She recalled the events of the distant past.

她想起了悠远的往事。

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The memories of events that took place in the distant past remain intact, whereas those that occurred at intermediate times are lost in a graded manner.

在遥远的过去发生的事件的记忆是保持不变的，而那些发生在中间时间段的就会丢失不同程度的信息。

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What is more, the effect of the distant past dissipates much more slowly than the authors had expected, with the impact of events early in life persisting decades into the future.

此外，久远过去影响的削弱远远慢于作者们的预期。 早期事件的影响将在数十年后继续存在。

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The modern Olympics are a model example of what the historians Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger have called invented traditions ritualized official or quasi-official events, often presented as revivals of ancient practices or in other ways designed to imply continuity with the distant past.

NEWYORKER: Glory Days