The virtual work of the reader does not involve surprise, does not involve the violation of expectations.

读者的虚功中没有惊讶，也没有期望的违背。

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Now we're not, of course, surprised by Paul's list of the virtues.

现在我们当然没有为保罗列出的美德名单而惊讶。

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He was looking very like happy which has suprised me, I mean, he's very boisterous where there isn't anything to set back by that at all, which I thought isn't.

他看起来很高兴，这一点,令我惊讶，我是说，他仍然充满活力,就像没有遇到挫折,但是总的来说，确实没什么挫折。

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To my surprise, nobody had before created a hundred-year long home price index, which seems surprising to me because the long history of home prices seems like a relevant fact; we want to know what markets do.

让我惊讶的是,此前居然没有人建立百年房屋价格指数,这点让我很惊讶,因为长期的历史房屋价格,看起来似乎是有关联的,我们很想知道市场的动向

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You're struck by the equality from the standpoint of riches of the dead nobility. No great distinction and no great riches either. You're dealing with a poorer world and a world that doesn't have this kind of outstanding monarchy.

贵族们那种在死亡面前一切平等,一视同仁的观点,很令人惊讶,那时没有很富有的阶层,只有赤贫阶层和,没有掌握权利的君主阶层

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In other words, if there are no surprises, it's just a yawn.

换言之，若作品中没有令人惊讶之处，它只不过像是个哈欠。

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If it doesn't surprise, it isn't worth it; it doesn't have value.

如果它不会令人惊讶，它就不值得，它就没有价值。

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