I needed a history more complete than the strangled bits that he had owned and passed on to me-a short, brutal tale of having been trapped as a stowaway on a ship.

我想讲述一段完整的历史，而不仅仅是他透露给我的，艰难哽咽的片言只语——那是一个简短而残酷的故事，一段困守孤船的偷渡历程。

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The festivities were to have included a short new ballet, "the Far Shore", based loosely on the folk tale that inspired "Swan Lake".

庆祝活动本来包括一小段新芭蕾舞《远处河岸》，这是一段根据民间传说改编的舞蹈，与“天鹅湖”同出一源。

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Maupassant's stories range from the short tale of few pages, one or two, to a full-length novel.

莫泊桑的故事篇幅长短不等，从一两页的短篇小说到长篇小说都有涉猎。

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A good example is the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart."

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So in an attempt not to bore loved ones with a barrage of imagery, I will cull the best photos from my storage drives, as well as those taken by friends and others, and share a short tale associated with that image.

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The wiretaps, which breached the normally soundproof walls of hedge funds, told a breathtaking tale of selfish, short-term thinking.

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Strange won a Crystal Bear award at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival for a short film called "Aphrodite's Farm, " a magical tale set on a dairy farm in the 1930s.

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