We can also follow stories which involve more profound transformations as when a man dies and is reborn into the body of a child.

我们也能理解很多包含更大转变的故事,比如某人死后又转世投胎到新生儿的身上

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So, long story short after this fairly arcane syntax, the end result is completely straightforward, do the following 10 times.

如此看来，这个长篇故事经过这个奇异的语法规则，简化后就立马简单明朗了许多，只需要重复做10次就OK了。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

There were travelers from Europe who came and would write these stereotypic stories.

有些欧洲旅行者,来到这里后会写下这些带有成见的故事

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Story number two,just like story number one, the spaceship takes off,and about 15 minutes later, it explodes in a horrible accident and everybody on the spaceship, including your friend,is killed.

第二个故事和第一个故事一样，飞船起飞，十五分钟后，它在可怕的事故中爆炸，船上所有人包括你的朋友都死了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now as metonymy, the delays we have been talking about, -- the paratactic structure of the way in which the story is told-- all of those, and the elements of repetition, are forms that we recognize as metonymic, but there's something beyond that at the level of theme.

作为转喻，我们之前说过的延后，在这个故事中表现为那种并列的结构-,都是重复的元素，我们把它们看做是转喻的，但是还有些东西在这个主题之上。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

This is the story of Shigeru when he was in Japan because the story on CD-ROM is when he has grown up.

这是关于Shigeru在日本时的故事,因为光盘上都是关于他长大后的故事。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

I tried in a lot of literature and I introduced the story by saying it's her favorite. So they think this is great, 'cause she likes the story and they sit with her after the story is read.

我让孩子们看了很多文学书籍,介绍了大家喜爱的故事,这是她最喜欢的，孩子们认为这个故事很好，因为Harako喜欢这个故事,故事读完后孩子们和她坐在一起。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选