So clearly it's an old story and we have even older prototypes for elements of the story as well.

证明，这是一个古老的故事,我们甚至可以找到更古老的故事原型。

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That was a story that surely was near and dear to the hearts of Many ancient Israelites and Ancient Near Eastern listeners, so all the elements are there for the retelling of that story.

这个故事必然对一些人来说亲近又珍贵,对那些古代以色列和近东的听众，那就具备了复述故事的一切要素。

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And really constantly considering the story and what new twists and elements we need to add to the story are a pretty big deal for us as well.

不断反思这个故事,反思我们需要加进去的新情节和新元素,对我们来说也很重要。

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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。

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And, again, some of the elements within this group may have brought with them the story of a miraculous escape from Egypt.

现在这一团体内部的一些因素又一次,带来了逃离埃及的传奇故事。

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It's like a little novella. Scholars are divided over the authenticity of the Egyptian elements in the story.

它就像一篇短篇小说，学者们意见有分歧,关于故事中埃及元素的可信性。

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The story in Exodus has high drama, and lots of folkloric elements including this contest between Moses and Aaron on the one hand and the magicians of Egypt on the other hand.

出埃及记》中的故事很有戏剧性，有很多民间传说的元素,由摩西和亚伦之间的较量,以及与埃及巫师的争斗。

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The Exodus story also contains many Egyptian elements.

出埃及记》故事中也有大量的埃及元素。

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