1. But the historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.
    但是，历史学家企图重现遥远的过去可是一项艰巨的任务，

2. We can see the gleam of a distant lighthouse.
    我们能看到远处灯塔忽隐忽现的闪光。

3. The sun is distant from the earth.
    太阳距地球很遥远。

4. The idea of colonising Mars----a world 160 times more distant than the Moon----will move decisively from the second phase to the third, when a significant number of people are living permanently in space.
    如果有相当数量的人永久性地住在太空，征服火星的计划 -- 一个比月球远160倍的星球 -- 就可以明确地从第2阶段进入第3阶段。

5. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth´s atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen.
    当然，哈勃位于地球的大气层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们传送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的最清晰的照片。

6. Of all humans, Australians are most distant from the Africans and most closely resemble their neighbors, the Southeast Asians.
    在所有人种中，澳洲人与非洲人的关系最远，而与其邻居东南亚人非常接近。

7. It was very difficult to build and rebuild such a great wall over wild and distant country without any modern machines .
    没有任何现代机器, 在那荒无人烟, 遥远偏僻的土地上修筑和重修这样一座长城是非常困难的.