Animal Farm
Chapter 4
The men gave a shout of triumph.
They saw, as they imagined, their enemies in flight, and they rushed after them/ in disorder.
This was just what Snowball had intended.
As soon as they were well inside the yard, the three horses, the three cows, and the rest of the pigs, who had been lying in ambush in the cowshed, suddenly emerged in their rear, cutting them off.
Snowball now gave the signal for the charge.
He himself dashed straight for Jones.
Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired.
The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball's back, and a sheep dropped dead.
Without halting for an instant, Snowball flung his fifteen stone/ against Jones's legs.
Jones was hurled into a pile of dung and his gun flew out of his hands.
But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs/ and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion.
His very first blow took a stable-lad/ from Foxwood/ on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud.
At the sight, several men dropped their sticks and tried to run.
Panic overtook them, and the next moment all the animals together were chasing them round and round the yard.
They were gored, kicked, bitten, trampled on.
There was not an animal on the farm/ that did not take vengeance on them/ after his own fashion.
Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman's shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly.
At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road.
And so/ within five minutes of their invasion they were in ignominious retreat by the same way as they had come, with a flock of geese hissing after them and pecking at their calves all the way.
translation
- 那些人发出了胜利的欢呼声。
- 他们看到，就像他们想象的那样，敌人正在逃跑，于是他们乱哄哄地追了上去。
- 这正是斯诺鲍所期望的。
- 当他们深入到庭院内部时，原本埋伏在牛棚里的三匹马、三头牛以及其余的猪突然从他们背后出现，截断了他们的退路。
- 斯诺鲍此时发出了冲锋的信号。
- 他自己径直冲向琼斯。
- 琼斯看到他冲过来，举起枪开火。
- 子弹在斯诺鲍的背上留下了血迹，一只羊倒地死亡。
- 斯诺鲍一刻也没有停下，用他15英石（约210磅）的体重撞向琼斯的腿。
- 琼斯被撞倒在一堆粪肥中，他的枪从手中飞了出去。
- 但是，最令人恐惧的景象还是博克瑟，他后腿站立，像匹种马一样用他那双钉着铁掌的巨蹄猛踢。
- 他的第一击就击中了一个来自福克斯伍德的马夫的头骨，让他倒在泥泞中一动不动。
- 看到这情景，好几个人扔掉棍子就想跑。
- 恐慌笼罩了他们，下一刻所有的动物一起追着他们在庭院里打转。
- 他们被牛角顶，被蹄子踢，被牙齿咬，还被人重重地踩踏。
- 农场上的每一只动物都以自己的方式向他们复仇。
- 连那只猫都突然从屋顶跳到了一名牛贩子的肩膀上，用爪子刺进了他的脖子，痛得那牛贩子大声惨叫起来。
- 当出口处出现空隙时，那些人都很高兴能冲出院子，向主路飞奔而去。
- 就这样，在他们入侵的五分钟内，他们便以耻辱性的撤退告终，沿着原路逃了回去，一路上被一群鹅追赶着，不断地啄着他们的小腿。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "triumph",
"trans": [
"n. （胜利或成功的）喜悦，狂喜；巨大成功，重大胜利；（成功的）典范，楷模；古罗马凯旋式",
"v. 获胜，成功；（因胜利或成功而）欣喜，欢跃；（古罗马将军）凯旋而归"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtraɪʌmf'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "well inside",
"trans": [
"深深地在……之中"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ambush",
"trans": [
"n. 伏击，埋伏",
"v. 伏击，埋伏突袭；突然向（某人）提出尴尬的问题"
],
"usphone": "'ˈæmbʊʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cowshed",
"trans": [
"n. 牛棚，牛舍"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkaʊʃed'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rear",
"trans": [
"n. （尤指建筑物或车辆等的）后部，背部（the ****）；（队列的）后方，后尾部队（或舰队）；<非正式>臀部，屁股（=**** end）",
"adj. 后方的，背部的",
"v. 养育，饲养；栽种，培植；（动物）用后腿直立；（建筑、山等）高耸；（人）发火，暴跳（**** up）"
],
"usphone": "'rɪr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "charge",
"trans": [
"v. 冲锋；收费；充电；指责",
"n. 收费；主管；指控；掌管"
],
"usphone": "'tʃɑːrdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dash",
"trans": [
"v. 猛冲；急奔；急驰；猛掷",
"n. 短跑；破折号；匆忙；少量"
],
"usphone": "'dæʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pellet",
"trans": [
"n. （军）小子弹（枪用）；小球；（生科）沉淀物",
"vt. 将……制成丸状；用子弹打；用小球扔"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpelɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "score",
"trans": [
"v. （在表面上）刻痕，画线；（在运动、比赛或考试中）得（分）；评分，打分数；（在游戏或比赛中）记分；（棒球）使（队友）得分；<非正式>（使）成功，赢得；<英，非正式> （尤指在辩论等活动中机灵地）驳倒，挫败（***** off）；<非正式>购买，弄到（毒品）；<美，非正式>得到（某事物）；<非正式>（通常指与新认识的人）发生性关系；为……写总谱，为……配乐；画掉，删去（***** sth. out/through）；检测（实验细胞、菌落等），并记录有某种特征的数量",
"n. 成绩；比分；总谱；伤痕"
],
"usphone": "'skɔr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "streak",
"trans": [
"n. 条纹；条痕；（尤指不好的）性格特征",
"v. 在…上画条纹（或留下条痕）；使布满条纹（或条痕）；飞奔；疾驰"
],
"usphone": "'striːk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "for an instant",
"trans": [
"瞬间，一瞬间"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flung",
