Animal Farm
Chapter 7
It was a bitter winter.
The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow, and then by a hard frost which did not break till well into February.
The animals carried on as best they could with the rebuilding of the windmill, well knowing that the outside world was watching them and that the envious human beings would rejoice and triumph if the mill were not finished on time.
Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyer the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.
The animals knew that this was not the case.
Still, it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick this time instead of eighteen inches as before, which meant collecting much larger quantities of stone.
For a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done.
Some progress was made/ in the dry frosty weather that followed, but it was cruel work, and the animals could not feel so hopeful about it as they had felt before.
They were always cold, and usually hungry as well.
Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart.
Squealer made excellent speeches on/ the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never-failing cry of “I will work harder!”
translation
- 那是一个寒冷的冬天。
- 暴风雨过后，接着是雨夹雪和雪，然后是一场严寒的冰冻，直到2月中旬才解冻。
- 动物们竭尽全力继续重建风车，因为他们知道外界正在关注着他们，如果风车不能按时完工，那些妒忌的人们会幸灾乐祸的。
- 出于恶意，人们假装不相信是斯诺鲍毁掉了风车：他们说风车的倒塌是因为墙太薄。
- 动物们知道情况并非如此。
- 然而，这一次决定将墙的厚度增加到三英尺，而不是之前的十八英寸，这意味着需要收集更多的石块。
- 很长一段时间内，采石场满是积雪无法工作。
- 随后的干燥寒冷天气里，工程取得了一些进展，但工作非常艰苦，动物们对这项任务的信心不再像之前那么坚定。
- 它们总是感到寒冷，通常也饥饿。
- 只有鲍克瑟和克洛弗从未失去信心。
- 斯奎拉就服务的乐趣和劳动的尊严发表了精彩的演讲，但其他动物在鲍克瑟的力量和他永不言败的“我要更加努力工作！”呼声中找到了更多的灵感。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "bitter winter",
"trans": [
"严寒的冬季：指寒冷、严峻、艰苦的冬季。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "be followed by",
"trans": [
"紧随其后：在某个事件或行动之后立即发生或出现。",
"被跟随：在某个人或物之后有其他人或物紧随其后。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sleet",
"trans": [
"n. 雨夹雪，冻雨；雨淞",
"v. 下雨夹雪，下冰雹；冻雨拍打；使下霰般落下"
],
"usphone": "'sliːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sleet and snow",
"trans": [
"雨夹雪：一种天气现象，雪花和雨滴交替出现。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hard frost",
"trans": [
"un. 黑霜；酷寒",
"网络 黑冻；坚霜；硬霜"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "well into",
"trans": [
"深入到某个时间或阶段：表示某个时间或阶段已经过去了很长时间，通常用于描述时间的延续或某个过程的深入进行。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "envious",
"trans": [
"adj. 羡慕的，嫉妒的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈenviəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rejoice",
"trans": [
"v. 非常高兴，深感欣喜；<英>享有（用于吸引人注意奇特之处，尤指名字）（rejoice in）；<古>使感到高兴，使喜悦"
],
"usphone": "'rɪˈdʒɔɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "triumph",
"trans": [
"n. （胜利或成功的）喜悦，狂喜；巨大成功，重大胜利；（成功的）典范，楷模；古罗马凯旋式",
"v. 获胜，成功；（因胜利或成功而）欣喜，欢跃；（古罗马将军）凯旋而归"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtraɪʌmf'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "out of spite",
"trans": [
"出于恶意：出于故意想要伤害或刁难别人的恶意行为。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pretended",
"trans": [
"adj. 假装的，虚假的",
"v. 假装，佯装；（游戏中）装扮；自诩，自称（******* 的过去式和过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'prɪˈtendɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "not the case",
"trans": [
"不是这样的：用于表示先前的解释不适用或不足以描述情况。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "still",
"trans": [
"adv. 尽管那样，尽管如此；还，依旧；仍然，还是（会或可能）；更加，还要（用于表示强调）；还有（更多）；静止地，不动地",
"adj. 静止的，不动的；宁静的，寂静的；无风的；不含碳酸气的，不起泡的；（照片）静态的，（画面）定格的",
"n. （电影或录像的）定格画面，剧照；（制酒的）蒸馏器；静止，安静，平静",
"v. （使）静止，平静，安静；使（感情）减轻，使（感情）平息；蒸馏"
],
"usphone": "'stɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "feet",
"trans": [
"n. 尺；脚（**** 的复数形式）；韵脚"
],
"usphone": "'fiːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "quantities",
"trans": [
"n. 数量，工程量；音符长度（******y 的复数）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkwɑːntətiz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "for a long time",
"trans": [
"很长时间，很久"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "quarry",
"trans": [
"n. 采石场；猎物；来源",
"vi. 费力地找",
"vt. 挖出；努力挖掘"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkwɑːri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "snowdrift",
"trans": [
"n. 被风刮在一起的雪堆；随风飘飞的雪；"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsnoʊdrɪft'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "nothing can be done",
"trans": [
"无计可施：表示在某种情况下，无法采取任何有效措施。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "frosty",
"trans": [
"adj. 严寒的，霜冻的；覆盖着霜的，结霜的；不友好的，冷淡的；（须、发等）年老变白的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfrɔːsti'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lose heart",
"trans": [
"丧失信心，失去信心；丧失勇气"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "inspiration",
"trans": [
"n. 鼓舞人心的人（或事物）；灵感；启发灵感的人（或事物）；（突然想到的）好主意，妙计；吸气，吸入"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]