Animal Farm
Chapter 3
On Sundays there was no work.
Breakfast was an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail.
First came the hoisting of the flag.
Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs.Jones's/ and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white.
This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.
The flag was green, Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the hoof and horn signified the future Republic of the Animals/ which would arise when the human race had been finally overthrown.
After the hoisting of the flag all the animals trooped into the big barn for a general assembly which was known as the Meeting.
Here the work of the coming week was planned out and resolutions were put forward and debated.
It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.
The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own.
Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates.
But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it.
Even when it was resolved - a thing no one could object to in itself/ to set aside the small paddock behind the orchard as a home of rest for animals/ who were past work, there was a stormy debate over the correct retiring age for each class of animal.
The Meeting always ended With the singing of Beasts of England, and the afternoon was given up to recreation.
translation
- 早餐比平时晚了一个小时，早餐后有一个仪式，每周都毫无例外地举行。
- 首先是升旗仪式。
- 雪球在马具室里找到了琼斯夫人的一块旧绿色桌布，并在上面用白色画了一个蹄子和一个角。
- 每个星期天早晨，这块桌布都会被升到农舍花园的旗杆上。
- 雪球解释说，旗帜是绿色的，代表英格兰的绿色田野，而蹄子和角则象征着未来动物共和国，这个共和国将在人类最终被推翻后建立。
- 升旗之后，所有动物都成群结队地走进大谷仓，参加一个被称为“大会”的全体集会。
- 在这里，未来的一周工作被计划出来，决议被提出并讨论。
- 总是由猪提出决议。
- 其他动物知道如何投票，但永远想不出任何自己的决议。
- 雪球和拿破仑在辩论中是最活跃的。
- 但人们注意到，这两只动物从来没有达成一致：无论他们中的任何一个提出什么建议，另一个都会反对。
- 即使是当大家决定把果园后面的小块地留作退休动物的家园 —— 这本身是没人会反对的事情时，关于每一类动物应该退休的年龄还是引发了一场激烈的争论。
- 大会总是以《英格兰的野兽》的歌声结束，下午则是娱乐时间。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "observe",
"trans": [
"v. 举行，参加；注意到，观察到；注视，监视；（在科学研究中）观测，发现；说话，评论；遵守（规则、法律等）；庆祝（节日），纪念（某人或事件）；静默，默哀；"
],
"usphone": "'əbˈzɜːrv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hoist",
"trans": [
"v. 提升；吊起；拉高",
"n. 起重机；吊车；（残疾人用）升降机"
],
"usphone": "'hɔɪst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flagstaff",
"trans": [
"n. 旗杆"
],
"usphone": "'ˈflæɡstæf'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "run up",
"trans": [
"na. 升(旗等)；抬高(市价等)；造；增加(费用,债款等)"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "republic",
"trans": [
"n. 共和国，共和政体"
],
"usphone": "'rɪˈpʌblɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "arise",
"trans": [
"v. 产生，出现；起源（于），由……引出；起床，起立；上升"
],
"usphone": "'əˈraɪz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "overthrown",
"trans": [
"v. 推翻；打倒（******* 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈθroʊn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "assembly",
"trans": [
"n. 议会，代表大会；集会，集会者；装配，组装；（计算机）汇编"
],
"usphone": "'əˈsembli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "general assembly",
"trans": [
"大会"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdʒenrəl əˈsembli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "resolution",
"trans": [
"n. 解决；分辨；解析；决议"
],
"usphone": "'ˌrezəˈluːʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "put forward",
"trans": [
"na. 提出(计划,意见等)；建议；促进；推举(候补人等)"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "debate",
"trans": [
"n. 讨论，辩论",
"v. 反复思考，斟酌；讨论，辩论"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈbeɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "by far",
"trans": [
"na. (修饰比较级,最高级,表示数量,程度等)…得多；尤其；更"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "counted",
"trans": [
"v. 认为；重要；算作；包括",
"n. 总数；点数；数出总数；（某物质在某物或面积中）量的计数"
],
"usphone": "'kaʊnt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "recreation",
"trans": [
"n. 娱乐（活动），消遣（活动）；重现，重建"
],
"usphone": "'ˌrekriˈeɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]