更平等的动物

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The animals looked at the great wall of the barn. 动物们看着谷仓那面巨大的墙。

For years, the seven commandments had been painted there. 多年来，七诫一直被漆在那里。

Now, the wall was almost empty. 现在，墙上几乎空无一物。

All the old rules were gone. 所有旧的规矩都消失了。

In their place stood a single sentence. 取而代之的是一句单独的句子。

Muriel read it out, 穆丽尔把它念了出来，

and the words fell on the animals like a stone. 那些话像一块石头一样落在动物们心上。

All animals are equal, 所有动物一律平等，

but some animals are more equal than others. 但有些动物比其他动物更平等。

The animals stared. 动物们目瞪口呆。

What did it mean? 这是什么意思？

How could some be more equal than others? 怎么会有些动物比其他动物更平等呢？

And yet, somehow, it explained everything they had seen. 然而，不知怎的，它解释了他们所看到的一切。

After that day, nothing on the farm seemed strange anymore. 从那天起，农场里的一切似乎都不再奇怪了。

The pigs carried whips and wore clothes. 猪们拿着鞭子，穿着衣服。

They listened to the radio and talked of buying a telephone. 它们听收音机，谈论着买电话。

They read magazines and smoked pipes. 它们看杂志，抽烟斗。

Not a single rule was left to break, 没有一条规矩可以打破了，

because only one rule remained, 因为只剩下了一条规矩，

and it was a rule made for masters. 那是一条为主人制定的规矩。

When a promise of equality is turned into a joke, 当平等的承诺变成一个笑话时，

the joke is always on the weak. 这个笑话总是开在弱者身上。

The animals said nothing. 动物们一言不发。

They had no words, no power, and no memory clear enough to fight. 它们没有言语，没有力量，也没有足够清晰的记忆去反抗。

Then came news that visitors were coming to the farm. 接着传来消息，说有客人要来农场。

Humans were coming to dinner. 人类要来吃晚饭。