Animal Farm
Chapter 8
It was a few days later than this that the pigs came upon a case of whisky in the cellars of tile farmhouse.
It had been overlooked at the time when the house was first occupied.
That night there came from the farmhouse the sound of loud singing, in which, to everyone's surprise, the strains of Beasts of England were mixed up.
At about half past nine Napoleon, wearing an old bowler hat of Mr.Jones's, was distinctly seen to emerge from the back door, gallop rapidly round the yard, and disappear indoors again.
But in the morning a deep silence hung over the farmhouse. Not a pig appeared to be stirring.
It was nearly nine o'clock when Squealer made his appearance, walking slowly and dejectedly, his eyes dull, his tail hanging limply behind him, and with every appearance of being seriously ill.
He called the animals together and told them that he had a terrible piece of news to impart.
Comrade Napoleon was dying! A cry of lamentation went up.
Straw was laid down outside the doors of the farmhouse, and the animals walked on tiptoe.
With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them.
A rumour went round that Snowball had after all contrived to introduce poison into Napoleon's food.
At eleven o'clock Squealer came out to make another announcement.
As his last act upon earth, Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death.
translation
- 几天后，猪们在庄园主宅的地窖里发现了一箱威士忌。
- 最初占据这所房子时，那箱东西被忽略了。
- 那天夜里，从农庄主宅传来了嘹亮的歌声，令人惊讶的是，歌声中竟然夹杂着《英格兰的野兽》这首歌的旋律。
- 大约在九点半左右，拿破仑头戴琼斯先生的一顶旧圆顶礼帽，被人清楚地看到从后门出来，迅速绕着院子飞奔了一圈，又回到屋里去了。
- 但到了早晨，整座庄园主宅笼罩在一片寂静之中。一头猪都没有动静。
- 快到九点时，Squealer 走了出来，步履缓慢、神情沮丧，眼神呆滞，尾巴无力地垂在身后，整个人看起来病得不轻。
- 他把动物们召集到一起，告诉他们自己有一个可怕的消息要宣布。
- 拿破仑同志快要死了！一阵哀嚎随之响起。
- 在农庄主宅的门外铺上了稻草，动物们踮着脚走了过去。
- 眼中含泪，它们互相问道，如果领导者离开了它们，它们该怎么办。
- 有传言说，最终雪球设法在拿破仑的食物中投放了毒药。
- 十一点钟，喧闹出来做了另一个宣布。
- 作为他在世上的最后一项举动，拿破仑同志颁布了一项庄严的法令：饮酒将受到死刑惩罚。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "come upon",
"trans": [
"发现，找到",
"遭遇，碰到"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "case",
"trans": [
"n. 箱；病例；实例；事例",
"v. 包；观察；把…装入箱内[袋内]；把…插入鞘内"
],
"usphone": "'keɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "cellar",
"trans": [
"n. 地下室，地窖；窖藏酒",
"v. 将（酒）存于地窖"
],
"usphone": "'ˈselər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tile",
"trans": [
"n. 地砖；瓦片；（棋盘游戏的）棋子",
"v. 铺瓦；铺地砖；贴瓷砖；平铺显示"
],
"usphone": "'taɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "overlook",
"trans": [
"v. 忽视，忽略；（工作、职位、提拔等）不考虑（某人）；（对不良现象等）不予理会，视而不见；眺望，俯瞰；<古>监督；<罕>检查；<古>用邪恶的眼睛施魔法于",
"n. <美> 居高临下的位置，从高处能看到的景色；眺望"
],
"usphone": "'ˌoʊvərˈlʊk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "strain",
"trans": [
"n. 旋律，曲调；焦虑，紧张；负担，紧张；张力，压力；损伤，扭伤；品种，类型；气质，个性特点；口吻，语气；（物理）应变，胁变；血缘；困难，负担",
"v. 拉伤，扭伤；绷紧，用力拉；竭力，使劲；过滤；使不堪忍受，使紧张；用力推（或拉），拉紧"
],
"usphone": "'streɪn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mixed up",
"trans": [
"混淆；黐鬼线；糊涂",
"adj. 迷茫的"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "bowler",
"trans": [
"n. 圆顶礼帽；投球手；玩滚球的人"
],
"usphone": "'ˈboʊlər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dejectedly",
"trans": [
"adv. 沮丧地；灰心地"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈdʒektɪdli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dull",
"trans": [
"adj. 枯燥无味的；沉闷的；无聊的；不明亮的",
"v. 减轻；（使）变麻木；使迟钝；使不活泼"
],
"usphone": "'dʌl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "limply",
"trans": [
"adv. 柔软地；四肢无力地，软绵绵地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪmpli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "seriously",
"trans": [
"adv. 严重地，恶劣地；严肃地，认真地；说正经的，说实在的；<非正式>真的，当真；<非正式>非常，极其"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsɪriəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "impart",
"trans": [
"v. 传授，告知；赋予，给予"
],
"usphone": "'ɪmˈpɑːrt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lamentation",
"trans": [
"n. 悲痛，悲叹"
],
"usphone": "'ˌlæmənˈteɪʃn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tiptoe",
"trans": [
"n. 脚尖",
"adv. 踮着脚尖地",
"adj. 踮着脚走的；偷偷摸摸的",
"v. 踮着脚走，蹑手蹑脚地走；回避（难应付的话题、问题或人）（****** round/around）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈtɪptoʊ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "one another",
"trans": [
"彼此；互相"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "contrived",
"trans": [
"adj. 人为的；做作的；不自然的"
],
"usphone": "'kənˈtraɪvd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "introduce",
"trans": [
"v. 将……放进，添入；介绍，引见；使初次了解，使尝试；为（电视或广播节目）做开场白，主持；实施，推行；首次引入（某物），使传入；使开始，创始；将（法案）提交讨论；"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪntrəˈduːs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "decree",
"trans": [
"n. 法令，政令；裁定，判决",
"v. 裁定，判决，颁布"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈkriː'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]