聴き読みでAnne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables(Lucy M. Montgomery)児童書 YL7~8 語数100682<Introduction>Anne of Green Gables introduces Anne Shirley, the outspoken, impish, and fiercely independent girl who has been an endless source of fascination for millions of readers, young and old.We first meet Anne at age eleven, an imaginative, fiery, red-headed chiled sent by mistake from the orphanage to Matthew Cuthbert and his sister, Marilla. The Cuthberts, who had requested a boy to help with the work around the farm, were not at all pleased by this "freckled witch" of a child, with her constant chatter, outlandish ideas, and outspoken ways.But soon her indomitable spirit, her bright intelligence, and her highspirited ideslism win over Matther and Marilla, even as these same traits lead Anne into mishap after mishap.ようやく聴き読みが終わりました。前にも書きましたが、ほとんどがわからない単語ばかりで、音の助けがなければ絶対に読み続けられなかったと思います。目は一応活字を追っているのですが、わかんないところは頭の上を通り過ぎている感じ。意味がわかるところは物語に入り込むという繰り返しでストーリーを追いました。先日見たビデオもイメージを思い浮かべるのに助かりました。最後、Matthewが亡くなる前にAnneに言った言葉"I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship,was it? It was a girl- my girl- my girl that I'm proud of." や、彼が亡くなった後にMarillaが言った言葉"I want to tell you now when I can. It's never been easy for me to say things out of my heart, but at times like this it's easier. I love you as dear as if you were my own flesh and blood and you've been my joy and comfort ever since you came to Green Gables."に涙があふれました。この本でトータル200万語を超えました。嬉しいです。