原文
"No. I'm going down east to Valley Road next week. Esther Haythorne
wants me to teach for her through July and August. They have a summer
term in that school, and Esther isn't feeling well. So I'm going to
substitute for her. In one way I don't mind. Do you know, I'm beginning
to feel a little bit like a stranger in Avonlea now? It makes me
sorry--but it's true. It's quite appalling to see the number of
children who have shot up into big boys and girls--really young men and
women--these past two years. Half of my pupils are grown up. It makes me
feel awfully old to see them in the places you and I and our mates used
to fill."
語彙など
- term:学期
- substitute:代わりの人
- appalling:驚くばかりの
- shoot up:急に成長する