Animal Farm

Chapter 8

“What is that gun firing for?” said Boxer.

“To celebrate our victory!” cried Squealer.

“What victory?” said Boxer. His knees were bleeding, he had lost a shoe and split his hoof, and a dozen pellets had lodged themselves in his hind leg.

“What victory, comrade? Have we not driven the enemy off our soil - the sacred soil of Animal Farm?”

“But they have destroyed the windmill. And we had worked on it for two years!”

“What matter? We will build another windmill. We will build six windmills if we feel like it.

You do not appreciate, comrade, the mighty thing that we have done.

The enemy was in occupation of this very ground that we stand upon. And now, thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, we have won every inch of it back again!”

“Then we have won back what we had before,” said Boxer.

“That is our victory,” said Squealer.

translation

“那支枪开火是为了什么？” 鲍克瑟说。
“为了庆祝我们的胜利！” 斯奎拉叫道。
“什么胜利？” 鲍克瑟问道。他的膝盖在流血，一只蹄铁丢了，蹄子也裂开了，还有十几颗弹丸嵌进了他的后腿里。
“什么胜利呀，同志？我们不是已经把敌人从我们的土地上 —— 从动物庄园这片神圣的土地上赶跑了吗？”
“可他们把风车毁掉了。而我们为建这座风车辛辛苦苦地干了两年啊！”
“那又有什么关系呢？我们会再建一座风车的。要是我们愿意的话，我们可以建六座风车。
同志，你没有认识到我们所做的这件了不起的事情的意义。
敌人曾经占领了我们此刻所站立的这片土地。而现在，多亏了拿破仑同志的领导，我们把这片土地的每一寸都夺回来了！”
“这么说，我们不过是夺回了我们原先就有的东西罢了。” 鲍克瑟说。
“这就是我们的胜利呀。” 斯奎拉说道。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "lodge",
        "trans": [
            "v. （使）固定，（使）卡住；（通常付住宿费地）借住，寄住，（为某人）提供住宿；存放，寄放（贵重物品）；正式提出（投诉、要求等）；铭记，留存",
            "n. （公园或宅第的）门口小屋，门房；（大学、机构等的）门房，管理员室；（乡村或山间供狩猎者等使用的）小屋，小舍；（地方分会会员的）集会地，活动地；（河狸或水獭的）穴，窝；印第安锥形棚屋；（剑桥的）学院院长住宅；用于名字中宅，舍，旅馆"
        ],
        "usphone": "'lɑːdʒ'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "sacred",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 神的，神圣的；宗教的，宗教性的；受尊重的，受崇敬的；不可侵犯的，不容干涉的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈseɪkrɪd'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "appreciate",
        "trans": [
            "v. 理解，明白；欣赏，鉴赏；感谢，感激；升值，增值"
        ],
        "usphone": "'əˈpriːʃieɪt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "occupation",
        "trans": [
            "n. 工作，职业；消遣，业余活动；（尤指军队的）占领，控制；（房屋等地方的）居住，使用",
            "adj. <英>仅供土地占有者使用的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌɑːkjuˈpeɪʃ(ə)n'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]