She was known to have said: "Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth!"

VOA: special.2009.01.11

But it's a good story, Joule decided that there must be a direct relationship between work and heat.

所以说，这只是一个不错的故事而已，焦耳认为功和热之间,一定具有某种直接的联系。

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and it was a good story, so it was, it was good.

故事也好，所以这是部好电影。

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"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

I'm not sure if it's altogether true, but it's a good story, at least, about the famous German philosopher who said that on his first teaching of the Republic, he went through the whole book, ! taught the whole book in one seminar, one semester.

不确定是否都对，但是讲得很好，至少，讲者是著名德国哲学家,他在首堂讲授《理想国》的课中如此提问，然后教完整本巨著，整本巨著在一个学期内教完，一个学期。

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A good example is the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart."

VOA: special.2009.02.02

It's a story of a cosmic battle between forces of good and forces of evil.

这是关于一场,善恶决战的故事。

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"At a time when the headlines are filled with challenges, the relationship between the United States and India is a good news story.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

This is the kind of story that has a moral. It's a feel-good story.

这是一个有寓意的故事，一个正面的故事。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"Breaking Bad is a story about a good man who makes bad decisions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

So you're going to figure out what happens in this story very generally, well not very generally, but in the particular case actually on the homework assignment, but I want you to understand that there's this much more general story underlying this, and this is a pretty good model of a lot of markets.

所以你们将找出,这样的例子里通常会发生了什么,也说不上太通常,只是在特定情况下,这个家庭作业中,但我想让你们明白,在这例子具有普遍性,且这对很多市场来说都是很好的模型

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He was known around Washington as "Good Time Charlie" for his love of drinks and women, and his life story became a Hollywood movie starring famed actor Tom Hanks.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

Well, A has to get whatever is in B. So now I'm clobbering, as they say, this value here, and at this point in the story, this is not good.

好的，A将获得B中的数据，现在我把这个值删掉，在这个地方,这是不好的。

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a good cameraman would understand the story

一个好的摄影师会理解这个故事，

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