He looked like a person listening to a new sound in the distance and wondering what it was.

他看上去就像一个人听到远处传来的新的声音，想知道那是什么声音。

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I heard a faint sound in the distance.

我听到远处有个微弱的声音。

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They were aware of the lips and the mind of the world speaking and giving utterance, they heard the sound in the distance, and they strained to listen.

她们意识到嘴唇和思想，她们说话，她们谈话；她们听到远方的声音；她们竖起耳朵聆听。

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Sure, they're "poised" and have "momentum, " but they made sustained profits sound like something way off in the distance like an oasis in the desert or a regulator taking a bank to court.

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