When you watch a marathon on TV, it feels a little distant.

当你在电视上观看马拉松时，它感觉不怎么远。

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There is little doubt, however, that things will improve in the not too distant future.

然而毋庸置疑的是，事情在不远的将来会有改观。

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The book has flaws: there is too much on well-trodden events from the distant past, too little on the traumatic weeks after AIG’s bail-out, when Goldman came close to death.

本书也有一些瑕疵：在高盛濒于破产时，描写过去久远的陈旧的事件太多，对于美国国际集团在实施应急措施几周后的创伤写的太少。

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So that's how distant I am from all of this but let's listen to a little of this.

这就是我和流行音乐的距离,但我们还是来听一下

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For the first time in history, the rest of the world turned to watch this distant little country.

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There are distant little ducks, and the rear end of a stag.

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But contrary to his previous film where the Holocaust played a leading role, in "The Tiger and the Snow, " the war in Iraq seems little more than a distant backdrop.

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