You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

嗯，我是想让你大吃一惊。”

He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new'Antoinette'.

同一天，他驾驶一架新的“安特瓦特”号飞机来到了加来附近。

the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

一会儿工夫，狱卒重新登台，拿来一副眼镜以及平时使用的那封信，然后为那囚犯念了起来。

Many people find this sort of joke distasteful The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.

许多人认为这种笑话是低级庸俗的。下面是个“病态幽默”的实例，你可据此自己作出判断。

Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons.

历史学家迄今认为日历是随农业的问世而出现的，因为当时人们面临着了解四季的实际需要，

as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.

我与妻子在一次周游巴尔干半岛时对此深有体会。