Animal Farm
Chapter 8
The very next morning the attack came.
The animals were at breakfast when the look-outs came racing in/ with the news that Frederick and his followers had already come through the five-barred gate.
Boldly enough the animals sallied forth to meet them, but this time they did not have the easy victory that they had had in the Battle of the Cowshed.
There were fifteen men, with half a dozen guns between them, and they opened fire as soon as they got within fifty yards.
The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets, and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them, they were soon driven back.
A number of them were already wounded. They took refuge in the farm buildings and peeped cautiously out from chinks and knot-holes.
The whole of the big pasture, including the windmill, was in the hands of the enemy.
For the moment even Napoleon seemed at a loss. He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigid and twitching.
Wistful glances were sent in the direction of Foxwood. If Pilkington and his men would help them, the day might yet be won.
But at this moment the four pigeons, who had been sent out on the day before, returned, one of them bearing a scrap of paper from Pilkington.
On it was pencilled the words: “Serves you right.”
Meanwhile Frederick and his men had halted about the windmill. The animals watched them, and a murmur of dismay went round.
Two of the men had produced a crowbar and a sledgehammer. They were going to knock the windmill down.
translation
- 就在第二天早上，袭击发生了。
- 动物们正在吃早饭的时候，负责放哨的动物气喘吁吁地跑进来报告说，弗雷德里克和他的手下已经穿过了那道五闩大门。
- 动物们勇敢地冲出去迎战，但这一次，他们没有像在 “牛棚之战” 中那样轻易取得胜利。
- 一共有十五个人，他们总共带着六七支枪，刚走到离动物们五十码的范围内就开了火。
- 动物们无法承受那可怕的爆炸声和刺痛的弹丸，尽管拿破仑和鲍克瑟努力让它们振作起来，可它们很快就被击退了。
- 它们当中有不少已经受了伤。它们躲进了农场的房舍里，小心翼翼地从墙缝和节孔向外窥视。
- 整个大片牧场，包括风车，都落入了敌人手中。
- 一时间，就连拿破仑似乎也不知所措了。他一言不发地走来走去，尾巴僵硬地竖着，还微微颤动着。
- 动物们满怀渴望地朝福克斯伍德庄园的方向望去。要是皮尔金顿和他的手下能来帮他们一把，这天或许还能打赢。
- 但就在这时，前一天被派出去的四只鸽子飞回来了，其中一只鸽子嘴里衔着皮尔金顿写的一张小纸条。
- 纸条上用铅笔写着几个字：“你们活该。”
- 与此同时，弗雷德里克和他的手下在风车附近停了下来。动物们注视着他们，一阵沮丧的低语声在动物群中传开。
- 有两个人拿出了一根撬棍和一把大锤。他们打算把风车推倒。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "look-out",
"trans": [
"n. 了望台；了望员"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "barred",
"trans": [
"adj. 被禁止的；有条纹的",
"v. （用栅栏）阻挡（*** 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'bɑːrd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sally forth",
"trans": [
"出发，离开：离开一个地方。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "explosions",
"trans": [
"n. [力]爆炸；爆发（******* 的复数）；怒气大作"
],
"usphone": "'ɪkˈsploʊʒənz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stinging",
"trans": [
"adj. 激烈的；刺人的；刺一样的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈstɪŋɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rally",
"trans": [
"v. 召集；集合；复原；恢复健康",
"n. 群众大会（尤指支持某信念或政党）；拉力赛车；（争夺一分的）多拍"
],
"usphone": "'ˈræli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "drive back",
"trans": [
"开车返回：驾车返回原来的地方或目的地。",
"疾驰而去；赶走"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "a number of",
"trans": [
"许多；大量"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "refuge",
"trans": [
"n. 避难所；庇护；慰藉；庇护者",
"v. 避难；〈古〉庇护"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrefjuːdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "peep",
"trans": [
"n. 偷看；(通过小孔等)的窥视；一瞥；出现",
"v. 窥；(从隐蔽处)出现；(花草,太阳,月亮等)开始显出"
],
"usphone": "'pip'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "chinks",
"trans": [
"n. 裂缝；弱点；(金属)叮当声；一点点",
"v. 破裂；玻璃制品等碰出时的叮当声:；塞…的裂缝"
],
"usphone": "'tʃɪŋks'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "knot",
"trans": [
"n. 节子；节疤；（用绳索等打的）结；发髻；",
"v. 把…打成结（或扎牢）；缠结；打发髻；紧缩"
],
"usphone": "'nɑːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "knot-hole",
"trans": [
"木板上的节孔"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pasture",
"trans": [
"n. 牧场，牧草地；生活状况，个人发展的机遇",
"v. 放牧；（牛、羊等）在草地上吃草"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpæstʃər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "at a loss",
"trans": [
"困惑、不知所措或不知道如何应对某种情况"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pace up and down",
"trans": [
"来回踱步"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "rigid",
"trans": [
"adj. （方法、体制等）严格死板的，僵化的；（人）顽固的，不通融的；刚硬的，不易弯曲的；（因强烈的感情而）僵硬的，僵直的；精确的",
"n. 未铰接的货车"
],
"usphone": "'ˈrɪdʒɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "twitching",
"trans": [
"n. 颤搐",
"v. 使抽搐；猛拉；夺走（**** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtwɪtʃɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wistful",
"trans": [
"adj. （因求而不得）失意的，伤感的；思念的，怀旧的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈwɪstf(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "glance",
"trans": [
"v. 浏览；扫视；瞥一眼；匆匆一看",
"n. 一瞥；扫视；匆匆一看"
],
"usphone": "'ɡlæns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bearing",
"trans": [
"v. 手持，携带；写有，刻有；承担（**** 的现在分词形式）",
"n. 举止，仪态；与……有关，对……有影响；（对坏事的）宽容，容忍；轴承，支轴；方位，方向角；（用罗盘）定向，测位；（盾形纹章面上的）图案"
],
"usphone": "'ˈberɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scrap",
"trans": [
"n. 小块（纸、布匹等）；丝毫；一丁点；残羹剩饭",
"v. 废弃；取消；抛弃；报废"
],
"usphone": "'skræp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "serves you right",
"trans": [
"罪有应得",
"你活该；你活该用；你应得的"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "murmur",
"trans": [
"n. 低语；咕哝；喃喃声；嘟囔",
"v. 低语；喃喃细语；连续发出低沉的声音；（私下）发怨言"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɜːrmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dismay",
"trans": [
"n. 担忧；失望，沮丧；惊愕",
"v. 使担忧；使失望，使沮丧；使惊恐"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈmeɪ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "crowbar",
"trans": [
"n. 撬棍；铁橇；起货钩"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkroʊbɑːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sledgehammer",
"trans": [
"n. （有柄的）大锤；猛烈的打击",
"v. 用大锤打；猛力打",
"adj. 手下不留情的；强力的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsledʒhæmər'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]