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And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.
欢迎收听VOA慢速英语《词汇掌故》节目。
In the United States, many people use the English system for measuring.
在美国，许多人使用英制单位。
While some people use the metric system, our idioms and expressions often stick with measurement words from the English system.
虽然有些人使用公制单位，但我们的习语和短语往往坚持使用英制单位中的测量词。
Today, we talk about expressions using the word mile.
今天，我们来谈论使用“mile”的短语。
And we have miles and miles of them!
我们有很多含有“mile”的短语！
That means we have a lot.
意思是我们有很多。
For example, if you can run a mile a minute, you can run very fast.
例如，如果你一分钟能跑一英里，表示你跑得很快。
So, we can use the expression “a mile a minute” to describe people who do things very quickly.
所以，我们可以用短语“a mile a minute”来形容做事非常快的人。
For example, Sarah was very excited about her trip!
例如，萨拉对她的旅行感到兴奋不已！
When she told us about it, she talked a mile a minute.
当她向我们讲述她的旅行时，她说话的速度非常快。
We could barely follow what she was saying!
我们几乎听不懂她在说什么！
Here is another example.
下面是另一个例子。
Sam is a very quick problem-solver.
萨姆解决问题的速度很快。
His brain seems to work a mile a minute.
他的大脑似乎转得很快。
Now, when we talk about running a race, we use both kilometers and miles.
现在，当我们谈论赛跑时，我们用公里和英里。
However, when we use the expression “go the extra mile,” we only use mile.
然而，当我们使用“go the extra mile”这个短语时，我们只用“mile”。
If you run a race that is 10 miles long and you run 11 miles, you have run farther than others and farther than needed.
如果你参加一场10英里跑步比赛，你跑了11英里，你跑得比别人远，而且比你需要跑的路程远。
So, when we go the extra mile, we do more than is asked of us.
因此，“go the extra mile”的意思是我们付出的比别人要求我们付出的多。
We do this to prove we are hardworking or dedicated to something.
我们这样做是为了证明我们对某事努力或专心致志。
For example, many friends were only supposed to collect used books for a literary organization.
例如，许多朋友本该只为文学组织收集旧书。
But Tory went the extra mile; she delivered the books to needy families in the community.
但托里比别人付出了更多的努力，她把旧书发送到社区里的贫困家庭。
A mile is equal to 1.6 kilometers.
一英里等于1.6公里。
That is far enough away that you cannot see, smell, or notice something.
距离足够远了，以致于你看不到、闻不到或注意不到什么东西。
Well, at least it should be.
好吧，至少应该是这样。
So, if we say, “I could see that from a mile away,” it means something is very noticeable.
所以，如果我们说，“I could see that from a mile away”，意思是某事物非常明显。
For example, I can spot a liar from a mile away.
例如，我非常容易就能找出说谎的人。
That means I am very good at detecting people who do not tell the truth.
意思是我非常善于发现那些不说真话的人。
Even if they are a mile from me, I can tell.
即使他们离我一英里远，我也能看出来。
If a scent is very strong, you could say you smell it from a mile away.
如果气味很浓，你可以说你很容易就闻到了。
I don’t know what cologne that man was wearing, but I could smell it a mile away.
我不知道那个男人喷的是什么古龙水，但我很容易就闻到了。
To be a million miles away is even farther.
一百万英里之外就更远了。
We often use that expression to mean lost in thought.
我们经常用这个短语来表示陷入沉思。
If I am a million miles away, I seem very far away from the those around me.
如果我陷入沉思，我似乎离我周围的人很远。
We can also use it to compare things.
我们也可以用它来比较事物。
For example, her goals for her future and her parent’s goals for her future were a million miles apart.
例如，她对自己未来的目标和她父母对她未来的目标相去甚远。
The two goals had nothing in common.
这两个目标毫无共同之处。
Our last expression describes people who are selfish and greedy.
我们最后一个短语形容的是自私和贪婪的人。
They always want more.
他们总是想要更多。
If you give some people a little of something, they will often take a lot.
如果你给某些人一点东西，他们往往会索取很多。
I knew a woman who was like that.
我认识一个这样的女人。
Every time I "gave her an inch, she took a mile."
每次我让步，她就会“得寸进尺”。
She always wanted more from the people around her.
她总是想从她身边的人那里得到更多。
And that’s all the time we have for this Words and Their Stories.
以上就是本期《词汇掌故》节目的全部内容。
If you are listening to VOA Learning English to improve your English, then you are truly going the extra mile. Good job!
如果你正在收听VOA慢速英语来提高你的英语水平，那你就在比别人付出更多的努力。做得好!
Until next time ... I’m Anna Matteo.
下次见…… 我是安娜·马特奥。
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