Animal Farm
Chapter 8
Nevertheless, feeling against Frederick continued to run high.
One Sunday morning Napoleon appeared in the barn and explained that he had never at any time contemplated selling the pile of timber to Frederick; he considered it beneath his dignity, he said, to have dealings with scoundrels of that description.
The pigeons who were still sent out to spread tidings of the Rebellion/ were forbidden to set foot anywhere on Foxwood, and were also ordered to drop their former slogan of “Death to Humanity” in favour of “Death to Frederick.”
In the late summer yet another of Snowball's machinations was laid bare.
The wheat crop was full of weeds, and it was discovered that on one of his nocturnal visits/ Snowball had mixed weed seeds with the seed corn.
A gander who had been privy to the plot had confessed his guilt to Squealer and immediately committed suicide by swallowing deadly nightshade berries.
The animals now also learned that Snowball had never as many of them had believed/ hitherto received the order of “Animal Hero First Class.”
This was merely a legend which had been spread some time after the Battle of the Cowshed by Snowball himself.
So far from being decorated, he had been censured for showing cowardice in the battle.
Once again some of the animals heard this with a certain bewilderment, but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault.
translation
- 尽管如此，人们对弗雷德里克的反感依然十分强烈。
- 一个星期天的早晨，拿破仑出现在谷仓里，解释说他从来就压根没打算把那堆木材卖给弗雷德里克。他说，与那样的无赖打交道有失他的身份。
- 那些仍被派出去传播起义消息的鸽子，被禁止踏入狐林农场的任何地方，同时还被命令放弃他们先前 “人类灭亡” 的口号，改为 “弗雷德里克灭亡”。
- 夏末时节，斯诺鲍的又一个阴谋诡计被揭露了出来。
- 小麦田里长满了杂草，而且人们发现，在斯诺鲍一次夜间潜入农场时，他把杂草的种子掺进了谷种里。
- 一只了解这个阴谋的公鹅向斯奎拉坦白了自己的罪行，然后立即吞食了毒芹浆果自杀了。
- 现在，动物们还得知，斯诺鲍从来没有像他们当中许多动物此前一直以为的那样，获得过 “一级动物英雄” 勋章。
- 这只不过是在 “牛棚之战” 后的一段时间里，由斯诺鲍自己散布的一个谣言而已。
- 他非但没有被授予勋章，反而还因在战斗中表现怯懦而受到了斥责。
- 又一次，一些动物听了这话后感到有些困惑，但斯奎拉很快就让它们相信是它们记错了。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "contemplate",
"trans": [
"v. 沉思，深思熟虑；盘算，打算；凝视，注视；考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːntəmpleɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scoundrels",
"trans": [
"n．恶棍，无赖：一个行为不端、道德败坏的人。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "description",
"trans": [
"n. 类型；描述，形容，说明；"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈskrɪpʃn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tidings",
"trans": [
"n. 消息；音信"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtaɪdɪŋz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "set foot",
"trans": [
"进入；踏上"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "drop",
"trans": [
"n. 滴；水珠；少量；微量",
"v. 使落下；（故意）降下；累倒；累垮"
],
"usphone": "'drɑp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "in favour of",
"trans": [
"支持，赞成"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "yet another",
"trans": [
"另一种；另一个；又一个"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "machinations",
"trans": [
"n. 阴谋诡计；奸计"
],
"usphone": "'ˌmækɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "laid bare",
"trans": [
"揭示真相"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bare",
"trans": [
"v. 使暴露，使露出",
"adj. 赤裸的；光秃秃的；无遮盖的，无装饰的；仅最基本的",
"adv. 非常，许多"
],
"usphone": "'ber'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "nocturnal",
"trans": [
"adj. （动物）夜间活动的；夜间发生的"
],
"usphone": "'nɑːkˈtɜːrn(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gander",
"trans": [
"n. 雄鹅；呆子；一瞥",
"vi. 闲逛"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡændər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "privy",
"trans": [
"adj. 秘密参与的；私人的；不公开的；",
"n. 有利害关系的人；厕所"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "committed suicide",
"trans": [
"自杀死亡；自杀身亡；自杀致死"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "suicide",
"trans": [
"v. 自杀",
"n. 自杀；自杀者；自杀性的行为，自取灭亡的行为；<美>（篮球中的）自杀训练",
"adj. 自杀的，与自杀有关的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsuːɪsaɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "nightshade",
"trans": [
"n. 茄属植物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈnaɪtʃeɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "berries",
"trans": [
"浆果类"
],
"usphone": "'ˈberiz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hitherto",
"trans": [
"adv. 迄今，至今"
],
"usphone": "'ˌhɪðərˈtuː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "legend",
"trans": [
"n. 传说，传奇故事；传奇人物；（标志、徽记、硬币等物品上的）刻印文字，铭文；（图片或地图的）文字说明，图例",
"adj. 十分出名的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈledʒənd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "so far from",
"trans": [
"非但不...反而；到现在为止一切不错"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "decorated",
"trans": [
"v. 授予（某人）勋章；装饰，修饰；粉刷或裱糊（房间），装修；",
"adj. 装饰的，修饰的；哥特式建筑的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdekəreɪtɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "censured",
"trans": [
"v. 严厉谴责，责备（****** 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsenʃərd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cowardice",
"trans": [
"ˈkaʊərdɪs"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkaʊərdɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bewilderment",
"trans": [
"n. 困惑，迷惘"
],
"usphone": "'bɪˈwɪldərmənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "memories",
"trans": [
"n. 记忆（***** 的复数）；回忆"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmeməriz'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]