1.As always, she wondered how her loud, insensitive father had managed to marry a woman like her mother, for never were two people further apart in birth, breeding and habits of mind.
【難句解析】manage to“設法做成某事”,通常是做成了;這一點與try to不同,后者是嘗試做某事,但不一定成功。
【句子翻譯】如往常那樣,她覺得奇怪,怎么這位大喊大叫,沒心計的父親會設法娶上了像她母親那樣的一個女人呢?因為從出身、教養和性格來說,世界上再沒有比他們彼此距離更遠的兩個人了。