And beyond all this, miles away, was the sea, and beyond the sea the sky, full of clouds which were just turning rose colour with the reflection of the sunset.

那边几英里以外是大海，大海以外是天空，落日映照下满是玫瑰色的云层。

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This is the sound of a traditional jazz chord progression: But Miles Davis designed the music on "Kind of Blue" around a modal form.

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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。

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And this is a very fast speed, of course, it's about 700 million miles per hour. So, one way to put that in perspective is to think about how long it takes for a light beam to get from earth to the moon. Does anyone have any guesses? Eight seconds, that sounds good.

当然这是一个非常快的速度，它大约是每小时7亿英里,为了更形象化，我们,看看光从地球到月球,需要多少时间，你们猜猜是多少？,8秒，猜的不错。

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Then she bought one for her husband, a teacher, with 50, 000 miles and this week gave up the hunt and paid 50, 000 miles for a ticket for her daughter.

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This target is miles too high for most households and produces a number that's likewise miles too high.

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Earlier, the US navy said the Iranian patrol boat passed within about half a mile of the carrier, but they later corrected this to two miles.

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