说故事

As Moses tells the story, on the sixth day of creation, that is at the eleventh hour of a particularly frantic creative bout, the god kneaded some clayey earth and in an almost playful gesture, crafted a tiny model to dwell in his new world.

摩西讲述的那个故事说，在创世的第六天，也就是在那特别激昂的创世活动的最后时刻，上帝揉搓一些黏土，用一种几乎戏谑的动作，精心捏造出一个小模型，让他生活在自己的新世界。

Some of you may choose to have faith in the story that I tell.

你们当中有些人可能会选择有信心的故事，我说不出来。

But to make a long story short, I'm Canadian.

先把故事缩短了说吧，我是加拿大人。

I don't know weather I told you this, seven years ago I toke a bus from my institute to Delhi, the India Capital.

不知道以前有没有跟大家说过这个故事：七年前有一次，我从我的佛学院坐巴士到德里，印度的首都。

Just for you, Toto,I'll tell you a story.

我给你说个故事先坐下。。。

"So," added Madame de Villefort, constantly returning to her object,"the poisons of the Borgias, the Medicis, the Renes, the Ruggieris, and later, probably, that of Baron de Trenck, whose story has been so misuse d by modern drama and romance"

"那么说，"维尔福夫人接着说道，她老是把话头拉回到她的题目上来，"近代戏剧和传奇小说中把故事都完全弄错了，凡是布琪亚，梅迪契，罗吉里斯，以及后来德邻克男爵所用的毒药"

"So," added Madame de Villefort, constantly returning to her object,"the poisons of the Borgias, the Medicis, the Renes, the Ruggieris, and later, probably, that of Baron de Trenck, whose story has been so misused by modern drama and romance"

"那么说，"维尔福夫人接着说道，她老是把话头拉回到她的题目上来，"近代戏剧和传奇小说中把故事都完全弄错了，凡是布琪亚，梅迪契，罗吉里斯，以及后来德邻克男爵所用的毒药"

If ama died from the disillusion of her ideal love, let us try to assume that if rodofu were truehearted and not changed ever, if levo were of noble birth and ama also born in high-class society, if things could come out as ama wished to elope with her lover to a remote country, if she finally found the loved one by her brave persuit although she married one she didn't love ....could this story be different with different endings?

如果说艾玛的死是由于理想爱情的幻灭，那么我们试想一下，假如罗多夫对艾玛是一片真情，痴心不改；假如莱昂是个贵族公子，而艾玛也出生在富丽堂皇的上流社会；假如她如愿与相爱的的情人私奔到另一个浪漫的国度；假如她虽然与不爱的人结婚，但经过她的勇敢追求，终于找到了梦中的骑士……那么这个故事的结局会不会有所不同？

"I can't understand all the excitement because this story was over two weeks ago," he said.

"我不理解这些人的兴奋，因为这个故事都是2个星期前的了，"他说。

A typical mean person's story line goes like this:"I am a victim; people want to hurt me; I must hurt them first to be safe." This is why mean people may turn ugly when you say something like "Please pass the salt" or "Hey, it's raining."

一个典型"坏"人的故事是这样的："我是受害人；人们想伤害我；我必须第一个来伤害他们才能安全"这就是为什么当你说："请递给我盐"或"嘿，下雨了"时，为什么"坏人"会边"坏"。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！