Orwell: Animal farm – 5 (MP3)

‚But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it? No, comrades, a thousand times no! The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, it is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals than now inhabit it. This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep-and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.

 

simply prosto, po prostu
part część
order porządek
land ziemia, rola
poor biedny
to afford dostarczyć, pozwolić sobie na coś
decent przyzwoity
comrades towarzysze
thousand times po tysiąckroć
soil gleba
fertile żyzny, płodny
climate klimat
good dobry
capable zdolny, podatny, nadający się
food jedzenie
abundance obfitość
enormously ogromnie
number liczba
inhabit zamieszkiwać
single pojedynczy
farm farma, gospodarstwo
support utrzymywać
dozen tuzin
comfort komfort
dignity godność
beyond za, poza
to imagine wyobrażać sobie
continue kontynuować
miserable żałosny
condition stan
nearly prawie
whole cały
produce produkcja
labour praca, trud
is stolen zostaje skradzione (strona bierna to steal)
human beings istoty ludzkie
answer odpowiedź
problems problemy
word słowo
to sum up podsumować
real prawdziwy
enemy wróg
remove usunąć, pozbyć się
scene scena
root podstawa, sedno
hunger głód
overwork przemęczenie, przepracowanie
to abolish usunąć, obalić