Animal Farm
Chapter 8
At about the same time it was given out that Napoleon had arranged to sell the pile of timber to Mr.Pilkington; he was also going to enter into/ a regular agreement for the exchange of certain products/ between Animal Farm and Foxwood.
The relations between Napoleon and Pilkington, though they were only conducted through Whymper, were now almost friendly.
The animals distrusted Pilkington, as a human being, but greatly preferred him to Frederick, whom they both feared and hated.
As the summer wore on, and the windmill neared completion, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger.
Frederick, it was said, intended to bring against them twenty men all armed with guns, and he had already bribed the magistrates and police, so that if he could once get hold of the title-deeds of Animal Farm they would ask no questions.
Moreover, terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the cruelties that Frederick practised upon his animals.
He had flogged an old horse to death, he starved his cows, he had killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace, he amused himself in the evenings/ by making cocks fight/ with splinters of razor-blade /tied to their spurs.
The animals' blood boiled with rage when they heard of these things being done to their comrades, and sometimes they clamoured to be allowed to go out in a body and attack Pinchfield Farm, drive out the humans, and set the animals free.
But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon's strategy.
translation
- 大约就在同一时间，有消息传出，拿破仑已安排将那堆木材卖给皮尔金顿先生；他还打算与福克斯伍德农场正式签订一份关于动物农场和福克斯伍德之间某些产品交换的协议。
- 拿破仑和皮尔金顿之间的关系，尽管只是通过温普尔来进行沟通，但如今已近乎友好了。
- 动物们因为皮尔金顿是个人类而不信任他，但相比起那个既让它们害怕又让它们憎恶的弗雷德里克，它们还是更加喜欢皮尔金顿。
- 随着夏日一天天过去，风车也即将完工，有关一场即将发生的背信弃义的袭击的传闻愈发强烈了。
- 据说，弗雷德里克打算带领二十个手持枪支的人来对付他们，而且他已经贿赂了地方法官和警察，这样一来，只要他能拿到动物农场的地契，这些人就不会过问任何事情了。
- 此外，从平彻菲尔德农场传出了一些可怕的消息，内容是关于弗雷德里克对他农场里的动物实施的残忍行为。
- 他曾把一匹老马鞭打得死去活来直至死亡，他让母牛挨饿，还把一只狗扔进熔炉里烧死。到了晚上，他会把剃须刀片的碎片绑在公鸡的距铁上，然后让公鸡相斗，以此来取乐。
- 当动物们听说了同类遭受的这些暴行后，都气得热血沸腾。有时它们叫嚷着要全体出动，去攻打平彻菲尔德农场，把那里的人类赶走，解救那些动物。
- 但斯奎拉告诫它们不要采取鲁莽的行动，要相信拿破仑同志的战略安排。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "give out",
"trans": [
"公布；放出；分发",
"发出；发表；主动"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "enter into",
"trans": [
"入；动手；参加；缔结(协约等)",
"进入；开始；开始从事"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "certain products",
"trans": [
"特定产品"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "distrust",
"trans": [
"n. 不信任，怀疑",
"v. 不信任，怀疑"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈtrʌst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wore on",
"trans": [
"随着时间的推移",
"过去；使恼火；骚扰"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "impending",
"trans": [
"adj. 即将发生的，逼近的；悬挂的",
". 迫近；（坏事）隐现；悬而未决（****** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ɪmˈpendɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "treacherous",
"trans": [
"adj. （人）不忠的，背信弃义的；（地面、道路、天气情况等）暗藏危险的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtretʃərəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bribe",
"trans": [
"n. 贿赂；（尤指用来哄小孩做事的）好处",
"v. 向……行贿；诱哄（尤指小孩）"
],
"usphone": "'braɪb'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "magistrate",
"trans": [
"n. 地方法官，治安法官；文职官员"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmædʒɪstreɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "get hold of",
"trans": [
"获得（某物）：成功获得（某物）。",
"联系（某人）：找到并与（某人）交谈。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "title-deeds",
"trans": [
"所有权状"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "moreover",
"trans": [
"adv. 此外，而且"
],
"usphone": "'mɔːrˈoʊvər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "leaking",
"trans": [
"v. 漏，泄露，渗漏；漏出，渗入；泄露，透露（秘密），走漏（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈliːkɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cruelty",
"trans": [
"n. 残酷，残忍；不公，虐待"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkruːəlti'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "practised",
"trans": [
"v. 实践；练习；惯做（****** 的过去分词）",
"adj. 熟练的；老练的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpræktɪst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flogged",
"trans": [
"v. 鞭打，鞭笞；棒打；迫使；出售（**** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "furnace",
"trans": [
"n. 火炉，熔炉"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɜːrnɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "splinters",
"trans": [
"n. 碎片",
"v. 把……劈成碎片（****** 的单数第三人称）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsplɪntərz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "razor-blade",
"trans": [
"n. 刀片；剃刀刀片"
],
"usphone": "'ˈreɪzər bleɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "spurs",
"trans": [
"n. 距；马刺；鞭策；山嘴；支线；铁钉助爬器；骨刺；花距；短侧枝；支架（**** 的复数）",
"v. 鞭策；促进；策马前进；紧贴主干剪短（副梢）（**** 的第三人称单数）"
],
"usphone": "'spɜːrz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "boil with rage",
"trans": [
"怒火中烧：形容非常生气，愤怒得无法控制自己的情绪。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rage",
"trans": [
"n. 狂怒；暴怒；（某情况引起的）愤怒",
"v. 发怒；怒斥；猛烈地继续；激烈进行"
],
"usphone": "'reɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "clamour",
"trans": [
"v. 强烈要求，大声地要求；吵闹；强烈抗议",
"n. 喧闹，吵闹声；（民众的）强烈要求"
],
"usphone": "'ˈklæmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "drive out",
"trans": [
"驱逐：迫使（某人或某物）离开。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "counselled",
"trans": [
"劝告"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkaʊnsld'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rash",
"trans": [
"adj. 轻率的，鲁莽的",
"n. 皮疹，疹子；一连串（不愉快的事）"
],
"usphone": "'ræʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]