原文
After the Christmas holidays the Avonlea students gave up going home
on Fridays and settled down to hard work. By this time all the Queen's
scholars had gravitated into their own places in the ranks and
the various classes had assumed distinct and settled shadings of
individuality. Certain facts had become generally accepted. It was
admitted that the medal contestants had practically narrowed down
to three--Gilbert Blythe, Anne Shirley, and Lewis Wilson; the Avery
scholarship was more doubtful, any one of a certain six being a possible
winner. The bronze medal for mathematics was considered as good as
won by a fat, funny little up-country boy with a bumpy forehead and a
patched coat.
語彙など
- settle down to:〜に身を入れる,〜に没頭する
- scholar:生徒
- gravitate:引き付けられる
- distinct:異なる
- shading:わずかの相違
- individuality:個性
- contestant:出場者,競争者
- narrow down to:〜に絞る
- scholarship:奨学金
- doubtful:疑わしい,不確かな
- up-country:奥地の,辺鄙な
- bumpy:凹凸な
- forehead:額
- patched clothes:継ぎの当たった服