Animal Farm

Chapter 10

He did not believe, he said, that any of the old suspicions still lingered, but certain changes had been made recently in the routine of the farm which should have the effect of promoting confidence still further.

Hitherto the animals on the farm had had a rather foolish custom of addressing one another as “Comrade.” This was to be suppressed.

There had also been a very strange custom, whose origin was unknown, of marching every Sunday morning past a boar's skull which was nailed to a post in the garden.

This, too, would be suppressed, and the skull had already been buried.

His visitors might have observed, too, the green flag which flew from the masthead.

If so, they would perhaps have noted that the white hoof and horn with which it had previously been marked had now been removed.

It would be a plain green flag from now onwards.

He had only one criticism, he said, to make of Mr.Pilkington's excellent and neighbourly speech.

Mr.Pilkington had referred throughout to “Animal Farm.”

He could not of course know, for he, Napoleon, was only now for the first time announcing it, that the name “Animal Farm” had been abolished.

Henceforward the farm was to be known as “The Manor Farm” - which, he believed, was its correct and original name.

translation

他说，他并不认为旧有的怀疑还在继续存在，但农场最近在日常事务上做出了一些改动，这些改动应当会进一步增进彼此之间的信任。
到目前为止，农场里的动物一直有个相当愚蠢的习惯——互相称呼为“同志”。这个习惯现在将被废除。
此外，还有一个来历不明的奇怪习俗：每逢星期天早晨，动物们都会列队从花园里钉在木桩上的一具公猪头骨前经过。
这一习俗也将被废除，那具头骨已经被埋葬了。
来访的客人们或许也注意到了，那面飘扬在旗杆顶端的绿色旗帜。
如果他们注意到了，也许会发现，旗帜上原先绘着的白色蹄子和牛角标志现在已经被去掉了。
从今以后，那面旗帜将是一面纯绿色的旗帜。
他说，他对Mr.Pilkington那番精彩而友好的讲话，只有一点小小的批评。
Mr.Pilkington在整段讲话中都把这里称为“Animal Farm”。
当然，他并不知道——因为Napoleon直到此刻才首次宣布——“Animal Farm”这个名字已经被废除了。
从今以后，这个农场将被称为“The Manor Farm”——他相信，这才是它正确的原名。

vocabulary

[
    {
        "name": "linger",
        "trans": [
            "v. 继续存留，缓慢消失；流连，逗留；持续看（或思考）；苟延残喘；消磨，缓慢度过"
        ],
        "usphone": "ˈlɪŋɡər",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "hitherto",
        "trans": [
            "adv. 迄今，至今"
        ],
        "usphone": "ˌhɪðərˈtuː",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "address",
        "trans": [
            "n. 称呼；地址；住址；演说；",
            "v. 演说；处理；演讲；对付"
        ],
        "usphone": "əˈdres",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "post",
        "trans": [
            "n. 桩；邮政；岗位；职位",
            "v. 寄；邮寄；发布；张贴"
        ],
        "usphone": "poʊst",
        "ukphone": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "suppress",
        "trans": [
            "v. 阻止（进程或活动）；（尤指用武力）镇压，压制；封锁，隐瞒（消息）；抑制（生理过程）；克制（感情或反应），忍住；部分（或完全）消除（电干扰）；（心理分析）自觉抑制（不愉快的想法，记忆）"
        ],
        "usphone": "səˈpres",
        "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": "henceforward",
        "trans": [
            "adv. 今后；从今以后；自此以后"
        ],
        "usphone": "ˌhensˈfɔːrwərd",
        "ukphone": ""
    }
]