风车建成

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After years of struggle, the second windmill was finished at last. 经过多年的奋斗，第二座风车终于建成了。

It stood tall and strong against the sky, and the animals were proud of it. 它高大坚固地矗立在天空中，动物们都为它感到骄傲。

But the windmill did not bring the easy life Snowball had once promised. 但风车并没有带来斯诺鲍曾经承诺过的安逸生活。

There were no three-day weeks, 没有三天工作周，

there were no warm barns or electric lights for the animals. 也没有给动物们带来温暖的谷仓或电灯。

Instead, 相反地，

the windmill was used to grind corn, 风车被用来磨玉米，

and the money it earned went straight to the pigs. 而它赚来的钱直接进了猪的口袋。

The animals still worked hard, and they were still poor. 动物们仍然辛勤工作，而且它们仍然贫穷。

The dream of rest had quietly disappeared, 休息的梦想已经悄然消失了，

and no one dared to ask 也没有人敢问

where it had gone. 它去了哪里。

Yet the animals did not feel hopeless. 然而动物们并没有感到绝望。

They told themselves they were lucky. 它们告诉自己它们是幸运的。

They were their own masters now, they thought. 它们想，它们现在是自己的主人了。

No man carried a whip over them. 没有人类再对它们挥舞鞭子了。

Whatever they suffered, at least they suffered as free animals. 无论它们遭受什么痛苦，至少它们是作为自由的动物在受苦。

It is easy to keep people quiet 要让人们保持沉默很容易，

if you can teach them to feel proud of their chains. 如果你能教会他们为自己的枷锁感到骄傲。

Napoleon now rarely appeared. 拿破仑现在很少露面了。

He stayed inside the farmhouse, guarded by his dogs. 他待在农舍里，由他的狗守卫着。

When he did come out, a black cockerel marched in front of him like a trumpet. 当他出来的时候，一只黑色的公鸡像号手一样走在他前面。

The pigs, it seemed, had one last change to make. 猪们，看来还有最后一项改变要实行。