Animal Farm
Chapter 10
He would end his remarks, he said, by emphasising once again the friendly feelings that [subsisted, and ought to subsist,] between Animal Farm and its neighbours.
Between pigs and human beings there was not, and there need not be, any clash of interests whatever.
Their struggles and their difficulties were one.
Was not the labour problem the same everywhere?
Here it became apparent that Mr.Pilkington was about to spring some carefully prepared witticism on the company, but for a moment he was too overcome by amusement to be able to utter it.
After much choking, during which his various chins turned purple, he managed to get it out: “If you have your lower animals to contend with,” he said, “we have our lower classes!”
This bon mot set the table in a roar; and Mr.Pilkington once again congratulated the pigs on the low rations, the long working hours, and the general absence of pampering which he had observed on Animal Farm.
And now, he said finally, he would ask the company to rise to their feet and make certain that their glasses were full.
“Gentlemen,” concluded Mr.Pilkington, “gentlemen, I give you a toast: To the prosperity of Animal Farm!”
translation
- 他说，他将以再次强调一点来结束自己的发言——那就是现在存在的、并且理应继续存在的，动物农场与它的邻居们之间的友好情谊。
- 在人类与猪之间，从来没有过、也根本不需要存在任何利益冲突。
- 他们的奋斗与困难是一致的。
- 难道劳工问题不是到处都一样的吗？
- 这时显然可以看出，Pilkington 先生正准备向在座的人说出一句他事先精心准备的俏皮话，但他一时被自己的好笑逗得太厉害，竟笑得说不出话来。
- 他被笑得直咳嗽，憋得几层下巴都涨成了紫色，终于才把话说出来：“如果你们得和你们的下等动物打交道，”他说，“那我们也得应付我们的下等阶级！”
- 这句俏皮话引得大家哄堂大笑；Pilkington 先生再次祝贺猪们，称赞他在动物农场看到的低口粮、长工作时间以及普遍缺乏娇惯的情况。
- 最后，他说道，现在他将请在座的人起身，确保手中的杯子已经斟满。
- “诸位，”Pilkington 先生最后说道，“诸位，我敬你们一杯：祝动物农场繁荣昌盛！”
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "emphasise",
"trans": [
"v. 强调，着重：使某事物显得更为重要或显著。"
],
"usphone": "ˈemfəsaɪz",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "subsist",
"trans": [
"vi. 存在；维持生活",
"vt. 供养"
],
"usphone": "səbˈsɪst",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "ought to",
"trans": [
"modalv. 应该；应当；（表示期望或可能发生的事）应该；（表示劝告或建议）应该",
"v. 应该"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "interest",
"trans": [
"n. 利益，好处；权益，股权；利害关系，重要影响；利益集团，利益相关者；兴趣，关注；吸引力，趣味；爱好；利息；",
"v. 使感兴趣，引起……的关注；劝说（某人）做（或参与）"
],
"usphone": "ˈɪntrəst",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "witticism",
"trans": [
"n. 妙语；名言；俏皮话"
],
"usphone": "ˈwɪtɪsɪzəm",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "amusement",
"trans": [
"n. 开心，娱乐；娱乐活动，娱乐设施"
],
"usphone": "əˈmjuːzmənt",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "various",
"trans": [
"pron. 各别的，不止一个的",
"det. 不止一个的，各别的",
"adj. 各种各样的；迥异的，千差万别的"
],
"usphone": "ˈveriəs",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "chin",
"trans": [
"n. 颏，下巴",
"v. <非正式>击打下巴；引体向上"
],
"usphone": "tʃɪn",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "managed to",
"trans": [
"设法、努力（完成某事）"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "contend",
"trans": [
"v. 声称，主张；竞争，争夺；处理，对付"
],
"usphone": "kənˈtend",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "bon mot",
"trans": [
"机智的话语：一个聪明、有趣或引人注目的言辞或评论。"
],
"usphone": "",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "roar",
"trans": [
"v. （人群）用欢呼声激励，为......喝彩，为加油；吼叫，咆哮；哄笑，大笑；（尤指车辆）轰鸣着疾驶，呼啸而过；果断行事，迅速发生；熊熊燃烧",
"n. 吼叫声， 咆哮声；（风或海的）呼啸声，（机器的）隆隆声；（狮等的）吼叫声；爆笑声"
],
"usphone": "rɔːr",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "pamper",
"trans": [
"vt. 细心照顾，娇惯；<古>给……吃得过多"
],
"usphone": "ˈpæmpər",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "conclude",
"trans": [
"v. 结束，终止；达成，做成，完成；断定，推断出；<美>决定"
],
"usphone": "kənˈkluːd",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "prosperity",
"trans": [
"n. 繁荣，成功"
],
"usphone": "prɑːˈsperəti",
"ukphone": ""
}
]