Animal Farm
Chapter 5
In January there came bitterly hard weather.
The earth was like iron, and nothing could be done in the fields.
Many meetings were held in the big barn, and the pigs occupied themselves with planning out the work of the coming season.
It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.
This arrangement would have worked well enough/ if it had not been for the disputes/ between Snowball and Napoleon.
These two/ disagreed at every point/ where disagreement was possible.
If one of them suggested sowing a bigger acreage with barley, the other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of oats, and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right for cabbages, the other would declare that it was useless for anything except roots.
Each had his own following, and there were some violent debates.
At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep.
Of late the sheep had taken to bleating “Four legs good, two legs bad” both in and out of season, and they often interrupted the Meeting with this.
It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into “Four legs good, two legs bad” at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches.
Snowball had made a close study of some back numbers of the Farmer and Stockbreeder which he had found in the farmhouse, and was full of plans for innovations and improvements.
He talked learnedly about field drains, silage, and basic slag, and had worked out a complicated scheme for all the animals to drop their dung directly in the fields, at a different spot every day, to save the labour of cartage.
Napoleon produced no schemes of his own, but said quietly that Snowball's would come to nothing, and seemed to be biding his time.
But of all their controversies, none was so bitter/ as the one that took place over the windmill.
translation
- 在一月份，天气变得非常寒冷。
- 大地像铁一样坚硬，田野里什么活也干不了。
- 大谷仓里开了许多次会议，猪们忙于制定下一季度的工作计划。
- 大家一致认为，猪们显然比其他动物更聪明，应该由他们来决定农场的所有政策问题，尽管他们的决定必须通过多数票来批准。
- 如果没有雪球和拿破仑之间的争端，这种安排本可以运行得很顺利。
- 这两个在每个可能产生分歧的问题上都意见不合。
- 如果其中一个建议扩大大麦的种植面积，另一个肯定会要求增加燕麦的种植面积；如果一个认为某块地非常适合种卷心菜，另一个就会宣称那块地除了种根茎作物外别无他用。
- 每个都有自己的支持者，因此发生了一些激烈的辩论。
- 在会议上，雪球经常凭借他出色的演讲赢得大多数动物的支持，但拿破仑更擅长在会议间隙为自己拉票。他尤其受到绵羊们的支持。
- 近来，绵羊们不分场合地开始咩咩叫着“四条腿好，两条腿坏”，他们经常用这句话打断会议。
- 人们注意到，在雪球演讲的关键时刻，他们特别容易突然喊出“四条腿好，两条腿坏”。
- 雪球仔细研究了他在农舍里找到的一些过期的《农夫与畜牧业者》杂志，满脑子都是创新和改进的计划。
- 他满口说的都是耕地排水、饲料和基础渣肥，他还制定了一项详尽的计划，让动物们在每天的不同时段轮流到田里去拉粪便，以节省运送的劳力。
- 拿破仑自己没有提出任何计划，却平静地说雪球的计划根本行不通，看起来他在等待时机。
- 但所有争议中，最激烈的莫过于关于风车的争论。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "bitterly",
"trans": [
"adv. 极其寒冷地；愤怒地，痛苦地，激烈地；极其，非常 ；"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbɪtərli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "occupied",
"trans": [
"adj. 忙于……的，从事……的；（床、椅子、房间等）已被占用的；（地方）被占领的，遭侵占的",
"v. 占用，居住；占（空间或一段时间）；（用武力）占领，侵占（*****y 的过去式和过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɑːkjupaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "manifestly",
"trans": [
"adv. 显然地；明白地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmænɪfestli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "ratified",
"trans": [
"adj. 批准的",
"vt. 批准（****fy 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrætɪfaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "disputes",
"trans": [
"n. 争论，辩论，纠纷（****** 的复数）",
"v. 对……提出质疑，否认；争论，辩论；争夺，竞争（****** 的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈspjuːts; ˈdɪspjuːts'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "sowing",
"trans": [
"v. 播种（*** 的 ing 形式）",
"n. 播种"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsoʊɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "acreage",
"trans": [
"n. 面积，英亩数"
],
