Animal Farm

Chapter 10

It went on for five minutes without stopping.

And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse.

Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder. He looked round. It was Clover. Her old eyes looked dimmer than ever.

Without saying anything, she tugged gently at his mane and led him round to the end of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written.

For a minute or two they stood gazing at the tatted wall with its white lettering. “My sight is failing,” she said finally.

“Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?”

For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall.

There was nothing there now except a single Commandment.

It ran: All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

translation

这种叫声持续了五分钟之久，没有停歇。
等到绵羊们安静下来时，抗议的机会已经错过了，因为猪群已经绕回农舍里去了。
Benjamin 感到有个鼻子在轻轻拱他的肩膀。他回过头去。那是 Clover。她那双年老的眼睛显得比以往更加昏暗。
她什么也没说，只是轻轻拉了拉他的鬃毛，把他带到大谷仓的尽头，那里写着《七诫》。
他们站在那里，凝视着那面斑驳的墙壁，上面还留着白色的字迹，足足有一两分钟。 “我的眼睛越来越花了，”她终于开口说道。
“就算我年轻的时候，我也不可能读得懂上面写的东西。但是在我看来，那面墙好像和以前不一样了。七诫还是原来那样的吗，Benjamin？”
难得一次，Benjamin 同意打破他一贯的规矩，他把墙上写的东西念给她听。
现在那里只剩下一条戒律。
上面写着：“所有动物都是平等的，但有些动物比其他动物更平等。”

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "quiet down",
        "trans": [
            "变得安静或更安静"
        ],
        "usphone": "",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "dim",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 暗淡的，昏暗的；模糊的，看不清的；<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": "tug",
        "trans": [
            "v. （用力地）拉，拖，拽；（迅速地）穿（衣服）；用拖船拖（船）；努力做",
            "n. 拖船；猛拉，拽；一股强烈的感情；强大的吸引力；（滑翔机的）拖航飞机；（系在马鞍上支承车杠或挽绳的）圆环；苦干；竞争，较量"
        ],
        "usphone": "tʌɡ",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "mane",
        "trans": [
            "n. （马或狮子的）鬃毛；浓密的头发"
        ],
        "usphone": "meɪn",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "round to",
        "trans": [
            "转向"
        ],
        "usphone": "",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "tat",
        "trans": [
            "v. 用梭织法编织",
            "n. 劣质的衣服，破旧物品；还击；（非正式）文身"
        ],
        "usphone": "tæt",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "failing",
        "trans": [
            "adj. 衰退的，衰弱的；衰老的",
            "n. 弱点，缺点",
            "v. 失败；未能做到，未能做；辜负，使失望（**** 的现在分词）",
            "prep. 如果不能，如果没有"
        ],
        "usphone": "ˈfeɪlɪŋ",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "consent",
        "trans": [
            "v. 赞同，准许，同意",
            "n. 许可，允许；同意，赞同；正式批准文件，批文"
        ],
        "usphone": "kənˈsent",
        "ukphone": ""
    }
]