First there was a strip of light green silk
(сначала /шла/ полоска светло-зеленого шелка), then a strip of dark green (затем полоска темно-зеленого /шелка/) and then a strip of emerald green (и затем полоска изумрудно-зеленого /шелка/); for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in different shades of the color about them (потому что у Оза возникла идея сделать воздушный шар из разных оттенков цвета, который их окружал;sew [səʊ], needle [niːdl], thread [θred]
"Thank you," he answered. "Now, if you will help me sew the silk together, we will begin to work on our balloon." So Dorothy took a needle and thread, and as fast as Oz cut the strips of silk into proper shape the girl sewed them neatly together.
First there was a strip of light green silk, then a strip of dark green and then a strip of emerald green; for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in different shades of the color about them. It took three days to sew all the strips together, but when it was finished they had a big bag of green silk more than twenty feet long.
Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue
(затем Оз покрыл его с внутренней стороны тонким слоем клея;"But we must have a basket to ride in
(но у нас должна быть корзина, в которой /мы/ полетим;When it was all ready
(когда все было готово), Oz sent word to his people (Оз отправил послание своему народу;air-tight [ˈeətaɪt], basket [ˈbɑːskɪt], rope [rəʊp], bottom [ˈbɒtəm]
Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.
"But we must have a basket to ride in," he said. So he sent the soldier with the green whiskers for a big clothes basket, which he fastened with many ropes to the bottom of the balloon.
When it was all ready, Oz sent word to his people that he was going to make a visit to a great brother Wizard who lived in the clouds.