分不清的面孔
类别:经典文学
动物农场中,猪与人类农民共进晚餐,最终动物们发现猪和人已无法分辨,革命的理想彻底破灭。
时长 67 秒 · 语速 174 wpm
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One evening, bright lights and loud laughter came from the farmhouse. 一个晚上,农舍里传出明亮的灯光和响亮的笑声。
Napoleon had invited human farmers from the farms nearby. 拿破仑邀请了附近农场的人类农场主。
Pigs and men were having dinner together. 猪和人正在一起用餐。
The other animals crept up to the windows and peeped inside. 其他动物悄悄地走到窗边,往里面张望。
they could hardly believe their eyes. 它们简直不敢相信自己的眼睛。
Around the table sat pigs and humans, side by side. 围着桌子,猪和人肩并肩地坐着。
They ate and drank together like old friends. 它们像老朋友一样一起吃喝。
They played cards and made cheerful speeches. 它们打牌,并发表着欢快的讲话。
A human farmer stood up and praised the farm. 一个人类农场主站起来,称赞了农场。
Your lower animals work harder and eat less than any in the country, he said. 他说:“你们的牲畜比这个国家任何地方的都工作更努力,吃得更少。”
The pigs laughed with pride. 猪们骄傲地笑了。
Then Napoleon stood up. 然后拿破仑站了起来。
There would be a change, he said. 他说,将会有一个变化。
The farm would no longer be called Animal Farm. 农场将不再被称为动物农场。
Its old name, Manor Farm, would return. 它的旧名字——庄园农场,将会恢复。
Outside, the watching animals looked from pig to man, and from man to pig. 外面,围观的动物们从猪看到人,又从人看到猪。
But already it was impossible to say which was which. 但已经不可能分辨出哪个是哪个了。
The two faces had become the same. 这两张脸变得一模一样了。
The animals who had once dreamed of freedom now stood in the dark, 那些曾经梦想自由的动物们,现在站在黑暗中,
forgotten, outside their own home. 被遗忘在自己的家园之外。
And so the story ends 于是故事就这样结束了,
where it began, 在它开始的地方,
with masters at the table 餐桌上坐着主人,
and the workers left out in the cold. 而劳动者们被冷落在外。