Animal Farm
Chapter 3
Napoleon took no interest in Snowball's committees.
He said that the education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for those who were already grown up.
It happened that Jessie and Bluebell had both whelped soon after the hay harvest, giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies.
As soon as they were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education.
He took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness-room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence.
The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up.
It was mixed every day into the pigs' mash.
The early apples were now ripening, and the grass of the orchard was littered with windfalls.
The animals had assumed as a matter of course that these would be shared out equally;
one day, however, the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for the use of the pigs.
At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use.
All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon.
Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others.
translation
- 拿破仑对雪球的委员会不感兴趣。
- 他说，对年轻人的教育比为那些已经长大的动物做任何事情都重要。
- 碰巧的是，杰西和蓝铃在干草收获后不久都生下了小狗，它们之间共生下了九只健壮的小狗。
- 它们一断奶，拿破仑就把他们从母亲身边带走，说他会负责它们的教育。
- 他把它们带到一个只能通过马具房的梯子到达的阁楼里，把它们关在那里，以至于农场的其他动物很快就忘记了它们的存在。
- 牛奶去了哪里的谜团很快就解开了。
- 牛奶每天都被混入猪饲料中。
- 早熟的苹果现在成熟了，果园的草地上满是掉落的苹果。
- 动物们理所当然地认为这些苹果会被平均分配；
- 然而，有一天，命令下来了，要求把所有的落果都收集起来，带到马具室供猪使用。
- 一些其他动物抱怨了，但没有用。
- 所有的猪在这一点上完全一致，甚至雪球和拿破仑也是如此。
- 有人派斯奎勒去向其他人做必要的解释。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "take no interest",
"trans": [
"不感兴趣：对某事物或某人不产生兴趣或关注。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "both",
"trans": [
"det. 双方，两者",
"pron. 两者",
"conj. …和…都；……和……都",
"adj. 两…，双…"
],
"usphone": "'boʊθ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whelp",
"trans": [
"v. (兽)生(仔)；计划",
"n. 小狗；(狮,虎,狼等的)仔；【机】(链轮的)扣链齿"
],
"usphone": "'hwelp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sturdy",
"trans": [
"adj. 结实的，坚固的；（人或身体）强壮的，健壮的；坚决的，坚定的",
"n. （绦虫幼虫在脑中形成包囊使绵羊产生的）晕倒病，蹒跚病"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstɜːrdi'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wean",
"trans": [
"vt. 使断奶；使断念；使放弃",
"n. （苏格兰）幼儿"
],
"usphone": "'wiːn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "loft",
"trans": [
"n. 阁楼；（教堂的）楼厢；（农场的）厩楼；（工厂的）上层楼面",
"v. 向高处击（或踢、掷）；使（高尔夫球棒击球端）向后倾斜"
],
"usphone": "'lɔft'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seclusion",
"trans": [
"n. 隐居；与世隔绝的地方"
],
"usphone": "'sɪˈkluːʒ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "clear up",
"trans": [
"na. 理清；解决；(天气)转晴"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mash",
"trans": [
"n. 饲料；糊状物；麦芽浆",
"vt. 捣碎；调情"
],
"usphone": "'mæʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ripen",
"trans": [
"v. （使）成熟；时机成熟，条件成熟"
],
"usphone": "'ˈraɪpən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "litter",
"trans": [
"v. 乱扔；使乱七八糟；使凌乱；使遍布（一般指不好的东西）",
"n. 废弃物；乱七八糟的东西；乱放的杂物；便溺垫物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "windfall",
"trans": [
"n. 被风吹落的果子；意外之财；意外的收获"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪndfɔːl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "assume",
"trans": [
"v. 假定，假设，认为；装出，做出；承担，就职；呈现，具有；夺取，篡夺"
],
"usphone": "'əˈsuːm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "a matter of course",
"trans": [
"na. 理所当然的(事情)；(作为)当然的事情"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "share out",
"trans": [
"分配：将（某物）分成若干部分并分给不同的人。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "went forth",
"trans": [
"传播：指信息、消息等从一个地方传递到另一个地方。",
"前进：指向前移动或行动。",
"出发：指离开一个地方开始旅行或行动。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "forth",
"trans": [
"adv. 向前；离去；外出；向某处",
"prep. 来自"
],
"usphone": "'fɔːrθ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "murmur",
"trans": [
"v. （私下）发怨言；低语；喃喃细语；连续发出低沉的声音",
"n. 低语；咕哝；喃喃声；嘟囔"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɜːrmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]