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

There was great rejoicing among the yellow Winkies, for they had been made to work hard during many years for the Wicked Witch, who had always treated them with great cruelty. They kept this day as a holiday, then and ever after, and spent the time in feasting and dancing.

"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us (если бы только наши друзья, Страшила и Железный Дровосек, были с нами)," said the Lion, "I should be quite happy (я был бы совершенно счастлив)."

"Don’t you suppose we could rescue them (а ты не думаешь, что мы могли бы спасти их)?" asked the girl anxiously (спросила девочка с беспокойством = беспокоясь о них и желая их спасти; anxious — озабоченный, беспокоящийся; сильно желающий: I am anxious to see him — мне очень хочется повидать его).

"We can try (мы можем попытаться)," answered the Lion.

scarecrow [ˈskeəkrəʊ], woodman [ˈwudmən], lion [ˈlaɪən], rescue [ˈreskjuː], anxious [ˈæŋkʃəs]

"If our friends, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, were only with us," said the Lion, "I should be quite happy."

"Don’t you suppose we could rescue them?" asked the girl anxiously.

"We can try," answered the Lion.

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends (тогда они позвали желтокожих Винки и спросили у них, помогут ли они спасти их друзей), and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy (и Винки сказали, что они были бы рады сделать все, что в их силах, для Дороти; delight — восторг, восхищение, услада; delighted — восхищенный; довольный, радостный), who had set them free from bondage (которая освободила их от рабского гнета). So she chose a number of the Winkies (итак, она выбрала нескольких Винки; number — число, количество; некоторое количество) who looked as if they knew the most (которые выглядели так, словно знали больше /других/), and they all started away (и они все вместе отправились в путь: «прочь»). They traveled that day and part of the next (они шли /в течение/ всего того дня и части следующего) until they came to the rocky plain (пока они не пришли к каменистой равнине; rock — скала, утес; камень, булыжник; rocky — скалистый, каменистый) where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent (где лежал Железный Дровосек, весь разбитый и погнутый). His axe was near him (его топор лежал рядом с ним), but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short (но лезвие его заржавело, и рукоятка сломалась; to break off — отламывать; short — резко, круто; коротко).

delighted [dɪ’laɪtɪd], Dorothy [ˈdɒrəθɪ], bondage [ˈbɒndɪdʒ], number [ˈnʌmbə], rocky [ˈrɒkɪ]

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends, and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them free from bondage. So she chose a number of the Winkies who looked as if they knew the most, and they all started away. They traveled that day and part of the next until they came to the rocky plain where the Tin Woodman lay, all battered and bent. His axe was near him, but the blade was rusted and the handle broken off short.