原文
"Oh, I was so nervous, Diana. When Mr. Allan called out my name I really
cannot tell how I ever got up on that platform. I felt as if a million
eyes were looking at me and through me, and for one dreadful moment I
was sure I couldn't begin at all. Then I thought of my lovely puffed
sleeves and took courage. I knew that I must live up to those sleeves,
Diana. So I started in, and my voice seemed to be coming from ever so
far away. I just felt like a parrot. It's providential that I practiced
those recitations so often up in the garret, or I'd never have been able
to get through. Did I groan all right?"
語彙など
- nervous:神経質な
- call out:呼び出す
- platform:壇
- dreadful:恐ろしい
- puffed:膨らんだ
- take courage:勇気を出す
- live up to:にこたえる
- parrot:オウム
- providential:神意の,幸運な
- recitation:朗読
- garret:屋根裏部屋
- get through:やり終える
- groan:うなる
- all right:ちゃんと,間違いなく