这本书开始时情节展开得很慢，但渐渐地就把你给完全吸引住了。

The book starts slowly, but it gradually draws you in.

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确定情节展开的时间和地点，以及将使用多少种不同的背景设置。

Determine when and where the action will unfold and how many different Settings will be utilized.

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该剧主要围绕原著童话中的情节展开：王后嫉妒白雪公主的美貌，因而派猎人追杀白雪公主。

The plot revolves around the traditional tale of the queen becoming jealous of Snow White's beauty and sending the huntsman to kill her.

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So, this unfolding of the plot and the epic story has been very, very interesting to watch, especially if you look back to that time when he came back to the company.

苹果的情节展开,和史诗般的叙事，都非常有趣，特别是回首他刚回公司的时候,这两点更为有趣。

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One thinks of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, for example, in which the central character, Paul Morel, is crippled by an Oedipus complex that he can't master and the difficulties and complications of the plot are of this kind.

拿D。H。劳伦斯的《儿子与情人》来说，里面的核心人物保罗，被自己不能控制的俄狄浦斯情节困扰,复杂多变的情节也就由此展开。

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