1. The story goes that Augustus could not bear to have Julius Caesar´s month longer than the one he named himself.
    据说奥古斯都大帝不能容忍恺撒大帝的月份比他的月份长。

2. Thursday Charles had to stand in a corner during story-time because he kept pounding his feet on the floor.
    星期四查尔斯不得不在讲故事的时候立壁角，因为他一直在地板上跺脚。

3. There is a story that holds that high heels were first brought to America by a famous New Orleans madam who discovered that she could charge twice as much when a woman wore high heels.
    有一种说法，说高跟鞋最早是由新奥尔良州的一位名媛带到美国来的,她发现自己穿高跟鞋时身价倍增。

4. The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County Hospital.
    故事开始于布鲁克林闹市区的一条街的拐角处。有个老汉在穿马路时晕倒在地,一辆救护车把他急送到金斯县医院。

5. Three weeks later, when he felt better, he told them his story. But there was one strange thing: he feared there wasn't enough food on the ship.
    过了三个星期，当他觉得好点的时候，他向他们讲述了自己的故事。但有一件怪事 ：他总担心船上没有足够的食物。

6. There’s a story told about a surgical nurse’s assistance during her first day on the medical team at a well-known hospital.
    有这样一个故事，讲的是一位外科护士第一天到一家知名医院的医疗小组协助开刀的故事。

7. The government's official numbers tell this story: From 1972 to 1987, the US population grew by 16 percent, while the number of households grew by 35 percent.
    政府的官方数字表明：1972至1987年，美国人口增长了16%，家庭数目增加了35%，

8. No,that´s just mythical story.
    不, 那只是虚构的故事.

9. How does this story end?
    这故事的结局如何?

10. He feigned that he believed her story.
    他假装信了她的说法。