Английский язык с Л. Ф. Баумом. Волшебник Изумрудного Города - [4]
jump [dZAmp], frightened ['fraItnd], climb [klaIm], half-way ["hQ:f'weI], shriek [Sri:k]
Toto jumped out of Dorothy's arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him. Aunt Em, badly frightened, threw open the trap door in the floor and climbed down the ladder into the small, dark hole. Dorothy caught Toto at last and started to follow her aunt. When she was halfway across the room there came a great shriek from the wind, and the house shook so hard that she lost her footing and sat down suddenly upon the floor.
Then a strange thing happened (затем случилось что-то странное; strange — чужой, незнакомый; странный, необыкновенный; thing — вещь, предмет; дело, случай, факт).
The house whirled around two or three times (домик покружился два или три раза; time — время; раз) and rose slowly through the air (и медленно поднялся в воздух). Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon (Дороти чувствовала /себя так/, словно она поднималась вверх на воздушном шаре; to go up — подниматься, идти вверх).
The north and south winds met where the house stood (северный и южный ветра встретились /в том самом месте/, где стоял домик), and made it the exact center of the cyclone (и он оказался в самом центре урагана: «и сделали его точным центром циклона»). In the middle of cyclone the air is generally still (в центре урагана воздух обычно неподвижный; middle — середина, центральная часть чего-либо; still — бесшумный, тихий; неподвижный), but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher (но огромное давление ветра на каждую стену домика поднимало его все выше и выше; side — сторона, бок; стена), until it was at the very top of the cyclone (пока он не оказался на самой вершине урагана); and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away (и там он остался, и был унесен на многие мили: «на мили и мили» прочь) as easily as you could carry a feather (так же легко, как /вы могли бы перенести/ перышко).
happen ['hxp(q)n], through [Tru:], balloon [bq'lu:n], north [nO:T], south [sauT], exact [Ig'zxkt], pressure ['preSq], feather ['feDq]
Then a strange thing happened.
The house whirled around two or three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.
The north and south winds met where the house stood, and made it the exact center of the cyclone. In the middle of a cyclone the air is generally still, but the great pressure of the wind on every side of the house raised it up higher and higher, until it was at the very top of the cyclone; and there it remained and was carried miles and miles away as easily as you could carry a feather.
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her (было очень темно, и ветер страшно завывал /со всех сторон/ вокруг нее; horribly — ужасно, страшно; эмоц.-усил. ужасно, страшно), but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily (но Дороти обнаружила, что она довольно легко парила /по небу/; to find — находить, встречать; обнаруживать; to ride — ехать верхом; парить, плыть, скользить). After the first few whirls around (после первых нескольких оборотов; whirl — кружение; вихрь, завихрение), and one other time when the house tipped badly (и еще одного раза, когда дом сильно наклонился; tip — наклон, наклонное положение; to tip — наклоняться, склоняться), she felt as if she were being rocked gently (она почувствовала, словно ее легко укачивало; rock — качание, колебание; to rock — качать, колебать; убаюкивать, укачивать), like a baby in a cradle (как ребенка в колыбели).
Toto did not like it (Тото это не понравилось). He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly (он бегал по комнате, то тут, то там, громко лая); but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor (а Дороти спокойно сидела на полу) and waited to see what would happen (и ожидала /увидеть/, что произойдет /дальше/).
howl [haul], horribly ['hOrqblI], cradle [kreIdl], barking ['bQ:kIN], loudly ['laudlI]
It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily. After the first few whirls around, and one other time when the house tipped badly, she felt as if she were being rocked gently, like a baby in a cradle.
Toto did not like it. He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
