urban legend

Then came news that what seemed like an urban legend is actually true :

然后新闻上出现了好像都市传奇剧情那样的真实依据：

What was urban legend 's becoming heroic .

都市传奇成为英雄了

I always thought that was an urban legend .

我一直以为只是城市里故事而已。

I love a good urban legend .

我喜欢美好的都市传说

I was told just like everyone else it was just an urban legend .

所有人都说团体的背后隐藏着一个都市神话。

I think it 's an urban legend .

那不过是一种都市传说。

but the urban legend is wrong about the husband .

但关于丈夫的传闻有误

But new research suggests that the so-called Chinese restaurant syndrome is nothing more than urban legend .

但是新的研究表明，所谓中国餐馆综合症实为子虚乌有，那只不过是一种城市传说而已。

What 's the real story , not the urban legend , but the truth ?

真实情况是什么？抛开那些传闻，真实情况

We actually started an urban legend .

这个都市传说是我们传起来的。

Or is that an urban legend ?

还是这是一个都市传说？

A group of friends on a weekend camping trip decide to investigate a local urban legend .

在一次周末野营旅行中，一群伙伴决定去调查一个当地的都市传说。

Despite urban legend , there 's no advantage in being a double major & and there are many disadvantages .

尽管有很多城市传奇，但是选择双学位（doublemajor）没什么好处&相反，还有很多坏处。

Indeed , the number of suicides was far more modest than the urban legend implied .

事实上，自杀数量远没有都市传言暗示的那么多。

So there 's a urban legend that Peter wrote the song in memory of his girlfriend .

所以Peter写了这首歌缅怀他的女朋友。如果这个故事是真实的话，这首歌就不难理解了。Peter唱的是一直没等到她：

Sounds more like an urban legend than the Chesapeake Ripper , no ?

听起来更像是都市传奇，而不是切萨皮克开膛手，不是吗

" Our results also suggest that the supposed effect of moon phase on medical complications is merely an urban legend ," he said .

研究结果还表明，月相对会增加并发症的发生只是坊间的传言。

It 's just urban legend bullshit .

纯粹是荒谬的都市传说。

By the end of this lesson , you will be able to tell fact from fiction and read about an urban legend .

本课结束，你能够分辨事实和虚构，阅读一个都市传奇。

Greta Garbos screen legend had become Greta Garbo urban legend .

嘉宝的银幕神话转变成了嘉宝的都市童话。

According to urban legend , Prime Minister Lee visited a feng shui master named Reverend Hong Chuan .

据都市传说记载，李总理拜访了一位风水大师，也就是当时光明山普觉禅寺的住持：宏船法师（ReverendHongChuan）。

Q.What is an urban legend ?

什么是都市传奇？

This tale is most likely where the urban legend regarding the waking of sleepwalkers originated .

关于叫醒梦游者的传闻最有可能来源于此。

The story of Pinky Pinky is an urban legend and old wives ' tale rolled into one .

粉鬼（PinkyPinky）的故事是由都市传说和荒诞故事杂糅而成。

In this aspect , I intended to proceed in two ways : on the one hand is a romantic narrative strategies of urban legend .

在这一方面，我意于从两个方面着手：一方面是浪漫的都市传奇化的叙事策略。

That story isn 't true , of course ; it 's an urban legend , circulating by word of mouth since the1970s .

当然，这故事不是真的，这是一个都市传传说，从二十世纪七十年代口口相传至今。

This urban legend begins on a cold winter day with a young couple who were having a christening party in their home for their new baby .

故事是这样开始的，在一个寒冷的冬季夜晚，一对年轻夫妇为了给他们刚出生的孩子洗礼在家举行派对。

It might sound like a urban legend , but a Japanese girl with stinky feet might have killed fishes with her fungal affliction .

听起来可能像是都市传奇，但一位日本少女真的因为饱受细菌折磨，造成脚臭熏死了鱼。

Hence , no two versions of an urban legend are ever exactly alike ; there can be as many variants as there are tellers of the tale .

因此，没有任何两个版本的都市传说会完全的相似，他们就像故事的讲述者的不同而有所差别。

Folklore may be passed along in verbal form , like the urban legend that we hear about from friends who assure us that it really happened to a friend of their cousin .

民俗可以是以口头形式传播的，就像我们在朋友那儿听到的都市传奇故事，叙事者会向我们保证那确实是发生在他们亲人或者朋友身上的真事；