猪喝上了酒
类别:经典文学
猪用钱买酒并篡改戒律,独享特权,使其他动物生活日益困苦,世界变得更小、更冷、更饿。
时长 68 秒 · 语速 173 wpm
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With the money from Boxer, the pigs bought whiskey, 猪们用拳击手(Boxer)的钱买了威士忌,
and that night the farmhouse was loud with singing. 那天晚上,农舍里歌声喧闹。
In the morning, the pigs rose late, and their heads hurt terribly. 早上,猪们起得很晚,头痛欲裂。
Once again, an old rule stood in their way. 再次,一条旧规则挡住了他们的去路。
Muriel remembered the Fifth Commandment. No animal shall drink alcohol. 穆丽尔(Muriel)想起了第五条戒律:任何动物都不得饮酒。
Yet the pigs had clearly been drinking. 然而,猪们显然一直在喝酒。
So the animals went to look at the wall. 于是动物们去查看墙壁。
To their surprise, the rule now read, No animal shall drink alcohol to excess. 令他们惊讶的是,那条规则现在写着:任何动物都不得过量饮酒。
Again, two words had appeared that no one remembered, 再次,出现了两个没有人记得的词,
but they were on the wall, so they must always have been there. 但它们就在墙上,所以它们一定一直都在那里。
That night, someone had heard a crash near the barn, but no one understood it. 那天晚上,有人听到谷仓附近有撞击声,但没有人明白是怎么回事。
The pigs began to keep the money and the comforts for themselves. 猪们开始把钱和舒适的生活留给自己。
They wanted fine new things from town, while the other animals often went hungry. 他们想要城里精美的新东西,而其他动物却常常挨饿。
Whenever a rule became hard to keep, the rule simply changed in the night. 每当一条规则变得难以遵守时,那条规则就会在夜里悄然改变。
The animals worked and obeyed, 动物们辛勤工作,服从命令,
always sure that the past had been just 总是确信过去是公正的,
as the pigs described. 正如猪们所描述的那样。
Their world grew smaller, colder, and hungrier every season. 他们的世界每个季节都变得更小、更冷、更饥饿。
Still, they told themselves that things were better than in the days of Jones. 尽管如此,他们还是告诉自己,事情比琼斯(Jones)时代要好。