Animal Farm
Chapter 10
And yet the animals never gave up hope.
More, they never lost, even for an instant, their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm.
They were still the only farm in the whole county in all England! - owned and operated by animals.
Not one of them, not even the youngest, not even the newcomers who had been brought from farms ten or twenty miles away, ever ceased to marvel at that.
And when they heard the gun booming and saw the green flag fluttering at the masthead, their hearts swelled with imperishable pride, and the talk turned always towards the old heroic days, the expulsion of Jones, the writing of the Seven Commandments, the great battles in which the human invaders had been defeated.
None of the old dreams had been abandoned.
The Republic of the Animals which Major had foretold, when the green fields of England should be untrodden by human feet, was still believed in.
Some day it was coming: it might not be soon, it might not be with in the lifetime of any animal now living, but still it was coming.
Even the tune of Beasts of England was perhaps hummed secretly here and there: at any rate, it was a fact that every animal on the farm knew it, though no one would have dared to sing it aloud.
It might be that their lives were hard and that not all of their hopes had been fulfilled; but they were conscious that they were not as other animals.
If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves.
No creature among them went upon two legs. No creature called any other creature “Master.” All animals were equal.
translation
- 然而，动物们从未放弃过希望。
- 更重要的是，它们始终没有失去作为 Animal Farm 一员的荣誉感和自豪感，哪怕只是一瞬间也没有。
- 它们仍然是整个郡里、乃至全英国唯一的一座农场——由动物们自己拥有并经营。
- 当它们听到礼炮轰鸣，看见绿色旗帜在旗杆顶端飘扬时，心中便涌起不灭的自豪感，话题总会转向那段英雄岁月——Jones 被驱逐、七诫 被写下，以及那些打败人类入侵者的伟大战斗。
- 旧日的梦想没有一个被放弃。
- Major 曾预言的“动物共和国”——当英格兰的绿地不再被人类践踏之时——仍然被大家所信仰。
- 总有一天它会到来：也许不会很快，也许不会在任何现存动物的有生之年出现，但它终究会到来。
- 甚至《英格兰的野兽》这首曲子，也许仍被偷偷地在各处哼唱；无论如何，事实是农场上的每一只动物都知道这首歌，只是没有一只敢大声唱出来。
- 它们的生活或许艰难，也不是所有的希望都实现了；但它们清楚自己与其他动物不同。
- 如果它们挨饿，也不是为了养那些专横的人类；如果它们辛苦劳作，至少是为了自己。
- 它们当中没有一只动物用两条腿行走。没有一只动物称另一只动物为“主人”。所有动物都是平等的。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "And yet",
"trans": [
"然而，尽管如此"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "privilege",
"trans": [
"n. 特权，特殊待遇；荣幸，光荣；（富人或上层阶级的）权势；（律师、医生及其他专业人士的）保密权；言行免责权（尤指议员的权利）；<史>（授予个人，公司，某地的）特许经营权；（生活）优越",
"v. <正式> 给予特权，特别优待；特免，免除（某人）"
],
"usphone": "ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "marvel",
"trans": [
"n. 令人惊异的人（或事），奇迹",
"v. 感到惊奇，大为赞叹"
],
"usphone": "ˈmɑːrv(ə)l",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "flutter",
"trans": [
"v. 飘动，颤动；振（翼），拍打（翅膀）；翩翩飞舞；（心脏等）砰砰乱跳；急赶，奔走；（心脏等）怦怦乱跳",
"n. 飘动，颤动；<英，非正式> 小赌注；激动，不安；（心脏因激动或紧张而）快速跳动；（录音中的）颤振"
],
"usphone": "ˈflʌtər",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "masthead",
"trans": [
"n. 桅顶；发行人栏；桅顶观望人；报头",
"vt. 升于桅顶；爬到桅顶"
],
"usphone": "ˈmæsthed",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "swell",
"trans": [
"v. 膨胀；肿胀；（使）凸出；增大",
"n. 海浪的涌动；涌浪；隆起处；增加",
"adj. 很愉快的；极有趣的"
],
"usphone": "swel",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "imperishable",
"trans": [
"adj. 不朽的；不灭的"
],
"usphone": "ɪmˈperɪʃəbl",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "heroic",
"trans": [
"adj. 英雄的，英勇的；矢志不渝的，艰苦卓绝的；巨大的；男主角的；（雕像）大于真人（或实物）但不及其两倍大的",
"n. 勇敢果断的行为；哗众取宠的愚蠢行为；英雄诗体"
],
"usphone": "həˈroʊɪk; hɪˈroʊɪk",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "invader",
"trans": [
"n. 侵略者，侵略军"
],
"usphone": "ɪnˈveɪdər",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "foretold",
"trans": [
"v. 预言（foretell 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "fɔːrˈtoʊld",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "untrodden",
"trans": [
"adj. 未受踩踏的；杳无人迹的",
"v. 折回（untread 的过去分词形式）"
],
"usphone": "ˌʌnˈtrɑːdn",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "hummed",
"trans": [
"v. 哼（曲子）；发嗡嗡声；（地方）发嘈杂声；（非正式）忙碌，活跃（*** 的过去式及过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "hʌmd",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "here and there",
"trans": [
"各处，到处"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "at any rate",
"trans": [
"无论如何，不管怎样"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "tyrannical",
"trans": [
"adj. 残暴的；暴君的；专横的"
],
"usphone": "təˈrænɪk(ə)l",
"ukphone": ""
}
]