At least a dozen men, some of them little better off than he was, explained to him that wheel and car were no longer joined by any physical bond.

至少有十几个人——其中有的比他稍微清醒一点——解释给他听，说轮子和车子之间已经没有任何实质性的联系了。

We English have no very strong attachment to the soil, we can make ourselves at home in any part of the world, but the French, I think, have an attachment to their country which is almost a physical bond.

我们英国人对土地没有很强的依恋，我们可以在世界任何地方安家，但我认为法国人对他们的国家有一种依恋， 这几乎是一种身体上的联系。