I have read an interesting story about animals. Maybe you have heard about it. This once was a banned book, but now it is English classics.It is written by George Orwell and named Animal Farm.
我读了一个有趣的关于动物的故事,你也许听说过。它曾经是一本禁书,而现在是经典,它就是乔治•奥威尔写的《动物农场》。
It is the first time that I have tried to read original English books, so I just understand something on the surface and it is only an interesting story about animals.
这是我第一次尝试阅读英文原著,我仅仅只知道它是一个关于动物的故事。
Actually, it is far more than that.I searched many materials , watched the movie and learned about the setting of the story. It is a political satire about how the Spain, which was controlled by the Soviet Union,persecuted the people in the name of democracy.
实际上远远不及,我查阅了一些资料,看了电影,了解了故事的背景。它是一部关于被苏联控制的西班牙以民主的名义对人民进行迫害的政治讽寓小说。
Story began from a pig, Old Major,who was highly regarded on the farm.
故事由一位德高望重的老少校开始讲起。
Before he died, he had a strange dream, so he called on all the animals in the barn to have a meeting for passing on to them the wisdom that he had aquired in his whole life.
在它去世之前,他做了一个奇怪的梦,因此它将所有的动物召集到谷仓,把自己一生所得的智慧传承给其它动物。
He said that the plain truth is that the life of animal is misery and slavery.
他说不可置疑的是动物的一生都是悲哀与被奴役的。
However the chief culprit is man. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.
然而主要的罪人就是人类,将人类除掉,饥饿和超负重的工作的根源就可以永远地除掉了。
After Old Major’s death, two young pigs,Snowball and Napoleon,became the new leaders, and they finally drove the owner away from the farm and changed the name to "Animal Farm".
老少校死后,雪球和拿破仑两只年轻的猪成为了新的领导人,它们还把农场的主人赶走了,并将农场名改为了"动物农场"。
From that moment on, they had a happy life and they even wrote 7 commandents to follow. One of them was " All animals are equal".However it didn't last long. Because of Napoleon' ambition, Snowball was declared to be the enemy of the farm and even was expelled. So, Napoleon became the only leader of the farm.
从那以后,它们过上了幸福的生活,甚至写了需要遵从的七戒,其实一条是"所有的动物都是平等的"。然而,好景不长,因为拿破仑的野心,雪球被当做农场的敌人驱逐出境,于是拿破仑成为了唯一的领导。
Napoleon had some political talent and he actually did good to the farm at the beginning. All the power is centralized.
拿破仑很有政治天赋,刚开始对动物农场也很好,所有的权力都集中在他手里。
Gradually, what he did is just like the man did to the animals, but they didn't feel it and also think that their life is better than before.
渐渐地,他也像人对待动物那样对待他们,但他们并未感觉到还认为生活比以前更好了。
All the weakness had appeared. He did all the things just for his own benifits and enjoyment, and also cheated others that what he did was benificial to the farm. At the same time, we can see that how important the eloquence because every time Napoleon did something bad to the animals, the Sequealer's explanation could make all the animals believe that what Napoleon had done was for good intention.
所有的劣势都显现出来了,他所做的都是为了自己的利益、娱乐,还欺骗其他动物是为了农场的利益。同时,我们可以了解到口才的重要性,因为每次拿破仑做了坏事都是声响器替他解释,让动物们臣服于拿破仑。
What makes me most impressive is the story of the horse, Boxer. He devoted his whole life into the construction of the farm.But when he badly hurt because of overwork, Napoleon sold him for money to buy himself whiskey.
给我留下最深刻印象的就是老马拳师了,他将自己的一生都奉献给了农场的建设,但当他因为超负荷工作而受伤时,拿破仑却把他卖了换钱,给自己买酒。
Therefore,we could see that the bottom of society is so miserable. In the end,the pigs who used to be the leader of the revolution,is as same as their enemy, hunman beings, and maybe a new round of revolution will begin.
因此,我们可以了解到社会底层的悲哀。最后,革命的领导者也变得和他们曾经的敌人,人类一样了,也许新的一轮革命又即将开始了。
How about the real society?
真实的社会又是什么样的呢?
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