1. But as far as the two young men were concerned, every mile farther south increased their enthusiasm and excitement.
    但是对于两个年轻人来说，向南的每一英里都大大增加了他们的热情与兴奋。

2. It requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth´s surface into orbit!
    因此，从月球到地球的25万英里所消耗的能量要比从地球表面进入地球轨道的200英里所耗能量少97%。

3. What remained of the life he had made was blown to bits though his home was more than a mile from ground zero.
    尽管他家与原子弹爆炸中心相距1英里，但是他所营造的生活中的一切还是被炸成了碎片。

4. When it really opens, probably in October, the 31-mile Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel, for short) will be 15 months behind schedule and $7 billion over a budget set in 1987.
    当隧道正式开放时(可能是在10月)，这条长31英里的英吉利海峡隧道（以下简称隧道）的开通将比预期推迟15个月，耗资将比1987年的预算多出70亿美元。

5. The famous monastery of St Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh centure, lies about a mile away.
    著名的圣,伯纳德修道院是在11世纪建立的. 它坐落在离隘口一英里的地方.

6. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, which was founded in the eleventh century, lies about a mile away.
    11世纪建造的著名的圣伯纳德修道院位于离山口1英里远的地方。

7. They were on the Orinoco, which widened with every mile.
    他们那时是在奥里诺科河上，每前进一英里，河面都在加宽。

8. The train cuts through infinite territory, most of it flat and boring, and it seems to me that the ceaseless rhythm of the wheels is like scissors cutting a three-thousand-mile rip through my life.
    列车飞快地穿过茫茫无际的大地——大部分土地平坦，但令人感到厌烦。对我来说，车轮不间断地发出的有节奏的声音就象一把剪刀，咔嚓咔嚓地在我的生命长河中剪出了一条长达 3.000 英里的口子。

9. Doors connect the train tunnels to the smaller tunnel every quarter mile and provide escape routes.
    每隔四分之一英里就有出口接通火车隧道和小隧道，提供安全通路。

10. Actually, he lived a mile, or 20 minutes' walk, from his nearest neighbor; half a mile from the railroad; three hundred yards from a busy road.
    实际上，他最近的邻居离他只有一英里，走路也就20分钟；铁路离他半英里；交通繁忙的大路距他300码。