原文
For the next three weeks Anne and Priscilla continued to feel as
strangers in a strange land. Then, suddenly, everything seemed to fall
into focus--Redmond, professors, classes, students, studies, social
doings. Life became homogeneous again, instead of being made up of
detached fragments. The Freshmen, instead of being a collection of
unrelated individuals, found themselves a class, with a class spirit, a
class yell, class interests, class antipathies and class ambitions.
They won the day in the annual "Arts Rush" against the Sophomores,
and thereby gained the respect of all the classes, and an enormous,
confidence-giving opinion of themselves. For three years the Sophomores
had won in the "rush"; that the victory of this year perched upon the
Freshmen's banner was attributed to the strategic generalship of Gilbert
Blythe, who marshalled the campaign and originated certain new tactics,
which demoralized the Sophs and swept the Freshmen to triumph. As
a reward of merit he was elected president of the Freshman Class, a
position of honor and responsibility--from a Fresh point of view,
at least--coveted by many. He was also invited to join the
"Lambs"--Redmondese for Lamba Theta--a compliment rarely paid to a
Freshman. As a preparatory initiation ordeal he had to parade the
principal business streets of Kingsport for a whole day wearing a
sunbonnet and a voluminous kitchen apron of gaudily flowered calico.
This he did cheerfully, doffing his sunbonnet with courtly grace when he
met ladies of his acquaintance. Charlie Sloane, who had not been asked
to join the Lambs, told Anne he did not see how Blythe could do it, and
HE, for his part, could never humiliate himself so.
語彙など
- fall into:〜に分類される
- focus:関心の的
- homogeneous:均質の
- instead of:〜するのではなくて
- make up:構成する
- detached:孤立した,無関心な
- fragment:断片
- freshman:新入生
- collection:収集
- unrelated:関係のない
- spirit:精神,気分
- yell:叫び声
- antipathy:反感,嫌悪
- sophomore:2年生
- thereby:それによって
- respect:尊敬
- confidence:自信
- perch:位置する
- banner:垂れ幕
- attribute:〜の結果であると考える
- strategic:戦略的な
- generalship:指導力
- marshall:先導する
- campaign:作戦行動,競争
- originate:考え出す
- tactics:作戦,戦術
- demoralize:士気をくじく
- sweep:〜を夢中にする,人の心を奪う
- reward:報酬
- covet:切望する
- compliment:賛辞
- preparatory:予備の,準備の
- initiation:入会,儀式
- ordeal:試練
- parade:行進する
- principal:主要な
- sunbonnet:サンボネット(日除け帽)
- voluminous:だぶだぶの
- kitchen apron:台所用エプロン
- gaudily:派手に
- calico:キャラコ,白の薄い平織り綿布
- doff:〜を脱ぐ
- courtly:上品に,優雅に
- grace:優美
- acquaintance:知人
- humiliate:恥をかかせる