在我这个版本的故事中，我添加了一些新素材。

In my version of the story, I added some new material.

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这些故事虽然只是小报的花边素材，却向人们提出了一个问题：当婚姻走到尽头，夫妻是该分手离婚还是携手面向未来？

These stories are tabloid fodder, but they also raise a provocative question. When a marriage is clearly on the skids, is it better to fold or fight for a future together?

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在古巴出生的她，童年就举家迁来美国，她的童年和家境为她的这些生动故事提供了充足的素材。

Born in Cuba, she moved to the United States as a child, and her childhood and family provide a rich vein of material for her vividly told stories.

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He also notes that some of the material in the patriarchal stories would be offensive to later religious sensibilities.

他还指出族长故事里的一些素材,是冒犯后来的宗教敏感性的。

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And source critics looking at this material discern numerous, diverse sources that are interwoven throughout.

一些材料批评学家认为这个故事，是由很多素材交织在一起的而成的。

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They provide some continuity between the tales.

他们为后来的故事提供素材。

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