He had deemed the TRANSCONTINENTAL a first-rater.

他曾把《横贯大陆》看作一流杂志。

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He had deemed the TRANSCONTINENTAL a first-rater, and it paid a cent for ten words.

他曾把《跨越大陆》看作一流杂志，可它的稿酬却是一分钱十个字；

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So you can imagine what the gas bill would be on a transcontinental flight.

所以你也能想象得出横贯大陆的航线需要多少汽油钱。

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For Royal Dutch Shell, maybe the action needs to stretch out to 2028 to take the risk out of an Arctic platform or a transcontinental pipeline.

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