There was silence now except for the distant sea, a slight zephyr stirring the trees.

现在，除了遥远的海浪以外，一片寂静，一阵微风摇曳着树林。

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Peter stood with his back to the others looking out at the distant sea.

彼得背对着大家，看着远处的大海。

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There are no sails above the distant sea, still remains calm and misted.

远处的海面风正无帆，依然平静且迷离。

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As China emerges as a trading giant (one increasingly dependent on imported oil), a few of its military analysts talk about the need to protect distant sea lanes in the Malacca Strait and beyond.

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And the United States objected last summer when China defined its "core interests" as including the distant waters of the South China Sea.

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Consider a relevant example in the not-so-distant past when technology and engineering unlocked the geophysical abundance of the North Sea.

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