tale是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 故事， 传说，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Thus, in the case of an ancient coffin of rough stone, supposed, for many generations, to contain the bones of a certain baron, who, after ravaging, with cut, and thrust, and plunder, in foreign lands, came back with a penitent and sorrowing heart to die at home, but which had been lately shown by learned antiquaries to be no such thing, as the baron in question (so they contended) had died hard in battle, gnashing his teeth and cursing with his latest breath the bachelor stoutly maintained that the old tale was the true one; that the baron, repenting him of the evil, had done great charities and meekly given up the ghost; and that, if ever baron went to heaven, that baron was then at peace.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Conceive the tale of London which a negro, fresh from Central Africa, would take back to his tribe!What would he know of railway companies, of social movements, of telephone and telegraph wires, of the Parcels Delivery Company, and postal orders and the like?
-- But here and there were warped boards and cracked metallic clasps that told the tale well enough.
-- He thought the tale a "gaudy lie."
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A boat beneath a sunny sky,Lingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July Children three that nestle near,Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased a simple tale to hear Long has paled that sunny sky:Echoes fade and memories die.Autumn frosts have slain July.
-- Children yet, the tale to hear,Eager eye and willing ear,Lovingly shall nestle near.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The chill and the vapour taken together told a poor tale of the island.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It seemed to her he was never satisfied unless there was some sordid tale being poured out to him, which he drank in with a sort of mournful, sympathetic satisfaction.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The master tried to explain the matter; but he was really half dead with fatigue, and all that I could make out, amongst her scolding, was a tale of his seeing it starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb, in the streets of Liverpool, where he picked it up and inquired for its owner.
-- I persuaded him easily to let me lay the blame of his bruises on the horse: he minded little what tale was told since he had what he wanted.
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