Animal Farm
Chapter 2 (1-3)
Three nights later old Major died peacefully in his sleep.
His body was buried at the foot of the orchard.
This was early in March.
During the next three months there was much secret activity.
Major's speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm/ a completely new outlook on life.
They did not know/ when the Rebellion predicted by Major/ would take place, they had no reason for thinking that/ it would be within their own lifetime, but they saw clearly/ that it was their duty/ to prepare for it.
The work of teaching and organising the others/ fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised/ as being the cleverest of the animals.
Pre-eminent among the pigs/ were two young boars/ named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr.Jones was breeding up for sale.
Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.
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.
All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.
The best known among them/ was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.
He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point/ he had a way/ of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail/ which was somehow very persuasive.
The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.
These three/ had elaborated old Major's teachings into a complete system/ of thought, to which/ they gave the name of Animalism.
Several nights a week, after Mr.Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn/ and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
At the beginning they met with much stupidity and apathy.
Some of the animals talked of the duty of loyalty to Mr.Jones, whom they referred to as “Master,” or made elementary remarks such as “Mr.Jones feeds us. If he were gone, we should starve to death.”
Others asked such questions/ as “Why should we care what happens after we are dead?” or “If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?”, and the pigs had great difficulty/ in making them see that this was contrary to the spirit of Animalism.
The stupidest questions of all/ were asked by Mollie, the white mare.
The very first question she asked Snowball was: “Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?”
comprehend
- "Getting his own way" - 是一个英语习语，意思是一个人能够按照自己的意愿行事，通常不管别人的意见或反对。这个表达强调了个人的坚定、果断或有时可能是固执，表明这个人通常会得到他们想要的东西，即使这意味着要控制情况或压倒他人的意愿。
- "What difference does it make" - 这句话可以翻译为“这有什么不同”或“这有什么区别”。这是一种表达疑问的方式，用来询问某个行为、决定或情况与其他选择相比，其结果或影响上有何不同。
- "The very first" - 这个短语在英语中用来强调某个事物或事件是最前面或最初始的。它通常指时间上的顺序，意味着没有任何其他事物或事件发生在此之前。当用于描述一个问题、行动或事件时，"the very first" 暗示这是最早发生的，或者是在所有相似事项中最为关键的一个。
translation
- 三天后的夜里，老梅杰在睡梦中安详地去世了。
- 他的尸体被埋在果园的脚下。
- 这是在三月初。
- 在接下来的三个月里，有很多秘密的活动。
- 梅杰的演讲给农场上更聪明的动物们带来了一种全新的生活观。
- 他们不知道梅杰预言的起义何时会发生，他们没有理由认为它会在他们有生之年发生，但他们清楚地看到，为它做准备是他们的责任。
- 教育和组织其他动物的任务自然而然地落在了猪身上，他们普遍被认为是最聪明的动物。
- 在猪中最为杰出的是两头名叫斯诺鲍（Snowball）和拿破仑（Napoleon）的年轻公猪，琼斯先生正将它们养大以备出售。
- 拿破仑是一头体型庞大、看起来相当凶猛的伯克夏公猪，他是农场上唯一的伯克夏品种，不怎么爱说话，但有着按自己方式行事的名声。
- 斯诺鲍比拿破仑更活泼一些，说话更快，更有创造力，但人们认为他的性格深度不如拿破仑。
- 农场上其他的公猪都是小猪。
- 他们中最出名的是一头名叫斯奎拉（Squealer）的小胖猪，他有着非常圆润的脸颊、闪烁的眼睛、敏捷的动作和尖锐的嗓音。
- 他是一个出色的演说家，当他在争论一些复杂的观点时，他有一种从一边跳到另一边并快速挥动尾巴的方式，这不知怎的非常有说服力。
- 其他动物们说斯奎拉能把黑的说成白的。
- 这三只猪将老少校的教导详细阐述成了一套完整的思想体系，并将其命名为“动物主义”。
- 每周有好几个夜晚，当琼斯先生睡着后，他们就在谷仓里举行秘密会议，向其他动物讲解动物主义的原则。
- 一开始，他们遇到了许多愚蠢和冷漠的态度。
- 有些动物谈论着对琼斯先生的忠诚义务，他们称他为“主人”，或者说出一些基本的观点，比如“琼斯先生养活我们。如果他走了，我们就会饿死。”
- 其他人问了一些问题，正如 “我们死后发生的事情和我们有什么关系？” 或者 “如果这场起义无论如何都会发生，我们是否参与工作有什么区别？”猪们很难让他们明白这是与动物主义精神相违背的。
- 最愚蠢的问题都是莫莉，那匹白色的母马提出的。
