Animal Farm
Chapter 9
A cry of horror burst from all the animals.
At this moment the man on the box whipped up his horses and the van moved out of the yard at a smart trot.
All the animals followed, crying out at the tops of their voices. Clover forced her way to the front. The van began to gather speed.
Clover tried to stir her stout limbs to a gallop, and achieved a canter.
“Boxer!” she cried. “Boxer! Boxer! Boxer!” And just at this moment, as though he had heard the uproar outside, Boxer's face, with the white stripe down his nose, appeared at the small window at the back of the van.
“Boxer!” cried Clover in a terrible voice. “Boxer! Get out! Get out quickly! They're taking you to your death!”
All the animals took up the cry of “Get out, Boxer, get out!” But the van was already gathering speed and drawing away from them.
It was uncertain whether Boxer had understood what Clover had said.
But a moment later his face disappeared from the window and there was the sound of a tremendous drumming of hoofs inside the van. He was trying to kick his way out.
The time had been when a few kicks from Boxer's hoofs would have smashed the van to matchwood.
But alas! his strength had left him; and in a few moments the sound of drumming hoofs grew fainter and died away.
In desperation the animals began appealing to the two horses which drew the van to stop.
“Comrades, comrades!” they shouted. “Don't take your own brother to his death!”
But the stupid brutes, too ignorant to realise what was happening, merely set back their ears and quickened their pace.
Boxer's face did not reappear at the window.
Too late, someone thought of racing ahead and shutting the five-barred gate; but in another moment the van was through it and rapidly disappearing down the road.
Boxer was never seen again.
translation
- 所有动物都发出了一声惊恐的喊叫。
- 就在此时，车座上的人一鞭抽下，马儿轻快地小跑着拉着马车驶出院子。
- 所有动物都跟在后头，拼命地大声呼喊。三叶草奋力挤到最前面。马车开始加快速度了。
- 三叶草想要催动自己粗壮的四肢奔腾而去，却只能勉强跑成小步快跑。
- “拳击手！”她喊着，“拳击手！拳击手！拳击手！” 就在这一刻，仿佛听到了外头的骚动，拳击手那鼻梁上带着白色条纹的脸出现在马车后方的小窗中。
- 拳击手！”三叶草带着惊恐的声音喊道，“快逃出来！快点！他们要把你送去死啊！
- 所有动物都齐声高喊：“快出来，拳击手，快出来！” 可马车已经提速，缓缓驶离他们，越跑越远。
- 拳击手是否明白三叶草的话，没人确定。
- 然而没过多久，他的脸从窗前消失，马车内响起了震天的马蹄奔腾声。他正在用蹄子踢开出口。
- 曾几何时，拳击手几脚蹄子就能将马车踢得粉碎。
- 可惜啊！他的力气已不复存在；不久，马蹄声渐渐远去，最终消失在空气中。
- 走投无路的动物们开始向拉车的两匹马求情，希望它们停下马车。
- “同志们，同志们！”他们喊道，“别亲手把你们的兄弟送上绝路啊！”
- 但那两头愚蠢无知的畜生，根本不明白眼前的惨剧，只是把耳朵往后缩了缩，然后加快了脚步。
- 拳击手再也没有从窗前露出他的脸。
- 有人这才想到要跑到前面去关上那扇五横栏的大门，可惜已经太迟了。转眼之间，马车穿门而出，沿着道路飞快地远去了。
- 拳击手就此消失，再未现身。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "trot",
"trans": [
"v. 快步；疾走；小跑；骑马小跑",
"n. （指速度）慢跑；（指活动）小跑；一阵小跑"
],
"usphone": "'trɑːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "gather",
"trans": [
"vt.&vi. 聚集，召集；收集，采集；认为，推断；增加（速度、力量等）；给……打褶；收紧，拉近"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡæðər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stout",
"trans": [
"adj. （人）肥胖的，壮实的；厚而结实的；不屈不挠的，顽强的",
"n. 烈性黑啤酒；特大号衣服；胖子"
],
"usphone": "'staʊt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "canter",
"trans": [
"n. (马)慢跑；骑马慢跑",
"v. (马)慢跑"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkæntər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "limb",
"trans": [
"n. 肢；大树枝；（某物的）突出部，延伸部分；十字形四个分支中的一个；弓把的上部（或下部）；（日月等天体的）边缘；冠檐，萼檐；（管状花的）瓣片；（四分仪等科学仪器上测量角度的）分度弧",
"v. 切断……的手足；从……上截下树枝"
],
"usphone": "'lɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stir",
"trans": [
"v. 激发，打动；搅拌，搅和（液体等物质）；（情感）逐渐产生，萌发；（使）行动，活动；（使）微动；离开；<英，非正式>挑拨，惹是生非",
"n. 激动（情绪），愤怒（情绪）；搅动，搅拌；微动，颤动；轻微的感觉；监狱"
],
"usphone": "'stɜːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "uproar",
"trans": [
"n. 吵闹，喧嚣；骚乱，骚动"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʌprɔːr'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "stripe",
"trans": [
"n. 条纹，线条；（军装上表示等级的）臂章，军阶条；类型，特点",
"v. 给……加条纹"
],
"usphone": "'straɪp'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "drumming",
"trans": [
"n. 击鼓，鼓声；击鼓似的咚咚声"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdrʌmɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "matchwood",
"trans": [
"n. 碎片；做火柴杆的木料"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmætʃwʊd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "alas",
"trans": [
"int. 唉（表悲伤、遗憾、恐惧、关切等等）"
],
"usphone": "'əˈlæs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "faint",
"trans": [
"adj. 模糊的，微弱的；微小的，可能性不大的；虚弱的，头晕目眩的；不热情的",
"n. 晕倒，昏厥",
"v. 昏厥；<古>变得微弱，衰落；变得没有气力"
],
"usphone": "'feɪnt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "die away",
"trans": [
"vt. 减弱，消失；渐熄；风，声音渐弱，渐息；（树木等）渐渐凋零，枯萎（根未死）；假死"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "desperation",
"trans": [
"n. 绝望，拼命；急需，渴求"
],
"usphone": "'ˌdespəˈreɪʃn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "brute",
"trans": [
"n. 大野兽，牲畜；粗野的人，残忍的人；强壮的男子；笨重难看的东西，麻烦事",
"adj. 不理智的，野兽似的；蛮干不动脑筋的；根本而令人不快的，赤裸裸的"
],
"usphone": "'bruːt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "ignorant",
"trans": [
"adj. 无知的，（对某事物）不了解的；<非正式>无礼的，粗鲁的；暴躁的，易怒的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɪɡnərənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "quicken",
"trans": [
"vi. 加快；变活跃；进入胎动期",
"vt. 加快；鼓舞；使复活"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkwɪkən'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "pace",
"trans": [
"n. 步伐；节奏；步速；（移动的）速度",
"v. 来回踱步；走来走去；确定速度；调整节奏"
],
"usphone": "'peɪs'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]