原文
Billy Andrews insisted that Anne should ride on the front seat with him,
so she unwillingly climbed up. She would have much preferred to sit
back with the girls, where she could have laughed and chattered to her
heart's content. There was not much of either laughter or chatter
in Billy. He was a big, fat, stolid youth of twenty, with a round,
expressionless face, and a painful lack of conversational gifts. But he
admired Anne immensely, and was puffed up with pride over the prospect
of driving to White Sands with that slim, upright figure beside him.
語彙など
- unwillingly:いやいや
- prefer:好む
- chatter:しゃべる
- to one's heart's content:心ゆくまで
- fat:太った
- stolid:ぼんやりした,鈍感な
- round:丸い
- expressionless:表情に乏しい
- painful:悲痛な
- lack:欠如
- conversational:会話の
- gift:天賦の才
- admire:〜を称賛する,〜を敬服する
- immensely:非常に
- puff up:のぼせ上がる,得意になる
- pride:誇り
- prospect:予想
- slim:ほっそりした
- upright:姿勢のよい