Английский язык с Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города

"If you wish (если хочешь)," said the Lion, "I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you (я пойду в лес и убью для тебя оленя). You can roast it by the fire (ты сможешь поджарить его на огне), since your tastes are so peculiar (раз уж твой вкус настолько особенный) that you prefer cooked food (что ты предпочитаешь приготовленную пищу; to cook — готовить, стряпать; жариться, вариться /о еде/), and then you will have a very good breakfast (и тогда у тебя будет очень хороший завтрак)."

camp [kxmp], protect [prq'tekt], dew [dju:], splendid ['splendId], deer [dIq], roast [rqust], peculiar [pI'kju:lIq], prefer [prI'fq:]

They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near. The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely. She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.

"If you wish," said the Lion, "I will go into the forest and kill a deer for you. You can roast it by the fire, since your tastes are so peculiar that you prefer cooked food, and then you will have a very good breakfast."

"Don't! Please don't (пожалуйста, не надо)," begged the Tin Woodman (взмолился Железный Дровосек; to beg — просить, умолять). "I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer (я наверняка буду плакать, если ты убьешь бедного оленя), and then my jaws would rust again (и тогда мои челюсти снова заржавеют)."

But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper (но Лев ушел в лес и нашел /себе/ свой собственный ужин), and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it (и никто так и не узнал, что это было, потому что он не упоминал = не сказал об этом). And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts (а Страшила нашел дерево, усыпанное орехами; full — полный, наполненный целиком; изобилующий, богатый чем-либо; to find) and filled Dorothy's basket with them (и наполнил ими корзину Дороти), so that she would not be hungry for a long time (чтобы она долгое время не была голодной). She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow (она подумала, что это был очень добрый и заботливый /поступок/ со стороны Страшилы; kind — добрый, любезный; thoughtful — задумчивый, погруженный в размышления; заботливый, чуткий), but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts (но она искренне посмеялась над тем, как неуклюже бедняга собирал орехи; «каким неуклюжим способом бедное существо собирало орехи»; to pick up — поднимать, подбирать; собирать).

weep [wi:p], supper ['sApq], full [ful], nut [nAt], awkward ['O:kwqd]

"Don't! Please don't," begged the Tin Woodman. "I should certainly weep if you killed a poor deer, and then my jaws would rust again." But the Lion went away into the forest and found his own supper, and no one ever knew what it was, for he didn't mention it. And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts.