He had never met anyone like her. He had always thought that the modern type[82], this 'new woman' business[83], would repel[84]him; and here she was[85], making him positively look forward to the glimpse of her safety bicycle careering along the lakeside road[86]. And she, too, had never met anyone like him[87]. She had always thought that middle-aged men who read the Times[88]and disapproved of[89]modernity[90]were terrible bores[91]; yet here he was, claiming[92]her interest and attention far more than youths of her own age[93]. She liked him, initially[94], because he was so hard to get to know[95], because he had gentle and quiet manners, because his opinions dated from those utterly impossible seventies and eighties and even earlier -- yet were, for all that, so thoroughly honest[96]; and because -- because[97]his eyes were brown and he looked charming[98]when he smiled. 'Of course, I shall call you Chips, too[99],' she said, when she learned that that was his nickname[100]at school.
Within a week they were head over heels in love[101]; before Chips could walk without a stick, they considered themselves engaged[102]; and they were married in London a week before the beginning of the autumn term.
[82] the modern type新式的人（或物）
[83] this 'new woman' business“新女性”这玩意儿；与the modern type同位。business在这里含有轻蔑的意味。
[84] repel [rɪ'pel]使（人）厌恶
[85] here she was她（新女性）就出现在眼前
[86] making him positively look forward to the glimpse of her safety bicycle careering [kə'rɪərɪŋ] along the lakeside road使他不由得期待看到她骑着安全自行车沿湖边的道路疾驰而来。美国Bantam Books版中caree r ing作caree n ing。career是“疾驰”，careen [kə'ri:n]是“歪歪斜斜地前进”；这两个词在这里都讲得通。making使得；后面作宾语补足语的不定式前现在一般不用to。look forward to盼望；to是介词，不是不定式记号。
[87] him斜体，重读。宾格代词在一般情况下常轻读，如me [mɪ], you [jʊ]甚至 [jə], him [ɪm], us [əs]甚至 [s], them [ðəm, ðm]甚至 [əm, m]。这里的him不但要发正常的 [hɪm]音，而且还要重读，以示强调。
[88] read the Times看《泰晤士报》。“read”不一定读出声，不同于我们的“读报”；这里是过去式，读[red]。
[89] disapproved [dɪsə'pru:vd] of不赞成
[90] modernity [mə'dɜ:nɪtɪ]新式；现代性
[91] terrible ['terəbl] bores十分讨厌的人
[92] claiming（有权利）要求；值得
[93] youths of her own age和她同年的小伙子们。youths男青年们；a youth是一个男青年；而youth则是统称男女青年的集合名词。of her own age原义是“同年的”，这里是广义地指“和她年龄相仿的”。
[94] initially [ɪ'nɪʃəlɪ]起初
[95] because he was so hard to get to know因为他是很不容易认识的（而她竟认识了她）。get to…（不定式）渐渐达到（某种目的或结果）。
[96] his opinions dated from those utterly impossible seventies and eighties and even earlier -- yet were, for all that, so thoroughly ['θʌrəlɪ] honest虽然他的见解还是属于七八十年代或者甚至更陈旧的，然而却是彻底诚实的。impossible作“难堪的”解，是口语。seventies and eighties这里指1870—1889年。for all that尽管那一切；虽然如此；for是in spite of的意思。
[97] because -- because说了一个because，顿一顿，再说第二个because，生动地表现了Katherine所以喜欢Chips的屈指可数的原因。[98] he looked [lʊkt] charming他看上去很可爱。looked是连系动词，charming是主语补足语，或称表语。
[99] I shall call you Chips, too我也要叫你Chips。按Chips原来姓Chipping, Chips是他的绰号，已见前注，读下半句也自然明白。
[100] when she learned that that was his nickname当她知道了那（指“Chips”）是他的绰号。美国Little, Brown版只有一个that，即省略作连词的第一个that。
[101] head over heels in love爱得神魂颠倒；打得火热。Head over heels是习语，也作heels over head，但不及前者普通。
[102] they considered themselves engaged他们认为（自己）已经是订了婚了。