I would never have suspected that the first person I met by e-mail would be a German chimney sweeper, with whom, after a year of correspondence, albeit not romantic, a common interest still exists.

我从没想过我通过电子邮件认识的第一个人会是德国烟囱清扫工，经过一年的通信，尽管不浪漫，但仍然存在共同兴趣。