They say they don't have the time, they prefer radio or TV, they have no interest in reading a tale and besides they think newspapers are too expensive.

他们说没有时间，所以更喜欢听广播或看电视，他们没有兴趣读故事，并且觉得报纸太贵了。

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Even in the context of the bizarre, twisted fairy tale of Michael Jackson's life, the time he spent living in a converted cowshed in rural Ireland shortly before he died takes some believing.

即使人们已经熟悉迈克尔·杰克逊生活中那些怪异扭曲的神话故事，但也很难相信在他去世前的一小段时间里他竟然住在爱尔兰乡下，住在一个改建过的牛舍里。

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Incredibly, several eyewitnesses on the bay at the time the tsunami struck, lived to tell the tale.

不可思议的是，海啸发生时在海湾有几个目击者生还，得以讲述这段神奇故事。

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Jack went into production at a time when fairy tale movies seemed to be the next big thing.

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The novel demands to be read like this, as a fable, for while it roots around in the stench and swill of life, it is at the same time a highly figurative tale about truth versus fact, about meaning, and the power of language both to carry and destroy it.

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At the time, Rashomon, the tale of a violent act refracted through the conflicting testimony of four witnesses, was a significant act of diplomacy.

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