Animal Farm
Chapter 10
There were many more creatures on the farm now, though the increase was not so great as had been expected in earlier years.
Many animals had been born to whom the Rebellion was only a dim tradition, passed on by word of mouth, and others had been bought who had never heard mention of such a thing before their arrival.
The farm possessed three horses now besides Clover. They were fine upstanding beasts, willing workers and good comrades, but very stupid. None of them proved able to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B.
They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Animalism, especially from Clover, for whom they had an almost filial respect; but it was doubtful whether they understood very much of it.
The farm was more prosperous now, and better organised: it had even been enlarged by two fields which had been bought from Mr.Pilkington.
The windmill had been successfully completed at last, and the farm possessed a threshing machine and a hay elevator of its own, and various new buildings had been added to it.
Whymper had bought himself a dogcart.
The windmill, however, had not after all been used for generating electrical power. It was used for milling corn, and brought in a handsome money profit.
The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed.
But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about.
Napoleon had denounced such ideas as contrary to the spirit of Animalism. The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally.
translation
- 农场里的生物现在更多了，不过这种增加并没有像早些年所预期的那样显著。
- 许多动物出生时，起义对它们来说只是一个模糊的传说，通过口口相传才得以知晓；还有一些后来被买来的动物，在到来之前从未听说过这种事情。
- 除了 Clover 之外，农场现在还有三匹马。它们身材高大健壮，是勤劳的工人，也是好伙伴，但却十分愚笨。它们之中没有一匹能把字母表学到 B 之后的字母。
- 它们接受了关于起义和动物主义原则的所有教导，尤其是来自 Clover 的教导，因为它们几乎对她抱有子女般的敬意；但它们是否真正理解这些内容，却令人存疑。
- 农场现在更加繁荣，组织也更完善：甚至还通过从 Mr. Pilkington 手中购买的两块田地得到了扩展。
- 风车终于顺利完工，农场拥有了自己的脱谷机和干草升降机，并且还增加了各种新建筑。
- Whymper 给自己买了一辆狗车。
- 然而，风车最终并没有用来发电。它被用来磨玉米，并带来了可观的经济收益。
- 动物们正努力建造另一座风车；据说，当那座风车建好后，将会安装发电机。
- 但是，Snowball 曾经教导动物们去憧憬的那些奢侈享受——带有电灯、冷热水的畜栏，以及每周只工作三天的生活——如今已无人再提起。
- Napoleon 谴责这些想法违背了动物主义的精神。他说，真正的幸福在于努力工作和勤俭生活。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "dim",
"trans": [
"adj. 模糊的，看不清的；暗淡的，昏暗的；<非正式>愚笨的，迟钝的；前景暗淡的，不乐观的",
"v. （使）变暗；变淡漠，失去光泽；（使）变模糊"
],
"usphone": "'dɪm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "tradition",
"trans": [
"n. 传统故事，传说，传统信仰；传统，惯例；和著名历史人物有共同品质的人；（神学）圣传"
],
"usphone": "'trəˈdɪʃ(ə)n'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "passed on",
"trans": [
"传递；通过",
"去世"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "possessed",
"trans": [
"v. 拥有；具有（特质）；持有；支配；（使）言行失常；缠住；（诗、文）与（女人）性交；（使）保持耐心（或平静）（******s 的过去式及过去分词）",
"adj. 着了魔的；拥有的；镇定的"
],
"usphone": "'pəˈzest'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "upstanding",
"trans": [
"adj. 正直的；直立的；（动物）健康的；良好的；姿势笔直的"
],
"usphone": "'ˌʌpˈstændɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "proved",
"trans": [
"adj. 被证明的；证实的",
"v. 证明；检验；表现出；钻探（***** 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'pruːvd'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "filial",
"trans": [
"adj. 子女的，孝顺的；（生物）子代的，杂交后代的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfɪliəl'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "filial respect",
"trans": [
"孝敬"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "prosperous",
"trans": [
"adj. 繁荣的，富足的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈprɑːspərəs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "threshing",
"trans": [
"n. 脱粒；打谷",
"v. （用机器）使脱粒；打谷；推敲；（使）剧烈扭动，翻滚（**** 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈθreʃɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "elevator",
"trans": [
"n. 电梯；（运送粮食、液体或卸船的）升降机，起卸机；粮仓，谷仓；（飞行器的）升降舵；（上）提肌"
],
"usphone": "'ˈelɪveɪtər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dogcart",
"trans": [
"n. 狗拉小车；轻便的双轮马车"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdɔːgˌkɑːrt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "milling",
"trans": [
"n. 磨；制粉；轧齿边",
"v. 碾磨；磨成粉；滚（碾轧）金属（**** 的 ing 形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈmɪlɪŋ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "handsome",
"trans": [
"adj. （金额）可观的，优厚的；（男子）英俊的，帅气的；（女子）端庄健美的；宽敞而美观的，宏伟的；慷慨的，气量大的；（礼品、奖品）贵重的，值钱的；（胜利）重大的"
],
"usphone": "'ˈhænsəm'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "dynamos",
"trans": [
"n. 发电机（*****o 的复数形式）"
],
"usphone": "'ˈdaɪnəˌmoʊz'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "denounced",
"trans": [
"adj. 公开抨击的",
"v. 谴责；揭发；声明……无效（******e 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "'dɪˈnaʊnst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "contrary",
"trans": [
"adj. 相反的，相对的；乖戾的，好与人作对的；逆向的，逆行的",
"n. 相反的事实（或事情、情况）；对立命题，反对命题",
"adv. 相反地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈkɑːntreri'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "lay in",
"trans": [
"在于；储备；储存"
],
"usphone": "'leɪ ɪn'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "frugally",
"trans": [
"adv. 节约地；节省地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈfruːɡəli'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]