Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story.

让我用一个老故事来说明我指的是什么吧。

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This is a resurrection of an old story from the mid-70s.

这是70年代中期的一个老故事的再现。

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It's an old story. If you don't believe me, I'll tell you the whole thing.

这事过去很久了，如果你们不相信，我把整个故事说给你们听。

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But there is an old story about it.

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So clearly it's an old story and we have even older prototypes for elements of the story as well.

证明，这是一个古老的故事,我们甚至可以找到更古老的故事原型。

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It is a story of sadness and loss, of the failure of an old Southern family to which the brothers belong.

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The big, greedy corporation vs. the small guy is an old story doomed to be repeated.

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To those close to the intelligence business however, such things are an old story.

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As that example might suggest, Mr Godwin is not a sufficiently original writer to give new life to an old story.

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