Animal Farm
Chapter 7
Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper.
Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet.
The pigs' ears were bleeding, the dogs had tasted blood, and for a few moments they appeared to go quite mad.
To the amazement of everybody, three of them flung themselves upon Boxer.
Boxer saw them coming and put out his great hoof, caught a dog in mid-air, and pinned him to the ground.
The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs.
Boxer looked at Napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go.
Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling.
Presently the tumult died down.
The four pigs waited, trembling, with guilt written on every line of their countenances.
Napoleon now called upon them to confess their crimes.
They were the same four pigs as had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings.
Without any further prompting they confessed that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over Animal Farm to Mr.Frederick.
They added that Snowball had privately admitted to them that he had been Jones's secret agent for years past.
When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.
translation
- 拿破仑神情严肃地站着，审视着台下的众人；接着，他发出了一声尖锐的呜咽。
- 转眼间，几条狗一跃而起，冲上前去，咬住了其中 4 头猪的耳朵，疼得它们又惊又怕，尖叫连连，被拖到了拿破仑的脚边。
- 几头猪的耳朵鲜血淋漓，几条狗尝到了血腥味儿，一时间，它们似乎彻底疯狂了。
- 令所有人惊讶的是，其中三条狗竟然朝鲍克瑟扑了过去。
- 鲍克瑟看到它们扑来，伸出巨大的蹄子，在半空中抓住一条狗，将它按在地上。
- 那条狗尖叫着求饶，另外两条夹着尾巴逃走了。
- 鲍克瑟看着拿破仑，想知道是该把这条狗碾死还是放它走。
- 拿破仑脸色骤变，厉声命令鲍克瑟放开那条狗。鲍克瑟抬起蹄子，那条狗带着一身淤青，嚎叫着溜走了。
- 没过多久，骚乱平息了下来。
- 那四只猪浑身颤抖地等待着，脸上的每一道皱纹都写满了愧疚。
- 这时，拿破仑责令它们供认罪行。
- 这四只猪正是当初拿破仑废除周日集会时提出抗议的那几只。
- 没等再催促，它们就供认，自从雪球被驱逐后，它们就一直与他秘密联络，还与他勾结毁坏风车，甚至达成协议，要把动物庄园拱手让给弗雷德里克先生。
- 它们还补充说，雪球私下向它们承认，多年来他一直是琼斯的秘密特工。
- 它们刚供认完，几条狗便立刻咬断了它们的喉咙。接着，拿破仑用可怕的声音喝问，还有没有别的动物要坦白交代。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "sternly",
"trans": [
"adv. 严厉地；坚决地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstɜːrnli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "surveying",
"trans": [
"v. 查看，审视；调查；概述；测量；鉴定；做民意调查（****** 的现在分词）",
"n. （土地）测量"
],
"usphone": "'sərˈveɪɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "high-pitched",
"trans": [
"adj. 声调高的；声音尖锐的；紧张的；陡的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌhaɪ ˈpɪtʃt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bound",
"trans": [
"v. 跳跃着跑；形成…的边界（或界限）",
"n. 跳跃；蹦跳",
"adj. 一定会；很可能会；受（法律、义务或情况）约束（必须做某事）"
],
"usphone": "'baʊnd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seize",
"trans": [
"v. 抓住；捉拿；夺；没收"
],
"usphone": "'siːz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "squeal",
"trans": [
"v. 长声尖叫；告密",
"n. 尖叫声"
],
"usphone": "'skwiːl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "terror",
"trans": [
"n. 惊恐，恐惧；引起恐怖的人（或事物）；（尤指有政治目的的）恐怖活动，恐怖主义；<非正式>讨厌鬼，捣蛋鬼（尤指小孩）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈterər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bleeding",
"trans": [
"v. 出血；渗出（***** 的 ing 形式）；感到疼痛",
"n. 出血；渗色",
"adj. 流血的；同情的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbliːdɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mad",
"trans": [
"adj. 混乱的，失控的；狂热的，着迷的；疯癫的，患精神病的；极愚蠢的，很不明智的；生气的，气愤的；"
],
"usphone": "'mæd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flung",
"trans": [
"v. 猛地移动；（用力）投；强有力地说；向（某人）看去；气愤地离去；粗暴地说；猛推（某人）（**i** 的过去式及过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "'flʌŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pinned",
"trans": [
"adj. 被压制的；用针别住的；",
". 牵制；用针别住；刺穿（*** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'pɪnd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shriek",
"trans": [
"v. 尖叫；尖叫着说，尖声说；明显地不协调；（无生命的东西）发出尖锐刺耳声",
"n. 尖叫，尖声；<非正式>感叹号"
],
"usphone": "'ʃriːk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mercy",
"trans": [
"n. 仁慈，宽恕；<非正式>幸运，恩惠；慈善，怜悯",
"int. 哎呀（表示惊讶、震惊或害怕）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɜːrsi'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "countenance",
"trans": [
"n. 面容，表情；支持；拥护",
"v. 支持；赞同；认可"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkaʊntənəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "whereat",
"trans": [
"adv. 在那里，由此",
"conj. 在那里，由此；随之，接着"
],
"usphone": "'hwerˈæt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "slunk",
"trans": [
"v. 偷偷摸摸地走，潜逃；（动物）早产（**i** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'slʌŋk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bruise",
"trans": [
"n. 青瘀，伤痕；（水果或蔬菜的）碰伤",
"v. 打击，挫伤；压碎，碾碎；使青肿，使出现伤痕；碰伤（水果）"
],
"usphone": "'bruːz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "howling",
"trans": [
"adj. 咆哮的；极大的；哭哭啼啼的",
"n. 啸鸣",
"v. 咆哮（**** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhaʊlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tumult",
"trans": [
"n. 骚动；骚乱；吵闹；激动"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtuːmʌlt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "die down",
"trans": [
"逐渐减弱或消失"
],
"usphone": "'daɪ daʊn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "trembling",
"trans": [
"n. 发抖，战栗；担心",
"adj. 发抖的，战栗的",
"v. （通常因寒冷、害怕或情绪激动）颤抖，发抖；颤动；极担心（***** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtremblɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "call upon",
"trans": [
"na. “call on”的变体；同“call on ”",
"要求；号召；召唤"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "confess",
"trans": [
"v. 供认，招供；承认，坦白；忏悔，告解；聆听忏悔"
],
"usphone": "'kənˈfes'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ever since",
"trans": [
"从那时起一直",
"自从那时以来一直"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "collaborate",
"trans": [
"v. 合作，协作；勾结，通敌"
],
"usphone": "'kəˈlæbəreɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "enter into",
"trans": [
"参与；进入；开始；记录",
""
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hand over",
"trans": [
"交出：指放弃对某物的控制权。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "promptly",
"trans": [
"adv. 迅速地；立即，马上；准时地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɑːmptli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tore",
"trans": [
"vt. 撕开（tear 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'tɔːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]