The half-seat was to be joined to a chunk of the English mainland, creating a constituency divided by several miles of sea.

按照原计划，拿出的那半份席位将收归于英伦大陆三岛，那么这么一来，一整块选区就要被方圆几英里的大洋生生隔绝了。

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High, high above the North Pole, on the first day of1969, two professors of English literature approached each other at a combined velocity of 1,200 miles per hour.

1969年的第一天，北极的高空上，两位英国文学教授正以每小时1200英里的相对速度相互靠近。

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The largest island is called Britain, which is separated from France by the English Channel, which at one point is only 20 miles wide.

最大的岛叫不列颠，英吉利海峡将其与法国分开。海峡最窄的一处仅仅20英里宽。

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Nestled in the English countryside just six miles from Windsor Castle, on land still owned by the Crown Estate, successive generations of royal patronage have endowed Ascot with many of its unique traditions.

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The boldest advance came in the 17th-century, when Henry Winstanley, an eccentric inventor and practical joker (he had chairs in his house that flew up in the air), took it upon himself to build a lighthouse on the lethal Eddystone Rock, 14 miles from the English port of Plymouth.

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The proposals stem from the 2009 UK Marine Bill and cover seas abutting the English coast and waters around Wales more than 12 miles from the coast.

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