Animal Farm
Chapter 8
In the autumn, by a tremendous, exhausting effort for the harvest had to be gathered/ at almost the same time the windmill was finished.
The machinery had still to be installed, and Whymper was negotiating the purchase of it, but the structure was completed.
In the teeth of every difficulty, in spite of inexperience, of primitive implements, of bad luck and of Snowball's treachery, the work had been finished punctually to the very day!
Tired out but proud, the animals walked round and round their masterpiece, which appeared even more beautiful in their eyes than when it had been built the first time.
Moreover, the walls were twice as thick as before. Nothing short of explosives would lay them low this time!
And when they thought of how they had laboured, what discouragements they had overcome, and the enormous difference that would be made in their lives when the sails were turning and the dynamos running - when they thought of all this, their tiredness forsook them and they gambolled round and round the windmill, uttering cries of triumph.
Napoleon himself, attended by his dogs and his cockerel, came down to inspect the completed work; he personally congratulated the animals on their achievement, and announced that the mill would be named Napoleon Mill.
Two days later the animals were called together for a special meeting in the barn.
They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick.
Tomorrow Frederick's wagons would arrive and begin carting it away.
Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick.
translation
- 在秋天，（动物们）付出了巨大且艰辛的努力才完成了庄稼的收割，几乎就在同一时间，风车也竣工了。
- 机器设备仍有待安装，温普尔正在就购买事宜进行谈判，但（风车的）主体结构已经完工了。
- 顶着重重困难，尽管缺乏经验，工具简陋，运气不佳，还遭遇了斯诺鲍的背叛，这项工作还是在当天准时完工了！
- 动物们疲惫不堪却又满怀自豪，它们绕着自己的杰作一圈又一圈地走着。在它们眼中，这座建筑比第一次建成的时候显得更加美丽了。
- 此外，墙壁的厚度是以前的两倍。这次，除非用炸药，否则没有什么能把它们摧毁！
- 当它们想到自己付出了多少辛劳，克服了多少挫折，还想到一旦风车的翼板转动起来，发电机开始运作，它们的生活将会发生多么巨大的变化 —— 想到这一切的时候，它们的疲惫便一扫而空。它们绕着风车蹦蹦跳跳，发出胜利的呼喊。
- 拿破仑亲自在他的那群狗和那只小公鸡的陪同下，前来视察这项完工的工程；他亲自向动物们祝贺这一成就，并宣布这座风车将被命名为 “拿破仑风车”。
- 两天后，动物们被召集到谷仓里开一个特别会议。
- 当拿破仑宣布他已经把那堆木材卖给了弗雷德里克时，动物们惊讶得说不出话来。
- 明天，弗雷德里克的运货马车就会到，然后开始把木材运走。
- 在拿破仑表面上与皮尔金顿交好的整个时期里，他实际上一直与弗雷德里克暗中达成了协议。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "in the teeth",
"trans": [
"遭受打击"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "implement",
"trans": [
"n. 工具，器具；<苏格兰>履行；手段",
"v. 执行，贯彻；为……提供工具"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɪmplɪment'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "punctually",
"trans": [
"adv. 准时地，如期地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpʌŋktʃuəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "the very day",
"trans": [
"就在那一天：表示某件事情发生的确切日期或时间。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tired out",
"trans": [
"非常需要休息或睡眠：形容非常疲劳或精疲力尽，需要休息或睡眠。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "masterpiece",
"trans": [
"n. 代表作，杰作；极好的例证；手艺人为取得大师资格并进入行会而制作的作品"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmæstərpiːs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "Nothing short of ",
"trans": [
"除非；除了…… 之外没有；简直是，无异于"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "laboured",
"trans": [
"adj. 吃力的；缓慢的；矫揉造作的",
"v. 干苦力活（***** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈleɪbərd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "discouragement",
"trans": [
"n. 气馁；挫折；劝阻"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒmənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dynamos",
"trans": [
"n. 发电机（***** 的复数形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "forsook",
"trans": [
"v. 抛弃；放弃，戒掉（喜爱的食物）（forsake 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'fərˈsʊk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gambol",
"trans": [
"v. 跳跃，嬉戏",
"n. 雀跃，嬉戏"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡæmb(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "triumph",
"trans": [
"n. （胜利或成功的）喜悦，狂喜；巨大成功，重大胜利；（成功的）典范，楷模；古罗马凯旋式",
"v. 获胜，成功；（因胜利或成功而）欣喜，欢跃；（古罗马将军）凯旋而归"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtraɪʌmf'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "struck dumb",
"trans": [
"如此震惊或惊讶以至于无法说话"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dumb",
"trans": [
"adj. 哑的，不能说话的；一时说不出话的，不肯开口的；<非正式>愚蠢的；（计算机终端）简易的",
"v. 使通俗化；<文>使变哑，使沉默"
],
"usphone": "'dʌm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wagon",
"trans": [
"n. （一般由马拉的）四轮运货车；<英>（无顶的）铁路货车车厢，车皮；旅行轿车（station wagon 的简称）；<美>（用作食品货摊的）手推车；儿童玩具小车；（吉卜赛人或马戏团用的）大篷车；<爱尔兰，非正式>令人不快的女人",
"v. 用运货马车运输货物"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwæɡən'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]