在苏联亚洲的第一天我们从诺姆跨越白令海峡,到了苏联亚洲的维尔卡尔(Velkal),那是在亚洲的东北海岸的。虽然我们离开诺姆的时候,是星期一中午,而在两小时后我们到达维尔卡尔时,却已是星期二上午,恰好进午膳。我们已经跨过国际子午线了。在诺姆,我们的时间比在华盛顿慢八小时。在维尔卡尔,却比华盛顿快 On the first day of Soviet Union Asia, we crossed the Bering Strait from Nome to the Velkal of the Soviet Union in Asia, on the northeastern coast of Asia. Although we left Noam at noon on Monday, and when we arrived in Verkar two hours later, it was already Tuesday morning and happened to have lunch. We have crossed the International Meridian. In Noam, our time is eight hours slower than in Washington. In Verkar, it is faster than Washington