Animal Farm
Chapter 1 (26-27)
The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement.
Almost before Major had reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves.
Even the stupidest of them/ had already picked up the tune and a few of the words, and as for the clever ones, such as the pigs and dogs, they had the entire song by heart/ within a few minutes.
And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into Beasts of England in tremendous unison.
The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it.
They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.
Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.
He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a charge of number 6 shot into the darkness.
The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly.
Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place.
The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment.
comprehend
- "picked up" 是一个短语，意味着快速地学会或理解某事，通常是通过非正式的学习方式。它可以用来描述学习语言、技能、习惯或者像这里的“曲子和一些歌词”。
- "let fly" - 这个短语意味着发射或释放某物，通常用在射击的情境中，表示开枪的动作。
- "charge" - 这里指的是一团子弹，即一次射击所发射的子弹。
- "number 6 shot" - 指的是六号铅弹，这是一种较小型的铅制子弹，通常用于射击小型动物，如鸟类。
translation
- 这首歌的演唱使动物们陷入了极度的兴奋之中。
- 差不多在老梅杰还没唱完之前，它们已经开始自己唱起来了。
- 即使是最愚蠢的动物也已经学会了曲调和一些歌词，至于那些聪明的动物，比如猪和狗，他们在几分钟内就已经把整首歌记在心里了。
- 然后，经过几次初步尝试后，整个农场的动物们以惊人的一致性齐声高唱《英格兰的生灵》。
- 牛低声哞唱，狗哀嚎吟唱，羊咩咩叫唱，马嘶鸣歌唱，鸭子嘎嘎唤唱。
- 它们对这首歌感到如此高兴，以至于连续唱了五遍，如果不是被打断，它们可能会整晚不停地唱下去。
- 不幸的是，这阵骚动惊醒了琼斯先生，他从床上跳了起来，确信院子里有一只狐狸。
- 他抓起总是放在卧室角落的那支枪，向黑暗中射出了一团六号铅弹。
- 铅弹嵌入了谷仓的墙壁，会议匆忙地解散了。
- 每个人都逃回了自己的睡觉处。
- 鸟儿跳上了它们的栖木，动物们在稻草中安顿下来，整个农场瞬间就陷入了沉睡。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "wild",
"trans": [
"adj. 狂热；自然生长的；野的；野生的",
"n. 自然环境；野生状态；偏远地区；人烟稀少的地区",
"adv. 狂暴地；猛烈地；胡乱地"
],
"usphone": "'waɪld'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "preliminary",
"trans": [
"adj. 初步的，预备的",
"n. 初步行动，准备工作；预赛，预试"
],
"usphone": "'prɪˈlɪmɪneri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "unison",
"trans": [
"n. （乐）同度，同音，齐唱；一致，和谐，协调；（英国）公务员工会（****）",
"adj. 同度的，同音的，齐唱的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈjuːnɪs(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whine",
"trans": [
"v. 嘀咕，抱怨；发出哀鸣；（机器）嘎嘎响，嗖嗖响",
"n. 嘎吱声，吱吱声；抱怨，嘀咕；哀鸣"
],
"usphone": "'waɪn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bleat",
"trans": [
"v. （羊）咩咩叫，牛（哞哞叫）；低声说话；抱怨",
"n. （羊的）咩咩声，（小牛的）哞声；（人）微弱的叫声；（非正式）抱怨"
],
"usphone": "'bliːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whinny",
"trans": [
"n. (表示高兴的)马嘶；嘶声",
"adj. (-nier -niest) 盖满金雀花的",
"v. 轻声嘶鸣"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhwɪni'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "quack",
"trans": [
"n. （鸭子的）呱呱声，嘎嘎声；庸医，江湖郎中；<非正式>医生",
"v. （鸭子）呱呱叫，嘎嘎叫；<非正式>大声说蠢话，咭咭呱呱",
"adj. 江湖医生的"
],
"usphone": "'kwæk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "right through",
"trans": [
"穿过，贯穿：从一端到另一端穿过或贯穿。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "interrupted",
"trans": [
"adj. 中断的；被打断的；不规则的",
"vt. 打断；中断（****** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "awake",
"trans": [
"v. 醒；唤醒；觉醒；激起",
"adj. 醒着"
],
"usphone": "'əˈweɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spring",
"trans": [
"v. 跳；跃；蹦；突然猛烈地移动",
"n. 春天；春季；弹簧；发条"
],
"usphone": "'sprɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seize",
"trans": [
"v. 抓住；捉拿；夺；没收"
],
"usphone": "'siz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stood",
"trans": [
"v. **an*(站立)的过去式和过去分词",
"忍受；坐落；位于"
],
"usphone": "'stʊd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "charge",
"trans": [
"n. 炸药量；电量，电荷；掌管，照管；费用，价钱；控告，指控；（书面或口头的）指责，批评；需要照管的人；命令，指示；（人或动物的）猛攻，冲锋；<美，非正式>快感，刺激；感召力，感染力；负载",
"v. 收费；充电；冲锋；指责"
],
"usphone": "'tʃɑrdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pellet",
"trans": [
"n. （军）小子弹（枪用）；小球；（生科）沉淀物",
"vt. 将……制成丸状；用子弹打；用小球扔"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpelət'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "buried",
"trans": [
"v. 埋葬（**ry 的过去式和过去分词）",
"adj. 埋葬的；埋藏的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈberid'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "broke up",
"trans": [
"结束，分手；打碎"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hurriedly",
"trans": [
"adv. 匆忙地，仓促地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhɜːrɪdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fled",
"trans": [
"v. 逃走（***e 的过去分词）；消逝"
],
"usphone": "'fled'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "in a moment",
"trans": [
"na. 立刻；立即",
"马上；一会儿；过一会儿"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]