Animal Farm

Chapter 10

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer, except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.

Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs.

It was not that these creatures did not work, after their fashion.

There was, as Squealer was never tired of explaining, endless work in the supervision and organisation of the farm.

Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand.

For example, Squealer told them that the pigs had to expend enormous labours every day upon mysterious things called “files,” “reports,” “minutes,” and “memoranda.”

These were large sheets of paper which had to be closely covered with writing, and as soon as they were so covered, they were burnt in the furnace.

This was of the highest importance for the welfare of the farm, Squealer said.

But still, neither pigs nor dogs produced any food by their own labour; and there were very many of them, and their appetites were always good.

translation

不知怎的，农场似乎变得更加富有了，但动物们本身却并没有因此变得更富有——当然，猪和狗除外。
也许这在某种程度上是因为猪太多，狗也太多了。
并不是说这些生物完全不工作，只是按照它们自己的方式工作。
正如 Squealer 总是喋喋不休地解释的那样，农场在监督和管理上有着无尽的工作。
这些工作中有许多是其他动物愚昧得无法理解的那种。
例如，Squealer 告诉它们，猪每天都必须在一些神秘的东西上付出巨大劳动，这些东西被称为“档案”、“报告”、“会议记录”和“备忘录”。
这些是需要密密麻麻写满文字的大张纸，一旦写满，就会被投入炉子焚烧。
Squealer 说，这对农场的福祉至关重要。
但无论如何，猪和狗都没有通过自己的劳动生产任何食物；而且它们数量众多，食量又总是很大。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "after",
        "trans": [
            "prep. 模仿，依照；在……之后；紧接着；一次接着一次，持续不断地；跟随，在……身后；（按顺序、重要性）在……后面，仅次于；与……对照，对比；鉴于，由于；尽管；寻找，追捕；关于；以……命名；（表示时间）（…点）过（…分）",
            "conj. 在……以后",
            "adv. 后来，以后",
            "adj. <旧>后来的，以后的；靠近船尾的"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈæftər'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "minutes",
        "trans": [
            "n. 会议记录；备忘录；分钟（***** 的复数）；",
            "v. 把……记录在案；为……测定时间（***** 的单三形式）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈmɪnɪts'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "memoranda",
        "trans": [
            "n. 备忘录（*****dum 的复数）"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˌmeməˈrændə'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    },
    {
        "name": "furnace",
        "trans": [
            "n. 火炉，熔炉"
        ],
        "usphone": "'ˈfɜːrnɪs'",
        "ukphone": "''"
    }
]