Animal Farm
Chapter 6
One Sunday morning, when the animals assembled to receive their orders, Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy.
From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.
The needs of the windmill must override everything else, he said.
He was therefore making arrangements to sell a stack of hay and part of the current year's wheat crop, and later on, if more money were needed, it would have to be made up by the sale of eggs, for which there was always a market in Willingdon.
The hens, said Napoleon, should welcome this sacrifice as their own special contribution towards the building of the windmill.
Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness.
Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled?
All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it.
The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.
Then, as usual, the sheep broke into “Four legs good, two legs bad!” and the momentary awkwardness was smoothed over.
Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements.
There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable.
He intended to take the whole burden upon his own shoulders.
A Mr.Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world, and would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.
Napoleon ended his speech with his usual cry of “Long live Animal Farm!” and after the singing of Beasts of England the animals were dismissed.
translation
- 一个礼拜天的早晨，当动物们集合起来接收命令的时候，拿破仑宣布他决定实施一项新政策。
- 从现在起，动物农场将与邻近的农场进行贸易往来。当然，这不是出于任何商业目的，而仅仅是为了获取一些迫切需要的材料。
- 他说，风车的需求必须凌驾于一切之上。
- 因此，他正在安排出售一堆干草和今年的一部分小麦收成。如果以后还需要更多钱，那就必须通过卖鸡蛋来补足，因为威灵顿市场对鸡蛋的需求一直很稳定。
- 拿破仑说，母鸡们应该欣然接受这种牺牲，作为她们对建造风车的特殊贡献。
- 动物们再次感到一种隐约的不安。
- 永远不与人类打交道，永远不进行贸易，永远不用金钱 —— 这些难道不是在琼斯被驱逐之后那次胜利大会上最早通过的决议之一吗？
- 所有的动物都记得通过过这样的决议：或者至少他们认为自己记得。
- 当拿破仑废除会议时曾提出抗议的四只小猪胆怯地发出了声音，但他们立刻被狗们的巨大咆哮声给压了下去。
- 接着，像往常一样，绵羊们高呼“四条腿好，两条腿坏！”，这瞬间的尴尬被化解了。
- 最后，拿破仑抬起蹄子示意大家安静，并宣布他已经把所有的安排都做好了。
- 他说，没有必要让任何动物与人类接触，这显然是最不可取的。
- 他打算把全部负担都自己承担。
- 一位住在威灵顿的律师温珀先生，同意充当动物农场与外界之间的中间人，他将在每周一早上来农场接受指示。
- 拿破仑以他惯常的“动物农场万岁！”结束了演讲，随后在唱完《英格兰之兽》后，动物们就被解散了。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "upon",
"trans": [
"prep. 将要发生，马上来临；在……上；用在一些动词后，与 on 同义；一……即……，一……就……；（用于两个相同的名词之间，强调数量之多）（一个）接（一个），……又……；",
"adv. 在上面地；此后"
],
"usphone": "'əˈpɑːn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "from now onwards",
"trans": [
"从现在开始"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "engage",
"trans": [
"v. 参加，从事；雇用，聘请；吸引，引起；与……交战，开战；（使）（机器）啮合，接合；<旧>预定（膳食，地方等）；适应，与……有密切关系；允诺，签约保证；（运动员或击剑手）使（兵器）交结在一起；占用"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "engage in trade",
"trans": [
"从事贸易"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "urgently",
"trans": [
"adv. 迫切地；紧急地；急切地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɜːrdʒəntli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "override",
"trans": [
"v. 比…更重要；凌驾；（以权力）否决；超驰控制"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈraɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "later on",
"trans": [
"稍后"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "be made up",
"trans": [
"由……组成；被构成"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "conscious",
"trans": [
"adj. 意识到的；神志清醒的，有知觉的；关注的；刻意的，慎重的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːnʃəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vague",
"trans": [
"adj. 不明确的，不清楚的；（形状）模糊的；（感情、记忆等）不完整的，不清晰的；含糊其词的，闪烁其词的；茫然的，心不在焉的"
],
"usphone": "'veɪɡ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "uneasiness",
"trans": [
"n. 不安；担忧；局促"
],
"usphone": "'ʌnˈizɪnɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "make use of",
"trans": [
"利用；利用某事物；利用好时间"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "resolutions",
"trans": [
"n. 决议（******** 的复数）；解决；决心；[物]分辨率"
],
"usphone": "'ˌrezəˈlʊʃən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "triumphant",
"trans": [
"adj. （因胜利或成功而）洋洋得意的，耀武扬威的；胜利的，成功的"
],
"usphone": "'traɪˈʌmfənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "expel",
"trans": [
"v. 把……开除（或除名）；驱逐；排出（空气、水、气体等）"
],
"usphone": "'ɪkˈspel'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "thought",
"trans": [
"v. 认为，觉得；思考，考虑；想做，打算做（think 的过去式和过去分词形式）",
"n. 想法，看法，主意；考虑，深思；关心，顾虑；意图，希望，念头；思想，思潮；思考，思维；心思，思想（*****s）"
],
"usphone": "'θɔːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "protest",
"trans": [
"n. 抗议，反对；抗议活动；声明，断言；<法律>（多指来自公证人的）拒付证书",
"v. （公开）反对，抗议；坚决表示，严正申明；<法律> 声明拒付（账单），拒付"
],
"usphone": "'ˈproʊtest'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "abolish",
"trans": [
"v. 废除，废止，取消"
],
"usphone": "'əˈbɑːlɪʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "timidly",
"trans": [
"adv. 胆怯心虚地；腼腆地"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "'tɪmɪdli'"
},
{
"name": "growling",
"trans": [
"adj. 咆哮的；隆隆响的",
"v. 咆哮（***** 的 ing 形式）；怒吠"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡraʊlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "momentary",
"trans": [
"adj. 片刻的，短暂的；随时会发生的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmoʊmənteri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "awkwardness",
"trans": [
"n. 尴尬；笨拙"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɔːkwərdnəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "smooth over",
"trans": [
"化解，消除",
"掩饰，淡化"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "trotter",
"trans": [
"n. 猪脚；小跑步的马；快步走的人；当跑腿的人"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtrɑːtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "undesirable",
"trans": [
"adj. 不受欢迎的，不良的，不想要的",
"n. 不良分子，不受欢迎的人"
],
"usphone": "'ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərəb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "burden",
"trans": [
"n. 负担，责任；负重，负荷；船的载重量，吨位；（演讲、书或辩论的）主题，主旨（the ******）",
"v. 烦扰，使负重担"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbɜːrd(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "solicitor",
"trans": [
"n. <英>初级律师，事务律师，诉状律师；<美>推销员，招揽生意的人，游说者；<美>法务官"
],
"usphone": "'səˈlɪsɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "act as",
"trans": [
"扮演某种角色或担任某种职责，尤其是你通常不会扮演或担任的角色或职责"
],
"usphone": "'ækt æz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "intermediary",
"trans": [
"n. 调解人，中间人；媒介",
"adj. 中间的，过渡的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪntərˈmiːdieri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dismissed",
"trans": [
"v. 解散（****** 的过去式和过去分词）；开除，解雇；不考虑，不理会；驳回，停止受理；让……离开，"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈmɪst'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]