The love story unfolds against a background of civil war.

这爱情故事以内战为背景展开。

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It's not a love story, but a story about love.

这不是一个爱情故事，而是一个关于爱的故事。

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This is not a love story, but a life story.

这不是一个爱情故事，而是生活故事。

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The hero of the story is in love with a woman who--alas and alack--does not love him.

主角爱上了一位女子，可是那女子并不爱他。

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In other words, this is a love story with a classic love-story arc two people meet, part, and meet again set against a contemporary background of roiling media unease.

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But what stands out about this musical dissection of a relationship call it a He-sang, She-sang love story gone sour is the storytelling device Brown chooses.

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Austrian writer-director Michael Haneke's old-age love story "Amour" won for best international film, a possible prelude to the Oscars, where his film is the favorite to win the foreign-language prize and is nominated for best picture.

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