原文
The twenty-third of May came . . . an unseasonably warm day, as none
realized more keenly than Anne and her little beehive of pupils,
sweltering over fractions and syntax in the Avonlea schoolroom. A hot
breeze blew all the forenoon; but after noon hour it died away into a
heavy stillness. At half past three Anne heard a low rumble of thunder.
She promptly dismissed school at once, so that the children might get
home before the storm came.
語彙など
- unseasonably warm day:季節はずれに暖かい日
- keenly:抜け目なく
- beehive:ミツバチの群れ,ミツバチの巣
- swelter:汗だくになる
- fraction:分数
- syntax:構文
- breeze:そよ風
- forenoon:午前
- rumble of thunder:雷のゴロゴロという音
- promptly:すぐに
- dismiss:解散させる