Animal Farm
Chapter 2 (4-8)
“No,” said Snowball firmly.
“We have no means of making sugar on this farm.
Besides, you do not need sugar.
You will have all the oats and hay you want.”
“And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?” asked Mollie.
“Comrade,” said Snowball, “those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery.
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”
Mollie agreed, but she did not sound very convinced.
The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven.
Moses, who was Mr.Jones's especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but he was also a clever talker.
He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died.
It was situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds, Moses said.
In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges.
The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place.
Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover.
These two/ had great difficulty in thinking anything out for themselves, but having once accepted the pigs as their teachers, they absorbed everything that they were told, and passed it on/ to the other animals by simple arguments.
They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of Beasts of England, with which the meetings always ended.
comprehend
- "Thinking anything out" 这个短语可以理解为“独立思考”或“自己解决思考问题”。它指的是个人对于某个问题或情况深入考虑、分析和理解的能力，而不是仅仅接受别人的观点或跟随别人的思路。
translation
- “不，”斯诺鲍坚定地说。
- “我们没有办法在这个农场制造糖。
- 况且，你也不需要糖。
- 你将有你想要的所有的燕麦和干草。”
- “我还被允许在我的鬃毛中戴缎带吗？”莫莉问道。
- “同志，”斯诺鲍说，“你所如此钟爱的那些缎带是奴隶的标志。”
- “你难道不能理解自由比缎带更有价值吗？”
- 莫莉同意了，但她听起来并不是很信服。
- 猪们要更加努力地反驳那些由摩西，那只温顺的乌鸦散布的谎言。
- 摩西是琼斯先生的特别宠物，是一只间谍和告密者，但他也是一个聪明的说客。
- 他声称知道一个叫做糖果山的神秘国家的存在，所有动物死后都会去那里。
- 摩西说，它位于天空中的某个地方，就在云层稍远的上方。
- 在糖果山，一周七天都是星期天，四叶草一年四季都是时令，块糖和亚麻籽蛋糕长在篱笆上。
- 动物们讨厌摩西，因为他说谎并且不干活，但他们中的一些人相信糖果山的存在，猪们不得不努力地争辩说那里没有这样的地方。
- 他们最忠实的信徒是两匹拉车的马，拖拉机和克洛弗。
- 这两匹马很难自己思考任何事情，但一旦接受了猪作为他们的老师，他们就会吸收他们所听到的一切，并通过简单的论据把它传递给其他动物。
- 他们始终如一地出席在谷仓举行的秘密会议，并在每次会议结束时领唱《英格兰兽类》。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "firmly",
"trans": [
"adv. 坚固地，牢固地；强而有力地；坚决地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɜːrmli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "oat",
"trans": [
"n. 燕麦；麦片粥，燕麦粥"
],
"usphone": "'oʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "devoted to",
"trans": [
"",
"投身于；献身于；专心于；"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "badge",
"trans": [
"n. 象征，标记；徽章，奖章；",
"v. 给予……徽章（或标记）"
],
"usphone": "'bædʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "liberty",
"trans": [
"n. 自由（自己选择生活方式而不受政府或权威限制）",
"网络 自由权；自由人；释放"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪbərti'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "convince",
"trans": [
"v. 使确信，使信服；说服，劝服"
],
"usphone": "'kənˈvɪns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "counteract",
"trans": [
"v. 抵制，抵消，中和"
],
"usphone": "'ˌkaʊntərˈækt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spy",
"trans": [
"n. 间谍，密探；暗中监视者",
"v. 从事间谍活动；突然看见，认出；秘密监视；探明，查明",
"adj. （卫星、飞机）执行间谍任务的"
],
"usphone": "'spaɪ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "talebearer",
"trans": [
"n. 散播谣言者；告密者；搬弄是非者"
],
"usphone": "'ˈteɪlˌberər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "claim",
"trans": [
"v. 声称；宣称；认领；索取",
"n. 索赔；宣称；声明；断言"
],
"usphone": "'kleɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "situate",
"trans": [
"v. 使位于；使坐落于；将…置于；使联系",
"adj. <古>位于……的，坐落在……的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɪtʃueɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "clover",
"trans": [
"n. 三叶草，苜蓿"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkloʊvər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "linseed",
"trans": [
"n. 亚麻籽"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪnsiːd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hedge",
"trans": [
"n. 树篱；防范措施，防备手段",
"v. 拐弯抹角，避免正面回答；用树篱围住；包围，限制；采取保值措施以规避风险"
],
"usphone": "'hedʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tale",
"trans": [
"n. 故事，传说；（对真人真事精彩的或夸张的）描述，讲述；谎言；流言蜚语"
],
"usphone": "'teɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "faithful",
"trans": [
"adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的，忠于原事（物）的；忠贞的；可信任的，可信赖的",
"n. 忠实支持者（the *****）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfeɪθf(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "disciple",
"trans": [
"n. 门徒；信徒；追随者；（耶稣的）门徒"
],
"usphone": "dɪˈsaɪp(ə)l",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "argument",
"trans": [
"n. 论据，理由；争论，争吵；辩论，讨论；自变数；主词，受词；<古>书的内容提要"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɑːrɡjumənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "unfailing",
"trans": [
"adj. 经久不衰的；可靠的；无穷尽的"
],
"usphone": "'ʌnˈfeɪlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "attendance",
"trans": [
"n. 出席人数；出席，出勤；考勤情况；提供帮助（in ******）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈtendəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]