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

When they returned to the castle the Wicked Witch beat them well with a strap, and sent them back to their work, after which she sat down to think what she should do next. She could not understand how all her plans to destroy these strangers had failed; but she was a powerful Witch, as well as a wicked one, and she soon made up her mind how to act.

There was, in her cupboard, a Golden Cap, with a circle of diamonds and rubies running round it. This Golden Cap had a charm.

Whoever owned it could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys (кто бы ни владел ей, он мог три раза вызвать Крылатых Обезьян; wing — крыло; winged — крылатый, летающий; wing — крыло), who would obey any order they were given (которые обязаны были подчиняться любому приказу, который им дадут). But no person could command these strange creatures more than three times (но никто не мог приказывать этим странным существам более трех раз).

Twice already the Wicked Witch had used the charm of the Cap (уже дважды Злая Ведьма использовала магическое заклинание Шапки).

Once was when she had made the Winkies her slaves (один раз, когда она сделала Винки своими рабами), and set herself to rule over their country (и принялась править их страной). The Winged Monkeys had helped her do this (Крылатые Обезьяны помогли ей сделать это). The second time was when she had fought against the Great Oz himself (второй раз был тогда, когда она воевала против самого Великого Оза; to fight — сражаться), and driven him out of the land of the West (и прогнала его из Страны Запада; to drive — гнать; to drive out — выгнать).

whoever [huː’evə], own [əʊn], winged [wɪŋd], monkey [ˈmʌŋkɪ], fought [fɔːt]

Whoever owned it could call three times upon the Winged Monkeys, who would obey any order they were given. But no person could command these strange creatures more than three times.

Twice already the Wicked Witch had used the charm of the Cap.

Once was when she had made the Winkies her slaves, and set herself to rule over their country. The Winged Monkeys had helped her do this. The second time was when she had fought against the Great Oz himself, and driven him out of the land of the West.

The Winged Monkeys had also helped her in doing this (Крылатые Обезьяны также помогли ей сделать это). Only once more could she use this Golden Cap (только еще один раз могла она воспользоваться Золотой Шапкой), for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted (именно по этой причине она не хотела делать этого, пока все ее другие силы не были исчерпаны; reason — разум, рассудок; причина, повод; power — сила, мощь; to exhaust — исчерпывать, израсходовать, использовать полностью). But now that her fierce wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone (но теперь, когда ее жестокие волки, и ее дикие вороны, и ее жалящие пчелы погибли), and her slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion (а ее рабы были напуганы /и прогнаны прочь/ Трусливым Львом), she saw there was only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends (она видела = понимала, что остался только один способ уничтожить Дороти и ее друзей).

golden [ˈɡəʊld(ə)n], reason [ˈriːz(ə)n], exhausted [ɪɡ’zɔːstɪd], fierce [fɪəs]

The Winged Monkeys had also helped her in doing this. Only once more could she use this Golden Cap, for which reason she did not like to do so until all her other powers were exhausted. But now that her fierce wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.