There are a variety of ways, in other words, in which this story, just like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could end.

有很多种方式，换言之，在这个故事里，就像《古航海家之歌》一样，结局有很多种可能。

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We know, of course, that Adam and Eve are going to eat the stupid fruit; but Milton is developing a style that works to resist our drive to get to the end of the story.

我们知道亚当夏娃会吃掉那愚蠢的果子;,但弥尔顿创造了一种体式,抗拒我们想要读到故事结局的冲动。

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Off he went to the northeast Peloponnesus to the site where he thought it might be, Mycenae, from Homer's account-- I wouldn't be telling you this story, and you know the outcome.

因此他奔向伯罗奔尼撒半岛东北部,根据荷马的叙述,他认为迈锡尼城在那里,我想不用告诉你这个故事的结局,你们也能猜出来

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.. It's one thing to have-- it's not to say that the best-- if you want your life to be like the plot of a great story, it's not as though you think, " "All right, the denouement must occur at the very last page."

如果你拥有-,不是说最美好的生活-,如果你想让生活像美好的故事情节，它并不像你所想的，“好的，结局一定是在最后一页“

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