Animal Farm
Chapter 9
After his hoof had healed up, Boxer worked harder than ever.
Indeed, all the animals worked like slaves that year.
Apart from the regular work of the farm, and the rebuilding of the windmill, there was the schoolhouse for the young pigs, which was started in March.
Sometimes the long hours on insufficient food were hard to bear, but Boxer never faltered.
In nothing that he said or did/ was there any sign that his strength was not what it had been.
It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken.
The others said, “Boxer will pick up when the spring grass comes on”; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter.
Sometimes on the slope leading to the top of the quarry, when he braced his muscles against the weight of some vast boulder, it seemed that nothing kept him on his feet except the will to continue.
At such times his lips were seen to form the words,“I will work harder”; he had no voice left.
Once again Clover and Benjamin warned him to take care of his health, but Boxer paid no attention.
His twelfth birthday was approaching. He did not care what happened so long as a good store of stone was accumulated before he went on pension.
translation
- 在他的蹄子痊愈之后，Boxer 比以前更加卖力地工作。
- 事实上，那一年所有的动物都像奴隶一样地工作。
- 除了农场的日常工作和风车的重建之外，还有为小猪们建造的校舍，这项工程是在三月份开始的。
- 有时候，长时间劳动却吃不饱饭确实让人难以忍受，但Boxer从未动摇过。
- 从他说的每句话、做的每件事中，都看不出他的力气比以前有所减弱。
- 只是他的外表稍微有些变化：他的皮毛不如以前那样有光泽了，粗壮的臀部也似乎瘦削了下来。
- 其他动物说：“等春天长出青草来，Boxer就会恢复的。”但春天来了，Boxer却一点也没有长胖。
- 有时，在通往采石场顶端的坡道上，当他紧绷肌肉、顶着一块巨大的岩石时，似乎支撑他站立的，不是力量，而只是继续下去的意志。
- 在那样的时刻，人们看到他的嘴唇动着，念着“我会更努力工作”；但他已经没有声音了。
- 克洛弗和本杰明再次劝他注意身体，可Boxer毫不理会。
- 他的第十二个生日快到了。 只要在他退休之前能积累足够多的石料，他不在乎发生什么事。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "heal",
"trans": [
"v. 痊愈，康复；（感情创伤）愈合，（情感）恢复常态；（使）（裂痕、创伤）弥合，（使）和好；止息（争斗），调停；修复（对土地的破坏）；减轻（痛苦）"
],
"usphone": "'hiːl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "apart from",
"trans": [
"除了……之外"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "insufficient",
"trans": [
"adj. 不充分的，不够重要的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃ(ə)nt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "falter",
"trans": [
"n. 踌躇；支吾；颤抖；（F****）（美、德）法尔特（人名）",
"v. 衰弱，衰退；结巴地说，支支吾吾地说；蹒跚，踉跄；犹豫，踌躇；（目光）游离，（微笑）僵住"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɔːltər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "hide",
"trans": [
"n. 兽皮；<非正式>（困境中的）生命，人身安全；（可观察鸟兽行动的）隐匿处，埋伏处；",
"v. 把……藏起来，隐藏；躲藏，躲避；遮住，遮挡；掩盖，隐瞒"
],
"usphone": "'haɪd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shiny",
"trans": [
"adj. 光滑发亮的，有光泽的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʃaɪni'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "haunch",
"trans": [
"n. 腰部，腰；臀部"
],
"usphone": "'hɔːntʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "shrunken",
"trans": [
"adj. 皱缩的；干枯的；收缩的",
"v. 收缩，缩短（shrink 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʃrʌŋkən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pick up",
"trans": [
"恢复，改善；增加，提高；接人，搭载",
"抬起，拾起；收拾，整理；学会，掌握"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brace",
"trans": [
"v. （身体或身体某部分）绷紧；（使）作好准备；支撑，加固；抵住，顶住；",
"n. 支撑物，支架；牙箍，牙齿矫正器；大括弧，大括号；一对（猎获的鸟）；<英>吊裤带，背带；手摇曲柄；（船上的）转帆索"
],
"usphone": "'breɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "vast",
"trans": [
"adj. 巨大的，广大的",
"n. <古>广阔空间"
],
"usphone": "'væst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "boulder",
"trans": [
"n. （受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石，巨砾"
],
"usphone": "'ˈboʊldər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "will",
"trans": [
"n. 意志，决心，毅力；意愿，心愿；遗嘱",
"v. 将，将要；请（请求某人做某事）；总是，惯于；（表示对习惯性发生行为不满）老是，一直；可能，大概；愿意，乐意；必须，一定；表示能力、容量能；（表示承诺或威胁）会，要；希望，想要；立定志向，决意；立遗嘱遗赠"
],
"usphone": "'wɪl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "so long as",
"trans": [
"只要",
"在……期间"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]