You may think these words are from the distant past.

你可能认为这些话来自遥远的过去。

The key to that secret lies in the distant past.

这个秘密的关键相传甚久。

In the distant past, there was a beautiful woman called Chang'e.

在很久很久以前，有一个美丽的女人，她的名字叫嫦娥。

1 Year – A big milestone with the habit in the distant past.

一年-抽烟好像是上辈子的事情了，这时候算是戒烟的一个里程碑了。

It's so powerful, they can smell well into the distant past.

它们的嗅觉强大，甚至能嗅出许久之前的事。

But mass extinctions are not just a thing of the distant past.

然而大规模的生物灭绝并非只是遥远的过去。

Both openings help us understand that the story is in the distant past.

这两个开头都帮助我们理解故事发生在遥远的过去。

These hand stencils remind us of how different life was in the distant past.

这些手模让我们想起了遥远的过去。

That gets us quickly back into the past, and from there into the distant past.

这样，我们就迅速进入过去，随后便进入遥远的过去。

And it still works, producing a deep sound, like a foghorn from the distant past.

它仍然还可以演奏，发出一种低沉的声音，就像来自遥远过去的雾号。

Scientists believe the area around Jezero Crater contained large bodies of water in the distant past.

科学家们认为，杰泽罗陨石坑周围的区域在遥远的过去曾有大量的水体。

And I suppose it really is a window into the distant past of life on our planet.

我认为这是一扇观察远古地球的窗口。

One's a white dwarf-the corpse of something that used to be a star in the distant past.

一颗是白矮星，即“远古时期某个恒星的尸体。

These pronghorn antelopes among the great survivors of the ice age reveal a lot about the distant past.

这些叉角羚也是雄奇的冰河期生还者之一，揭示着许多远古的记忆。

Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.

后来，这些石块证实，在遥远的过去，南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。

A holiday with ancient beginnings, the yearly celebration now looks much different than it did in the distant past.

这个节日起源于古代，现在一年一度的庆祝活动与从前大不相同。

Her next two novels, Death Comes for the Archbishop, and Shadows in the Rock, take place in the distant past.

她接下来的两部小说《大主教之死》和《岩石中的阴影》发生在遥远的过去。

Well, life could certainly have existed on Mars in the distant past, because we know, at that time, there was water.

很久以前，生命在火星上曾经存在过，因为我们知道，那时火星上有水。

This 5,300-year-old cold case has offered invaluable glimpses into the distant past.

这个有着 5,300 年历史的悬案让我们得以一窥遥远的过去。

These are known as trace fossils – indications of life from the distant past.

这些被称为痕迹化石——遥远过去生命的迹象。