Animal Farm
Chapter 7
Napoleon decreed that there should be a full investigation into Snowball's activities.
With his dogs in attendance he set out and made a careful tour of inspection of the farm buildings, the other animals following at a respectful distance.
At every few steps Napoleon stopped and snuffed the ground for traces of Snowball's footsteps, which, he said, he could detect by the smell.
He snuffed in every corner, in the barn, in the cow-shed, in the henhouses, in the vegetable garden, and found traces of Snowball almost everywhere.
He would put his snout to the ground, give several deep sniffs, ad exclaim in a terrible voice, “Snowball! He has been here! I can smell him distinctly!” and at the word “Snowball” all the dogs let out blood-curdling growls and showed their side teeth.
The animals were thoroughly frightened.
It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers.
In the evening Squealer called them together, and with an alarmed expression on his face told them that he had some serious news to report.
“Comrades!” cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, “a most terrible thing has been discovered.
Snowball has sold himself to Frederick of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us!
Snowball is to act as his guide when the attack begins.
But there is worse than that.
We had thought that Snowball's rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. But we were wrong, comrades.
Do you know what the real reason was?
Snowball was in league with Jones from the very start! tie was Jones's secret agent all the time.
It has all been proved by documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered.
To my mind/ this explains a great deal, comrades.
Did we not see for ourselves how he attempted fortunately without success to get us defeated and destroyed at the Battle of the Cowshed?”
translation
- 拿破仑下令要对斯诺鲍的活动进行全面调查。
- 在他的几条狗的簇拥下，拿破仑出发了，对农场的各处建筑进行了一番仔细的巡查，其他动物都颇为敬畏地跟在后面，保持着一段距离。
- 每走几步，拿破仑就停下来在地上嗅一嗅，寻找斯诺鲍的脚印踪迹。他说，他能凭气味察觉出来。
- 他在每个角落都嗅了个遍，谷仓里、牛棚中、鸡舍内、菜园里，几乎到处都发现了斯诺鲍留下的踪迹。
- 他会把鼻子贴近地面，使劲嗅上几下，然后用一种令人胆寒的声音大声嚷道：“斯诺鲍！他来过这儿！我都能清楚地闻到他的味儿！” 一听到 “斯诺鲍” 这个名字，所有的狗都发出令人毛骨悚然的咆哮声，还龇出了尖利的獠牙。
- 动物们被吓得魂飞魄散。
- 在它们看来，斯诺鲍仿佛成了某种无形的影响力，弥漫在它们周围的空气中，用各种各样的危险来威胁着它们。
- 到了晚上，斯奎拉把它们召集到一起，脸上带着一副惊恐的神情，告诉它们自己有重大消息要通报。
- “同志们！” 斯奎拉一边尖声叫嚷，一边神经质地蹦来蹦去，“一件极为可怕的事被发现了。
- 斯诺鲍把自己卖给了平彻菲尔德农场的弗雷德里克，那家伙现在甚至正在密谋攻击我们，要把我们的农场从我们手中夺走呢！
- 进攻开始时，斯诺鲍要给他（弗雷德里克）当向导。
- 但还有更糟糕的情况呢。
- 我们原以为斯诺鲍的反叛仅仅是出于他的虚荣心和野心。但我们错了，同志们。
- 你们知道真正的原因是什么吗？
- 斯诺鲍从一开始就和琼斯狼狈为奸！他一直都是琼斯的密探。
- 这一切都已被他留下的文件所证实，我们也是刚刚才发现这些文件的。
- 依我看，同志们，这就解释了很多问题呀。
- 我们自己不是都亲眼看到了，在牛棚大战中，他是如何企图（幸亏没有得逞）让我们被打败、被消灭的吗？”
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "decree",
"trans": [
"n. 法令，政令；裁定，判决",
"v. 裁定，判决，颁布"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈkriː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "attendance",
"trans": [
"n. 出席人数；出席，出勤；考勤情况；提供帮助（in *********）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈtendəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "set out",
"trans": [
"n. 开始；出发；动身；准备"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tour",
"trans": [
"n. 旅游；旅行；参观；游览",
"v. 在…旅游；在…巡回演出（或做宣传广告等）"
],
"usphone": "'tʊr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "inspection",
"trans": [
"n. 视察；检查，审视"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈspekʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "snout",
"trans": [
"n. 鼻子；猪嘴；烟草；鼻口部；口吻状物"
],
"usphone": "'snaʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "distinctly",
"trans": [
"adv. 清楚地，明白地；明显地；非常，很"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈstɪŋktli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "blood-curdling",
"trans": [
"令人毛骨悚然的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈblʌd kɜːrdlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "thoroughly",
"trans": [
"adv. 完全地，极度地；仔细地，认真地，彻底地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈθɜːrəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "as though",
"trans": [
"好像，仿佛"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pervading",
"trans": [
"adj. 普遍的；无所不在的"
],
"usphone": "'pɜːˈveɪdɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "menace",
"trans": [
"v. <正式>威胁，威吓",
"n. 威胁，危险的人或物；烦人的人（或事物），引起麻烦的人（或事物）；危险气氛，威胁；<英，法律>（以）威胁（或恐吓）的手段（索要钱财）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmenəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "alarm",
"trans": [
"n. 惊恐，担忧；警报；警报器；闹钟；",
"v. 使不安，使恐慌；给（门等）安装警报器"
],
"usphone": "'əˈlɑːrm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "plotting",
"trans": [
"v. 密谋；制订；划分（土地）；绘制，标绘；用图表展示（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈplɑːtɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "act as",
"trans": [
"扮演某种角色或担任某种职责，尤其是你通常不会扮演或担任的角色或职责"
],
"usphone": "'ækt æz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vanity",
"trans": [
"n. 虚荣（心），自负；（相对于非常严肃的事而言）无意义，微不足道；梳妆台，盥洗柜；自负的行为，虚荣的态度；自费出版"
],
"usphone": "'ˈvænəti'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ambition",
"trans": [
"n. 追求的目标，抱负；雄心，野心；干劲",
"v. 追求，有……野心"
],
"usphone": "'æmˈbɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "attempt",
"trans": [
"n. 试图，努力；企图杀害；（运动员创造记录的）尝试，冲击",
"v. 努力，尝试"
],
"usphone": "'əˈtempt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fortunately",
"trans": [
"adv. 幸运地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɔːrtʃənətli'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]