Animal Farm

Chapter 6

“You have heard then, comrades,” he said, “that we pigs now sleep in the beds of the farmhouse? And why not?

You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a ruling against beds? A bed merely means a place to sleep in.

A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded.

The rule was against sheets, which are a human invention.

We have removed the sheets from the farmhouse beds, and sleep between blankets.

And very comfortable beds they are too!

But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays.

You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades?

You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties?

Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?”

The animals reassured him on this point immediately, and no more was said about the pigs sleeping in the farmhouse beds.

And when, some days afterwards, it was announced that from now on the pigs would get up an hour later in the mornings than the other animals, no complaint was made about that either.

translation

“你们已经听说了吧，同志们，”他说，“我们猪现在睡在农舍的床上？为什么不应该呢？
你们肯定不会真的以为，曾经有过禁止床铺的规定吧？床只是用来睡觉的地方。
从正确的角度来看，马厩里的一堆稻草就是一张床。
规定禁止的是床单，因为那是人类发明的东西。
我们把农舍床上的床单取下来，现在只盖毯子睡觉。
而且那些床也非常舒适！
但是，同志们，我可以告诉你们，考虑到我们现在需要进行的大量脑力工作，这些床并没有超出我们的需要。
你们不会抢走我们的休息时间，对吧，同志们？
你们不会让我们因为太累而无法完成我们的任务吧？
当然，你们中没有人希望看到琼斯回来吧？”
动物们立刻在这个问题上让他放心，关于猪睡在农舍床上的事再也没有被提起。
几天后，当宣布猪从现在起早晨比其他动物晚起床一个小时时，也没有任何人抱怨。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "regard",
        "trans": [
            "v. 认为，把……看作；<正式>（尤指以某种方式）注视，凝视；<古>注意，留心；<古>与……有关，涉及",
            "n. <正式> 尊重，敬佩；<正式> 关心，关注；注视，凝视；（用于信函结尾或转达问候）致意，问候（******s）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'rɪˈɡɑːrd'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "properly",
        "trans": [
            "adv. 正确地，适当地；得体地，恰当地；实际上，严格地说；彻底地，完全地"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈprɑːpərli'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "blankets",
        "trans": [
            "n. 毛毯；毯子（***** 的复数）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈblæŋkɪts'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "repose",
        "trans": [
            "n. 休息；睡眠；静止",
            "vt. 使休息；寄托于",
            "vi. 休息；座落；长眠；依靠；静卧；建立于"
        ],
        "usphone": "'rɪˈpoʊz'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "duties",
        "trans": [
            "n. 关税；责任，义务（****y 的复数）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈduːtiz'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "reassure",
        "trans": [
            "v. 使安心；再向…保证；〈英〉再对…进行保险"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌriəˈʃʊr'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "complaint ",
        "trans": [
            "n. 抱怨，投诉；不满的缘由，抱怨的问题；疾病，不适"
        ],
        "usphone": "'kəmˈpleɪnt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]