Book | Animal Farm 2018-06-20

Chapter 1

scullery 碗碟收纳室
lurch 蹒跚 lurch across the yard
chew the cud 反刍食物
He was not of the first rate intelligence.
He was most tempered.
paddock 小牧场
The foolish pretty white mare 母马 who drew Mr Jone's trap 双轮马车, came mincing 装模作样的 daintily in.
Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it
?
Remove man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.
Our dung fertilizes the soil. 粪便
In return for your four confinements 分娩 and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span.
And above all, pass on this message of mine to those who come after you.
And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. It is all lies. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.
Major raised his trotter for silence. 猪蹄
Let us put it to the vote.
Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.
Bests of every land and clime.
it had long since passed out of my mind.
The fruitful fields of England shall be trod by beats alone.
The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn. 子弹

Chapter 2

Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.
If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?
badge of slavery
They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings. 从未缺席
he had fallen on evil days.倒霉,遭遇不幸 He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit, and had taken to drinking more than was good for him.
frightened them almost out of their wits吓傻了
took to their heels
in full flight
All the animals capered with joy. 雀跃
the cruel knives with which Mr Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs, were all flung down the well. 阉割
degrading nosebags 耻辱的
there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.
The car's side was stove in by the crash.
由于撞击，汽车的侧面被撞破了。
the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from BoxerĄŻs hoof
mash 饲料

Chapter 3

With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.
not doled out to them by a grudging master. 分发少量；吝啬
But everyone worked according to his capacity.
This flag was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning. 旗杆
He was indefatigable at this.
instituting classes in reading and writing.
You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? 出于自私自利
if we pigs failed in our duty

Chapter 4

a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains. 极力杀价
Panic overtook them.
She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off.
each recounting his own exploits英勇事迹 in the battle at the top of his voice.
There was also Animal Hero, Second Class,which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep.

Chapter 5

back number 过期报刊
Napoleon produced no schemes of his own, but said quietly that Snowball's would come to nothing, and seemed to be biding his time. 等待时机按兵不动
work out complicated scheme
Vote for Napoleon and the full manger. 食槽
set forth his reasons for building the windmill
The whole farm was deeply divided on the subject of the windmill.
The animals formed themselves into two factions under the slogans, Vote for Snowball and the three-day week and Vote for Napoleon and the full manger.
recapture the farm and reinstate Mr Jones.
The question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote.
Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies.
escape their snapping jaws
The dogs were close on his heels.
The dogs were gaining on him again.
a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself.
tried hard to marshal his thoughts
the pigs fell silent
his moonshine of windmill 愚蠢[不切实际]的想法；空谈；妄想
read the orders in a gruff soldierly style

Chapter 6

work a sixty-hour week
The advantage of only having to feed themselves, and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well, was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.
artificial manures 化肥
They were conscious of a vague uneasiness. The momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.