Animal Farm
Chapter 8
Meanwhile the timber was being carted away at high speed.
When it was all gone, another special meeting was held in the barn for the animals to inspect Frederick's bank-notes.
Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.
The animals filed slowly past, and each gazed his fill.
And Boxer put out his nose to sniff at the bank-notes, and the flimsy white things stirred and rustled in his breath.
Three days later there was a terrible hullabaloo.
Whymper, his face deadly pale, came racing up the path on his bicycle, flung it down in the yard and rushed straight into the farmhouse.
The next moment a choking roar of rage sounded from Napoleon's apartments.
The news of what had happened sped round the farm like wildfire. The banknotes were forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!
Napoleon called the animals together immediately and in a terrible voice pronounced the death sentence upon Frederick.
When captured, he said, Frederick should be boiled alive.
At the same time he warned them that after this treacherous deed the worst was to be expected.
Frederick and his men might make their long-expected attack at any moment. Sentinels were placed at all the approaches to the farm.
In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message, which it was hoped might reestablish good relations with Pilkington.
translation
- 与此同时，木材正被迅速地运走。
- 等木材全都运走之后，又在大谷仓里召开了一次特别会议，让动物们查看弗雷德里克的那些钞票。
- 拿破仑一脸极为幸福的笑容，佩戴着他的两枚勋章，躺在平台上的一堆干草上，身旁放着那些钱，它们整齐地堆放在从农场主厨房拿来的一个瓷盘里。
- 动物们一个接一个缓缓地走过，每只都尽情地看了个够。
- 鲍克瑟伸出鼻子去嗅那些钞票，那些轻薄的白色纸片在他的呼吸下晃动并发出沙沙声。
- 三天后，出现了一阵可怕的喧闹声。
- 温普尔脸色煞白，骑着自行车沿着小路疾驰而来，他把自行车扔在院子里，径直冲进了农舍。
- 紧接着，从拿破仑的房间里传来了一阵愤怒到几乎哽咽的咆哮声。
- 所发生之事的消息像野火一般迅速传遍了整个农场。那些钞票都是假钞！弗雷德里克白白地拿走了那些木材！
- 拿破仑立刻把动物们召集起来，用可怕的声音宣布判处弗雷德里克死刑。
- 他说，等弗雷德里克被抓住后，要把他活活煮死。
- 与此同时，他警告动物们，在这一背信弃义的行为发生之后，最糟糕的事情可能随时会到来。
- 弗雷德里克和他的手下随时都可能发动他们早就被预料到的进攻。在通往农场的所有通道上都布置了哨兵。
- 此外，四只鸽子被派往福克斯伍德庄园，带去了表示和解的信件，希望这能够重新与皮尔金顿建立良好的关系。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "bank-notes",
"trans": [
"纸币；钞票；银行券"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "beatifically",
"trans": [
"快乐地；祝福地；慈祥地"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "decoration",
"trans": [
"n. 装饰，装饰品；勋章，奖章；装潢，装饰风格"
],
"usphone": "'ˌdekəˈreɪʃn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "repose",
"trans": [
"vi. 休息；座落；长眠；依靠；静卧；建立于",
"vt. 使休息；寄托于",
"n. 休息；睡眠；静止"
],
"usphone": "'rɪˈpoʊz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flimsy",
"trans": [
"n. 薄纸；复写纸；打字纸",
"adj. 脆弱的；浅薄的；易损坏的；不周密的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈflɪmzi'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rustle",
"trans": [
"v. （使）沙沙作响；偷窃（牲口）；<美，非正式>急速行进，赶紧
n. 沙沙声"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrʌs(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hullabaloo",
"trans": [
"n. 喧嚣；吵闹声；吵吵喊喊的争论（等于 hullaballoo）"
],
"usphone": "'ˌhʌləbəˈluː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pale",
"trans": [
"adj. （脸色）苍白的；（颜色）浅的，淡的；（光线）暗淡的，微弱的；较差的，逊色的",
"v. （脸色）变苍白；（颜色）变淡，变浅；使褪色；显得逊色，相形见绌；用板条围",
"n. （做桩篱用的）板条，尖桩；（喻）界限，范围；（纹章）（盾形中部的）垂直宽条；（俄国）犹太人居住区"
],
"usphone": "'peɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "choking",
"trans": [
"adj. 令人窒息的，透不过气的",
"v. 使窒息，使哽噎；（感情激动）说不出话来，哽咽；堵塞，塞满（通道等）；（因紧张等而）失败，失去作用；阻碍（植物）生长；压制（强烈的感情）；阻塞（汽油引擎的）气门（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtʃoʊkɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "roar",
"trans": [
"v. 吼叫，咆哮；（人群）用欢呼声激励，为......喝彩，为加油；哄笑，大笑；（尤指车辆）轰鸣着疾驶，呼啸而过；果断行事，迅速发生；熊熊燃烧",
"n. 吼叫声， 咆哮声；（风或海的）呼啸声，（机器的）隆隆声；（狮等的）吼叫声；爆笑声"
],
"usphone": "'rɔːr'",
"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": "sped",
"trans": [
"v. 加速；飞驰（speed 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'sped'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "forgery",
"trans": [
"n. 伪造，伪造罪；伪造品，赝品"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɔːrdʒəri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sentence",
"trans": [
"n. 判决，判刑；句子，句；命题",
"v. 判决，宣判，判刑"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsentəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "death sentence",
"trans": [
"死刑"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sentinel",
"trans": [
"n. 哨兵",
"vt. 守卫，放哨"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsentɪn(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "conciliatory",
"trans": [
"adj. 安抚的；调和的；调停的"
],
"usphone": "'kənˈsɪliətɔːri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "reestablish",
"trans": [
"vt. 恢复，重建；复兴"
],
"usphone": "'ˌrieˈstæblɪʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]