"Farewell,General Lee! I wish for your sake and mine that every damned Yankee on earth was sunk ten miles in hell!"

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Mike actually holds the world record for downhill speed skiing for blind person, which is 60 miles an hour.

实际上,迈克是盲人高山滑雪的记录保持者，速度达到了每小时60英里。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

If the referenced cities, the first cities, are 4,200 miles apart, the answers for the next two will center around 4,200 miles.

如果先前提到的城市，前面的两座城市，相距4200英里，那么人们对于后两座城市距离的回答,便会集中在4200英里附近。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

She finally reached a huge pine tree, so tall it could be seen for many miles around.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

So how do we get you from for many of you zero to 60 miles per hour after just 11 weeks, well like many courses here is the course structured around not only lectures for conceptual introductions, but sections, office hours and walkthroughs.

十一周后,很多人每小时都能知道60公里内发生的事情，就像这里的很多课程一样,这个课程不只有概念性的介绍，也包括上机和演练讲座。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Well,Bill's horse soon was injured so Bill had to carry it for a hundred miles.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

And in the ancient world, the reason for this was that this very small rectangle--;it's about 150 miles long and 70 miles wide, about the size of Rhode Island--this very small rectangle lies on the way to anywhere worth going in the Ancient Near East.

在古代，战争的原因是,这小块矩形，长150公里，宽70公里，与罗德岛大小相当，这小块矩形处于要道,这条路通向古代近东的任何地区。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"Many mothers deliver at home in sub-Saharan Africa and it's very difficult for them to get to a hospital or clinic which may be miles away in that time period.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

It was the romantic--and by the way, about 3,300 miles of such canals would be built by the middle of the 1850s, all for the purpose of commerce, and to move people.

顺便说下,这是多么浪漫的事,在五十年代中期,为了商业运输和劳力流通,而建造的这类运河总长达3300英里

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

We've marched together for many miles.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

It just turns out that if you put the v^2 and you put the r, and r is 93 million miles, you will find the acceleration is small enough for us to ignore.

这样的话,如果你把 v^2 和 r 代进去,r 是 9300 万英里,你会发现加速度小得足以被忽略

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

"And in the evening, I usually run or walk for three or four miles a day."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Although it was a limited-run program, hundreds of tracks by Miles Davis were beamed across the country, non-stop and commercial-free for five straight days.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"We have miles and miles of inlets in behind us for kayaking and sailing.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

While Blue Note couldn't claim Miles for its permanent roster, the label which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2009, was home to some of the greatest names in jazz.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

While the internet and social networking sites are helping people connect with each other and breaking social barriers inside Iran, it's also giving Iranians all over the world a connection with one another, and support for each other even from thousands of miles away.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15