"trans": [
"v. （用力）投；猛地移动；强有力地说；向（某人）看去；气愤地离去；粗暴地说；猛推（某人）（**i** 的过去式及过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hurl",
"trans": [
"v. 猛掷；猛推；吐(恶言)；猛撞",
"n. 猛投"
],
"usphone": "'hɜrl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dung",
"trans": [
"n. （动物的）粪，粪肥；肮脏的东西",
"v. （动物）排泄粪便；施粪肥于"
],
"usphone": "'dʌŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flew out",
"trans": [
"飞出去了"
],
"usphone": "'fluː aʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spectacle",
"trans": [
"n. 不寻常的事，出人意料的情况；精彩的表演，壮观的场面；壮观的景象；<正式>眼镜（********s）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈspektək(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rear up",
"trans": [
"后腿站立"
],
"usphone": "'rɪr ʌp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "strike out",
"trans": [
"na. 打去；打出(火花等)；删去；想出"
],
"usphone": "'straɪk aʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "iron-shod",
"trans": [
"adj．铁蹄的：指鞋底或马蹄上装有铁片的。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stallion",
"trans": [
"n. 种马；成年公马"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstæliən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "blow",
"trans": [
"n. （用手、武器等的）猛击；打击；挫折；吹",
"v. 吹；刮；吹动；吹奏（哨子、乐器等）"
],
"usphone": "'bloʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stable lad",
"trans": [
"马房男工：负责照顾马匹、清理马房等工作的男性员工。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "skull",
"trans": [
"n. 颅骨，头骨；<非正式>脑袋，头脑",
"v. <非正式>击中（某人的）头"
],
"usphone": "'skʌl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stretch",
"trans": [
"v. 伸展；延伸；伸出；舒展",
"n. 伸展；弹性；舒展；一片"
],
"usphone": "'stretʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sight",
"trans": [
"n. 情景；视力；视域；风景",
"v. 看见；瞄准；发现；给…装瞄准器"
],
"usphone": "'saɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "panic",
"trans": [
"n. 恐慌，惊慌；人心惶惶，惶恐不安；忙乱，慌乱；粟，稷，糜子",
"adj. 恐慌的",
"v. （使）恐慌，（使）惊慌失措"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpænɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "overtake",
"trans": [
"v. 超过；赶上；追上；赶补(欠工)"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈteɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "chase",
"trans": [
"v. 追逐；追赶；跟踪；追寻",
"n. 追求；追赶；追猎；蔡斯"
],
"usphone": "'tʃeɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gore",
"trans": [
"vt. 顶；刺伤；缝以补裆；",
"n. 淤血；三角形布；流出的血"
],
"usphone": "'ɡɔːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "trample",
"trans": [
"v. 踩，践踏；伤害，侵犯；脚步沉重地走",
"n. <文>践踏，踩踏声"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtræmp(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vengeance",
"trans": [
"n. 报仇，复仇；猛烈地，极度地（with a ******）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈvendʒəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fashion",
"trans": [
"n. （做事的）方式；时髦打扮，流行装扮；时尚，时兴；时装领域，时尚界",
"v. （尤指用手工）制作，使成形；塑造"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfæʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "horribly",
"trans": [
"adv. 可怕地；非常地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhɔːrəbli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "glad",
"trans": [
"adj. 高兴的；感激的；乐意的，非常愿意的；令人愉快的，充满欢乐的",
"v. <古>取悦，使高兴"
],
"usphone": "'ɡlæd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "make a bolt",
"trans": [
"飞跑，迅速逃走：指迅速逃离或逃跑的动作。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bolt",
"trans": [
"v. 狼吞虎咽；用插销闩上；能被闩上；用螺栓把（甲和乙）固定在一起",
"n. 螺栓；插销；闪电；弩箭"
],
"usphone": "'boʊlt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "and so",
"trans": [
"因此、所以或结果"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "invasion",
"trans": [
"n. 侵略，入侵；涌入，大批进入；侵犯，干预；侵袭，扩散"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈveɪʒ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ignominious",
"trans": [
"adj. 可耻的；下流的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flock",
"trans": [
"n. （鸟或羊等动物）群；一大群人；（某个教堂的）会众，全体教徒；（填充垫子的）絮屑，毛棉填料；（植绒用的）短绒，绒屑",
"v. 群集，蜂拥"
],
"usphone": "'flɑːk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "peck",
"trans": [
"v. 啄；啄穿；啄成；啄掘",
"n. 啄；〈谑〉轻吻；配克；多量"
],
"usphone": "'pek'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hiss",
"trans": [
"v. (鹅,蛇,蒸气等)发嘶嘶声；发嘘嘘声表示反对[鄙视]",
"n. 嘘音；拖长的 [s] 声"
],
"usphone": "'hɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]