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.

【难句解析】manage to“设法做成某事”，通常是做成了；这一点与try to不同，后者是尝试做某事，但不一定成功。

【句子翻译】如往常那样，她觉得奇怪，怎么这位大喊大叫，没心计的父亲会设法娶上了像她母亲那样的一个女人呢？因为从出身、教养和性格来说，世界上再没有比他们彼此距离更远的两个人了。