Animal Farm
Chapter 9
The farm had/ had a fairly successful year, but was still short of money.
There were the bricks, sand, and lime for the schoolroom to be purchased, and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill.
Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house, sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs, on the ground that it made them fat), and all the usual replacements such as tools, nails, string, coal, wire, scrap-iron, and dog biscuits.
A stump of hay and part of the potato crop were sold off, and the contract for eggs was increased to six hundred a week, so that that year the hens barely hatched enough chicks to keep their numbers at the same level.
Rations, reduced in December, were reduced again in February, and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden/ to save Oil.
But the pigs seemed comfortable enough, and in fact were putting on weight if anything.
One afternoon in late February a warm, rich, appetising scent, such as the animals had never smelt before, wafted itself across the yard from the little brew-house, which had been disused in Jones's time, and which stood beyond the kitchen.
Someone said it was the smell of cooking barley. The animals sniffed the air hungrily and wondered whether a warm mash was being prepared for their supper.
But no warm mash appeared, and on the following Sunday it was announced that from now onwards all barley would be reserved for the pigs.
The field beyond the orchard had already been sown with barley.
And the news soon leaked out that every pig was now receiving a ration of a pint of beer daily, with half a gallon for Napoleon himself, which was always served to him in the Crown Derby soup tureen.
translation
- 这个农场那年总体还算成功，但仍然缺钱。
- 要为教室购买砖头、沙子和石灰，也有必要重新开始为风车所需的机器攒钱。
- 此外还有给房子用的灯油和蜡烛，拿破仑自己餐桌上的食糖（他以糖会让猪变胖为由禁止其他猪吃），以及所有常规的补给品，比如工具、钉子、绳子、煤炭、电线、废铁和狗饼干。
- 一堆干草和一部分土豆收成都被卖掉了，鸡蛋的供货合同也增加到了每周六百个，因此那年母鸡几乎孵不出足够的小鸡来维持它们的数量。
- 定量配给在十二月已被削减，二月又再次减少，为了节省油，牲口棚里的灯笼也被禁止使用。
- 但猪们似乎过得相当舒服，事实上如果说有什么变化的话，那就是它们反而更胖了。
- 二月下旬的一个下午，一股温暖、浓郁、诱人的香味——是动物们从未闻过的——从那间小酿酒屋飘过院子而来。那酿酒屋在琼斯时代就已经废弃，位于厨房后面。
- 有动物说那是煮大麦的味道。大家饥饿地嗅着空气，猜想是不是在为他们的晚饭准备温热的麦粥。
- 但温热的麦粥始终没有出现，到了接下来的那个星期天，宣布说从今以后所有的大麦都将留给猪使用。
- 果园那边的田地已经播种了大麦。
- 消息很快泄露出来，说现在每只猪每天都能得到一品脱啤酒的配给，拿破仑自己则有半加仑，且总是用皇冠德比牌的汤盆盛着给他喝。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "lime",
"trans": [
"n. 石灰，生石灰；酸橙（树）；酸橙饮料；酸橙绿色，淡黄绿色；欧椴树，菩提树；<旧>粘鸟胶；（交谈时较注重礼仪和规矩的）非正式社交聚会",
"v. 撒石灰于；坐着（或站着）闲聊；粉刷，用石灰涂白；<旧>用粘鸟胶捕鸟"
],
"usphone": "'laɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "saving up",
"trans": [
"储蓄：为了未来的某个目标而积攒钱财。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "candle",
"trans": [
"n. 蜡烛；旧烛光，国际烛光（发光强度单位）",
"v. 对着光检查"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkænd(ə)l'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "forbade",
"trans": [
"v. 禁止（forbid 的过去式）"
],
"usphone": "'fərˈbædˌfərˈbeɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "on the ground",
"trans": [
"实际情况；在地面上；基础"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scrap",
"trans": [
"n. 废品，废弃材料（=**** metal）；（纸、布等的）碎片，小块；丝毫，一丁点；吃剩的东西，残羹剩饭（****s）；<非正式>小摩擦，小口角；<英，非正式>极瘦小的人（常指小孩）",
"v. （因不切实际而）放弃，抛弃（计划、体系）；把（旧机器、旧汽车等当）作废料处理，报废；<非正式>打架，吵架；激烈竞争"
],
"usphone": "'skræp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stump",
"trans": [
"n. （主体被砍断、折断或磨损后的）残余部分；残肢；树桩；（政治家在选举前的）巡回演说；（板球三柱门的）柱；（板球比赛的）结束；（将纸或其他软材料卷尖，用来淡化或调和彩色粉笔、蜡笔或铅笔画痕的）擦笔",
"v. 砍伐；使为难，使困惑；迈着沉重的步子走；（政治竞选期间）巡回演说；（以球触三柱门）使（击球手）出局；用擦笔擦（画、线条等）"
],
"usphone": "'stʌmp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "sell off",
"trans": [
"抛售"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "chick",
"trans": [
"n. 雏鸟，小鸡；少女，小妞儿（男性用语，有冒犯意味）"
],
"usphone": "'tʃɪk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lantern",
"trans": [
"n. 灯笼，提灯；（灯塔上的）灯室；天窗"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlæntərn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "if anything",
"trans": [
"反而；倒是"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "appetising",
"trans": [
"adj. 促进食欲的；美味可口的；开胃的，诱人的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈæpəˌtaɪzɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "scent",
"trans": [
"n. 香味，芳香；（动物或人的）气味，臭迹；香水；察觉，预示；线索，踪迹；<古>嗅觉",
"v. 使……带有某种香味；（动物）嗅出，闻到；预感，觉察"
],
"usphone": "'sent'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "waft",
"trans": [
"v. 吹送，飘荡；使飘荡，吹拂；平滑地移动，飘过",
"n. 一阵，一股；（船舶展示作为信号的）结状信号旗，结状衣服"
],
"usphone": "'wɑːft'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brew",
"trans": [
"v. 酿（啤酒）；沏（茶），冲（咖啡）；酝酿，即将来临",
"n. 啤酒；茶，咖啡；交融，混合"
],
"usphone": "'bruː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "disuse",
"trans": [
"n. 不被使用",
"vt. 停止使用"
],
"usphone": "'dɪsˈjuːs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "supper",
"trans": [
"n. 晚餐（尤指在家吃的非正式晚餐）；夜宵，宵夜；<美>（尤指为慈善事业筹款举办的）晚餐会；<苏格兰>一种薯片伴特定事物的餐食",
"v. 给……供餐；吃晚饭"
],
"usphone": "'ˈsʌpər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "leak",
"trans": [
"v. 渗入，漏出；漏，渗漏；泄露，透露",
"n. 漏洞，裂缝；泄漏出的液体（或气体）；泄密；<俚>撒尿"
],
"usphone": "'liːk'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tureen",
"trans": [
"n. 焙盘；盖碗"
],
"usphone": "'tjuˈriːn'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]