A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
英里
Miles
Deviate an inch, lose a thousand miles.
偏离一英寸，失去一千英里。
When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.
当我去钓鱼时，我想知道五英里之内没有人。
Begin with an error of an inch and end by being a thousand miles off the mark.
开始时误差一英寸，结束时误差一千英里。
I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor.
我认为当你骑上马，骑了两英里去和你的邻居聊天时，感觉会好得多。
A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.
从裤子上的一脚踢下来，只穿过几根脊椎骨，轻轻拍一下后背，结果就领先了好几英里。
You never know if you're a writer. You can't trust it. If you woke up and said, 'I'm a writer,' it would be gone. You wouldn't see anything for miles - even the dust would be running away.
你永远不知道自己是否是一名作家。你不能相信它。如果你醒来后说，‘我是个作家’，它就会消失。几英里之内你什么也看不到——甚至连灰尘都跑掉了。