原文
"Then you'll be glad to hear that Mr. Major Spencer has decided to set
out a row of white birches all along the road front of his farm, by way
of encouraging the A.V.I.S.," said Gilbert. "He was talking to me about
it today. Major Spencer is the most progressive and public-spirited
man in Avonlea. And Mr. William Bell is going to set out a spruce
hedge along his road front and up his lane. Our Society is getting on
splendidly, Anne. It is past the experimental stage and is an accepted
fact. The older folks are beginning to take an interest in it and the
White Sands people are talking of starting one too. Even Elisha Wright
has come around since that day the Americans from the hotel had the
picnic at the shore. They praised our roadsides so highly and said they
were so much prettier than in any other part of the Island. And when, in
due time, the other farmers follow Mr. Spencer's good example and plant
ornamental trees and hedges along their road fronts Avonlea will be the
prettiest settlement in the province."
語彙など
- set out:(苗木を)適当な間隔をあけて植える
- row:列
- by way of:〜する目的で
- encourage:激励する
- progressive:進歩的な
- public-spirited:公共心のある
- spruce:トウヒ
- hedge:垣根
- lane:細道,路地
- get on:成功する
- experimental stage:実験の域
- take an interest in:〜に興味を持つ
- praise:ほめる
- in due time:そのうちに
- ornamental:装飾用の
- settlement:集落
- province:州,地方