1·Strictly speaking, the book is not a novel, but a short story.
严格说来，这部小说不能算长篇，而是短篇。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Don't tell me about these complicated sentences from Balzac's short story.
不要给我讲巴尔扎克短篇小说里的这些复杂的句子。
3·His calling was the short story—a form with “the life expectancy of a mayfly”, he conceded.
他的创作重心是短篇——这种文学形式的“生命周期可比蜉蝣”，他也曾这样承认过。
4·In a short story, two teenagers stumble on a police torture chamber, growing fascinated, then bored.
在他的一个短篇里，两个少年意外撞见警察的酷刑室，为它着迷，接着失去兴趣。
5·Would you rather read a novel than a short story?
你喜欢看长篇小说还是短篇小说？