (/теперь/ ты ничего не будешь есть) until you do as I wish (пока ты не будешь поступать так, как я того пожелаю; to do — делать; поступать)."

So after that she took no food to the imprisoned Lion (так что после этого она не /стала/ носить никакой еды заключенному Льву; prison — тюрьма; неволя, заключение; to imprison — заключать в тюрьму, запирать); but every day she came to the gate at noon and asked

(но каждый день она подходила к воротам в полдень и спрашивала), "Are you ready to be harnessed like a horse (ты готов к тому, чтобы тебя запрягли как лошадь)?" And the Lion would answer (а Лев отвечал), "No. If you come in this yard, I will bite you (если ты зайдешь в этот сад, я укушу тебя)."

starve [stɑːv], imprison [ɪm’prɪz(ə)n], ready [ˈredɪ]

"If I cannot harness you," said the Witch to the Lion, speaking through the bars of the gate, "I can starve you. You shall have nothing to eat until you do as I wish."

So after that she took no food to the imprisoned Lion; but every day she came to the gate at noon and asked, "Are you ready to be harnessed like a horse?" And the Lion would answer, "No. If you come in this yard, I will bite you."