Vocabulary
1. taciturn 寡言少语的 [A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly.]
2.fine upstanding 品行端正的 beasts
3.expand enormous labors
4.frugally [节俭的;俭省的 People who are frugal or who live frugal lives do not eat much or spend much money on themselves.]
She lives a frugal life.她生活俭朴
5.saplings 幼树 hummed 哼(曲子)neighing (马)嘶鸣,嘶 hind (动物的腿)后面的
6. haughty 倨傲无礼的 e.g. spoke in a haughty tone.
7. upside-down[ with the upper part where the lower part should be.]
e.g.they're habitually used to looking at the world upside down. 他们习惯把世界倒转来看。
8. consent 许可;允许
jug 罐
mug 马克杯(用来喝热饮的有柄大杯子)/傻瓜;易受骗者
witticism 妙语;
crept 匍匐爬行(creep的过去式
9. credited [If people credit someone with an achievement or if it is credited to them, people say or believe that they were responsible for it.] e.g.
The screenplay for 'Gabriel Over the White House' is credited to Carey Wilson.
电影《天使降临白宫》的剧本出自凯里·威尔逊之手。
10 sentiment 情感”,一般说来是好的 (sentimentality 是“过分的、假装的或漫无限制的情感”,是不好的。)
11.stiff (酒)烈性的
bon mot 妙语;机智诙谐的言辞
worn off 逐渐消失
Expression
1. The seasons came and went, the short animal lives fled by.
2.It was not that these creature did not work, after their fashion. [以…方式;以…方法 If you do something ina particular fashion or after a particular fashion, you do it in that way.]
3.Sometimes the older ones among them racked their dim memories.
4.There was nothing with which they could compare their present lives.
5.Things never changed, nor ever could be much better or much worse
6.They work diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground, and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors.
7.Unfortune incidents had occurred, mistaken ideas had been current.
8. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Summary
The old generations died. Living ones find truth, but they dare not to trust their minds. The Seven Commandments have finally been disposed. Pigs like the past Jones, or even more brutal.