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

一个长篇故事常常可以缩写成几个句子。

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

他讲述了有关丛林中所有野兽的长篇故事。

He was voluble to tell the people voluminous stories.

他很健谈，能讲长篇故事。

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

“编年史”是一个故事——多年的长篇故事。

It was really two long stories put together to make a book.

这实际上是两个长篇故事放一起写成一本书。

Each episode of the show has three long news stories.

该节目的每一集都有三个长篇新闻故事。

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的佛罗里达塞米诺尔战争的长篇故事，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 一部长达 2 小时的影片大获成，好莱坞致力于长篇故事的描述，这也成为今天电影的主要类型。

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

一边对着院士说道。 “让我们绕着花园转一圈吧， ” 院士很高兴看到有机会讲一个长篇大论的故事。

" 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.

“我曾经见过一个农民市政厅里被鞭打。我岳父派我去见市长， 当我到达那里时， 我很惊讶地看到他——” 守夜人开始长篇大论故事。