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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By the way, there is a popular expression about wolf from a very old story — a wolf in sheep's clothing.

顺便说一下，在一个很古老的故事里有一个关于狼的流行表达——披着羊皮的狼。

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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's the story of the old opera house and the ghost of the opera, right?

这个故事讲的是一所老歌剧院和歌剧院的幽灵，对吧？

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Was there some new news here that would entail these two outlets republishing this two-and-a-half-year-old story?

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Universal Pictures is trying to sell a new take on a very old story.

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And why did they publish a two-and-a-half-year-old story as if it happened two days ago?

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