I was born within spitting distance of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in (inaudible), London.

我出生在伦敦（听不清）的托特纳姆热刺体育场附近。

We'll be able to board a galaxy class cruise ship and jump through a wormhole that will put us within spitting distance of the Milky Way.

我们可以登上银河级邮轮，跳过虫洞，到达距离银河很近的地方。

But enough of them, known as near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, come within interplanetary spitting distance of humanity for it to be worth investigating them as sources of minerals—if, of course, that can be done economically.

但近地小行星（即NEAS）也不少，它们距离地球很近，值得勘探。当然，费用要划得来才行。