Animal Farm
Chapter 9
There were many more mouths to feed now.
In the autumn the four sows had all littered about simultaneously, producing thirty-one young pigs between them.
The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage.
It was announced that later, when bricks and timber had been purchased, a schoolroom would be built in the farmhouse garden.
For the time being, the young pigs were given their instruction by Napoleon himself in the farmhouse kitchen.
They took their exercise in the garden, and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals.
About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs, of whatever degree, were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons on their tails on Sundays.
translation
- 现在要养活的人多了。
- 秋天时，四头母猪几乎同时下崽，一共生下了三十一头小猪。
- 这些小猪是花斑的，而由于拿破仑是农场上唯一的公猪，他们的身世也就不难猜了。
- 有人宣布说，等买来砖块和木材后，要在农舍的花园里建一间教室。
- 暂时，小猪们由拿破仑亲自在农舍的厨房里授课。
- 它们在花园里活动，被劝阻与其他小动物一起玩耍。
- 就在这段时间，还规定了一条新规：当一头猪和其他动物在路上相遇时，其他动物必须让路；另外，不论等级高低，所有的猪在星期天都有权利在尾巴上系上绿色丝带。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "litter",
"trans": [
"v. （狗、猫等动物）产仔；散乱覆盖；（在公共场所）乱扔（垃圾）；使（某事物）充满；<古>（为马或其他动物）铺褥草",
"n. （公共场所内乱扔的）垃圾，废弃物；一堆杂乱的东西；（同时出生的）一窝（小动物）；猫砂；（森林里的）落叶，落叶层；（家畜睡觉用的）褥草，垫草；轿子；担架"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "simultaneously",
"trans": [
"adv. 同时地"
],
"usphone": "'ˌsaɪm(ə)lˈteɪniəsli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "piebald",
"trans": [
"adj. （马）花斑的；黑白两色的",
"n. 花斑马（或其他花斑动物）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈpaɪbɔːld'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "boar",
"trans": [
"n. 野猪；（未阉的）公猪",
"n. （Boar）人名；（罗）博阿尔"
],
"usphone": "'bɔːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "guess",
"trans": [
"v. 猜中，猜到；猜测，估计；认为，以为",
"n. 猜测，推测"
],
"usphone": "'ɡes'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "parentage",
"trans": [
"n. 亲子关系；出身；门第；起源"
],
"usphone": "'ˈperəntɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brick",
"trans": [
"n. 砖，砖块；<旧>热心人，可靠的人；积木",
"adj. 似砖的；用砖做的",
"v. 用砖墙围起，用砖堵住"
],
"usphone": "'brɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "instruction",
"trans": [
"n. 教授，指导；用法说明；指示，吩咐；（计算机的）指令，命令；给初级律师（或辩护律师、陪审团）的指示",
"adj. 说明用法的"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈstrʌkʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "kitchen",
"trans": [
"n. 厨房；一套厨具；<非正式>管弦乐队中的打击乐器组；（语言）不标准的，俚俗的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɪtʃɪn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "discouraged",
"trans": [
"v. 阻碍，制止（********** 的过去式和过去分词形式）；使泄气，使灰心；",
"adj. 泄气的，心灰意冷的"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "privilege",
"trans": [
"n. 特权，特殊待遇；荣幸，光荣；（富人或上层阶级的）权势；（律师、医生及其他专业人士的）保密权；言行免责权（尤指议员的权利）；<史>（授予个人，公司，某地的）特许经营权；（生活）优越",
"v. <正式> 给予特权，特别优待；特免，免除（某人）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]