Vocabulary

I New Words 

1. pur-purred [a low vibratory murmur typical of an apparently contented or pleased cat]

2.laborious [ needing a lot of time and effort ] 

3. trotter [a standardbred horse trained for harness racing/a pig's foot used as food] 

4.ensconced [ If you are ensconced somewhere, you are settled there firmly or comfortably and have no intention of moving or leaving.]  e.g. Brian was ensconced behind the bar

II New Use

1. sprang out of bed [ move quickly and suddenly towards a particular place]

2. She was already snoring. [ began to sleep ] 

Use/Collaboration/Expression

1. Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.

2. A white stripe down his nose give him a somewhat stupid appearance. 

3. First /last of all came....

4. ...those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength 

5. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.

6. every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year./No animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. /have no better fate. 

7. I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner of later justice will be done.

8.  Man and the animals have a common interest. / The prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. /Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

9. do not adopt his vices. 

10. The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement.

11. The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied, the ducks quacked it.

Sentence

1. When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began.  (that引导两个宾语从句，仅用and连接了两个动词)

Summary

Old Major made made a speech and sang a song, throwing all the animals into the wildest excitement. ---- a usual start of a political movement