福克在向东走的路上一直是迎着太阳升起的方向前进，所以每当他这样走过一条经度线，他就会提前四分钟看见日出。

In journeying eastward he had gone towards the sun, and the days therefore diminished for him as many times four minutes as he crossed degrees in this direction.

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但是，我们必须注意，如果说这位绅士按照地球经度子午线计算他才走完了一半路程，那么事实上他已经完成了三分之二以上的旅行计划。

Then it just became a matter of how we got the timber from the yard, over the fence, to the park and up the tree.

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