Animal Farm
Chapter 5
At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn.
They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time/ to escape their snapping jaws.
In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him.
Too amazed and frightened to speak, all the animals crowded through the door to watch the chase.
Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road.
He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels.
Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him.
Then he was up again, running faster than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again.
One of them all but closed his jaws on Snowball's tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in time.
Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more.
Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn.
In a moment the dogs came bounding back.
At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately.
Though not yet full-grown, they were huge dogs, and as fierce-looking as wolves.
They kept close to Napoleon.
It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr.Jones.
translation
- 就在这时，外面传来可怕的吠叫声，九只戴着铜钉项圈的巨大狗冲进了谷仓。
- 它们直冲向雪球，雪球及时从他的位置上跳起来，才勉强躲开了它们咬合的牙齿。
- 不一会儿，他就冲出了门，它们紧随其后。
- 所有的动物都惊讶和害怕得说不出话来，它们挤在门口观看这场追逐。
- 雪球正在穿越通往大路的长草地。
- 他以只有猪才能跑出的速度奔跑，但那些狗紧紧跟在他的脚后。
- 突然他滑了一下，看起来他们肯定抓到他了。
- 然后他又站了起来，跑得比以往更快，但那些狗又再次追上了他。
- 其中一只狗差点咬住雪球的尾巴，但雪球及时甩开了它。
- 然后他突然加速，以几英寸的优势，从树篱的一个洞里钻了过去，再也看不见了。
- 动物们默默地、惊恐地爬回了谷仓。
- 不一会儿，那些狗又跳了回来。
- 起初，没有人能想象这些生物是从哪里来的，但问题很快就得到了解答：它们是拿破仑从它们的母亲那里带走并私下养大的小狗。
- 尽管还没有完全长大，它们已经是巨大的狗了，看起来和狼一样凶猛。
- 它们紧跟着拿破仑。
- 人们注意到，它们向他摇尾巴的方式和过去其他狗对琼斯先生摇尾巴的方式一样。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "at this",
"trans": [
"某事发生以后；听到此译科"
],
"usphone": "'æt ðɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "baying",
"trans": [
"v．吠叫，嚎叫：狗或其他动物发出的长而深沉的叫声。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "enormous",
"trans": [
"adj. 巨大的，极大的；<古>凶暴的，极恶的"
],
"usphone": "'ɪˈnɔːrməs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brass",
"trans": [
"n. 黄铜；铜管乐器；黄铜器，黄铜饰品；<非正式>高级官员，高级军官；<英，非正式>钱"
],
"usphone": "'bræs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "studded",
"trans": [
"v. 镶嵌（stud 的过去式和过去分词）；布满颗粒，打上装饰钉"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstʌdɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "collars",
"trans": [
"n. 衣领；项圈，颈圈；（机器上的）箍（***** 的复数）",
"vt. <非正式>抓住；拦住……与其谈话；给……上领子；给……套上颈圈；未经允许拿走（**** 的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːlərz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bounding",
"trans": [
"v. 跳跃；（使）弹回；成为……的界限（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbaʊndɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dashed",
"trans": [
"v. 猛冲（**** 的过去分词）；猛掷",
"n. 虚线"
],
"usphone": "'dæʃt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "snapping",
"trans": [
"adj. （指动物）猛咬的；（眼睛等）闪光的；急躁的",
"adv. 强烈地；显著地",
"v. 猛咬；厉声说（**** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsnæpɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "after",
"trans": [
"prep. 仅次于；追赶；跟随；虽然",
"adv. 以后；后来",
"adj. 后来的；以后的",
"conj. 在…以后"
],
"usphone": "'ˈæftər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "chase",
"trans": [
"v. 追逐；追求；追赶；追捕",
"n. 追逐；追赶；追捕；努力获得"
],
"usphone": "'tʃeɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "heels",
"trans": [
"v. 紧跟；给（鞋等）装跟（**** 的三单形式）",
"n. 高跟鞋（**** 的复数）；脚踝；残余料"
],
"usphone": "'hiːlz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "slipped",
"trans": [
"v. 滑动（****的过去式和过去分词）",
"adj. （纹章）（花、叶）茎梗饰的"
],
"usphone": "'slɪpt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spurt",
"trans": [
"v. 冲刺；冒出；喷出；（短暂地）加速前进",
"n. 迸发；涌出的液体；喷出的火舌"
],
"usphone": "'spɜrt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spare",
"trans": [
"adj. 备用的，外加的；不用的，闲置的；空闲的，空余的；多余的；简单的，简朴的；瘦的，瘦高的；少量的；节约的",
"v. 抽出，拿出（时间、金钱等）；饶恕，赦免；省得，免去；节约，吝惜；保证（或满足）自己的需要（spare oneself）；剩余，剩下（时间、金钱或空间）；分让；删节",
"n. 备用品；（车辆或机器的）零件，备件；（十柱保龄球戏中的）二击全倒"
],
"usphone": "'sper'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "slip through",
"trans": [
"逃脱：无问题地通过检查或程序。",
"勉强通过：在某事上最小程度地成功"
],
"usphone": "'slɪp θruː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "crept",
"trans": [
"v. 匍匐爬行（creep 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'krept'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rear",
"trans": [
"v. 抚养；〈英口〉上厕所去；饲养(家畜等)；栽培(作物)",
"n. 后部；后尾；后卫；〈口〉屁股",
"adj. 后(方)的"
],
"usphone": "'rɪr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "privately",
"trans": [
"adv. 私下地；秘密地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpraɪvətli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "not yet",
"trans": [
"还没有：表示某事尚未发生或完成，但预计会在未来发生或完成。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wolves",
"trans": [
"n. 狼；贪婪者；色狼（wolf 的复数）",
"v. 大口地快吃；狼吞虎咽（wolf 的单三形式）"
],
"usphone": "'wʊlvz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wagged",
"trans": [
"v．摇摆，摇动（尤指尾巴）：使某物（尤指尾巴）来回摆动。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]