英文名著阅读 动物庄园(一)

英文名著阅读 动物庄园（一）

重难点单词预览

manor

ˈmænə(r)

n. (中世纪欧洲的) 庄园

n. (Manor) 人名；(英) 马诺尔

pophole

n. 小门（家畜，多指家禽进入或离开的地点，其复数为 popholes）

lurch

lɜːtʃ

v. 蹒跚，打趔趄

barrel

ˈbærəl

n. 桶；管

scullery

ˈskʌləri

n. 碗碟洗涤室

make one's way

走去，动身（到某处）去

go out

熄灭

stirring

ˈstɜːrɪŋ

n. (感情或想法的) 开始，出现，萌动，酝酿adj. 令人激情澎湃的；激动人心的

fluttering

'flʌtərɪŋ

n. 飘动；拍动；振动声

adj. 飘动的；振动的；忙碌的

boar

bɔː(r)

n. 野猪；未阉的公猪

barn

bɑːn

n. 谷仓；粮仓

ensconced

en'skɔnst

adj. 安置好的；安居的

straw

strɔː

n. 麦杆；稻草；吸管

beam

biːm

n. 横梁；光线

stout

staʊt

adj. 肥胖的；结实的

majestic-looking

məˈdʒestɪk ˈlʊkɪŋ

adj. 威风凛凛的

benevolent

bi'nevələnt

adj. 仁慈的；亲切的

tush

tʌʃ

n. 犬齿；长牙；獠牙

正文阅读

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too

drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. With the ring of light from his lantern

dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back

door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his

way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.

故事发生在曼纳庄园的一个平常夜晚里。庄园的主人琼斯先生，拖着醉醺醺的身体，只锁好了鸡棚，却忘记了关好那些里面的小门。他颤颤巍巍地提着摇曳的马灯，穿过漆黑的庭院。走进后门，机械地甩掉了臭皮靴，拿起洗碗间的酒桶里的最后一杯啤酒，一饮而尽。这才终于摸进卧房，倒在了鼾声雷动的琼斯夫人身旁。

As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a fluttering all

through the farm buildings. Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the

prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished

to communicate it to the other animals.

当卧室陷入黑暗的一瞬间，立刻有一阵扑棱棱的声音响彻在庄园的上空。在白天里，这件事就在庄园里传得沸沸扬扬，就是那头获得“中级白鬃毛”奖荣誉的公猪老少校，决定把自己前一天夜里做的一个奇异的梦，讲给其他的动物听。

It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was

safely out of the way. Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under

which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the

farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he

had to say.

大家商量着，当琼斯先生把自己灌醉绝对不会再来谷仓的时候，就立刻集合所有的动物到大谷仓内。老少校（虽然当年他获奖的时候用的是“威灵顿帅哥”这个名字，但是大家习惯这么叫他）一直是庄园里最受尊敬的动物，所以能够听他讲事情，即使失去一个小时的睡眠时间，大家还是满心欢喜的。

At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already

ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam. He was

twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking

pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had

never been cut.

少校早已安坐在大谷仓隆起的台子上，在他头顶上方，一盏马灯从房梁上垂下，身底的垫子下铺着厚厚的干草。他已经十二岁了，虽然最近微微发福，但依然是一只仪表英俊的猪。不要去在意他从来没有长出犬牙来，他依然呈现出一副慈爱聪慧的智者模样。