原文
Mr. Phillips might not be a very good teacher; but a pupil so inflexibly
determined on learning as Anne was could hardly escape making progress
under any kind of teacher. By the end of the term Anne and Gilbert were
both promoted into the fifth class and allowed to begin studying the
elements of "the branches"--by which Latin, geometry, French, and
algebra were meant. In geometry Anne met her Waterloo.
語彙など
- inflexibly:確固として,頑固に
- make progress:進歩する
- promote:進級させる
- element:得意分野
- branch:部門
- geometry:幾何学
- algebra:代数学
- Waterloo:大敗北,壊滅,大失敗,【語源】ナポレオンの敗北から