You won't make a positive impact if you start stretching yourself too thin right out of the gate.

如果刚一开始你就卯足了劲，则不会产生积极的影响。

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Nothing kills enthusiasm for the great outdoors more quickly than nearing a park entrance and hitting a line of cars stretching a mile to the gate.

BBC: Finding solitude in US national parks

Stretching north is the Golden Gate Bridge itself, saved from disaster by the heroics of Superman, James Bond and the X-Men, to name just a few.

BBC: The road to Hollywood, California

The town of Sausalito lies just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, stretching up the steep hills that rise from the bay.

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