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

So Dorothy went first, holding Toto in her arms (и вот Дороти пошла первой, держа Тото на руках), the Tin Woodman followed (за ними следовал Железный Дровосек), and the Scarecrow came next (и следующим пошел Страшила). The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs (а Лев, хотя он, конечно, был испуган, повернулся, чтобы встретиться лицом к лицу с Калидами), and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed (и затем он издал такой громкий и ужасающий рев, что Дороти завизжала) and the Scarecrow fell over backward (а Страшила упал навзничь), while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise (тогда как даже лютые звери резко остановились и с удивлением уставились на него).

bridge [brɪdʒ], horror [ˈhɒrə], toward [təˈwɔːd], tremble [trembl], fierce [fɪəs]

They had just started to cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them all look up, and to their horror they saw running toward them two great beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.

"They are the Kalidahs!" said the Cowardly Lion, beginning to tremble.

"Quick!" cried the Scarecrow. "Let us cross over." So Dorothy went first, holding Toto in her arms, the Tin Woodman followed, and the Scarecrow came next. The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise.

But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion

(но, увидев, что они были больше, чем Лев), and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him (и, помня о том, что их было двое, а он — всего один), the Kalidahs again rushed forward (Калиды снова бросились вперед), and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next (Лев перешел /пропасть/ по дереву и повернулся, чтобы посмотреть, что они будут делать дальше). Without stopping an instant the fierce beasts also began to cross the tree (не останавливаясь ни на мгновение, эти лютые звери также начали идти по дереву).

And the Lion said to Dorothy (и Лев сказал Дороти): "We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws (мы погибли, они наверняка разорвут нас на кусочки своими острыми когтями; lost — потерянный, утраченный; погибший; to lose — терять

). But stand close behind me (однако стойте близко за мной = спрячьтесь за мою спину), and I will fight them as long as I am alive (и я буду сражаться с ними, пока я жив = насмерть; as long as — пока; до тех пор, пока)."

"Wait a minute (подожди минуту)!" called the Scarecrow (закричал Страшила). He had been thinking what was best to be done (он раздумывал, что же лучше сделать), and now he asked the Woodman to chop away the end of the tree that rested on their side of the ditch

(и теперь он попросил Дровосека отрубить тот конец дерева, который лежал на их стороне канавы; to rest — отдыхать, давать отдых; опираться /на что-либо/, покоиться /на чем-либо/).

instant [ˈɪnstənt], surely [ˈʃʊəlɪ], minute [ˈmɪnɪt]

But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. Without stopping an instant the fierce beasts also began to cross the tree.

And the Lion said to Dorothy: "We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws. But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive."

"Wait a minute!" called the Scarecrow. He had been thinking what was best to be done, and now he asked the Woodman to chop away the end of the tree that rested on their side of the ditch.