原文
"The very first thing we ought to do when we get started is to have that
hall painted," said Diana, as they drove past the Avonlea hall, a rather
shabby building set down in a wooded hollow, with spruce trees hooding
it about on all sides. "It's a disgraceful looking place and we must
attend to it even before we try to get Mr. Levi Boulder to pull his
house down. Father says we'll never succeed in DOING that. Levi Boulter
is too mean to spend the time it would take."
語彙など
- rather:かなり
- shabby:使い古した,ボロボロの
- set down:据え置く
- wooded hollow:木の茂った谷間
- spruce:トウヒ(マツ科トウヒ属の常緑高木)
- hood:〜に頭巾をつける
- disgraceful:みっともない
- attend to:手当をする
- mean:けちな,意地悪な