The stories are all variations on the theme of unhappy marriage.

这些故事讲来讲去无非是这样那样的不幸婚姻。

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The stories contain no sugarcoating and are frequently grim in theme, and yet here and there one encounters the stubborn persistence of humanity’s best qualities.

杨的故事外面没有包上糖衣，主题通常沉重残酷，但是人们在书中不时会看到最美的人性在做最顽强的坚持。

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That's the basic outline of the story of Joseph and his brothers, but one of the important themes of these stories is the theme of God's providence.

这就是约瑟夫和他兄弟们的故事梗概，但是这些故事的一个非常重要的主题是，上帝的冒险。

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You might recognize it as the theme music for the Special English program Words and Their Stories.

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That's the basic outline of the story of Joseph and his brothers, but one of the important themes of these stories is the theme of God's providence.

这就是约瑟夫和他兄弟们的故事梗概，但是这些故事的一个非常重要的主题是,上帝的冒险。

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It's a theme that we'll see coming up in many of the stories.

在接下来的很多故事中，我们都可以看到这个主题。

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