He listened to my tale of woe.

他听了我悲伤的故事。

She unfolded her tale to us.

她向我们倾吐了她的故事。

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.

他把它讲成了一个格外错综复杂的故事。

Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.

15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。

Mine is a long and a sad tale!

我的故事又长又悲惨！

Your tale is very affecting.

你的故事很感人。

Am I to hear a fairy tale?

我可以听一个童话故事吗？

Tis a brief tale, and quickly told.

这是一个简短的故事，讲得很快。

This isn't a fishy tale!

这不是一个可疑的故事！

Please you, sir, my meagre tale is told.

先生，我平淡的故事讲完了。

It's a tragic tale.

这是一个凄惨的故事。

The tale was long, but brimful of interest.

故事很长，但很有趣。

The tale no longer belongs to the community.

这个故事不再属于社区。

Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell.

几乎每个行业都有一个悲惨的故事。

The third main kind of folk tale is the comical story.

第三种主要的民间故事是滑稽故事。

It was like this fairy tale movie for me. It was cute.

对我来说，它就像是童话电影。它很可爱。

A number of things happen when an oral tale gets written down.

当一个口头故事被写下来的时候，会发生很多事情。

The second category of Norwegian folk tale is the supernatural.

挪威民间故事的第二种类型是超自然。

Pinocchio, standing before him, told his pitiful tale, word by word.

皮诺曹站在他面前，一字一句地讲他那令人同情的故事。

They were a vain and boastful company of heroes when the tale was done.

故事结束时，他们是一群自负虚荣的英雄。

The miser began to tell his tale, and said he had been robbed of his money.

守财奴开始讲他的故事，说他的钱被抢了。

"That was no fairy tale, 'tis true," said old Nanny, "but now it's coming."

“这的确不是一个童话，”接骨木树妈妈说。“可是现在它来了。”

I thought that a fairy tale was just a written version of an oral folktale.

我以为童话只是那些口头传说的书面版本。

"You, my love," said the bridegroom, turning to her, "is there no tale you know?"

“我的宝贝。”新郎转过身来对她说，“你有什么故事吗？”

It is a tale which holds children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.

这是一个让孩子们不敢玩耍，让老人不敢呆在烟囱角落的故事。

So essentially the same tale could be told in different communities, with certain aspects of the tale adapted to fit the specific community.

因此，从本质上说，同一个故事在不同的群体中会有不同的版本，而故事的某一方面又能符合当地群体的某一方面特征。

She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

她像童话故事里的一位公主。

Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches.

她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。

He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

他给老板讲述了自己母亲病危的情况。

Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved.

她的故事感人肺腑，讲一个妻子支持她深爱的丈夫的经历。