原文
"Matthew, did you ever study geometry when you went to school?"
"Well now, no, I didn't," said Matthew, coming out of his doze with a start.
"I wish you had," sighed Anne, "because then you'd be able to sympathize with me. You can't sympathize properly if you've never studied it. It is casting a cloud over my whole life. I'm such a dunce at it, Matthew."
語彙など
- geometry:幾何学
- doze:まどろみ,仮眠
- with a start:ギクッと,ハッとして
- sigh:ため息をつく
- sympathize with:(人)に同情する
- properly:正確に
- cast a cloud over:〜にけちをつける,ぶち壊しにする
- dunce:うすのろ,劣等生