原文
"Oh, I do wish it would rain soon," sighed Anne. "Everything is so
parched up. The poor fields just seem pitiful to me and the trees seem
to be stretching out their hands pleading for rain. As for my garden, it
hurts me every time I go into it. I suppose I shouldn't complain about
a garden when the farmers' crops are suffering so. Mr. Harrison says his
pastures are so scorched up that his poor cows can hardly get a bite to
eat and he feels guilty of cruelty to animals every time he meets their
eyes."
語彙など
- sigh:ため息をつく
- parch:干上がる
- plead:嘆願する
- as for:〜などは
- complain:不平を言う
- crops:作物
- pasture:牧草地
- scorch:〜の表面を焼く
- get a bite:軽い食事を取る
- feel guilty:罪悪感を感じる
- cruelty to animals:動物虐待