Animal Farm

Chapter 10

Years passed. The seasons came and went, the short animal lives fled by.

A time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven, and a number of the pigs.

Muriel was dead; Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher were dead. Jones too was dead - he had died in an inebriates' home in another part of the country.

Snowball was forgotten. Boxer was forgotten, except by the few who had known him.

Clover was an old stout mare now, stiff in the joints and with a tendency to rheumy eyes.

She was two years past the retiring age, but in fact no animal had ever actually retired.

The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped.

Napoleon was now a mature boar of twenty-four stone.

Squealer was so fat that he could with difficulty see out of his eyes.

Only old Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle, and, since Boxer's death, more morose and taciturn than ever.

translation
  1. 岁月流逝，四季更迭，动物们短暂的生命匆匆逝去。
  2. 终于到了这样一个时候：除了 Clover、Benjamin、乌鸦 Moses，以及几头猪之外，再也没有人记得叛乱前的那些旧事了。
  3. Muriel 已经死了；Bluebell、Jessie 和 Pincher 也都死了。Jones 也一样死了 —— 他是在国内另一处的醉酒者收容所里去世的。
  4. Snowball 被遗忘了。Boxer 也被遗忘了，除了少数几个认识他的。
  5. 如今的 Clover 已是一匹年老体衰的母马，关节僵硬，眼睛也总爱流泪。
  6. 她已经过了退休年龄两年了，但事实上，从来没有任何动物真正退休过。
  7. 关于划拨牧场一角给年老体衰的动物们安度晚年的说法，早就没人再提了。
  8. 如今的 Napoleon 已是一头成熟的公猪，体重有二十四英石。
  9. Squealer 胖得几乎都快看不见眼睛了。
  10. 只有老 Benjamin 还和从前差不多，只是口鼻周围的毛色又灰了些，而且自从 Boxer 死后，他比以往任何时候都更加阴郁寡言。
vocabulary
[
    {
        "name": "fled",
        "trans": [
            "v. 逃走（***e 的过去分词）；消逝"
        ],
        "usphone": "'fled'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "by",
        "trans": [
            "prep. 经过；按照；依；靠近",
            "adv. 经过；表示保留或保存时用；短暂拜访"
        ],
        "usphone": "'baɪ'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "inebriate",
        "trans": [
            "n. 醉汉，酒鬼",
            "adj. 酒醉的；陶醉的",
            "v. 灌醉；（使）陶醉"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ɪnˈiːbriˌeɪt'",
        "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": "mare",
        "trans": [
            "n. 母马，母驴；<英，非正式>梦魇，噩梦；（天文）海（月球表面的玄武岩平原）；<英，非正式>女人（贬）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'mer'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "tendency",
        "trans": [
            "n. 经常性行为，偏好；趋势，趋向；（性格中不良的）倾向；（政党内的）极端派别"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈtendənsi'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "rheumy",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 稀粘液的；阴冷的；潮湿阴冷的；易引起感冒的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈruːmi'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "superannuate",
        "trans": [
            "v. 给……养老金使退休；（职员）属于退休养老金计划的；（落后于时代而）废弃，过时，淘汰"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌsuːpərˈænjuˌeɪt'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "drop",
        "trans": [
            "v. 停止，放弃；投，丢；躺倒；剔除，除名；中途卸客，中途卸货；寄，送，写（信）；（道路、地面等）急剧向下倾斜；突然终止与（某人）的（恋爱）关系；（使）掉落；减少，降低",
            "n. 滴，少量；下降；落差；<非正式>递送，交付；<美>邮政信箱，邮筒；（赃物、非法物、秘密物品的）藏匿处；垂幕，升降幕；（绞刑架的）下落板"
        ],
        "usphone": "'drɑːp'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "morose",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 郁闷的；孤僻的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'məˈroʊs'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "taciturn",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 沉默寡言的；无言的，不太说话的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈtæsɪtɜːrn'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]
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