A good tale is none the worse for being twice told . ;

好戏 不厌 百 回 看。

The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday 's earthquake .

媒体上 尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。

It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature .

这是西印度群岛文学中广为流传的 故事。

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale

他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的 故事 。

The following tale will clearly illustrate this point .

接下来的 故事将清楚地阐明这一点。

He listened to my tale of woe

他听我 诉说 悲伤 的 故事 。

Barely fifteen months later it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions

不过15个月，它就成了告诫人们留心跨国并购中陷阱的警世 故事。

Few Europeans who had ventured beyond the Himalayas had returned to tell the tale .

少数几个冒险翻越了喜马拉雅山的欧洲人回来后讲述了这个 故事。

She related her tale of living rough .

她讲述了自己艰苦谋生的 故事。

A long tale gives a child fidgets .

太长的 故事会使小孩子烦躁不安。

He carefully recounts the tale the microscopic details of those crucial minutes .

他详细地 讲述了事情的经过和在那关键的几分钟 里所 发生的微小细节。

Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale ?

你以为我会相信那个荒诞的 故事吗？

Each tale has the timeless quality of fable .

每个 故事都有其永恒的寓意。

Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia .

简·罗伯茨编了一个引人入胜的 故事，诱骗一位年轻女性进入了黑手党的地盘。

She was like a princess in a fairy tale .

她就像 童话 里的公主。

Following the futuristic The Handmaid 's Tale Margaret Atwood 's seventh novel Cat 's Eye returns to more familiar territory

写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的 故事 》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。

a tale of life in the fast lane .

快节奏生活的 故事

Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand .

罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的 故事。

This article first relates a plain unvarnished tale .

这篇文章首先讲述了一个朴实无华的 故事。

The author extracts the maximum from every carefully-crafted scene in this witty tale .

作者从这个妙趣横生的 故事的每一个精心构思的情节中都摘录了尽可能多的内容。

I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead .

我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小 故事。

It 's a tragic tale .

这是一个凄惨的 故事。

Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday .

《城市 故事 》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。

He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death 's door

他向老板 谎称自己的母亲病危。

Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved

她的经历是一个妻子坚定地支持她深爱着的丈夫的感人 故事 。

Her tale has a consciously youthful tone and storyline combined with a sly humour .

她的 故事有意采用富于青春气息的笔调和情节，同时还带些调侃。

You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck .

你这次 算 是 逃过了一 劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？

According to the tale the tears of shark-people can be turned into pearls .

传说中 鲛人泪可以化为珍珠。

What were the subtexts of this venerable tale ?

这部古老的 童话所暗含的意义是什么呢？

I hesitated not wanting to tell tales about my colleague .

我犹豫了，不想说同事的 坏话。