Animal Farm
Chapter 7
The animals huddled about Clover, not speaking.
The knoll where they were lying gave them a wide prospect across the countryside.
Most of Animal Farm was within their view - the long pasture stretching down to the main road, the hayfield, the spinney, the drinking pool, the ploughed fields where the young wheat was thick and green, and the red roofs of the farm buildings with the smoke curling from the chimneys.
It was a clear spring evening.
The grass and the bursting hedges were gilded by the level rays of the sun.
Never had the farm and with a kind of surprise they remembered that it was their own farm, every inch of it their own property - appeared to the animals so desirable a place.
As Clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears.
If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race.
These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion.
If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of Major's speech.
Instead, she did not know why they had come to a time/ when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.
There was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind.
She knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of/ the human beings.
Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon.
But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped/ and toiled.
It was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of Jones's gun.
Such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them.
translation
- 动物们挤在克洛弗身边，都不说话。
- 它们躺卧的小山丘使它们得以俯瞰广袤的乡村景色。
- 动物庄园的大部分都尽收眼底 —— 长长的牧场向下延伸至主干道，还有干草场、灌木丛、饮水池、犁过的田地（田里的冬小麦苗又绿又密），以及农场建筑的红色屋顶，屋顶烟囱里炊烟袅袅。
- 那是一个晴朗的春日傍晚。
- 草地和抽芽的树篱，都被落日的余晖镀上了一层金色。
- 动物们惊喜地想起，这农场的每一寸土地都是它们自己的财产，这里是属于它们的农场。此刻，农场在它们眼中，从未如此令人向往。
- 克洛弗俯瞰着山坡，眼中满是泪水。
- 倘若她能说出心中所想，那大概会是，多年前当它们决心为推翻人类而奋斗时，所期望的并非如今这般景象。
- 当年老麦哲首次鼓动他们起来造反的那个夜晚，他们所憧憬的，绝不是如今这些恐怖与杀戮的场景。
- 如果说她自己对未来有过什么设想，那便是一个动物们摆脱饥饿与皮鞭的社会，在那里众生平等，每个动物都量力而行地劳作，强者保护弱者，就像老麦哲演讲当晚，她用前腿护住那群走散的小鸭子一样。
- 然而，她不明白为何会变成这样：如今谁都不敢畅所欲言，到处都是狂吠的恶犬，一旦承认犯下骇人的罪行，同伴就会被撕成碎片。
- 她心里压根没有反抗或违抗的念头。
- 她知道，即便现状如此，它们的日子也远比琼斯在的时候要好得多。而且最为重要的是，必须防止人类卷土重来。
- 无论发生什么，她都会忠心耿耿，努力干活，执行交给她的命令，接受拿破仑的领导。
- 但即便如此，她和其他动物们所期盼和为之辛勤劳作的，并非是这样的结果。
- 他们建造风车、直面琼斯的枪口，可不是为了这样的结果。
- 这些便是她心中所想，只是她不知如何用言语表达出来。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "prospect",
"trans": [
"n. <正式>（尤指从高处看到的）景象，景色；可能性，希望；预期，展望；（尤指事业的）成功机会，前景；有望成功的人，有前途的人；可能的顾客，潜在的主顾；潜在矿藏或矿床",
"v. 勘探，勘察；寻找（商业机会）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɑːspekt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "countryside",
"trans": [
"n. 乡村，农村；乡村居民"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkʌntrisaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pasture",
"trans": [
"n. 牧场，牧草地；生活状况，个人发展的机遇",
"v. 放牧；（牛、羊等）在草地上吃草"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpæstʃər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hayfield",
"trans": [
"n. 干草地，种秣草地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈheˌfild'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spinney",
"trans": [
"n. （英）灌木林；小树林"
],
"usphone": "'ˈspɪni'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "plough",
"trans": [
"n. 犁；犁过的地，耕地；<美>雪犁，扫雪机；北斗七星（the ******)；北斗七星（the ******)",
"v. 耕，犁；（用或仿佛用犁）划出（沟或线）；（用犁）挖出；（轮船，木船）穿过（水域），破浪前进；奋力前进；（不顾困难或要求停止的警告而）继续坚持；<美>（用扫雪机）从（道路）清除积雪；（尤指车辆）猛撞"
],
"usphone": "'plaʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "curling",
"trans": [
"v. 卷曲（**** 的 ing 形式）",
"n. 头发的卷曲；卷缩；冰上溜石游戏"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɜːrlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "chimneys",
"trans": [
"n. 烟囱；烟囱型；灯罩（****** 的复数形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtʃɪmniz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hedges",
"trans": [
"n. [建]树篱；模糊限制语（**** 的复数）；障碍",
"v. 阻碍（**** 的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhedʒɪz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gilded",
"trans": [
"adj. 镀金的，装饰的；富有的",
"v. 给……镀金（**** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡɪldɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hillside",
"trans": [
"n. 山坡，山腹；山腰"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhɪlsaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "aimed at",
"trans": [
"针对，以……为目标"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "work for",
"trans": [
"为……工作"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "overthrow",
"trans": [
"v. 推翻，打倒；背弃，摒弃（规则、观念或社会制度）；投（球）过猛，投球超过（接手或目标）",
"n. 推翻，打倒；投球过远，投球过猛；（因对方投球过远而得的）分；（拱门、门廊上方的）铁艺装饰板"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "look forward",
"trans": [
"期待：对未来某事的期待和兴奋。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stirred",
"trans": [
"v. 搅动（**** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'stɜːrd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brood",
"trans": [
"n. 一窝幼雏；一大家孩子；幼蜂",
"v. 孵蛋；沉思，担忧",
"adj. 传种的，为繁殖而饲养的"
],
"usphone": "'bruːd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "time",
"trans": [
"n. 时代；时间；时候；次；",
"v. 计时；为…安排时间；选择…的时机；测定…所需的时间"
],
"usphone": "'taɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "roam",
"trans": [
"v. 漫步，闲逛；（眼睛）扫视，（手）扫过；（思绪，想象力）遨游",
"n. 漫步"
],
"usphone": "'roʊm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "torn",
"trans": [
"v. 撕碎，撕裂；撕破，划破；撕掉，扯掉（tear 的过去分词）",
"adj. 犹豫的"
],
"usphone": "'tɔːrn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "disobedience",
"trans": [
"n. 不服从；违反，违抗"
],
"usphone": "'ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "far better off",
"trans": [
"处境好得多：比现在更加富裕、幸福或成功。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "before all else",
"trans": [
"首先；首要的是：表示在做任何事情之前，需要先考虑或完成某件事。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "prevent",
"trans": [
"v. 阻止，阻碍；防止，预防；设置障碍"
],
"usphone": "'prɪˈvent'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "faithful",
"trans": [
"adj. 忠实的，忠诚的；如实的，忠于原事（物）的；忠贞的；可信任的，可信赖的",
"n. 忠实支持者（the ******）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfeɪθf(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "carry out",
"trans": [
"执行，实施：将计划、任务等付诸实施并完成。",
"完成，实现：将某项工作、任务等做到最后，达到预期的结果。",
"继续到结束：持续进行直到达到终点或停止点。"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkæri aʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "but still",
"trans": [
"然而仍然，表示尽管有某种情况或限制，但仍然发生或存在"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "toiled",
"trans": [
"v．辛勤工作，劳累：长时间或辛苦地工作。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]