原文
"Have you ever noticed," asked Anne reflectively, "that when people
say it is their duty to tell you a certain thing you may prepare for
something disagreeable? Why is it that they never seem to think it a
duty to tell you the pleasant things they hear about you? Mrs. H. B.
DonNELL called at the school again yesterday and told me she thought
it HER duty to inform me that Mrs. Harmon Andrew didn't approve of
my reading fairy tales to the children, and that Mr. Rogerson thought
Prillie wasn't coming on fast enough in arithmetic. If Prillie would
spend less time making eyes at the boys over her slate she might do
better. I feel quite sure that Jack Gillis works her class sums for her,
though I've never been able to catch him red-handed."
"Have you succeeded in reconciling Mrs. DonNELL's hopeful son to his saintly name?"
語彙など
- notice:気がつく
- reflectively:思慮深く
- duty:義務
- disagreeable:嫌な
- call at:〜を訪れる
- approve of:〜に賛成する
- fairy tale:おとぎ話
- come on:進歩する
- arithmetic:算数
- make eyes at:(人)を誘惑する,(人)に色目を使う
- slate:石板
- sum:計算
- red-handed:現行犯の
- succeed in:〜することに成功する
- reconcile:あきらめさせる,承諾させる
- saintly:聖徒らしい,聖人に適した