老头想到那么优秀的菇凉，再想想自己，难免会觉得配不上年轻貌美的卡瑟琳，他用了四个排比句说出四项不配娶卡瑟琳的原因：
He had told her of his only mediocre degree , of his occasional difficulties of discipline , of the certainty that he would never get a promotion, and of his complete ineligibility to marry a young and ambitious girl.
故事中了解到卡瑟琳没有父母，不知道她是孤儿还是由于什么原因失去父母呢，虽然没有得到父母的爱，但是她是一位富有爱心和简单的人，看到崴到脚的老头知道照顾他，知道他的年龄，工作，性格的差异也并不嫌弃，依然选择爱他，也许这就是爱情吧。
文中多次透露出卡瑟琳的美丽，雄心和智慧，其中有个片段让我对卡瑟琳的印象极为深刻，卡瑟琳是一位家庭家庭教师，在她看来教师这一职业是多么的伟大，当他得知老头是位教师时，她的内心是多么喜悦，所以当时她对小老头说，老师是：
To be influencing those who are going to grow up and matter to the world’
一句话，道出凯瑟琳认为教师的重要性，以及对教师的喜爱。
值得学习的表达：
1 mouse-grey 鼠灰色
3 he could resmell the washed air after heavy rain
3 her gay laughter. 之前一直认为gay表示同性恋，还想着凯瑟琳会发出同志般的笑声，查完字典后，才知道gay的另外层意思 gay = attractive
4 another memory gem-clear when he turned to it 记忆如此清晰
5 she said, with mock gravity. 装出一本正经的样子
