用两条腿走路
类别:经典文学
动物们目睹猪开始用两条腿走路,并穿上人类衣物,这让它们感到恐惧,但抗议被绵羊的口号打断。
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One warm evening, the animals heard the frightened cry of a horse. 一个温暖的傍晚,动物们听到了一匹马受惊的叫声。
They ran into the yard and then stood completely still. 它们跑进院子,然后完全静止不动了。
A pig was walking across the yard on its two back legs. 一头猪正用两条后腿在院子里走动。
It was Squealer. 它是斯奎拉。
He moved slowly and carefully, but he stayed upright like a man. 它走得缓慢而小心,但像人一样直立着。
Then the barn door opened, 接着,谷仓门开了,
and out came all the pigs, 所有的猪都走了出来,
every one of them walking on two legs. 每一头都用两条腿走路。
Last of all came Napoleon, standing tall, with a whip held in his trotter. 最后出来的是拿破仑,它高高地站着,蹄子里拿着一根鞭子。
The animals were filled with fear. 动物们充满了恐惧。
This was the very thing Old Major had warned them against. 这正是老少校曾警告过它们的事情。
A cry almost broke from their throats. 一声叫喊几乎要从它们的喉咙里冲出来。
But at that exact moment, 但就在那一刻,
the sheep began to bleat together, 羊群开始一起咩咩叫起来,
louder than ever before. 比以往任何时候都响亮。
Four legs good, two legs better. 四条腿好,两条腿更好。
Four legs good, two legs better. 四条腿好,两条腿更好。
They went on for five minutes. 它们持续了五分钟。
By the time they stopped, the moment to protest had passed. 等它们停下来时,抗议的时机已经过去了。
The animals had been taught to be interrupted whenever the truth came too close. 动物们已经被教导,每当真相过于接近时,就会被打断。
The pigs now wore Mr. Jones's old clothes and carried his whips. 猪们现在穿着琼斯先生的旧衣服,拿着他的鞭子。
Silent and afraid, 沉默而恐惧地,
the animals turned toward the barn wall, 动物们转向谷仓的墙壁,
where the seven commandments had always been written. 那里一直写着七诫。
What would they find there now? 它们现在会在那里发现什么呢?