随着电影业在中国飞速发展，中国最好的一群导演终于学会了怎样讲好故事，国产片也迎来了票房的春天。请看本报周五的报道：

With a rapidly modernizing film industry noted for recent hits that raked in box office revenues, China’s top filmmakers may finally be learning what it takes to spin a good yarn.

Chinese blockbusters, such as Wen Muye’s “Dying to Survive,” Guo Fan’s “The Wandering Earth,” Dante Lam’s “Operation Red Sea,” Wu Jing’s “Wolf Warrior 2,” Chen Sicheng’s “Detective Chinatown 2,” and Raman Hui’s “Monster Hunt,” not only have made big box office gross, but also have attracted widespread international attention and won plaudits from Hollywood pundits.

报道中的spin a yarn 就是“讲故事”，yarn可以指“纱线”，也指“很长的，不真实的故事”。例如：

This author really knows how to spin a yarn.

这个作家真会讲故事。