"usphone": "'ˈeɪkərɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "barley",
"trans": [
"n. 大麦"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbɑːrli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "oats",
"trans": [
"n. 燕麦；燕麦片（*** 的复数）；燕麦粥"
],
"usphone": "'oʊts'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "cabbage",
"trans": [
"n. 卷心菜，洋白菜；（作蔬菜食用的）卷心菜叶子，洋白菜叶子；<英，非正式>（冒犯）（因受伤或疾病而）身心残损的人；<英，非正式>生活极乏味的人"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkæbɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "declare",
"trans": [
"v. 宣布，声明；断言，宣称；申报；放弃击球，宣布结束赛局"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈkler'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "win over",
"trans": [
"说服：在反对之后，说服（某人）接受和支持某事物（如一个想法）。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "brilliant",
"trans": [
"adj. 巧妙的，使人印象深的；成功的，辉煌的；聪颖的，技艺高超的；明亮的，鲜艳的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbrɪliənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "canvass",
"trans": [
"v. 游说，拉选票；征求意见；努力争取支持；详细讨论；提出（意见或计划）供考虑；细究，彻底检查",
"n. 拉选票，征求意见；讨论；细查"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkænvəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "between times",
"trans": [
"在两个特定时间之间的时候：指在两个特定时间之间的时候。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "of late",
"trans": [
"最近，近来：用来描述在最近一段时间内发生的事情或情况。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "bleating",
"trans": [
"v. （羊）咩咩叫，牛（哞哞叫）；低声说话；抱怨（****t 现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "both in and out",
"trans": [
"既内部又外部：指某物或某人既可以在某个地方内部活动，也可以在外部活动。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "liable",
"trans": [
"adj. 很可能会发生的；有……倾向的；（在法律上）有责任的，有义务的；负有偿付责任的；"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlaɪəb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "close study",
"trans": [
"仔细研究：深入、详细地研究某个主题或问题。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "back numbers",
"trans": [
"前面几期：指某一连续出版物的前几期，尤指报纸或杂志的前几期"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "stockbreeder",
"trans": [
"n. 畜牧业者"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstɑːkˌbriːdər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "plans",
"trans": [
"n. （详细）规划；（养老金、储蓄、保险）方案；计划，打算（**** 的复数）",
"v. 计划，筹划；打算；设计；期望，预料（****的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'plænz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "learnedly",
"trans": [
"adv. 学识上"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "silage",
"trans": [
"n. 青贮饲料",
"v. 将……加工成青贮"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsaɪlɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "slag",
"trans": [
"n. 炉渣；矿渣；熔渣",
"vt. 使成渣；使变成熔渣",
"vi. 变熔渣"
],
"usphone": "'slæɡ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "basic slag",
"trans": [
"碱性（炉）渣"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbeɪsɪk slæɡ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "worked out",
"trans": [
"研究出；计算出；采空的；"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "scheme",
"trans": [
"n. <英>（政府或其他组织的）计划，方案；（用于组织或整理信息的）系统，体系；组合，布局；阴谋，诡计；<苏格兰，非正式>社会住宅区",
"v. 密谋，策划；<南非，非正式>认为，猜想；按色调布置"
],
"usphone": "'skiːm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "biding",
"trans": [
"v. 等候，忍耐（***e 的现在分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbaɪdɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "took place",
"trans": [
"发生：表示某事件或活动发生或进行。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},{
"name": "windmill",
"trans": [
"n. 风车房，风力磨坊；玩具风车；（用于发电、汲水的）风车；（尤指旧时用于旋翼机上的）风力旋轮，空气旋轮",
"v. 使（手臂）作风车般转动；（飞机螺旋桨、旋翼或飞机自身）借风力旋转"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪndmɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]