On Little Diomede, the American one, is a town called Diomede.

在美国的小迪奥米德， 有一个叫迪奥米德的小镇。

Diomede was also the name of a hero in Greek Mythology who eventually became the King of

Diomede 也是希腊神话中一位最终成为国王的英雄的名字。

The armour of Diomede, says Homer, cost only nine oxen; but that of Glaucus cost a hundred oxen.

荷马说，狄俄墨得斯的盔甲只值九头牛；但是格劳科斯的那只花了一百头牛。

Diomede is the one and only place in the US to have its mail delivered by helicopter.

Diomede 是美国唯一一个用直升机投递邮件的地方。

On the neighboring Big Diomede island is not a whole lot.

在邻近的 Big Diomede 岛上并不是很多。

Diomede is not the westernmost town in the US, that title goes to Adak in the Aleutian Islands, but it is the closest to Russia.

Diomede 不是美国最西端的城镇， 这个称号属于阿留申群岛的 Adak，但它是距离俄罗斯最近的城镇。

When it’s noon on a Thursday on the American Little Diomede, it’s 9 am on a Friday on Big Diomede.

American Little Diomede 是周四中午，而 Big Diomede 是周五上午 9 点。

The one on the right belongs to the United States and is known as Little Diomede and the one on the left belongs to Russia and is known as Big Diomede.

右边那座是属于美国领土，被称为小迪奥梅德岛， 而左边那座则是属于俄罗斯被称为大迪奥梅德岛。

The dateline causes another weird situation here though on the Diomede islands where it crosses between one island owned by Russia and another island owned by the United States.

日期变更线在代奥米德岛造成了另一种奇怪的情况，它在俄罗斯的一个岛屿和美国的一个岛屿之间穿过。

Not only is Diomede 2 miles from the Russian Big Diomede and 25 miles from the Russian mainland, it’s also almost exactly as far from Diomede to Moscow as it is to DC.

Diomede 不仅距俄罗斯 Big Diomede 2 英里， 距俄罗斯大陆 25 英里，而且从 Diomede 到莫斯科的距离几乎与到 DC 的距离一样远。