Orwell: Animal farm – 20


‚Comrades!’ he cried. ‚You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,’ cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, ‚surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?’

Now if there was one thing that the animals were completely certain of, it was that they did not want Jones back. When it was put to them in this light, they had no more to say. The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious. So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples (and also the main crop of apples when they ripened) should be reserved for the pigs alone.

by the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county. Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the Rebellion, and teach them the tune of Beasts of England.

 

to imagine wyobrażać sobie
to hope mieć nadzieję
in a spirit w duchu
selfishness samolubstwo, egoizm
privilege przywilej, zaszczyt
actually w rzeczywistości, właściwie
to dislike nie lubić
sole jedyny, wyłączny
object cel
to preserve zachowywać
health zdrowie
this has been proved by Science to zostało udowodnione naukowo
to contain zawierać
substance substancja
absolutely absolutnie; całkowicie
necessary niezbędny, konieczny
well-being dobro, pomyślność
brainworker pracownik umysłowy
management zarządzanie
organisation organizacja
to depend on zależeć od, być zależnym od
welfare dobro
to watch over uważać na
for the sake of sb/sth, for sb’s/sth’s sake ze względu or przez wzgląd na kogoś/coś
to drink pić
to eat jeść
what would happen if co by się stało, gdyby
to fail zawodzić
duty obowiązek
surely z pewnością, na pewno
almost prawie
pleadingly tłumacząco
skipping from side to side podskakując z boku na bok
whisking his tail trzepiąc, potrząsając ogonem
among wśród, pośród
to be completely certain of być całkowicie pewnym czegoś
in this light w tym świetle
importance znaczenie, waga
keeping opieka; zachowanie
obvious oczywisty
to agree zgadzać się
further dalszy
argument argument
to ripen dojrzewać
main główny
crop roślina, uprawa; zbiór
reserved zarezerwowany
by the late summer póżnym latem
news wiadomości
to spread rozprzestrzeniać się
half pół
country kraj
to sent out wysyłać
flight lot
pigeon gołąb
instruction szkolenie
to mingle with (people) obracać się wśród +gen
neighbouring sąsiedni
story historia, opowieść
to teach uczyć, nauczać
tune melodia