Animal Farm
Chapter 8
At this sight the animals' courage returned to them.
The fear and despair they had felt/ a moment earlier were drowned/ in their rage against this vile, contemptible act.
A mighty cry for vengeance went up, and without waiting for further orders/ they charged forth in a body/ and made straight for the enemy.
This time they did not heed the cruel pellets that swept over them like hail.
It was a savage, bitter battle.
The men fired again and again, and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots.
A cow, three sheep, and two geese were killed, and nearly everyone was wounded. Even Napoleon, who was directing operations from the rear, had the tip of his tail chipped by a pellet.
But the men did not go unscathed either. Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxer's hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow's horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell.
And when the nine dogs of Napoleon's own bodyguard, whom he had instructed to make a detour under cover of the hedge, suddenly appeared on the men's flank, baying ferociously, panic overtook them.
They saw that they were in danger of being surrounded.
Frederick shouted to his men to get out while the going was good, and the next moment the cowardly enemy was running for dear life.
The animals chased them right down to the bottom of the field, and got in some last kicks at them as they forced their way through the thorn hedge.
translation
- 一见此情此景，动物们的勇气又回到了身上。
- 片刻之前它们所感受到的恐惧与绝望，都被它们对这一卑鄙可憎行径的愤怒所淹没了。
- 一声强烈的复仇呐喊响起，它们没有等待进一步的命令，便全体一起冲锋向前，径直朝着敌人冲了过去。
- 这一次，它们没有理会那些如冰雹般朝自己袭来的无情子弹。
- 这是一场激烈而残酷的战斗。
- 那些人不停地开枪射击，当动物们逼近时，他们就挥舞着棍棒，还抬起厚重的靴子乱踢。
- 一头奶牛、三只绵羊和两只鹅被打死了，几乎所有的动物都受了伤。就连在后方指挥作战的拿破仑，尾巴尖也被一颗子弹削掉了一块。
- 但那些人也并非毫发无损。其中三人被鲍克瑟（Boxer）的蹄子打破了脑袋；另一个人的腹部被牛角顶伤；还有一个人的裤子差点被杰西（Jessie）和布鲁贝尔（Bluebell）撕了下来。
- 当拿破仑亲自调教的九条贴身警卫犬，按照他的指令，借着树篱的掩护迂回包抄，突然出现在那些人的侧翼并凶猛地吠叫起来时，他们陷入了一片恐慌之中。
- 他们意识到自己面临着被包围的危险。
- 弗雷德里克（Frederick）大声呼喊着让他的手下趁形势还不算太糟赶紧撤离，转眼间，这些懦弱的敌人便夺命而逃了。
- 动物们一直把他们追到田地的尽头，当那些人强行穿过荆棘树篱时，动物们还朝他们踢了最后几脚。
vocabulary
[
{
"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": "vile",
"trans": [
"adj. 卑鄙的；邪恶的；低廉的；肮脏的"
],
"usphone": "'vaɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "contemptible",
"trans": [
"adj. 可鄙的，卑劣的"
],
"usphone": "'kənˈtemptəbl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vengeance",
"trans": [
"n. 报仇，复仇；猛烈地，极度地（with a ******）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈvendʒəns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "heed",
"trans": [
"n. <正式>注意，留心",
"v. <正式>注意，留心"
],
"usphone": "'hiːd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "swept",
"trans": [
"adj. 扫频的",
"v. 扫除（sweep 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'swept'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hail",
"trans": [
"n. 冰雹；雹子；【气】雹；像雹子般落下的东西",
"v. 招呼；〈正式〉喊；捧；歌颂"
],
"usphone": "'heɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "savage",
"trans": [
"adj. 凶残的；凶恶的；损害严重的；猛烈抨击的",
"n. 野蛮人；未开化的人；凶狠残暴的人",
"v. 凶狠地攻击（或伤害）；残害；猛烈批评；激烈抨击"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsævɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "close quarters",
"trans": [
"近距离；短兵相接；正面交锋"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lash out",
"trans": [
"猛打；大骂；(马)乱踢；大量生产[印制]"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stick",
"trans": [
"n. 枝条；条；枯枝；柴火棍儿",
"v. 粘贴；刺；忍受；戳"
],
"usphone": "'stɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "direct",
"trans": [
"v. 指导；指示；管理；监督",
"adv. 直接；径直；亲自",
"adj. 直接的；亲自的；亲身的；笔直的"
],
"usphone": "'dəˈrekt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tip",
"trans": [
"n. 头儿；小账；小窍门；垃圾场",
"v. 翻倒；给…小费；使倾斜；指出谁会获胜"
],
"usphone": "'tɪp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "unscathed",
"trans": [
"adj. 未受伤的"
],
"usphone": "'ʌnˈskeɪðd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gore",
"trans": [
"vt. 刺伤；缝以补裆；顶",
"n. 淤血；三角形布；流出的血"
],
"usphone": "'ɡɔːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "belly",
"trans": [
"n. （人或动物的）腹部，肚子；胃，胃口；（物体的）腹状部分；腹部猪肉切；（弦乐器的）面板",
"v. 鼓起，张满"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbeli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "torn",
"trans": [
"v. 撕碎，撕裂；撕破，划破；撕掉，扯掉（tear 的过去分词）",
"adj. 犹豫的"
],
"usphone": "'tɔːrn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bodyguard",
"trans": [
"n. 保镖"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbɑːdiɡɑːrd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "detour",
"trans": [
"v. <美>（使）绕道，绕行；绕过，绕……走",
"n. 绕行，迂回；<美>（常用道路暂时封闭时的）临时绕行道路"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdiːtʊr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "flank",
"trans": [
"n. （军队或球队的）翼侧，侧面；胁腹；（大型物体的）一侧，一边",
"v. 侧面有；位于……的两侧；侧攻"
],
"usphone": "'flæŋk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "baying",
"trans": [
"v．吠叫，嚎叫：狗或其他动物发出的长而深沉的叫声。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ferociously",
"trans": [
"adv. 残忍地；野蛮地；凶猛地"
],
"usphone": "'fəˈroʊʃəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "the going was good",
"trans": [
"形势还不错；情况还不算太糟"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cowardly",
"trans": [
"adj. 怯懦的，胆小的；恃强凌弱的",
"adv. <古>胆怯地，怯懦地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkaʊərdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dear life",
"trans": [
"尽最大努力做某事，通常是为了避免危险"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "right down to",
"trans": [
"一直到，径直至"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "thorn",
"trans": [
"n. 荆棘；（玫瑰之类植物的）刺；带刺的树；刺形符"
],
"usphone": "'θɔːrn'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]