Animal Farm
Chapter 6
Afterwards Squealer made a round of the farm and set the animals' minds at rest.
He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.
It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball.
A few animals still felt faintly doubtful, but Squealer asked them shrewdly, “Are you certain that this is not something that you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down anywhere?”
And since it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
Every Monday Mr.Whymper visited the farm as had been arranged.
He was a sly-looking little man with side whiskers, a solicitor in a very small way of business, but sharp enough to have realised earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having.
The animals watched his coming and going with a kind of dread, and avoided him as much as possible.
Nevertheless, the sight of Napoleon, on all fours, delivering orders to Whymper, who stood on two legs, roused their pride and partly reconciled them to the new arrangement.
Their relations with the human race were now not quite the same as they had been before.
The human beings did not hate Animal Farm any less now that it was prospering; indeed, they hated it more than ever.
Every human being held it as an article of faith that the farm would go bankrupt sooner or later, and, above all, that the windmill would be a failure.
They would meet in the public-houses and prove to one another by means of diagrams that the windmill was bound to fall down, or that if it did stand up, then that it would never work.
And yet, against their will, they had developed a certain respect for the efficiency with which the animals were managing their own affairs.
One symptom of this was that they had begun to call Animal Farm by its proper name and ceased to pretend that it was called the Manor Farm.
They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.
Except through Whymper, there was as yet no contact between Animal Farm and the outside world, but there were constant rumours that Napoleon was about to enter into a definite business agreement either with Mr.Pilkington of Foxwood or with Mr.Frederick of Pinchfield - but never, it was noticed, with both simultaneously.
translation
- 接着，斯奎拉在农场里到处转了一圈，平息动物们的不安情绪。
- 他向大家保证，反对从事商业活动和使用金钱的决议从未通过，甚至连提也未曾提起过。
- 这纯粹是想象出来的，很可能是雪球散布的谎言。
- 有些动物还是半信半疑，但斯奎拉机敏地问它们：“同志们，你们确定这不是你们做过的一个梦吗？有关于这个决议的任何记录吗？它被写下来了吗？”
- 既然确实没有任何书面记录存在，动物们就确信自己弄错了。
- 威普尔先生每周一都会按照约定访问农场。
- 他是一位长相狡黠、留着连鬓胡的矮个子男人，从事着规模不大的法律业务，但他足够机敏，比任何人都早意识到动物庄园需要一个经纪人，并且这些佣金值得一挣。
- 动物们带着一种恐惧的心情看着他的来来去去，尽可能地避开他。
- 然而，看到拿破仑四条腿着地给站着的威普尔下达命令的情景，激起了它们的自豪感，并在一定程度上使它们接受了新的安排。
- 它们与人类的关系现在和以前不太一样了。
- 人类并不因为动物庄园的繁荣而减少对它的喜爱；事实上，他们比以往更加憎恨它。
- 每个人都坚信动物庄园迟早会破产，尤其是风车一定会失败。
- 他们会在酒吧里聚会，通过图纸互相证明风车肯定会倒塌，或者即使它立着，也永远不会工作。
- 然而，尽管不情愿，他们还是对动物们管理自己事务的效率产生了一定的尊重。
- 其中一个迹象就是，他们开始用正确的名称称呼动物庄园，不再假装它叫做曼诺农场。
- 他们也放弃了对琼斯的支持，因为琼斯已经放弃了夺回农场的希望，搬到县里的其他地方去住了。
- 除了通过威普尔，动物庄园与外界尚未有任何联系，但不断有传言称拿破仑即将与福克斯伍德的皮尔金顿先生或平奇菲尔德的弗雷德里克先生达成明确的商业协议——但值得注意的是，这两件事似乎从未同时发生。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "mind at rest",
"trans": [
"心安：指心情平静，没有烦恼或担忧。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "traceable",
"trans": [
"adj. 起源于；可追踪的；可描绘的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtreɪsəb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "circulate",
"trans": [
"v. （液体或气体）环流，循环；传播，流传；传阅，传送；来往应酬，周旋"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "faintly",
"trans": [
"adv. 微弱地；模糊地；虚弱地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfeɪntli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "doubtful",
"trans": [
"adj. 怀疑的，不确定的；未必的，不大可能的；不可靠的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdaʊtf(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shrewdly",
"trans": [
"adv. 精明干练地；机灵地；刁钻地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʃruːdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "satisfied",
"trans": [
"adj. 确信的，信服的；满意的，满足的；",
"v. 使确信（******y 的过去式和过去分词形式）；使满意；满足（要求、需要等）；"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsætɪsfaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sly",
"trans": [
"adj. 狡猾的，狡诈的；诡秘的，心知肚明的；（动作）躲躲闪闪的，偷偷摸摸的；淘气的"
],
"usphone": "'slaɪ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whiskers",
"trans": [
"n. 胡须，腮须（****** 的复数）",
"v. 使……有须；使……有似须状的东西（****** 的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪskərz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "broker",
"trans": [
"n. 经纪人，中间人",
"v. 协调，安排"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbroʊkər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "commissions",
"trans": [
