Phần 4: English in a Minute: A Mile a Minute

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

and a minute is equal to 60 seconds.

I have been thinking about your birthday.

What have you been thinking, Anna?

A party.

A big party with 10 kinds of pizza and balloons

Maybe a clown and definitely chickens...

Slow down, Anna

Your mind's going a mile a minute.

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

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

We started using this phrase in the mid 1900s

When 60 miles per hour, or a mile a minute was considered a very fast speed

And that's English in a minute.