Vocabulary

1,harsh and bare

2.piebald （动物）黑白斑的

3.on the ground that 以…为理由

4.wafted [ If sounds or smells waft through the air, or if something such as a light wind wafts them, they move gently through the air. ]

e.g. The music from the party wafts out to the terrace...晚会的音乐飘到了外面的露台上。

5.pint of beer

6..barley 大麦

7.precincts （房屋等场所的）内部 周围地区；范围

8.flank 胁

9.by and large [in a general way : in general ] e.g. By and large [=generally, for the most part], I like the way things have gone.

You can see a children's playground back here, but by and large, it's pretty difficult to make out the things you see.  你可以看到这里有一座儿童游乐场,但总体而言,已经很难辨认。

11.inflicted 予以(打击);使遭受(损伤、苦痛等) 

...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...经济衰退使英国工业遭受的损失

The dog then attacked her, inflicting serious injuries. 然后那条狗袭击了她,把她咬成重伤。

12.laborious 耗时费力的；辛苦的；艰难的

 knoll 圆丘；土墩 

turnips 红萝卜；大头菜

administered 规定的,核定的

prancing 马）腾跃，奔驰

knacker  废马屠夫（买下老马并将其屠宰以获取其肉、骨、皮的人）

stir [If a particular memory, feeling, or mood stirs or is stirred in you, you begin to think about it or feel it.] (回忆、感情或情绪)产生，苏醒，萌动;引发;唤起\轰动;骚动;骚

Then a memory stirs in you and you start feeling anxious...

接着一段回忆涌上心头，你开始感到焦虑不安。

His film has caused a stir in America.

他的电影已在美国引起了轰动。

limb 肢；臂；腿

13. force her way to the front [用力使…移动 If you force something into a particular position, you use a lot of strength to make it move there.]  V n prep/adv

They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.

他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她

14. stirred

Expression

1.The animals believed every word of it.

2. Truth to tell, Jones and all he stood for had almost faded out of their memories.

3.They were glad to believe so.

4.But the pigs seemed comfortable enough, and in fact were putting on weight if anything.

5.But no warm mash [糊状饲料] appeared.

6.If there were hardships to be borne[bear], they were partly offset [抵消；补偿] by the fact that life nowadays had a greater dignity than it had had before.

7.The long hours on insufficient food were hard to bear.

8. It seemed that nothing kept hime on his feet except the will to continue.

Summary

The most obedient and laborious Boxer was sold to the knacker, and even the silent Benjamin cannot keep silence. Animals witness the tragedy around them, but they chose to believe the lies to relieve themselves from the hardship. The old memories faded out, but the pain in today can only be forgot by lies.