There is also a network of dirt airstrips, which was fortunate for me, as I had no time for the two-and-a-half week trek to my destination.

这里还有一个布满灰尘的机场跑道网，我还是觉得庆幸，因为我没有时间长途跋涉两周半到达目的地。

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After four hot-cakes, eight strips of bacon, and all but two small glassfuls of the pitcher of milk, I complained of hunger, so she made me three eggs and a half loaf of toast from home-baked bread.

吃完四个煎饼，八条熏肉，牛奶喝得只剩两小杯后，我还在嚷饿，于是她又给我做了三个蛋，并拿家里烤的面包做了半条吐司。

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"I've had two and a half years of worrying I was going to lose my house", Short tells me.

“我有两年半的时间都在担心我会失去我的房子”，史特对我说。

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"He was all set to go to another club I believe on a two-and-a-half year deal and he rang me on the morning to say he didn't want to go and wanted to stay here, asked if there was anything I could do, " Cooper revealed.

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As for me, after two and a half years of living here, I have ordered my first air purifier.

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Two and a half million listeners, the producer says, which causes me to burp up my Wheaties.

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