说故事的人只不过是信息的调度者，他将故事元素合理安排为开头、中间和结尾。

Storytellers are simply curators of information who finesse the elements of a yarn into a beginning, middle and end.

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麻生先生，是一名天主教徒，他是前首相吉田茂的外孙（上图照片中端坐者为吉田茂；站在中间的孩子就是幼时的麻生），与他的爷爷一样都是含着银勺子出生的贵胄子弟。

Mr Aso, a Catholic, is the grandson of Shigeru Yoshida, a former prime minister (seated above; the young Mr Aso is standing in the centre) and as blue-blooded as they come.

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请注意，尽管如此，两者之间有两个 “中间版本”，即 V2.5 beta1 和 V2.5 beta2。

Note, however, that there are two “middle versions” between them, namely, V2.5 beta1 and V2.5 beta2.

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