The news spread rapidly throughout the city
(эта новость стремительно разнеслась по всему городу;Oz ordered the balloon carried out in front of the Palace
(Оз приказал вынести воздушный шар /и установить его/ перед Дворцом), and the people gazed upon it with much curiosity (и люди глазели на него с большим любопытством). The Tin Woodman had chopped a big pile of wood (Железный Дровосек нарубил большую кучу дров), and now he made a fire of it (и затем он развел из них костер), and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire (и Оз /стал/ держать дно воздушного шара над огнем) so that the hot air that arose from it would be caught in the silken bag (так что горячий воздух, который поднимался от него, оказывался: «был бы пойман/уловлен» в шелковом мешке;Gradually the balloon swelled out and rose into the air
(постепенно воздушный шар раздулся и стал подниматься в воздух;throughout [θruː’aʊt], fire [ˈfaɪə], caught [kɔːt], swelled [sweld]
The news spread rapidly throughout the city and everyone came to see the wonderful sight.
Oz ordered the balloon carried out in front of the Palace, and the people gazed upon it with much curiosity. The Tin Woodman had chopped a big pile of wood, and now he made a fire of it, and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire so that the hot air that arose from it would be caught in the silken bag.
Gradually the balloon swelled out and rose into the air, until finally the basket just touched the ground.
Then Oz got into the basket and said to all the people in a loud voice
(тогда Оз сел в корзину и сказал, /обращаясь/ ко всему народу, громким голосом): "I am now going away to make a visit (сейчас я уезжаю в гости: «чтобы нанести визит»;The balloon was by this time tugging hard at the rope that held it to the ground
(к тому времени воздушный шар уже сильно натягивал веревку, которой он был привязан к земле: «которая удерживала его у земли»;"Come, Dorothy
(скорей, Дороти;loud [laud], tug [tʌɡ], hurry up [ˈhʌrɪ’ʌp], fly away [ˈflaɪə’weɪ]
Then Oz got into the basket and said to all the people in a loud voice: "I am now going away to make a visit. While I am gone the Scarecrow will rule over you. I command you to obey him as you would me." The balloon was by this time tugging hard at the rope that held it to the ground, for the air within it was hot, and this made it so much lighter in weight than the air without that it pulled hard to rise into the sky.
"Come, Dorothy!" cried the Wizard. "Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away."