There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.

用图片代替语言来讲述故事可能会收到更好的教育效果。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I am going to tell you a story.

我要给你们讲一个故事。

《牛津词典》

To illustrate my point , let me tell you a little story.

为了说明我的观点，让我来给你们讲个小故事。

《牛津词典》

And they disliked the way Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story.

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So the writer seems very determined to tell the story in a way that depicts God as acting not capriciously but according to certain clear standards of justice.

作者似乎决定,描述不是一个变幻莫测,而是有着很清楚公正原则的上帝。

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I still want to tell this story," and he does it in a kind of roundabout way. And this is on page 49.

我还是想要告诉人们我的故事,他用一种迂回的方式这样做了，这是在49页。

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They tell a story to give an example from the adult context.

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But the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times.

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Storytelling: the ability to use data to tell a story and to be able to communicate it effectively.

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