Animal Farm
Chapter 10
Mr. Pilkington, of Foxwood, had stood up, his mug in his hand.
In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast.
But before doing so, there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.
It was a source of great satisfaction to him, he said - and, he was sure, to all others present - to feel that a long period of mistrust and misunderstanding had/ now come to an end.
[There had been a time, not that he, or any of the present company, had shared such sentiments,] [but there had been a time when the respected proprietors of Animal Farm had been regarded, he would not say with hostility, but perhaps with a certain measure of misgiving,] by their human neighbours.
Unfortunate incidents had occurred, mistaken ideas had been current.
It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighbourhood.
Too many farmers had assumed, without due enquiry, that on such a farm a spirit of licence and indiscipline would prevail.
They had been nervous about the effects upon their own animals, or even upon their human employees. But all such doubts were now dispelled.
Today he and his friends had visited Animal Farm and inspected every inch of it with their own eyes, and what did they find?
Not only the most up-to-date methods, but a discipline and an orderliness which should be an example to all farmers everywhere.
He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county.
Indeed, he and his fellow-visitors today had observed many features which they intended to introduce on their own farms immediately.
translation
- 来自Foxwood的Mr. Pilkington站了起来，手里拿着他的啤酒杯。
- 他说道，稍后他将请在座的各位举杯祝酒。
- 但在此之前，他觉得有必要先说几句话。
- 他说，现在这种长期的互不信任与误解终于告一段落，这让他深感欣慰——他相信，在座的各位也都有同样的感受。
- 曾经有一段时间——并不是说他本人，或在座的任何人，曾怀有这样的看法——但确实有那么一段时期，动物庄园那几位受人尊敬的主人，曾被他们的人类邻居视为，倒也谈不上敌意，但多少还是带着几分疑虑。
- 曾经发生过一些不幸的事件，也流传过一些错误的观念。
- 人们曾认为，一个由猪拥有并经营的农场在某种程度上是不正常的，可能会对周围地区造成不安的影响。
- 太多农民在没有充分调查的情况下就以为，这样的农场会盛行放纵和无纪律的作风。
- 他们对这种农场可能对自己饲养的动物，甚至对人类雇员产生的影响感到紧张不安。但现在所有这样的疑虑都已消除。
- 今天，他和他的朋友们亲自造访了动物农场，用自己的眼睛检查了每一寸土地，他们发现了什么呢？
- 不仅采用了最先进的方法，还有一种应成为所有农民榜样的纪律性和井然有序的管理。
- 他认为自己说得没错：动物农场的低等动物干的活更多，却得到比全郡任何动物都少的食物。
- 事实上，他和今天的随行访客们注意到许多特点，他们打算立即在自己的农场上引进这些做法。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "in a moment",
"trans": [
"过一会儿；马上；一会儿"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "company",
"trans": [
"n. 陪伴，同伴；宾客，来宾；在一起的一群人；公司；连队；剧团，歌舞团；女童军大队",
"v. <古>结交，交往；<古>陪伴"
],
"usphone": "ˈkʌmpəni",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "incumbent",
"trans": [
"adj. 职责所在的，义不容辞的；在职的，现任的；（公司）占市场份额大的",
"n. 在职者，现任官员；教区牧师，领圣俸者"
],
"usphone": "ɪnˈkʌmbənt",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "mistrust",
"trans": [
"v. 不信任，怀疑",
"n. 不信任，怀疑"
],
"usphone": "ˌmɪsˈtrʌst",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "shared",
"trans": [
"adj. 分享的，共有的",
"v. 共同拥有（某种看法、特质或经历）（****e 的过去式和过去分词形式）；共享，合用；分配；"
],
"usphone": "ʃerd",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "sentiment",
"trans": [
"n. 观点，看法，情绪；多愁善感，伤感情绪"
],
"usphone": "ˈsentɪmənt",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "proprietor",
"trans": [
"n. 所有者；经营者；业主；"
],
"usphone": "prəˈpraɪətər",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "hostility",
"trans": [
"n. 敌意，对抗；强烈的反对，愤怒反抗；战斗，战争行动"
],
"usphone": "hɑːˈstɪləti",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "measure",
"trans": [
"n. 程度；措施；衡量；方法；",
"v. 测量；度量；估量",
"linkv. （指尺寸、长短、数量等）量度为"
],
"usphone": "ˈmeʒər",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "misgiving",
"trans": [
"n. 疑虑，担忧，不安",
"v. 使……疑虑，使担忧，使害怕（******e 的现在分词）"
],
"usphone": "ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "current",
"trans": [
"n. 思潮，趋势；水流，气流；电流；",
"adj. 现行的，当前的；最近的"
],
"usphone": "ˈkɜːrənt",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "liable",
"trans": [
"adj. 很可能会发生的；有……倾向的；（在法律上）有责任的，有义务的；负有偿付责任的；"
],
"usphone": "ˈlaɪəb(ə)l",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "unsettling",
"trans": [
"v. 令人不安（unsettle 的现在分词）；（使）紊乱；（使）不安；",
"adj. 令人不安（或紧张、担忧）的；扰乱的"
],
"usphone": "ʌnˈsetlɪŋ",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "assumed",
"trans": [
"adj. 假定的，假设的；篡夺的",
"v. 假定，假设，认为；装出，作出；承担，就职（****e 的过去式和过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "əˈsuːmd",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "due",
"trans": [
"adj. 应有的，应得的；到期的，预期的；应付的，应给的；适当的",
"adv. 正对着",
"n. 应得，所得；会费"
],
"usphone": "duː",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "licence",
"trans": [
"n. （言论或行动的）自由，不受拘束；许可证，执照；许可，准许；（做错事的）诱因，借口",
"v. 给……发许可证，批准；就……发许可证；按协议特许，授权"
],
"usphone": "ˈlaɪs(ə)ns",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "indiscipline",
"trans": [
"n. 无纪律；缺乏训练；无纪律行为"
],
"usphone": "ɪnˈdɪsɪplɪn",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "dispelled",
"trans": [
"v. 消除"
],
"usphone": "dɪˈspeld",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "orderliness",
"trans": [
"n. 整洁，整齐；秩序井然"
],
"usphone": "ˈɔːrdərlinəs",
"ukphone": ""
}
]