有种传说，美国西部的枪手们每杀死一个人就在他们的枪柄上刻下一个V形记号。
It is a myth that gunslingers in the American west cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot.
与书面故事不同，口述传说并非由任何一人所创造。
Unlike written stories, the spoken tradition is not created by any one person.
哈瓦苏派传说在第一次和第二次亚特兰蒂斯大洪水时期，细长的蓝灰色“蚂蚁人”曾把他们带到了地下的避难所。
The Hava Supai refer in legends to spindly blue gray 'ant people' as having taken them into underground refuge cities during the first and second Atlantean deluge.
当地有一种传说，当然言过其实，说在奥安的那条凹路里坑了二千匹马和一千五百人。
A local tradition, which evidently exaggerates matters, says that two thousand horses and fifteen hundred men were buried in the hollow road of Ohain.
塞尔达传说的赌博游戏是一个让人无功而返的教训，在游戏中你的账户可能以破产告终，尽管你没犯一点错误。
The Legend of Zelda's Money Making Game is a follow-the-lady-like lesson in futility, where your rupee stash can end in bankruptcy through no fault of your own.
谈话中有5分钟，阿尔巴尼亚人总是在告诉你他们是怎样从古希腊衍生出来的，而这些都是来自于伊利·里亚的民间传说。
Five minutes into a conversation, Albanians were telling you how they'd descended from the ancient Greeks. The Illyrians. Those folk tales had come from somewhere.
关于袋鼠名字的由来有这样一个传说：早期殖民者初到澳洲，见到了当地的土著人。
Legend has it that the kangaroo gets its name from an early meeting between local aborigines and white settlers.
许多说故事人会叙说祖国的传说及远古神话。
Many tell tales and ancient myths from their faraway homelands.
相反，其领导人攻击特别法庭的调门不断升高，指责该法庭为美国的工具，对传说中以色列制造了这起谋杀的证据不予采信。
Instead, its leaders have attacked the tribunal with growing vigour, accusing it of being an American tool and of ignoring purported evidence of Israel's hand in the killings.
传说咖啡的果实是公元850年一个埃塞俄比亚牧羊人发现的：他注意到山羊吃了当地某种灌木的红色果实之后便活蹦乱跳起来。
As legend goes, coffee berries were first discovered in 850 by an Ethiopian goat herder who noticed his goats were much friskier after having eaten the red berries of a local bush.
根据渔民的传说，狄更斯写道，在潮水涨起来的时候，人是不会死去的。
Fishermen's folklore, Dickens writes, says men and women cannot die while the tide is rising.
传说中效能超低的经理人都至少具备以下七个坏习惯之一。
The following are seven habits of which every ineffective manager has cultivated at least one.
第一个问题是所谓的“隐藏的人”——或者通俗地讲，小精灵——为数众多的冰岛人长久以来对他们丰富的民间传说深深相信并沉浸其中。
The first was the so-called “hidden people”—or, to put it more plainly, elves—in whom some large number of Icelanders, steeped long and thoroughly in their rich folkloric culture, sincerely believe.
他还写了不少类似民间传说的奇妙故事，但跟传说不一样的是，这些故事充溢着自信和力量，让人过目难忘。
He also wrote any number of wonderful late tales that read a bit like folktales, but they are self-assured, vital, unforgettable.
根据都市传说，油炸金丝雀是古罗马人的用来治愈宿醉的方法。
According to Urban Legends, deep Fried canaries were the hangover cure of choice for the Ancient Romans.
人要传说你可畏之事的能力。我也要传扬你的大德。
They will tell of the power of your awesome works, and I will proclaim your great deeds.
信天翁--传说中航海人的守护者--已经濒临灭绝了。
The albatross - legendary protector of seafarers - is heading for extinction.
早期淘金热的时光一去不复返了，那时的淘金者，就像传说中的“先驱49人”一样，仅仅是从溪水中通过简单的过滤获得天然沙金。
The days are gone when most gold was gathered by people like the “49ers” of California’s gold rush, who merely sifted water to remove nuggets.
一位《秘鲁21报》的撰稿人说：“传说中的杀手在当今社会竟然真的存在，这实在是令人难以置信。”
"It's really incredible that killers like this could exist today, " said one contributor to the newspaper Peru21.
人要传说你可畏之事的能力。我也要传扬你的大德。
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible ACTS: and I will declare thy greatness.
日本传统的“达摩”不倒翁是一个空心的人偶形象，其体态浑圆，两只眼睛是空白的。 “达摩”不倒翁得名于传说中的佛教大师、禅宗创始人菩提达摩。
The traditional "Daruma" doll is hollow and round with blank white eyes and is named after Bodhidharma, legendary Buddhist monk and founder of Zen.
这次旅程还将包括在篝火旁听维京人戈登讲凯尔特人的传说（天哪），探访尼斯湖怪，游览EileanDonan城堡，以及出海去看海豹。
There'll also be Celtic tales around a bonfire with (ahem) Gordon the Viking, a check on Nessie, a nose around Eilean Donan castle, and a boat trip to watch seals.
在《黑夜传说》系列电影里，Seleme使用她的吸血鬼的力量来与狼人战斗，而且只要她一亮相，我们就很容易把战斗吸血鬼晾在一边，只看她一个人，你会吗？
Selene uses her vampire powers to battle werewolves in the 'Underworld' series, and simply by her presence alone, we have to take the vampires' side in this fight. Just look at her, would you?
小角度仰拍阿斯塔纳的高塔。它象征哈萨克人传说中的神鸟Samruk，它在生命之树上下了一颗金色的蛋。
A low angle perspective of the tower in Astana which simbolises the Kazakh myth of the magic bird Samruk, who laid a golden egg on the tree of life
我生长于南加利福尼亚，我们总是害怕传说中的“超级地震”，我们中的大部分人都知道事实上“超级地震”会分为许多次“小型地震”来临。
And I grew up in southern California, where we always were in fear of the "big one," even though most of us knew that the "big one" would really come in a smattering of lots of "little ones."
人熊(“树林里的人”)是西印度尼西亚moni人传说中的先祖之魂。
The Bondegezou (" man of the forests ") is a legendary, ancestral spirit of the Moni people in Western Indonesia.
人熊(“树林里的人”)是西印度尼西亚moni人传说中的先祖之魂。
The Bondegezou (" man of the forests ") is a legendary, ancestral spirit of the Moni people in Western Indonesia.
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