Animal Farm

Chapter 9

Three days later it was announced that he had died in the hospital at Willingdon, in spite of receiving every attention a horse could have.

Squealer came to announce the news to the others. He had, he said, been present during Boxer's last hours.

“It was the most affecting sight I have ever seen!” said Squealer, lifting his trotter and wiping away a tear.

“I was at his bedside at the very last. And at the end, almost too weak to speak, he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished. ‘Forward, comrades!' he whispered. ‘Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live Comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right.' Those were his very last words, comrades.”

Here Squealer's demeanour suddenly changed.

He fell silent for a moment, and his little eyes darted suspicious glances from side to side before he proceeded.

translation

三天后，有人宣布他已经在威灵顿的医院去世了，尽管他得到了马所能得到的一切照料。
Squealer 来向其他动物宣布这个消息。他说，他一直在场，陪伴 Boxer 度过了最后的时光。
“那是我所见过的最感人的场面！”Squealer 说着，抬起蹄子擦去一滴眼泪。
“我一直守在他床边，直到最后一刻。临终时，他几乎虚弱得说不出话来，他在我耳边低声说，他唯一的遗憾就是在风车尚未建成前就离世了。‘前进，同志们！’他低语道，‘为了起义的名义前进。动物农庄万岁！拿破仑同志万岁！拿破仑永远是对的。’同志们，这就是他最后的话。”
就在这时，Squealer 的神情突然变了。
他沉默了一会儿，用他那双小眼睛疑虑地左右扫视了一圈，然后才继续说下去。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "attention",
        "trans": [
            "n. 照料；注意；注意力；兴趣；立正；殷勤，关心"
        ],
        "usphone": "'əˈtenʃ(ə)n'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "sole",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 唯一的，仅有的；专用的，独享的；<古>（尤指女性）未婚的；<古>单独的，没人陪伴的",
            "n. 脚底；鞋底（不包括后跟）；脚趾和脚弓之间的部分；（刨子等工具的）底部，（高尔夫球棒头的）底端；（船舱或驾驶室的）地面，地板；鳎（鱼）； 脚底",
            "v. 给（鞋）换底"
        ],
        "usphone": "'soʊl'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "sorrow",
        "trans": [
            "n. 悲伤，悲痛，悲哀；伤心事",
            "v. 感到（或表示）悲伤"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈsɑːroʊ'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "demeanour",
        "trans": [
            "n. 行为"
        ],
        "usphone": "'dɪˈmiːnər'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "dart",
        "trans": [
            "v. 瞥，急扫（一眼）；飞奔，猛冲；（为施药而）用飞镖射（动物）",
            "n. 飞镖；飞镖游戏；缝褶；猛冲，突进；（恐惧、愤怒等的）一阵"
        ],
        "usphone": "'dɑːrt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "glance",
        "trans": [
            "v. 扫视；瞥一眼；匆匆一看；浏览；",
            "n. 一瞥；扫视；匆匆一看"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ɡlæns'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "proceed",
        "trans": [
            "v. <正式>继续做（或从事、进行）；开始行动，开展；（完成其他事后）继续做某事；<正式>行进，前往；起诉某人；来自，出自",
            "n. （某个事件或活动的）收入，收益"
        ],
        "usphone": "'proʊˈsiːd'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]