- 她问斯诺鲍的第一个问题是：“叛乱之后还会有糖吗？”
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "outlook",
"trans": [
"n. 看法，态度；前景，展望；景色，风光；瞭望处"
],
"usphone": "'ˈaʊtlʊk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "organising",
"trans": [
"组织"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "generally",
"trans": [
"adv. 笼统地，大概；通常，普遍地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdʒen(ə)rəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "recognise",
"trans": [
"vt. 认出；承认，认可；识别"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrekəɡnaɪz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "as being",
"trans": [
"作为……的身份；被认为是……",
"当作；即像；衣着是偏向"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pre-eminent",
"trans": [
"adj. 杰出的，卓越的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌpriː ˈemɪnənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "breed",
"trans": [
"v. 饲养，培育；养育，培养；交配繁殖；引起，酿成；（通过核反应）增殖可裂变物质",
"n. 品种；（人的）类型，种类"
],
"usphone": "'briːd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fierce-looking",
"trans": [
"凶神恶煞的",
"样子凶狠的"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "reputation",
"trans": [
"n. 名誉，名声"
],
"usphone": "'ˌrepjuˈteɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vivacious",
"trans": [
"adj. 活泼的；快活的；有生气的"
],
"usphone": "'vɪˈveɪʃəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "inventive",
"trans": [
"adj. 有创造力的，善于创新的；发明的"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈventɪv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "twinkling",
"trans": [
"adj. 闪烁的，闪亮的；（眼睛因高兴而）发亮的，发光的",
"v. 闪烁，闪耀；（眼睛因高兴而）发亮，发光；（脚）轻快移动（*****e 的现在分词）",
"n. 瞬间，霎时"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "nimble",
"trans": [
"adj. （行动）灵活的；（头脑）聪敏的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈnɪmb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shrill",
"trans": [
"adj. 尖锐的；刺耳的",
"adv. 尖锐地",
"vi. 尖声喊叫",
"vt. 尖声喊出",
"n. 尖叫声"
],
"usphone": "'ʃrɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brilliant",
"trans": [
"adj. 巧妙的，使人印象深的；成功的，辉煌的；聪颖的，技艺高超的；明亮的，鲜艳的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbrɪliənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whisk",
"trans": [
"v. 拂，掸；搅动；挥动；迅速带走",
"n. 搅拌器；扫帚；毛掸子"
],
"usphone": "'wisk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "persuasive",
"trans": [
"adj. 有说服力的，能使人信服的"
],
"usphone": "'pərˈsweɪsɪv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "elaborate",
"trans": [
"v. 详细说明，详尽阐述；精心制作",
"adj. 复杂的，详尽的；精心制作的"
],
"usphone": "'ɪˈlæbərət'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "Animalism",
"trans": [
"动物主义",
"n. 兽性，动物特性"
],
"usphone": "'ˈænɪməlɪzəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "expound",
"trans": [
"v. 阐述；说明；解释(经典)；详细说明(理论)"
],
"usphone": "'ɪk'spaʊnd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "met with",
"trans": [
"遭遇了：指遇到或经历了某种情况或事件。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "apathy",
"trans": [
"n. 冷淡，无兴趣"
],
"usphone": "'ˈæpəθi'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "referred to",
"trans": [
"把某人叫作；被提及；为过去分词作后置定",
"v. 查阅；提到"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "elementary",
"trans": [
"adj. 简单的，基本的；基础的，初级的；小学的；单一元素的，非化合物的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌelɪˈmentri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "contrary",
"trans": [
"n. 相反的事实（或事情、情况）；对立命题，反对命题",
"adj. 相反的，相对的；乖戾的，好与人作对的；逆向的，逆行的",
"adv. 相反地，相对地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːntreri'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]