这爱情故事以内战为背景展开。

The love story unfolds against a background of civil war .

人们用这个故事来强调耶稣人性的一面。

The story was used to emphasize the humanity of Jesus .

他的新著表明他讲故事的本领是一流的。

His new book shows him to be a first-rate storyteller .

展览讲述了蒸汽时代引人入胜的故事。

The exhibition tells the fascinating story of the steam age .

你能不能回到故事的开头？

Could you go back to the beginning of the story ?

他既讲故事又说笑话，把我们逗得乐了好几个小时。

He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes .

这故事讲的是王子奋力解救帕米娜。

The story concerns the prince 's efforts to rescue Pamina .

这篇文章集中讨论了故事中人的情感问题。

The article concentrates on the human angle of the story .

这个故事是非常典型的肥皂剧题材。

The story has all the elements of a soap opera .

这部作品具有构成一个好的神秘故事所有的因素。

It has all the ingredients of a good mystery story .

故事围绕着一群辍学的中学生展开。

The story is built around a group of high school dropouts .

这篇故事我们将在下一期里继续刊载。

The story will be continued in our next issue .

这部电影是根据弗兰肯斯坦科学怪人的故事改编的。

The movie is a reworking of the Frankenstein story .

在这个故事中神以鹰的形象出现。

In the story the god assumes the form of an eagle .

这故事讲的是典型的爱情与责任之间的矛盾。

The story tells of a classic conflict between love and duty .

这本书的故事布局十分严谨。

The book is well organized in terms of plot .

这些故事讲来讲去无非是这样那样的不幸婚姻。

The stories are all variations on the theme of unhappy marriage .

我觉得她没有领会故事的中心意思。

I don 't think she saw the point of the story .

下一个场面是描述故事中五年后的情况。

The next scene takes the story forward five years .

她编了一部新版鬼故事集。

She 's the editor of a new collection of ghost stories .

他在剧本里采用了一些简单的传统故事并进行了发挥。

In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them .

他过去经常编造一些有关他在部队时的离奇故事。

He used to spin yarns about his time in the Army .

在电影的最后半个小时里，故事情节迅速了结。

In the last half-hour of the movie the plot rapidly self-destructs .

娃娃们老缠着我给他们读故事书。

The kids kept pestering me to read to them .

这个故事以不同的形式出现在不同的文化中。

The story appears in different guises in different cultures .

我想为年纪更小的孩子改写这篇故事。

I intend to rewrite the story for younger children .

故事情节逐渐展开，小女孩都入迷地听着。

The girls listened in fascination as the story unfolded .

据说这部小说是以一个真实的故事为依据的。

The novel is supposedly based on a true story .

为了说明我的观点，让我来给你们讲个小故事。

To illustrate my point , let me tell you a little story .

这个故事也许显得离奇，但我却觉得很真实。

It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me .