12p/ that had all happened a year ago, and now all four of them were sitting on a seat at a railway station with trunks and playboxes piled up round them. they were, in fact, on their way back to school. they had travelled together as far as this station, which was a junction; and here, in a few minutes, one train would arrive.... それで質問はthey had travelled...の一文ですが、”彼らはこの連絡駅くらいの距離を歩いてきた。”ってどういう意味ですか?なんか意味の感覚がつかめないので教えてください。
16p/ presently the shore began to curve round to the right. about quarter of an hour later, after they had crossed a rocky ridge which ran out into a point, it made quite a sharp turn. their back were now to the part of the sea which had met them when they first came out of the wood, and now, looking ahead, they could see across the water another shore, thickly wooded like the one they were wxploring. ran out into a pointとかback were to the partとかちょっと意味がわかりませんし、良ければこの全体の文を訳してもらえませんか?
19p/ 食べるものがなくてこの先どうしよう・・・と途方にくれている感じの雰囲気で One or two tempers very nearly got lost at this stage.とあるのですが、これはどういう意味でしょうか? 正気を失いかけるみたいなことですかね?
"16p/ presently the shore began to curve round to the right. about quarter of an hour later, after they had crossed a rocky ridge which ran out into a point, it made quite a sharp turn. their back were now to the part of the sea which had met them when they first came out of the wood, and now, looking ahead, they could see across the water another shore, thickly wooded like the one they were wxploring."
■疑問箇所1
That had all happened a year ago, and now all four of them were sitting on a seat at a railway station with trunks and playboxes piled up round them. They were, in fact, on their way back to school. They had travelled together as far as this station, which was a junction; and here, in a few minutes, one train would arrive and take the girls away to one school, and in about half an hour another train would arrive and the boys would go off to another school.
(Page 1 of 82, Chapter One: The Island)
■疑問箇所2
Presently the shore began to curve round to the right. About quarter of an hour later, after they had crossed a rocky ridge which ran out into a point, it made quite a sharp turn. Their backs were now to the part of the sea which had met them when they first came out of the wood, and now, looking ahead, they could see across the water another shore, thickly wooded like the one they were exploring.
(Page 3 of 82, Chapter One: The Island)
■疑問箇所3
One or two tempers very nearly got lost at this stage.
(Page 4 of 82, Chapter One: The Island)
こういう時になると、だれかしら怒りっぽくなるものです。
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■テキストの出典
(1) 英語原文
The Chronicles of Narnia 4 - Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8629546/The-Chronicles-of-Narnia-4-Prince-Caspian
(2) 日本語訳
C. S. ルイス作 瀬田貞二訳 『カスピアン王子のつのぶえ』 ナルニア国ものがたり 2 岩波書店 1987年改版