那是杜撰的故事，而不是真实发生的事情。

It is more a made-up story than a real occurrence.

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我们需要事实，不要杜撰的故事。

We want facts, not fictions.

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这只不过是一个杜撰的故事。

It was just a made-up story.

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And this is also a good time for us to draw a distinction between mythology and myth.

现在正好让我们做一个区分,弄清楚神话和杜撰故事的区别。

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There's been, probably apocryphal, stories about children who are raised by wolves or by dogs.

有很多狼或狗抚养儿童的故事,当然这些故事有可能是杜撰的

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But these stories rival, and implicitly polemicize against, the myths or mythologies of Israel's neighbors.

这些故事相矛盾，且隐含着相反含意，与以色列的杜撰故事和神话传说。

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