Several red and white barriers marked the road at intervals of about a mile.

每隔1英里左右就有一些红白相间的路障来标示道路。

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It was a 5 mile run six years ago in the middle of a Michigan Winter (below freezing!) to get White Castle at 4am.

不过六年前在一个密歇根的隆冬中（气温已经零下！） 我曾经跑了五英里，在凌晨四点到达了“白色城堡”快餐连锁店。

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I turned around and watched a white mushroom cloud rise up about a mile away.

我转过身来，看见一英里远的地方升起白色的蘑菇云。

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"Everybody was astounded by the audacity of it - that someone would dare to do this three-quarters of a mile from the White House, in the capital of the empire, " he says.

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Lincoln, who often completed the three-mile trek from the White House on horseback, spent about a quarter of his presidency at Anderson cottage.

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The beach is buzzing in the summer but as the long hot days fade into autumn, the five-mile stretch of nearly white sand empties.

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