Animal Farm
Chapter 7
All this while no more had been seen of Snowball.
He was rumoured to be hiding on one of the neighbouring farms, either Foxwood or Pinchfield.
Napoleon was by this time on slightly better terms with the other farmers than before.
It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared.
It was well seasoned, and Whymper had advised Napoleon to sell it; both Mr.Pilkington and Mr.Frederick were anxious to buy it.
Napoleon was hesitating between the two, unable to make up his mind.
It was noticed that whenever he seemed on the point of coming to an agreement with Frederick, Snowball was declared to be in hiding at Foxwood, while, when he inclined toward Pilkington, Snowball was said to be at Pinchfield.
Suddenly, early in the spring, an alarming thing was discovered. Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night!
The animals were so disturbed that they could hardly sleep in their stalls.
Every night, it was said, he came creeping in under cover of darkness and performed all kinds of mischief.
He stole the corn, he upset the milk-pails, he broke the eggs, he trampled the seedbeds, he gnawed the bark/ off the fruit trees.
Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball.
If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and when the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the well.
Curiously enough, they went on believing this/ even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal.
The cows declared unanimously that Snowball crept into their stalls and milked them in their sleep.
The rats, which had been troublesome that winter, were also said to be in league with Snowball.
translation
- 在这期间，再也没有见到过斯诺鲍的踪影。
- 有传言说他藏在附近的某个农场里，要么是福克斯伍德农场，要么是平彻菲尔德农场。
- 到这个时候，拿破仑与其他农场主的关系比起以前稍有改善。
- 碰巧，院子里有一堆木材，那是十年前清理一片山毛榉小林子时堆放在那儿的。
- 木材已经干透了，温珀曾建议拿破仑把它卖掉；皮尔金顿先生和弗雷德里克先生都急于买下这批木材。
- 拿破仑在这两人之间犹豫不决，拿不定主意。
- 人们注意到，每当拿破仑似乎快要和弗雷德里克达成协议的时候，就有传言说斯诺鲍藏在福克斯伍德农场；而每当他倾向于和皮尔金顿做交易时，又传言斯诺鲍在平彻菲尔德农场。
- 突然，在初春时节，一件令人惊恐的事被发现了。斯诺鲍竟在夜间秘密地频繁光顾农场！
- 动物们非常不安，在各自的厩棚里几乎都睡不着觉。
- 据说，每天夜里，他都在黑暗的掩护下偷偷潜入，干尽了各种各样的坏事。
- 他偷谷物，打翻奶桶，打碎鸡蛋，践踏苗床，还啃咬果树上的树皮。
- 无论什么时候出了什么岔子，通常都会把责任归咎于斯诺鲍。
- 要是有一扇窗户破了或者排水沟堵住了，肯定会有人说那是斯诺鲍夜里来过干的；当仓库的钥匙丢了的时候，整个农场的动物都深信是斯诺鲍把它扔到井里去了。
- 说来奇怪，即便后来那把放错地方的钥匙在一袋粗磨粉下面被找到了，他们还是继续相信是斯诺鲍干的。
- 奶牛们一致宣称，斯诺鲍偷偷溜进她们的牛棚，趁她们睡着的时候挤了她们的奶。
- 那个冬天一直捣乱的老鼠，据说也和斯诺鲍勾结在一起。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "rumour",
"trans": [
"n. 谣言，传闻",
"v. 谣传，传说（be *****ed）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈruːmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "terms",
"trans": [
"n. 地位，关系；[法]条款；术语；措辞；价钱（**** 的复数形式）",
"v. 把……称为（**** 的三单形式）"
],
"usphone": "'tɜːrmz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "happen",
"trans": [
"v. 碰巧发生；使遭遇；",
"adv. <北英格兰>或许，大概"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhæpən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "beech",
"trans": [
"n. 山毛榉",
"adj. 山毛榉木材的"
],
"usphone": "'biːtʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spinney",
"trans": [
"n. （英）灌木林；小树林"
],
"usphone": "'ˈspɪni'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seasoned",
"trans": [
"adj. 风干的，晾干的（可加工使用 ）；富有经验的；调好味的；",
"v. 给……调味，加调料于；给……增添趣味；使（木头）风干（***** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsiːznd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "make up his mind",
"trans": [
"下定决心"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "on the point",
"trans": [
"准备好了：指某人已经准备好做某事。",
"即将发生：指某事情即将发生或出现。",
