relate是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 叙述， 讲述； 使互相关联，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《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I will, with your leave, relate to you, miss, the story of one of our customers.'
-- It is the case of a shock from which the suffer-er recovered, by a process that he cannot trace himself as I once heard him publicly relate in a striking manner.
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'What you relate may be very pretty, but you tell it in so melancholy a manner, and do not mention Kay.'
-- Did sweet children play there, and relate their dreams?'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Ah, that's exquisite!Another bottle," he said to the waiter, and he began to relate his good story.
-- inquired the prince; and Levin saw by his face that he was just going to relate something funny.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Passepartout did not observe the detective, who stood in an obscure corner; but Fix heard him relate his adventures in a few words to Mr. Fogg.
-- IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG'S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON 'CHANGEIt is time to relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- An aunt of my father's, and consequently a great-aunt of mine, ofwhom I shall have more to relate by-and-by, was the principalmagnate of our family.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Good Heavens! What can be to be broke to me, that does not relate to one of that family?'
-- It does relate to him, and I will tell you directly;' (resuming her work, and seeming resolved against looking up.)
-- 'Not quite,' returned Emma, with forced calmness, 'for all that you then said, appeared to me to relate to a differ-ent person.
-- Weston, who had been calling on her daughter-in-law elect, and took Hartfield in her way home, almost as much in duty to Emma as in pleasure to herself, to relate all the particulars of so interesting an interview.
-- This is all that I can relate of the how, where, and when.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply myself more particu-larly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology.
-- Probably you do not; I will relate her history, therefore, in a few words.
-- And how, Victor, can I relate our misfortune?
-- Victor, he is murdered!I will not attempt to console you; but will simply relate the circumstances of the transaction.
-- I shall 'I relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made me what I am.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But I shall not anticipate the reader with further de-scriptions of this kind, because I reserve them for a greater work, which is now almost ready for the press; containing a general description of this empire, from its first erection, through along series of princes; with a particular account of their wars and politics, laws, learning, and religion; their plants and animals; their peculiar manners and customs, with other matters very curious and useful; my chief design at present being only to relate such events and transactions as happened to the public or to myself during a residence of about nine months in that empire.
-- And it must be confessed, that from the great intercourse of trade and commerce between both realms, from the continual reception of exiles which is mutual among them, and from the custom, in each empire, to send 60 Gulliver's Travelstheir young nobility and richer gentry to the other, in order to polish themselves by seeing the world, and understand-ing men and manners; there are few persons of distinction, or merchants, or seamen, who dwell in the maritime parts, but what can hold conversation in both tongues; as I found some weeks after, when I went to pay my respects to the em-peror of Blefuscu, which, in the midst of great misfortunes, through the malice of my enemies, proved a very happy ad-venture to me, as I shall relate in its proper place.
-- After some further discourse, which I then conjectured might relate to me, the two friends took their leaves, with the same compliment of striking each other's hoof; and the gray made me signs that I should walk before him; where-in I thought it prudent to comply, till I could find a better director.
-- It would be tedious to relate the several steps by which I advanced to a more regular con-versation; but the first account I gave of myself in any order and length was to this purpose: 'That I came from a very far country, as I already had at-tempted to tell him, with about fifty more of my own species; that we travelled upon the seas in a great hollow vessel made of wood, and larger than his honour's house.
-- I could, with great pleasure, enlarge further upon the manners and virtues of this excellent people; but intending in a short time to publish a volume by itself, expressly upon that subject, I refer the reader thither; and, in the mean time, proceed to relate my own sad catastrophe.
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