It has traditional stories and legends, some quite fanciful, Whose goal it is to explain how and why something is what it is.

它讲述了一些传统故事，有一些还极具想象力，它们试图解释事物的形成方式及成因。

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One that I found most instructive is called The Cambridge World History of Food, which is this very--two very large volumes.

我觉得最具指导性的是,《剑桥世界饮食史》,它有两大卷

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At any rate, the reader must regard it as creative writing rather than simply a record of life."

无论从哪一层面来看，把它当作是极具创想的作品,而不单单是生活的记录“

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