"非常接近：指某事情非常接近发生或实现"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "declared",
"trans": [
"v. 公布，宣告；声称，宣称；申报（***** 的过去式和过去分词形式）",
"adj. 正式宣布的，公开声明的"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈklerd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "inclined",
"trans": [
"adj. 有……意向，倾向于……；对……有兴趣的，有天赋的；倾斜的，有坡度的",
"v. 点头；（使）倾向于；（使）倾斜（****** 的过去式和过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈklaɪnd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "alarming",
"trans": [
"adj. 令人担忧的，令人恐惧的",
"v. 使不安，使恐慌；给（门等）安装警报器（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈlɑːrmɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "frequenting",
"trans": [
"v．经常光顾，常去：指经常去某个地方或与某人交往。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "disturbed",
"trans": [
"adj. 焦虑的，烦恼的；有精神病的，心理不正常的；不幸的，多灾多难的；（睡眠）不安稳的，受干扰的",
"v. 打扰，妨碍；使焦虑，使烦恼（****** 的过去式和过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈstɜːrbd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "creeping",
"trans": [
"adj. 爬行的；迟缓的；毛骨悚然的；奉承的",
"n. 爬行；杀小兵赚钱升级（游戏术语）",
"v. 爬行；慢慢地移动（*****的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkriːpɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mischief",
"trans": [
"n. 恶作剧，捣乱，胡闹；顽皮，淘气；伤害，麻烦，不和；（律）造成损害的行为"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɪstʃɪf'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "upset",
"trans": [
"v. 打乱；打翻；搅乱；使烦恼",
"adj. 沮丧；难过；不高兴；失望",
"n. 苦恼；失望；烦闷；（意外的）混乱"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʌpˌset'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pail",
"trans": [
"n. 桶，提桶；一桶的量"
],
"usphone": "'peɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "trample",
"trans": [
"v. 踩，践踏；伤害，侵犯；脚步沉重地走",
"n. <文>践踏，踩踏声"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtræmp(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seedbed",
"trans": [
"n. 苗床，苗圃；（事物发展的）有利环境，温床，发源地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsiːdbed'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gnaw",
"trans": [
"vt. 咬；折磨；侵蚀",
"vi. 咬；折磨；侵蚀"
],
"usphone": "'nɔː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bark",
"trans": [
"n. 树皮；（狗等的）吠声；枪声；短促响亮的人声",
"v. （狗）吠叫；厉声发令；厉声质问；擦破（或蹭掉）…的皮"
],
"usphone": "'bɑːrk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "blocked up",
"trans": [
"被堵塞：指被物体或物质堵住了，无法正常流通或通过。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "curiously enough",
"trans": [
"有趣的是：用于引出一个有趣或出人意料的事实或情况。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mislaid",
"trans": [
"vt. 放错，遗失"
],
"usphone": "'ˌmɪsˈleɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sack",
"trans": [
"n. 麻布（或厚纸、塑料等）大袋；一袋（的量）；<非正式> 解雇（the ****）；<非正式> 床（the ****）；（通常指在战争中）洗劫，劫掠；<非正式>（棒球）垒；（在争球线后对四分卫的）擒杀；宽松直筒连衣裙（=**** dress）；<史>宽松女袍；<史>（流行于18世纪、系于礼服裙裙肩上的）宽褶后拖曳地裙裾；<史>萨克葡萄酒",
"v. <非正式> 解雇，开除；（军队或军事集团）劫掠，洗劫；（在美式足球中）擒抱（四分卫）；<美，非正式>把……装进袋里；<美，非正式>上床睡觉（**** out）"
],
"usphone": "'sæk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "unanimously",
"trans": [
"adv. 全体一致地"
],
"usphone": "'juˈnænɪməsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "milk",
"trans": [
"v. 挤奶；趁机牟利；捞一把；捞好处",
"n. 乳汁；乳液；（牛或羊等的）奶"
],
"usphone": "'mɪlk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "troublesome",
"trans": [
"adj. 引起麻烦的，（尤指）令人讨厌的；（形势、问题等）麻烦的，困难的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtrʌb(ə)lsəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "league",
"trans": [
"v. （与……）组成联盟，加入联盟",
"n. 联盟，同盟；（体育项目）联合会，社团；联赛；级别，水平；里格（旧时长度单位，约等于5公里）"
],
"usphone": "'liːɡ'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]