Animal Farm
Chapter 9
Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer's honour.
It had not been possible, he said, to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm, but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave.
And in a few days' time the pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer's honour.
Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer’s two favourite maxims,“I will work harder” and “Comrade Napoleon is always right”, maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.
On the day appointed for the banquet, a grocer's van drove up from Willingdon and delivered a large wooden crate at the farmhouse.
That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o'clock with a tremendous crash of glass.
No one stirred in the farmhouse before noon on the following day, and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky.
translation
- Napoleon亲自出现在接下来的星期天早晨的集会上，并为Boxer发表了一篇简短的悼词。
- 他说，他们无法将那位受人哀悼的同志的遗体带回农场安葬，但他已经下令用农舍花园里的月桂枝编制一个大型花环，送去放在Boxer的墓上。
- 几天后，猪们打算为Boxer举行一场纪念宴会。
- Napoleon在讲话结束时提醒大家记住Boxer最喜欢的两句格言：“我会更加努力工作”和“同志Napoleon永远是对的”。他说，每一只动物都应该把这两句格言当作自己的座右铭。
- 在举行宴会的那天，一辆来自Willingdon的杂货商的货车开到了农舍，送来一个大的木箱。
- 那天夜里传来了喧闹的歌声，接着似乎爆发了一场激烈的争吵，最后在大约十一点时以一声巨大的玻璃破碎声结束。
- 第二天中午之前，农舍里没有任何动静，大家纷纷传言说，猪们不知从哪里弄到了钱，又给自己买了一箱威士忌。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "oration",
"trans": [
"n. 演说；致辞；叙述法"
],
"usphone": "'ɔːˈreɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lament",
"trans": [
"n. 挽歌；哀诗；悼辞",
"v. 对…感到悲痛；痛惜；对…表示失望"
],
"usphone": "'ləˈment'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "remain",
"trans": [
"n. 遗体，残骸；剩余（物），遗迹；",
"v. 逗留，留下；剩余，遗留；保持不变，一直是；仍需去做（或处理）"
],
"usphone": "'rɪˈmeɪn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "interment",
"trans": [
"n. 葬礼；埋葬"
],
"usphone": "'ɪnˈtɜːrmənt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "wreath",
"trans": [
"n. 花环，花冠，花圈；环状物，圈状物；（烟、云等的）环，圈；（纹章）饰环"
],
"usphone": "'riːθ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "laurel",
"trans": [
"n. 月桂，月桂树；月桂花环，桂冠（******s）；荣誉，声望（******s）",
"v. （如同）用桂冠装饰"
],
"usphone": "'ˈlɔːrəl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "grave",
"trans": [
"n. 坟墓，墓穴；死亡，终结；（废旧机器等的）堆积处；（法语等语言里的）抑音符号，沉音符",
"adj. 严峻的，严重的；严肃的，庄重的；认真的，深切的；带钝重音符的；（用作演奏演唱指示）缓慢的，庄严的",
"adv. （用作演奏演唱指示）缓慢地，庄严地",
"v. <文>铭记，铭刻；<古>刻（铭文，图像）；<史>（用烧掉附着物然后涂以沥青的方法）清理（船底），拷铲油漆（船底）"
],
"usphone": "'ɡreɪv'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "memorial",
"trans": [
"adj. 纪念的，追悼的；记忆的",
"n. 纪念碑，纪念馆；纪念品，纪念物；纪念仪式；请愿书；记录，年代记"
],
"usphone": "'məˈmɔːriəl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "banquet",
"trans": [
"n. 宴会，盛宴；筵席，宴席",
"v. 宴请；参加宴会"
],
"usphone": "'ˈbæŋkwɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "adopt as",
"trans": [
"采用，选定：将某个人或物品作为自己的选择或接受。"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "grocer",
"trans": [
"n. 食品杂货商；食品杂货店"
],
"usphone": "'ˈɡroʊsər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "drive up",
"trans": [
"开车赶到；抬高；迫使……上升"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "crate",
"trans": [
"n. 板条箱，柳条箱（或篮、篓等）；<旧>破旧车辆",
"v. 把……装入货箱"
],
"usphone": "'kreɪt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "uproarious",
"trans": [
"adj. 骚动的；喧嚣的"
],
"usphone": "'ʌpˈrɔːriəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "quarrel",
"trans": [
"n. 争吵，拌嘴；抱怨（或不赞成）的理由；<史>（用石弓或劲弩发射的）方镞箭，方头投射物",
"v. 争吵，吵架；不同意，反对；抱怨"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkwɑːrəl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "acquire",
"trans": [
"v. 获得，得到；学到，习得；患上（疾病）；逐渐具有，开始学会"
],
"usphone": "'əˈkwaɪər'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]