试听82秒Day2 动物初登场（2） Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.​

单词注释
manor /'mænə/ n. 庄园；领地；采邑
pophole [pɒpˈhəʊl] n. 小门（多指家禽进入或离开的地点）
lantern [ˈlæntən] n. 灯笼；提灯
draw [drɔː] v. 从某物中抽取或汲取（其过去式为drew）
barrel [ˈbær(ə)l] n. 桶
scullery [ˈskʌl(ə)rɪ] n. 碗碟洗涤处，碗碟储藏室
snore [snɔː] v. 打鼾 n. 鼾声
内容解析
Mr. Jones 是Manor Farm的主人，在本书中暗指的是沙皇尼古拉斯二世。
 Animal Farm: 动物农场，指动物是主人；Manor Farm: 庄园农场，指人类是主人。由于书中描写的是动物为主人的农场，因此书名为Animal Farm而不是Manor Farm。
单词注释
manor /'mænə/ n. 庄园；领地；采邑
pophole [pɒpˈhəʊl] n. 小门（多指家禽进入或离开的地点）
lantern [ˈlæntən] n. 灯笼；提灯
draw [drɔː] v. 从某物中抽取或汲取（其过去式为drew）
barrel [ˈbær(ə)l] n. 桶
scullery [ˈskʌl(ə)rɪ] n. 碗碟洗涤处，碗碟储藏室
snore [snɔː] v. 打鼾 n. 鼾声
语法讲解
With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.
他提着马灯踉踉跄跄地穿过院子，灯光也跟着一直不停地晃来晃去，到了后门，他把靴子一脚一只踢了出去，又从洗碗间的酒桶里舀起最后一杯啤酒，一饮而尽，然后才上床休息。此时，床上的琼斯夫人已是鼾声如雷了。
句法
主句：he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door,drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed
伴随状语（从句）：with the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side
独立主格结构
非谓语动词（不定式、现在分词、过去分词）作状语，其逻辑主语须与主句主语保持一致。若不一致，非谓语动词须另带主语，形成“独立主格结构”。其中，非谓语动词与逻辑主语形成主动关系就用现在分词，被动则用过去分词。
伴随状语的主语the ring of light from his lantern和主句主语he不一致，因此形成独立主格结构，由于dance和 the ring of the light from his lantern形成主动关系，因此用现在分词dancing.


重点词汇：
lurch/lɜːtʃ/ v. 踉跄而行，摇摆不定
（这个词让Mr. Jones喝醉后走路东倒西歪的形象跃然纸上。）
同义词: stagger, stumble
e.g. The zombie is lurching forward to the house.
Kicked off his boots at the backdoor:鞋子不是脱掉的，而是抬腿一踢，掉在门上，和上文一起反映出Mr. Jones一副邋遢的形象，也为下文对农场的管理不善做下铺垫。


made his way: 前进，后面可接各种介词。
e.g. The team can hardly make their way through the jungle.
团队几乎无法在丛林中前进。










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