Animal Farm
Chapter 10
“Gentlemen,” concluded Napoleon, “I will give you the same toast as before, but in a different form. Fill your glasses to the brim. Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!”
There was the same hearty cheering as before, and the mugs were emptied to the dregs.
But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening.
What was it that had altered in the faces of the pigs? Clover's old dim eyes flitted from one face to another. Some of them had five chins, some had four, some had three. But what was it that seemed to be melting and changing?
Then, the applause having come to an end, the company took up their cards and continued the game that had been interrupted, and the animals crept silently away.
But they had not gone twenty yards when they stopped short. An uproar of voices was coming from the farmhouse. They rushed back and looked through the window again.
Yes, a violent quarrel was in progress. There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials.
The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr.Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously.
Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
translation
- Napoleon总结道：“先生们，我将以不同的形式敬上与刚才相同的祝酒。请各位把酒斟满。先生们，我的祝酒词是——祝The Manor Farm繁荣昌盛！”
- 场面上再次响起同样热烈的欢呼声，酒杯都被一饮而尽，连一滴残酒都不剩。
- 但在屋外注视这一幕的动物们看来，似乎有什么奇怪的事情正在发生。
- 猪们的脸上究竟变了什么？Clover那双昏花的老眼在一张张脸之间来回打量——有的有五层下巴，有的有四层，有的有三层。但那到底是什么在慢慢融化、在悄然变化呢？
- 然后，掌声结束，屋里的宾客又拿起扑克牌，继续先前中断的游戏，而动物们悄无声息地退了出去。
- 但他们还没走出二十码，就突然停下了脚步。农舍里传出一阵喧闹的叫声，他们立刻冲了回去，再次透过窗户往里张望。
- 没错，里面正在爆发一场激烈的争吵。有人大声叫嚷，有人猛拍桌子，目光里闪烁着尖锐的怀疑，还有愤怒的否认声此起彼伏。
- 这场争吵的起因似乎是：Napoleon 和 Mr.Pilkington 两人竟同时打出了黑桃A。
- 十二个声音在愤怒地喊叫着——而这些声音听起来一模一样。此刻，猪的脸上发生了什么，已经毫无疑问了。
- 屋外的动物们把目光在猪与人之间来回打量——从猪看向人，又从人看向猪，再从猪看回人；但此时，已经再也分不清谁是猪，谁是人了。
vocabulary
[
{
"name": "brim",
"trans": [
"n. 帽檐，帽边；（容器的）口，边沿",
"v. （使）满，盛满；充满"
],
"usphone": "brim",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "hearty",
"trans": [
"adj. 强烈的，真挚的；热情友好的；精力充沛的，强健的；丰盛的；<英>假装热情友好的",
"n. <英，非正式>开朗活泼之人；好伙计"
],
"usphone": "ˈhɑːrti",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "emptied",
"trans": [
"adj. 耗尽的；已清除的",
"v. 倒空（empty 的过去分词）"
],
"usphone": "ˈemptid",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "dregs",
"trans": [
"n. 渣滓；少量；沉淀物（**** 的复数）"
],
"usphone": "dreɡz",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "flit",
"trans": [
"v. 掠过，轻快地飞；移居；躲债搬家；不停地移动；很快转变",
"n. 轻快的飞行；移居；躲债搬家；夜间偷偷逃走"
],
"usphone": "flɪt",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "uproar",
"trans": [
"n. 吵闹，喧嚣；骚乱，骚动"
],
"usphone": "ˈʌprɔːr",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "glance",
"trans": [
"v. 一瞥，看一眼；浏览；击中.......后弹开，擦过；反光， 闪烁；（球类运动用语）轻擦，轻抹（球，以调整其方向）；斜击（球）；提到，影射",
"n. 一瞥，很快的一看；（光的）闪烁，闪耀；（板球）斜击；（铅、铜或其他金属的）辉矿类，硫化矿类；<文>（光的）闪烁，闪耀"
],
"usphone": "ɡlæns",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "furious",
"trans": [
"adj. 狂怒的，暴怒的；狂暴的，猛烈的；喧闹的，热烈兴奋的"
],
"usphone": "ˈfjʊriəs",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "denial",
"trans": [
"n. 否认；拒绝接受，拒不承认；剥夺，拒绝给予"
],
"usphone": "dɪˈnaɪəl",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "spade",
"trans": [
"n. （纸牌中的）黑桃（*****s）；黑桃牌；锹，铲；<旧>黑人，黑鬼",
"v. 用锹挖（地），用锹铲（土）；把……弄实抹平"
],
"usphone": "speɪd",
"ukphone": ""
},
{
"name": "simultaneously",
"trans": [
"adv. 同时地"
],
"usphone": "ˌsaɪm(ə)lˈteɪniəsli",
"ukphone": ""
}
]