For instance, even in the depth of winter, one aide quipped, "Representative Chien's car doesn't need to be warmed up, because his engine is always running." His appointment calendar is set out not in days or hours but in half hours. And he often sighs with regret: "Washington is so big that it takes an hour round trip to go anywhere."
例如：雖然在華府的嚴冬，但「錢代表的車不需要預先發動，因為引擎總是熱的」；他的日程不是以「日」計或「小時」計，是以「半小時」計；而他自己也常慨嘆，「華府這麼大，出門一個來回，車程總要上小時。」