千尺

树高千尺，落叶归根。

Though a tree grow ever so high , the falling leaves return to the ground .

西露天矿占地面积4.2平方英里（约合11平方公里），底部位于地面千尺之下，煤在阳光下闪着光。

At the bottom of the West Open Mine , a 4.2-square-mile pit some 1000 feet below the surface , coal glistened in the sun .

宽度只有窄窄的三英尺，深达千尺，只有很少人有勇气深入到这个神秘的世界里去一探究竟。

As narrow as three feet wide and a thousand feet deep , few people have ever had the courage to descend into this mysterious world .

而美国人则倾向于充分利用乘机时间创造更多成果——如果不喝酒的话，他们选择在3万5千尺高空做自己的工作。

Americans on the other hand like to use their time in the air more productively - when not drinking - opting to work while flying at 35000 feet 。

其实他的小背包内同样有一顶滑稽、绿色的登山鸭舌帽，当他出发徒步攀登上千尺之前，在前往山脚时就会戴着它一般都会伴着一首乡村歌。

In fact in his little knapsack he also had a funny green alpine cap that he wore when he got to the foot of a mountain , usually with a yodel , before starting to tromp up a few thousand feet .