That's why she produced story after story after story that can be read in these formal ways with these symbols that accrue meaning and deepen and change over the course of the novel or the story.

这就是为什么她写了一个又一个故事,有着象征意义的形式正式的文章，自然而然地形成某种意义,深刻并改变着小说或故事的发展。

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And then should it surprise us that that's the kind of person who would call a perfect stranger on the telephone and write a sexy story and give it to them? Right?

我们是否应该感到吃惊呢,正是这类人会为给一个陌生人打电话,并为对方写一个性感小故事？

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There's a short story by the science fiction writer Orson Scott Card, where the basic point of the story is that of all the life forms in the universe, we, here on Earth, are the only ones that are mortal.

科幻作家Orson，Scott，Card写了一个短故事，该故事的主旨是,在宇宙的所有生命形式中，我们，在地球上是唯一终有一死的生命。

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And she would intercept them as they came across the rickety bridge, or the low bridge, and she would ask them a few questions and ?" conclude with, "Can you write me a story? " You would help me out with my experiment if you'd just write a little story right now."

她会拦住他们,当他们分别横过摇晃的桥和低矮平稳的桥时，她会问一些问题,最后一个问题是“能为我写一个故事吗“,我将解决实验中遇到的瓶颈,如果你能立即给我写一个小故事“

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