1·The short story is a difficult art form to master.
短篇小说是一种很难掌握的艺术形式。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I started out to write a short story, but it soon developed into a novel.
我起先打算写一篇短篇小说，但很快就写成了长篇小说。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Lilly read a very short story.
萝莉念了一个很短的故事。
4·I started out to write a short story.
我起先打算写一篇短片小说。
5·I'm phoning about a short story competition.
我打电话是想问一个短篇小说比赛的事。
6·Tape Measure Murder is a short story by Agatha Christie.
《卷尺谋杀》是阿加莎·克里斯蒂的短篇小说。
7·It's a short story competition—so how many words is that?
这是一个短篇小说比赛——所以那篇有多少个单词？
8·They included "The Round House", by Louise Erdrich, "Salvage the Bones", by Jesmyn Ward and the short story "Corrie" by Alice Munro.
其中包括路易斯·厄德里奇的《圆屋》、杰斯米·沃德的《抢救骨头》和爱丽丝·门罗的短篇小说《科里》。
9·In a short story from "Toy Story", Rex's green tyrannosaurus really seemed to jump out of the screen, and the audience was impressed.
在一段来自《玩具总动员》的短篇中，雷克斯那只绿色的暴龙看起来真的要从屏幕里跳出来，使观众大为赞叹。
10·Specially, science fiction is a sub-class of prose fiction, for nearly every piece of science fiction is either a short story or a novel.
特别是，科幻小说是散文小说的一个子类，因为几乎每一部科幻小说都是短篇小说或长篇小说。