A long story can sometimes be condensed into a few sentences.

篇常常可以缩写成几句子。

He told long stories about all the beasts in the jungle.

他讲述了有关丛林中所有野兽篇。

A " chronicle" is a story – a long story over many years.

“编年史”是——多年篇。

No one is giving lengthy stories and preferably no one is giving one word answers.

没有人讲述篇，最好也没有人用词来回答。

Each episode of the show has three long news stories.

该节目每集都有三篇新闻。

The major poets of her day wrote epics, long pieces that tell a story.

当时主要诗人创作是史诗，即讲述篇作品。

He told me long stories of the Florida Seminole war, in which he took part, and invited me to visit him in Omaha.

他给我讲了他参加过佛罗里达塞米诺尔战争篇，并邀请我去奥马哈拜访他。

Then, in 1912, an Italian 2-hour film was hugely successful, and Hollywood settled upon the novel-length narrative that remains the dominant cinematic convention of today.

然而，1912 年，意大利 部达 2 小时影片大获成功，从此好莱坞致力于篇描述，这也成为今天电影主要类型。

There's no expectation that you have a long story prepared and you don't need to worry about having advanced level grammar structures or high level vocabulary.

我们并不期望您准备好篇，也不需要担心您拥有高级水平语法结构或高级词汇量。

" Let us take a turn round the garden, " said the academician delighted at seeing an opportunity of telling a long and well-turned story.

边对着院士说道。 “让我们绕着花园转圈吧， ” 院士很高兴看到有机会讲篇大论。

" I have seen once a peasant flogged in the town hall. My father-in-law had sent me to the Mayor of the borough, and when I came there I was surprised to see him — — " The watch-woman began a long story.

“我曾经见过农民在市政厅里被鞭打。我岳父派我去见市， 当我到达那里时， 我很惊讶地看到他——” 守夜人开始篇大论。