How turtles navigate across vast expanses of seemingly featureless ocean to reach distant feeding and breeding sites has long been a mystery of the seas.

海龟是如何横渡一望无际而又似乎毫无特色的海洋抵达遥远的捕食区和繁殖地的，这个问题长久以来一直是个海洋之谜。

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And the distant fields are hard to reach, for both people and pipelines.

对人和输送管道来说，远距离的油矿是很难触及到的。

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The language sounded so familiar yet somehow distant – as if it were something I tried to grab but was always out of reach.

耳边缭绕的语言如此熟悉却有那么遥远--就像我努力试图抓住却总不可触及的东西。

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One should do," he says, "what archers do when attempting to reach a distant target, namely, aim your bow high, knowing that the force of gravity " will bring the arrow down."

他说：，“一个人应该做的是，模仿伟人所为,当试图达致遥不可及的目标时，意即将目标设高，明了重力会将,射出的箭吸回地面“

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Because light takes so long to reach the earth from distant galaxies, astronomers were able to study the value of alpha in light from the distant past.

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"He is encouraged by the progress we have seen from members of both parties in the Senate, and looks forward to working with members of both parties to reach a point in the hopefully not too distant future where we have a bill that has bipartisan support, that is very specific, and that he can sign because it meets his principles, " Carney said.

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But to reach this conclusion you must connect the dots, do an investigation ferreting out distant, well-hidden causes.

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