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A mile is a unit of measurement equal to about 1.6 kilometers.

英里是计量单位 相当于1.6千米

And a minute is equal to 60 seconds.

一分钟相当于60秒

a mile a minute

很快 飞快

I've been thinking about your birthday...

我在筹划你的生日

Uh-oh. What have you been thinking, Anna?

额哦 你筹划了些什么呢 安娜

A party. A big party. With 10 kinds of pizza. And balloons.

派对 一个大派对 有10种披萨 还有气球

Maybe a clown, and definitely chickens all over...

或许还会有小丑 还有很多很多的鸡肉

Slow down, Anna. Your mind's going a mile a minute!

慢点 安娜 你说太快了

How about we start this party idea with something small, like a cake.

我们慢慢来怎么样 比如先从小东西蛋糕开始

The expression "a mile a minute" means that something happens very quickly.

"a mile a minute"这个表达指某事发生的特别快

We started using the phrase in the mid-1900s when 60 miles per hour,

人们从20世纪中期开始使用这个短语 那时候60英里每小时

or a mile a minute, was considered a very fast speed.

或一英里每分钟还是很快的速度

And that’s English in a Minute.

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