原文
She had sat up until nearly twelve the preceding night composing a
speech she meant to make to her pupils upon opening the school. She had
revised and improved it painstakingly, and then she had learned it off
by heart. It was a very good speech and had some very fine ideas in it,
especially about mutual help and earnest striving after knowledge. The
only trouble was that she could not now remember a word of it.
語彙など
- sit up:寝ないで起きている
- preceding:先立つ
- compose a speech:演説の草稿を作る
- revise:訂正する,修正する
- painstakingly:慎重に
- learn off by heart:丸暗記する
- mutual help:相互扶助
- earnest:熱心,真剣
- strive:努力する