But had a nuclear reactor been damaged on either boat, it could have poisoned the crew and spread radioactive waste for miles across the Atlantic.

但是，只要有一艘艇的核反应堆碰坏了，那全艇的人都要受沾染，而且还会在大西洋里洒一路。

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The vast plains of this country spread for hundreds of miles.

这个国家辽阔的平原绵延数百英里。

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The suburbs spread out for miles to either side of the city.

郊区在城市的周边绵延数英里。

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In a valley where the houses are spread out for miles around the talismanic Lone Mountain, he anticipates that there will be plenty of takers for the ski-resort equivalent of a stadium box.

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Rusts especially exercised him: how they lived, under the green live tissue of stems, how they spread, travelling for miles on the jet stream, and how they fell from the sky to infect even the healthiest crop, if the moisture and temperature were right.

ECONOMIST: Norman Borlaug