Her name was Katherine Bridges[52]; she was twenty-five -- young enough to be Chips's[53]daughter. She had blue, flashing eyes and freckled cheeks[54]and smooth straw-coloured hair[55]. She, too, was staying at a farm[56], on holiday[57]with a girl friend, and as she considered herself responsible for Chips's accident[58], she used to bicycle along the side of the lake to the house in which the quiet, middle-aged, serious-looking[59]man lay resting[60].
That was how she thought of him at first. And he, because she rode a bicycle and was unafraid to visit a man alone in a farmhouse sitting room, wondered vaguely[61]what the world was coming to[62]. His sprain[63]put him at her mercy[64], and it[65]was soon revealed to him how much he might need that mercy. She was a governess[66]out of a job[67], with a little money saved up[68]; she read and admired Ibsen; she believed that women ought to be admitted to the universities[69]; she even thought they ought to have a vote[70]. In politics s she was a radical[71], with leanings[72]towards the views of people like Bernard Shaw and William Morris[73]. All her ideas and opinions she poured out to Chips[74]during those summer afternoons at Wasdale Head; and he, because he was not very articulate[75], did not at first think it worth while to contradict them[76]. Her friend went away, but she stayed; what could you do with such a person? Chips thought[77]. He used to hobble with sticks along a footpath leading to[78]the tiny church; there was a stone slab on the wall[79], and it was comfortable to sit down, facing the sunlight and the green-brown majesty of the Gable[80]and listening to the chatter of -- well, yes, Chips had to admit it -- a very beautiful girl[81].
[52] Katherine ['k?θ?r?n] Bridges ['br?d??z]凱瑟琳·布里吉斯，人名
[53] Chips's讀 ['t??ps?z]
[54] freckled cheeks生雀斑的面頰
[55] straw-colored hair稻草色的頭發(fā)
[56] farm=farmhouse
[57] on holiday ['h?l?d?]因放假而在外面游玩或旅行；度假
[58] accident意外，這里指Chips失足傷腳的事情。
[59] serious-looking看上去嚴(yán)肅的
[60] lay resting躺著休息。lay是lie的過(guò)去式。[61] wondered vaguely模糊地懷疑。vaguely是說(shuō)沒(méi)有具體的內(nèi)容。在wondered和主語(yǔ)he之間插入了because引起的原因狀語(yǔ)從句。
[62] what the world was coming to這世界在變成什么樣子。
[63] sprain [spre?n]（因蹩傷而引起的）腫痛
[64] put him at her mercy使他由她安排。這里put是過(guò)去式。at her mercy在她的支配下。
[65] it是虛詞；how much he might need that mercy是it的同位語(yǔ)。
[66] governess ['g?v?n?s]家庭女教師
[67] out of a job失業(yè)的
[68] saved up積蓄起來(lái)的
[69] admitted to the universities準(zhǔn)予進(jìn)大學(xué)
[70] have a vote有選舉權(quán)
[71] In politics ['p?l?t?ks] she was a radical [r?d?k?l]她在政治上是激進(jìn)派。
[72] leanings傾向
[73] William ['w?lj?m] Morris ['m?r?s]威廉·莫里斯（1834—1896），英國(guó)詩(shī)人、藝術(shù)家、社會(huì)主義者
[74] All her ideas and opinions she poured out to Chips=She poured out all her ideas and opinions to Chips. ideas是一般的想法，不一定出于理性；opinions是意見(jiàn)，通常出于理性。poured out傾吐；暢談。
[75] articulate [ɑ:'t?kj?l?t]能把要講的話講清楚的
[76] think it worth [w?:θ] while to contradict ['k?ntr?'d?kt] them認(rèn)為值得批駁它們（ideas and opinions）。it是虛詞，to contradict them是it的同位語(yǔ)。worth while值得的；是習(xí)語(yǔ)。
[77] what couldyou do with such a person? Chips thought Chips想，對(duì)這么一個(gè)人你能怎么樣呢（對(duì)這種女人真沒(méi)辦法）。could斜體表示重讀。you是泛指，等于書(shū)面語(yǔ)中的one。
[78] leading to通往
[79] there was a stone slab on the wall墻（邊）上有一塊厚石板。
[80] green-brown majesty of the Gable大山墻的棕綠色的莊嚴(yán)（景色）；莊嚴(yán)的棕綠色的大山墻。
[81] listening to the chatter of -- well, yes, Chips had to admit it -- a very beautiful girl well, yes, Chips had to admit it是插入語(yǔ)；it指“她是一個(gè)非常漂亮的姑娘”這一事實(shí)。chatter（喋喋不休的）空談；比較：chat閑談，談話。
