原文
An Avery scholarship! Anne felt her heart beat more quickly, and the
horizons of her ambition shifted and broadened as if by magic. Before
Josie had told the news Anne's highest pinnacle of aspiration had been
a teacher's provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and
perhaps the medal! But now in one moment Anne saw herself winning
the Avery scholarship, taking an Arts course at Redmond College, and
graduating in a gown and mortar board, before the echo of Josie's words
had died away. For the Avery scholarship was in English, and Anne felt
that here her foot was on native heath.
語彙など
- scholarship:奨学金
- beat:打つ
- horizon:視野,展望
- ambition:野心,大望
- shift:変わる
- broaden:広がる
- pinnacle:絶頂,頂点
- aspiration:強い願望,願望
- provincial:地方の
- license:免許
- graduate:卒業する
- gown:正服
- mortarboard:角帽(アメリカの学生が卒業式にかぶる伝統的な角帽)
- die away:次第に弱くなる
- one's native heath:生まれ故郷