<root> <tal:block tal:define="global foo string:foo value; global content1">my content 1</tal:block> <tal:block tal:define="global content2; bar string:bar value">my content 2</tal:block> <tal:block tal:define="global content3; global content4;">my content 3</tal:block> <span tal:content="content1"/> <span tal:content="content2"/> <span tal:content="content3"/> <span tal:content="content4"/> </root>