Animal Farm

Chapter 8

They had won, but they were weary and bleeding.

Slowly they began to limp back towards the farm.

The sight of their dead comrades stretched upon the grass/ moved some of them to tears.

And for a little while they halted in sorrowful silence at the place where the windmill had once stood.

Yes, it was gone; almost the last trace of their labour was gone! Even the foundations were partially destroyed.

And in rebuilding it they could not this time, as before, make use of the fallen stones.

This time the stones had vanished too. The force of the explosion had flung them to distances of hundreds of yards. It was as though the windmill had never been.

As they approached the farm Squealer, who had unaccountably been absent during the fighting, came skipping towards them, whisking his tail and beaming with satisfaction.

And the animals heard, from the direction of the farm buildings, the solemn booming of a gun.

translation

他们胜利了，但他们都已是疲惫不堪，鲜血淋漓。
他们开始一瘸一拐地慢慢朝农场走去。
看到他们死去的战友横躺在草地上，他们中的一些人不禁潸然泪下。
他们在风车曾经矗立过的地方悲痛而沉默地停了一小会儿。
是的，它不见了；他们的劳动成果几乎所剩无几了！就连地基也有一部分被毁掉了。
而这次在重建风车的时候，他们不能像以前那样利用那些掉落的石块了。
这一次，那些石块也不见了踪影。爆炸的力量把它们抛到了几百码之外的地方。就好像那座风车从来就没有存在过一样。
当他们走近农场时，斯奎拉 —— 不知为何在战斗期间一直不见踪影 —— 蹦蹦跳跳地朝他们跑来，摇着尾巴，脸上洋溢着满意的神情。
接着，动物们听到从农场建筑物那边传来了一声庄严的炮响。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "weary",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 疲劳的，疲倦的；使人疲劳的，令人厌烦的；厌倦的，厌烦的",
            "v. （使）疲倦，（使）厌烦；<苏格兰>忧伤，烦恼"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈwɪri'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "limp",
        "trans": [
            "v. 瘸着脚走，跛行；进展缓慢，艰难地行进",
            "adj. 柔软的，不直挺的；无力的，无精神的",
            "n. 跛行"
        ],
        "usphone": "'lɪmp'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "moved",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 感动的",
            "v. （使）改变位置，（使）移动；搬家，搬迁；（使）变换，调动（move 的过去式和过去分词）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'muːvd'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "sorrowful",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 悲伤的，悲痛的，悲哀的；使人悲伤的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈsɑːroʊfl'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "partially",
        "trans": [
            "adv. 不完全地，部分地；<古>偏袒地"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈpɑːrʃəli'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "vanished",
        "trans": [
            "v. 不复存在，灭绝（****** 的过去式和过去分词）；突然不见，消失；"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈvænɪʃt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "unaccountably",
        "trans": [
            "adv. 不能说明地；不可解释地；无责任的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbli'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "beaming",
        "trans": [
            "v. 笑容满面（**** 的现在分词）；照耀；发出（无线电信号）；"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈbiːmɪŋ'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "solemn",
        "trans": [
            "adj. （仪式）庄严的，隆重的；表情严肃的，庄严的；（承诺、协定等）庄严的，郑重的；"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈsɑːləm'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]