"n. [会计]佣金，[会计]手续费；现金奖励情况（****** 的复数）"
],
"usphone": "'kəˈmɪʃnz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "coming and going",
"trans": [
"来来往往：一种活动的喧闹和忙碌，也可以指特定人或团体的活动。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dread",
"trans": [
"n. 害怕，畏惧；令人生畏的人，可怕的事物；（鸥鸟等鸟群的）惊飞，惊起",
"v. 畏惧，担心；<古>敬畏",
"adj. 令人生畏的，可怕的；恼火的，生气的"
],
"usphone": "'dred'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "avoided",
"trans": [
"v. 避免，防止；回避，避开；撤销，使无效（***** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈvɔɪdɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "on all fours",
"trans": [
"四肢着地：一个人或动物用四肢支撑身体的姿势。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "partly",
"trans": [
"adv. 部分地，在某种程度上"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpɑːrtli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "reconciled",
"trans": [
"v. 和解；调解（****** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrekənsaɪld'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "human race",
"trans": [
"人类"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "not quite",
"trans": [
"不完全但稍微：表示某事物不是完全准确或符合预期，但在某种程度上接近。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "prospering",
"trans": [
"adj. 繁荣，成功",
"v. 兴旺，繁荣；健康成长；使成功（***** 的现在分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "''prɔspəriŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "article of faith",
"trans": [
"信仰的要素：指非常坚信的事物。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "article",
"trans": [
"n. （协议、契约的）条款；论文；物件；",
"v. 列举(罪状)；控告；把…逐条登载；用条款约束"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɑːrtɪk(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "faith",
"trans": [
"n. 信任，信心，信念；宗教；宗教信仰；忠诚",
"int. <爱尔兰>用以表示惊讶或强调千真万确"
],
"usphone": "'feɪθ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "above",
"trans": [
"prep. （数量或度量）在……以上，超过；在（或向）……上面；（级别或地位上）高于； （重要性、质量）超过，胜过；（因善良或诚实正直而）不至于，不屑于（做某事）；（声音）比……更响亮，盖过；不受……影响，免于；（重要性、质量）超过，胜过",
"adv. （级别或地位上）高于；在（或向）上面，在（或向）较高处；高于，超出（特定数量、比率或标准）；上文，前文",
"adj. 前文述及的，上述的",
"n. 上文提及之事，前文所提之事（the above）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈbʌv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "above all",
"trans": [
"尤其是：在所有考虑之前，特别是。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "one another",
"trans": [
"彼此；互相"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "diagrams",
"trans": [
"v. 用图解释；作……的图解（****** 的第三人称单数）",
"n. 图表；图解；示意图（****** 的复数）",
],
"usphone": "'ˈdaɪəˌɡræm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "and yet",
"trans": [
"然而，尽管如此：用于引出一个与前面所说的相反或出乎意料的事实或情况。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "against their will",
"trans": [
"违背意愿：指在某人不愿意的情况下强迫他们做某事。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "certain",
"trans": [
"adj. 一定程度上的，有点儿；必然的，必定的；确定的，无疑的；某个，特定的；某位，一位叫……的；",
"pron. 某些，某几个"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɜːrt(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "symptom",
"trans": [
"n. （医） 症状；（大问题的）迹象，征兆，征候"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɪmptəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "proper",
"trans": [
"adj. 正确的；恰当的；符合规则的；真正的",
"adv. 非常；好好地；完完全全地；彻底地",
"n. 【宗】特定礼拜仪式；特赞"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɑːpər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pretend",
"trans": [
"adj. <非正式>假装的，假想的（尤为儿童使用）",
"v. 伪装，假装；（玩游戏时）假扮，装扮；自诩，自称（****** to）"
],
"usphone": "'prɪˈtend'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dropped",
"trans": [
"v. 停止，放弃；投，丢；（使）掉落；减少，降低（drop 的过去式和过去分词）",
"adj. （衣服式样）低腰的，靠下的"
],
"usphone": "'drɑːpt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "championship",
"trans": [
"n. 捍卫，拥护；锦标赛；冠军称号，冠军地位；"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtʃæmpiənʃɪp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "as yet",
"trans": [
"到目前为止或指定的时间为止：表示某事尚未发生或完成。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "constant",
"trans": [
"adj. 持续不断的，经常发生的；恒定的，不变的；忠诚的，忠实的",
"n. 常数，恒量；不变的事物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːnstənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rumour",
"trans": [
"n. 谣言，传闻",
"v. 谣传，传说（be ******ed）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈruːmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "enter into",
"trans": [
"参与：指成为某个活动、组织或领域的一部分。",
"进入：指进入某个地方或状态。",
"开始：指开始从事某个职业、领域或活动。",
"记录：指将某事物正式记录下来。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "either with",
"trans": [
"与……一起：表示两个或多个事物同时存在或发生。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "simultaneously",
"trans": [
"adv. 同时地"
],
"usphone": "'ˌsaɪm(ə)lˈteɪniəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]