There was a distant look in her eyes from time to time, her thoughts elsewhere.

她的眼中时而出现恍惚的神情，她的思绪飘到别处。

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There was a distant look in her eyes; her mind was obviously on something else.

她眼神恍惚，显然心里在想着别的什么事儿。

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I realize this every time I shuffle the pieces for a new puzzle. When I look at them, they all seem so unrelated and distant. Not part of the same game. Totally different.

每当我搅乱一个新拼图时，都对此感触良多——我看着那些零片，觉得它们相差很远，几乎没有联系，根本不像是一幅拼图里的。

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In 1609, Galileo heard rumors about a Dutch gadget that gave you a closeup look at faraway ships and distant buildings.

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But I'll admit that I look more like a chimp than I look like my cousin the shrimp or my distant kin the lichens or the snowy egret or the moss.

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Look away from the screen about every 20 minutes and stare at a distant object for several seconds to relax your eye's focusing muscles.

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