Must we face the thought that at some time in the distant future everyone will need to carry in their handbag or pocket one of the miniature calculators?

我们必须面对这样的想法：在遥远的将来，每个人都需要在他们的手提包或口袋里放一个微型计算器吗？

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This allows us to pretend that dying is something that is going to happen in some distant future, at some other point in time, to some other person.

这让我们可以假装死亡是发生在某个遥远的未来，发生在其他的某个时点，发生在其他人身上。

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Alfred Wegener said the mountains and fossils were evidence that all the land on Earth was united at some time in the distant past.

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Go hide in a cave or a distant island for at least a year. the public needs some time and space to not hear or see anything about John Edwards.

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Somewhere on the property or at a distant station, a bell rang--plenty of time for you still to grab some goodies, raid the fridge, use the bathroom and be on your way before the rent-a-cops arrived.

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