Animal Farm
Chapter 4
Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.
At first they pretended to laugh/ to scorn the idea of animals managing a farm for themselves.
The whole thing would be over in a fortnight, they said.
They put it about that the animals on the Manor Farm (they insisted on calling it the Manor Farm; they would not tolerate the name “Animal Farm” ) were perpetually fighting among themselves and were also rapidly starving to death.
When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkington changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm.
It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common.
This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature, Frederick and Pilkington said.
translation
- 然而，动物农场的那场造反对他们两个人来说都是一场大恐怖，他们急于阻止自家的牲口了解太多这方面的消息。
- 起初，他们假装嘲笑动物们自己管理农场的想法。
- 他们说，整个事情两周内就会结束。
- 他们散布消息说，在曼纳农场（他们坚持要这么叫，不愿意叫动物农场）的动物们一直在自相残杀，而且正迅速陷入饥饿之中。
- 随着时间的推移，动物们显然没有饿死，弗雷德里克和皮尔金顿改变了他们的论调，开始谈论动物农场现在盛行的可怕邪恶。
- 据说那里的牲畜实行同类相食，用通红的马蹄铁互相折磨，并共同占有雌性。
- 弗雷德里克和皮尔金顿说，这就是违反自然规律的报应。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "nevertheless",
"trans": [
"adv. 然而，不过"
],
"usphone": "'ˌnevərðəˈles'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "thoroughly",
"trans": [
"adv. 完全地，极度地；仔细地，认真地，彻底地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈθɜːrəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pretend",
"trans": [
"v. 伪装，假装；（玩游戏时）假扮，装扮；自诩，自称（***** to）",
"adj. <非正式>假装的，假想的（尤为儿童使用）"
],
"usphone": "'prɪˈtend'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scorn",
"trans": [
"n. 蔑视，轻视；嗤之以鼻的态度；<古> 被鄙视的人",
"v. 鄙视，嘲笑；拒绝，不屑于做；批评，抨击"
],
"usphone": "'skɔːrn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fortnight",
"trans": [
"n. 两星期"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɔːrtnaɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tolerate",
"trans": [
"v. 容许，允许（不同意或不喜欢的事物）；忍受，包容；（对药物、毒品或环境状况）有耐力，耐受；敷衍，应付"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtɑːləreɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rapidly",
"trans": [
"adv. 快速地，迅速地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈræpɪdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "evidently",
"trans": [
"adv. 显然，明显地；清楚地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈevɪdəntli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wickedness",
"trans": [
"n. 邪恶；不道德"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪkɪdnəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flourish",
"trans": [
"v. 繁荣，昌盛；挥动；（植物或动物）长势好，茁壮成长",
"n. 夸张动作；（讲话或文章的）华丽辞藻，修饰；花彩号声；（手写花体字的）花饰"
],
"usphone": "'ˈflɜːrɪʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "give out",
"trans": [
"na. 公布；放出；分发",
"网络 发出；发表；主动"
],
"usphone": "'ɡɪv aʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "practise",
"trans": [
"v. 练习，实践；（尤指）形成……的习惯（或风俗、传统）；作（恶），施（虐）；从事（尤指医疗和法律）工作；<古>阴谋策划（同 *****ce）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpræktɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cannibalism",
"trans": [
"n. 食人；嗜食同类；残忍的行为"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "torture",
"trans": [
"n. 拷打，拷问，酷刑逼供；折磨，煎熬；变形",
"v. 拷打，拷问，严刑逼供；造成精神上的巨大痛苦，使忧虑；扭曲"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtɔːrtʃər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "one another",
"trans": [
"彼此；互相"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "came of",
"trans": [
"作为某事的结果发生"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]