原文
"It's a pretty good world, after all, isn't it, Marilla?" concluded Anne
happily. "Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much
of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant
you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true.
But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come
up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so
much better than you think. I looked forward to a dreadfully unpleasant
experience when I went over to Mr. Harrison's tonight; and instead he
was quite kind and I had almost a nice time. I think we're going to be
real good friends if we make plenty of allowances for each other, and
everything has turned out for the best. But all the same, Marilla, I
shall certainly never again sell a cow before making sure to whom she
belongs. And I do NOT like parrots!"
語彙など
- after all:結局
- conclude:判断を下す
- complain:不平を言う
- the other day:先日
- not much of:大した〜ではない
- look forward to:〜を期待する
- more or less:多かれ少なかれ
- come up to:(期待に)沿える
- turn out:結局〜であることが分かる
- dreadfully:すごく
- instead:代わりに
- make allowance:大目に見る
- all the same:それでもやはり
- make sure:確かめる
- parrot:オウム