Animal Farm
Chapter 6
With one accord they dashed down to the spot.
Napoleon, who seldom moved out of a walk, raced ahead of them all.
Yes, there it lay, the fruit of all their struggles, levelled to its foundations, the stones they had broken and carried so laboriously scattered all around.
Unable at first to speak, they stood gazing mournfully at the litter of fallen stone Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.
His tail had grown rigid and twitched sharply from side to side, a sign in him of intense mental activity.
Suddenly he halted as though his mind were made up.
“Comrades,” he said quietly, “do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? Snowball!” he suddenly roared in a voice of thunder.
“Snowball has done this thing! In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.
Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowbalk ‘Animal Hero, Second Class,’ and half a bushel of apples to any animal who brings him to justice.
A full bushel to anyone who captures him alive!”
translation
- 他们一致冲到现场。
- 拿破仑平时很少跑步，这次却赶在他们所有人的前面。
- 是的，它确实在那儿，他们所有努力的成果被夷为平地，那些他们辛苦打碎并运来的石头散落在四周。
- 起初他们无法说话，只能站在那里，悲伤地凝视着散落在地上的石头。拿破仑来回踱步，不时用鼻子嗅着地面。
- 他的尾巴变得僵硬，剧烈地左右抽动，这在他身上是精神高度集中的表现。
- 突然他停了下来，仿佛已经做出了决定。
- “同志们，”他平静地说，“你们知道是谁对这一切负责吗？你知道那个在夜里来推倒我们的风车的敌人是谁吗？斯诺鲍！”他突然用雷霆般的声音吼道。
- “斯诺鲍干的！他出于纯粹的恶意，想要阻挠我们的计划并为他被不光彩地驱逐出去复仇。这个叛徒趁夜潜入这里，破坏了我们将近一年的工作成果。”
- 同志们，我在此立即宣布斯诺鲍的死刑。他是“二级动物英雄”，任何能将他绳之以法的动物将获得半蒲式耳苹果的奖励。
- “活捉他的，将获得整整一蒲式耳苹果的奖励！”
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "With one accord",
"trans": [
"一致地：指所有人都同意或行动一致。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "level",
"trans": [
"v. 使平整；推倒，夷平；（使）比分相同；（尤指用枪）瞄准；针对……（进行批评等）；稳定下来，达到平衡（***** off）；坦诚相见；作水准测量",
"使同等（*****led 是 ***** 的过去式与过去分词形式）",
"adj. 平坦的，水平的；相同价值的，相同地位的；比分相同的；平静的，冷静的",
"n. 数量，程度；标准，水平；层次，级别；看待（或应对、理解）事物的方式；水平高度，相对高度；楼层；平地；水平仪"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlev(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "foundations",
"trans": [
"n. [建]基础（****** 的复数）；房基"
],
"usphone": "'faʊnˈdeɪʃnz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "laboriously",
"trans": [
"adv. 辛苦地；费力地；不流畅地"
],
"usphone": "'ləˈbɔːriəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scattered",
"trans": [
"adj. 分散的，零散的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈskætərd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mournfully",
"trans": [
"adv. 悲哀地；凄惨地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɔːrnfəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "litter",
"trans": [
"n. 乱七八糟的东西；废弃物；乱放的杂物；便溺垫物",
"v. 乱扔；使乱七八糟；使凌乱；使遍布（一般指不好的东西）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "occasionally",
"trans": [
"adv. 偶然，偶尔"
],
"usphone": "'əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "snuffing",
"trans": [
"v. 鼻吸（***** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsnʌfɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rigid",
"trans": [
"adj. 刚硬的，不易弯曲的；（方法、体制等）严格死板的，僵化的；（人）顽固的，不通融的；（因强烈的感情而）僵硬的，僵直的；精确的",
"n. 未铰接的货车"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrɪdʒɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "twitched",
"trans": [
"v. （使）抽搐，痉挛，颤动；急拉，猛扯（****** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'twɪtʃt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sharply",
"trans": [
"adv. 急剧地，突然大幅度地；严厉地，尖锐地；鲜明地，明显地；迅疾而突然地，急促而大声地；锋利地；敏锐地；时髦地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʃɑːrpli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "halted",
"trans": [
"v. 停止，停顿（**** 的过去式，过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhɔːltɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "as though",
"trans": [
"好像，仿佛"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "overthrown",
"trans": [
"v. 推翻；打倒（******** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈθroʊn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "roared",
"trans": [
"咆哮"
],
"usphone": "'rɔːrd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sheer",
"trans": [
"adj. （用于强调）纯粹的，完全的；程度深的，数量大的；陡峭的，垂直的；（织物等）极薄的，透明的",
"adv. 垂直地，陡峭地；<古>彻底地，完全地",
"v. 急转弯，突然转向；避开（不愉快的话题）",
"n. 精纺（或透明）织物（或物品）；（尤指船）突然偏航，突然转向；（船首及船尾处的）舷弧"
],
"usphone": "'ʃɪr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "malignity",
"trans": [
"n. 恶意；怨恨；狠毒"
],
"usphone": "'məˈlɪɡnəti'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "set back",
"trans": [
"阻碍，延误：减缓进展，延迟进行。",
"花费：付出（金钱）。"
],
"usphone": "'set bæk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "avenge",
"trans": [
"v. 替……报仇，报复"
],
"usphone": "'əˈvendʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ignominious",
"trans": [
"adj. 可耻的；下流的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "expulsion",
"trans": [
"n. 驱逐；开除"
],
"usphone": "'ɪkˈspʌlʃn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "traitor",
"trans": [
"n. 叛徒，卖国贼"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtreɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "here and now",
"trans": [
"此时此地：表示在当前的时间和地点。",
"现状；个人生活的当前状态"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "death sentence",
"trans": [
"死刑：一种法律判决，将被告判处死刑，作为对其犯罪行为的惩罚。"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdeθ sentəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bushel",
"trans": [
"n. 蒲式耳",
"vt. 修整（衣服等）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbʊʃl'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]