story是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 故事， 传说， 小说； (=storey) 楼层，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。
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There are five windows in each story in the front of the house; all the blinds visible through the small square panes are drawn up awry, so that the lines are all at cross purposes.
-- It would be impossible to give an idea of the old, rotten, shaky, cranky, worm-eaten, halt, maimed, one-eyed, rickety, and ramshackle condition of the furniture without an exhaustive description, which would delay the progress of the story to an extent that impatient people would not pardon.
-- At the time when this story begins, the lodging-house contained seven inmates.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The busy stage of life, the vir-tues of heroes, and the actions of men were his theme; and his hope and his dream was to become one among those whose names are recorded in story as the gallant and ad-venturous benefactors of our species.
-- But I paused when 84 FrankensteinI reflected on the story that I had to tell.
-- The sun is yet high in the heavens; before it descends to hide itself behind your snowy preci-pices and illuminate another world, you will have heard my story and can decide.
-- 'I will soon explain to what these feelings tended, but al-low me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half-painful self-deceit, to call them).'
-- The story is too connected to be mistaken for a dream, and I have no motive for falsehood.'
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Gone with the wind Margaret Mitchell The greatest love story of our times, the story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler...Margaret Mitchell's monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century.
-- Surely, thought Scarlett, Pa will know whether this awful story is true.
-- James andAndrew listened to his story patiently but they gave him little encouragement.
-- If she could only be with Ellen, just to see her, tohold onto her skirt, to cry and pour out the whole story in her lap.
-- The story Gerald had told her was based on the fact that she and Atlanta were christened in the same year.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And now, Handel," said he, finally throwing off the story as it were, "there is a perfectly open understanding between us.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After many, many years there came a king's son into that land: and an old man told him the story of the thicket of thorns; and how a beautiful palace stood behind it, and how a wonderful princess, called Briar Rose, lay in it asleep, with all her court.
-- So he began, and told all the story of the princess, as if it was one that he had once heard; and he asked the true waiting-maid what she thought ought to be done to anyone who would behave thus.
-- 316 Grimms' Fairy Tales THE WEDDING OF MRS FOX FIRST STORY here was once upon a time an old fox with nine tails, Twho believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to put her to the test.
-- 319SECOND STORY hen old Mr Fox was dead, the wolf came as a suitor, Wand knocked at the door, and the cat who was ser-vant to Mrs Fox, opened it for him.
-- 329THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS certain father had two sons, the elder of who was smart A and sensible, and could do everything, but the younger was stupid and could neither learn nor understand any-thing, and when people saw him they said: 'There's a fellow who will give his father some trouble!'
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was by no means satisfied with the relation I gave him of the manner I came into his kingdom, but thought it a story concerted between Glum-dalclitch and her father, who had taught me a set of words to make me sell at a better price.
-- But the thing was hushed up, and never known at court, for the girl was afraid of the queen's anger; and truly, as to myself, I thought it would not be for my rep-utation, that such a story should go about.
-- But my deliv-erance came sooner than I expected, and in a manner not very common; the whole story and circumstances of which I shall faithfully relate.
-- My answer was, 'that we were overstocked with books of travels: that nothing could now pass which was not extraordinary; wherein I doubted some authors less consulted truth, than their own vanity, or in-terest, or the diversion of ignorant readers; that my story could contain little beside common events, without those ornamental descriptions of strange plants, trees, birds, and other animals; or of the barbarous customs and idolatry of savage people, with which most writers abound.
-- I gave him a short account of some particulars, and made my story as plausible and con-sistent as I could; but I thought it necessary to disguise my country, and call myself a Hollander; because my intentions were for Japan, and I knew the Dutch were the only Euro-peans permitted to enter into that kingdom.
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