Eighteen years ago, from the time I crossed into Manhattan on my bike, I became the guy who had ridden across the country.

十八年前，从我骑着车子进入曼哈顿开始，就成为了那个曾经骑车横穿全国的男人。

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I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that we eighteen years ago.

我5岁那年，父亲就带我出了国，那是18年前的事了。

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If I only had a silk! sighed Meg. Mother says I may when I'm eighteen perhaps, but two years is an everlasting time to wait.

“要是我能有条丝绸的裙子该多好！”玫叹着气儿，“妈妈说十八岁的时候给我买条丝绸的，可是还得再等两年，两年呀，真是看不到尽头”。

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"I was in California over ten years ago and they had herds of eighteen to twenty thousand cows, " he said.

BBC: East of England farmers could be hit by 'super dairies'