Animal Farm

Chapter 8

All orders were now issued through Squealer or one of the other pigs. Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once in a fortnight.

When he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud “cock-a-doodle-doo” before Napoleon spoke.

Even in the farmhouse, it was said, Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others.

He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room.

It was also announced that the gun would be fired every year on Napoleon's birthday, as well as on the other two anniversaries.

Napoleon was now never spoken of simply as “Napoleon.” He was always referred to in formal style as “our Leader, Comrade Napoleon,” and this pigs liked to invent for him such titles as Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings' Friend, and the like.

In his speeches, Squealer would talk with the tears rolling down his cheeks of Napoleon's wisdom the goodness of his heart, and the deep love he bore to all animals everywhere, even and especially the unhappy animals who still lived in ignorance and slavery on other farms.

It had become usual/ to give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement and every stroke of good fortune.

You would often hear one hen remark to another: “Under the guidance of our Leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days”; or two cows, enjoying a drink at the pool, would exclaim: “Thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!”

translation
  1. 现在，所有的命令都由斯奎拉或者其他某一头猪来发布。拿破仑本人很少在公众面前露面，露面的频率不超过每两周一次。
  2. 当他露面时，陪伴他的不仅有那群簇拥着他的狗，还有一只黑色的小公鸡。这只小公鸡走在他前面，起着类似号手的作用，每次拿破仑开口讲话前，它都会响亮地 “喔喔喔” 叫上几声。
  3. 据说，即便在农舍里，拿破仑也住着与其他猪不同的单独房间。
  4. 他独自用餐，有两只狗在一旁伺候，而且他总是用那套曾放在客厅玻璃橱柜里的冠德贝（英国著名瓷器品牌）餐具吃饭。
  5. 此外还宣布，每年除了另外两个纪念日之外，在拿破仑生日那天也要鸣放礼炮。
  6. 如今，人们再也不会只简单地称拿破仑为 “拿破仑” 了。人们总是以正式的口吻称他为 “我们的领袖，拿破仑同志”，而且猪们还乐于为他编造出诸如 “所有动物之父”“人类的克星”“羊圈的保护者”“小鸭子的朋友” 之类的头衔。
  7. 在演讲中，斯奎拉会泪流满面地讲述拿破仑是多么英明睿智、心地多么善良，以及他对各地所有动物怀有多么深厚的爱，甚至尤其关爱那些仍然生活在其他农场的、处于无知和奴役状态下的不幸动物们。
  8. 将每一项成功的功绩以及每一次的好运都归到拿破仑名下，这已然成了一件稀松平常的事。
  9. 你常常会听到一只母鸡对另一只母鸡说：“在我们的领袖拿破仑同志的指引下，我六天里下了五个蛋。” 或者看到两头母牛在池塘边惬意地饮水时，会赞叹道：“多亏了拿破仑同志的领导，这水的味道可真好啊！”
vocabulary
[
    {
        "name": "fortnight",
        "trans": [
            "n. 两星期"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈfɔːrtnaɪt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "retinue",
        "trans": [
            "n. 随行人员；扈从"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈretənuː'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "cockerel",
        "trans": [
            "n. （未满一年的）小公鸡；好斗的年轻人"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈkɑːkərəl'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "march",
        "trans": [
            "v. 齐步走，行军；快步走；强迫（某人）一起走，押送；游行示威；进行，进展",
            "n. 三月（March）；示威游行；行进，行军；稳步发展；进行曲"
        ],
        "usphone": "'mɑːrtʃ'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "trumpeter",
        "trans": [
            "n. 小号手；号兵"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈtrʌmpɪtər'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "cock-a-doodle-doo",
        "trans": [
            "n. 公鸡的喔喔啼声"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌkɑːk ə ˌduːdl ˈduː'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "doodle",
        "trans": [
            "v. （尤指厌烦或心不在焉时）乱涂；随意弹奏；闲混",
            "n. （心不在焉地）乱涂的图画；蠢人"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈduːd(ə)l'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "wait upon",
        "trans": [
            "服侍；侍奉；伺候"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "dinner service",
        "trans": [
            "成套的餐具；成套西餐具；正餐服务业"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "drawing-room",
        "trans": [
            "n. 客厅；休息室"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "sheep fold",
        "trans": [
            "羊圈"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "the like",
        "trans": [
            "类似的东西"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "credit",
        "trans": [
            "n. 赞扬，信誉，声望；信用，信贷，赊购；存款金额，余额；补助；退税，抵免；学分；带来荣耀的人（或事）；作品（指影片、电视节目、戏剧等）；信任，相信",
            "v. 把（钱）记入总账，把钱存入（账户）；相信，信任；认为是……的功劳，给予承认；认为……有特定品质（或效果）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈkredɪt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "achievement",
        "trans": [
            "n. 成绩，成就；完成，实现；（纹章）纹章牌"
        ],
        "usphone": "'əˈtʃiːvmənt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "stroke",
        "trans": [
            "n. 击球，一击，一抽；中风；（使用武器的）击，打；（划船用语）划桨，划法，划桨法；泳式，游泳姿势；（指挥船上其他桨手的）尾桨手；轻抚，抚摸；一笔，一划；（灵感的）突发，（天才的）一举；（突发或突然想到的）好事；斜线（号）；（雷电的）闪光；来回动作，上下动作；（一系列重复运动的）节奏，律动；（鸟翼的）一次扑打；准时，准点；（时钟报时的）鸣响，钟声",
            "v. 轻抚，抚摸；轻挪，轻触，轻拭；击球；<美，非正式>讨好，奉承；在……上轻轻涂抹；当……的尾桨手，当……的领桨
"
        ],
        "usphone": "'stroʊk'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "fortune",
        "trans": [
            "n. 时运，命运；好运，机遇；财富，巨款；未来，前途",
            "v. 给予财富；偶然发生"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈfɔːrtʃən'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "stroke of good fortune",
        "trans": [
            "幸运的一击：指突然而意外的好运或成功。"
        ],
        "usphone": "''",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]
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