It was once thought that the fungus that ants cultivate was a single type that they had propagated, essentially unchanged from the distant past.

人们曾经认为，蚂蚁培育的真菌是它们繁殖的一种单一品种，自远古时期以来基本上没有改变。

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A further confirmation comes from the distant past.

一个更进一步的确认却是来自遥远的过去。

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In spite of all we have learned from space flights, the moon is still a riddle from the distant past-and will be for a long time to come.

尽管我们已经从空间飞行中了解了一些，月球仍然是来自遥远过去的一个谜，而且仍将会在未来很长一段时间如此。

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It is really 10 telescopes that are as distant from one another as Hawaii and the United States Virgin Islands.

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And yet,for all that,feels removed,distant, alienated from the others,feels lonely even in the crowd.

但还是感觉非常疏远，有距离感，感到和他人疏远，在人群中都觉得孤单。

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And there's,as far as I can see, no reason at all to believe that he was feeling lonely, feeling distant,feeling alienated from the people who were keeping him company.

在我看来，完全没有理由觉得他感到孤独，感到距离感，感到被陪伴着他的人们疏远。

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But it is not just the light from the distant quasar that carries information about the composition of the Universe.

BBC: Most distant objects observed

Its gravitational field thus bends and focuses the light from the distant object, making it appear closer than it really is.

ECONOMIST: Japan��s new telescope

Questions from the distant past, even about unrelated matters, were flung at him with no opportunity for him to give thoughtful answers.

WSJ: Judith Grossman: A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast