Animal Farm
Chapter 5
At last the day came when Snowball's plans were completed.
At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not/ to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote.
When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill.
Then Napoleon stood up to reply.
He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it, and promptly sat down again; he had spoken for barely thirty seconds, and seemed almost indifferent as to the effect/ he produced.
At this Snowball sprang to his feet, and shouting down the sheep, who had begun bleating again, broke into a passionate appeal in favour of the windmill.
Until now the animals had been about equally divided in their sympathies, but in a moment Snowball's eloquence had carried them away.
In glowing sentences he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs.
His imagination had now run far beyond chaff-cutters and turnip-slicers.
Electricity, he said, could operate threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders, besides supplying every stall with its own electric light, hot and cold water, and an electric heater.
By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go.
But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and, casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before.
translation
- 终于到了雪球的计划完成的那一天。
- 在接下来的星期天的会议上，是否开始建造风车的问题将由投票决定。
- 当动物们聚集在大谷仓里时，雪球站起来，尽管偶尔被羊的叫声打断，但还是阐述了他支持建造风车的理由。
- 然后拿破仑站起来回答。
- 他很安静地说风车是无稽之谈，他建议没有人投票支持它，然后立刻坐了下来；他只说了大约三十秒，似乎对他产生的效果几乎漠不关心。
- 就在这时，雪球跳了起来，对着再次开始咩咩叫的羊群喊话，然后激情澎湃地为风车辩护起来。
- 直到现在，动物们对这个问题的态度还大致上是五五开，但雪球那富有感染力的演讲立刻让他们倾倒。
- 他用激情澎湃的语句描绘了动物农场在劳动被解放后可能的样子。
- 他的想象力现在已经远远超出了打碎机和萝卜切片机。
- 他说，电力可以驱动打谷机、犁、耙、滚筒、收割机和捆扎机，还可以为每个畜舍提供独立的电灯、冷热水和电暖器。
- 当他讲完时，投票的方向已经毫无疑问了。
- 但就在这时，拿破仑站起来，对着雪球投来一种特殊的斜眼看，发出了一种从未有人听过的尖声呜咽。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "following Sunday",
"trans": [
"下周日：指当前所在的这个星期的下一个星期日。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stand up",
"trans": [
"na. 站起来；持久；露头角；〔美俚〕背约"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstænd ʌp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "occasionally",
"trans": [
"adv. 偶然，偶尔"
],
"usphone": "'əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "set forth",
"trans": [
"提出，阐述：指明确陈述或表达观点、理论、计划等。",
"出发，启程：指开始旅行或进行某项任务。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "nonsense",
"trans": [
"n. 荒谬的想法（看法），胡说；愚蠢的行为，胡闹；无意义的话（字句）",
"adj. 无意义的，荒谬的",
"int. 胡说，废话"
],
"usphone": "'ˈnɑːnsens'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "promptly",
"trans": [
"adv. 迅速地；立即，马上；准时地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɑːmptli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "indifferent",
"trans": [
"adj. 冷淡的，不关心的；中等的，平庸的；一般的，相当差的；中立的；不分化的"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈdɪfrənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "as to",
"trans": [
"关于，就……而言；根据，按照"
],
"usphone": "'æz tu'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sprang",
"trans": [
"vi. 跳，跃；突然出现，涌现；突然猛烈地移动（****ng 的过去式）",
"vt. 突然做，突然说（****ng 的过去式）",
"n. 网眼编织法"
],
"usphone": "'spræŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shout down",
"trans": [
"喊倒：指大声喊叫以使（正在讲话的人）无法被听到。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "break into",
"trans": [
"开始从事：开始从事某种活动或行业。",
"闯入：突然或猛烈地使分离成碎片；打碎。",
"侵入：非法进入或进入未经许可的地方。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "passionate",
"trans": [
"adj. 热诚的，狂热的；热恋的，情意绵绵的；易怒的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpæʃənət'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "appeal",
"trans": [
"v. 呼吁，恳求；上诉，申诉；有吸引力，引起兴趣；启发，打动",
"n. 呼吁，恳求；上诉，申诉；吸引力，感染力；（为慈善或正义事业的）募捐；启发，打动"
],
"usphone": "'əˈpil'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "equally divided",
"trans": [
"平均分配：将某物分成相等的部分或数量。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sympathy",
"trans": [
"n. 赞同，支持；同情（心），理解；（与某人的）同感，共鸣；和应"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɪmpəθi'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "eloquence",
"trans": [
"n. 流利的口才，流畅的文笔；雄辩术，修辞"
],
"usphone": "'ˈeləkwəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "glowing",
"trans": [
"adj. 热情洋溢的，赞不绝口的；（皮肤）容光焕发的，血色很好的；发红光的；发出柔和光亮的；（颜色）明亮温暖的",
"v. 发出微弱而稳定的光；（脸部或身体）发红，发热；喜形于色，容光焕发（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡloʊɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sordid",
"trans": [
"adj. 肮脏的；卑鄙的；利欲熏心的；色彩暗淡的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɔːrdɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lift",
"trans": [
"v. 解除；举起；提高；消散",
"n. 电梯；举；抬；提"
],
"usphone": "'lɪft'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "far beyond",
"trans": [
"远远超出：超出某个范围或限制的远远距离或程度。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "turnip",
"trans": [
"n. 芜菁，萝卜；芜菁块根，芜菁甘蓝块根；类芜菁甘蓝块根；<非正式>大而厚的老式表"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtɜːrnɪp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "threshing",
"trans": [
"n. 脱粒；打谷",
"v. （用机器）使脱粒；打谷；推敲；（使）剧烈扭动，翻滚（***** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈθreʃɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "plough",
"trans": [
"v. 犁（田）；耕（地）；翻（土）",
"n. 犁；北斗星"
],
"usphone": "'plaʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "harrow",
"trans": [
"vt. 耙地；使苦恼",
"vi. 被耙松",
"n. 耙"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhæroʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rollers",
"trans": [
"n. [公路]压路机，长涌群；[机]滚筒；[机]滚轴（***** 的复数形式）；辊轴支架"
],
"usphone": "'ˈroʊlərz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "reaper",
"trans": [
"n. 收割者，收割机；骷髅状死神（the *****）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈriːpər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "binder",
"trans": [
"n. [胶粘] 粘合剂；活页夹；装订工；捆缚者；用以绑缚之物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbaɪndər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "casting",
"trans": [
"v. 投射（光，影）；将（视线，目光）投向；浇铸（金属等）（**** 的现在分词形式）",
"n. 角色分配，演员挑选；铸件，铸造物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkæstɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "peculiar",
"trans": [
"adj. 奇怪的，不寻常的；特别的，独特的；不舒服的",
"n. <英>特殊教区（或教堂）；特权，特有财产"
],
"usphone": "'pɪˈkjuːliər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sidelong",
"trans": [
"adj. 斜着眼看的；向旁边的；侧面的",
"adv. 在一侧；向旁边地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsaɪdlɔːŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "high-pitched",
"trans": [
"adj. 声调高的；声音尖锐的；紧张的；陡的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌhaɪ ˈpɪtʃt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whimper",
"trans": [
"v. 呜咽，啜泣；啜泣着说；低声抱怨",
"n. 呜咽声，啜泣声；牢骚，怨声；微弱的声音；虎头蛇尾"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪmpər'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]