Today we can go to distant countries easily by plane.
Mandarin
一个好邻居胜于一个遥远的朋友。
一個好鄰居勝於一個遙遠的朋友。
yí gè hǎo lín jū shèng yú yí gè yáo yuǎn de péng you 。
A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
A good neighbour is better than a faraway friend.
Mandarin
星星太遥远了。
星星太遙遠了。
xīng xing tài yáo yuǎn le 。
The stars are too far away.
Mandarin
几个世纪以来,天文学家相信银河构成了整个宇宙。哈勃第一个证明了通过望远镜看到的天空中的模糊花斑是其他星系,而不是银河系的遥远部分。
幾箇世紀以來,天文學家相信銀河構成了整個宇宙。哈勃第一箇證明了通過望遠鏡看到的天空中的模糊花斑是其他星系,而不是銀河系的遙遠部分。
jǐ ge shì jì yǐ lái , tiān wén xué jiā xiāng xìn yín hé gòu chéng le zhěng gè yǔ zhòu 。 hā bó dì yī gè zhèng míng le tōng guò wàng yuǎn jìng kàn dào de tiān kōng zhòng dì mó hu huā bān shì qí tā xīng xì , ér bú shi yín hé xì de yáo yuǎn bù fen 。
For centuries, astronomers believed that the Milky Way made up the entire universe. Hubble was among the first to show that the fuzzy patches in the sky seen through telescopes were other galaxies, not distant parts of the Milky Way.
Mandarin
她觉得浑身不自在,尽管这个奇怪孩子的身体可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神却在遥远的风尘云雾中遥不可及,高高地于想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
她覺得渾身不自在,儘管這個奇怪孩子的身體可能坐在桌子旁,但她的精神卻在遙遠的風塵雲霧中遙不可及,高高地於想象力的翅膀上漂浮。
tā jué de hún shēn bù zì zai , jǐn guǎn zhè ge qí guài hái zi de shēn tǐ kě néng zuò zài zhuō zi páng , dàn tā de jīng shén què zài yáo yuǎn de fēng chén yún wù zhōng yáo bù kě jí , gāo gāo dì yú xiǎng xiàng lì de chì bǎng shàng piāo fú 。
She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.
I will become the energetic setting sun for you / And cross many rivers and mountains / In order to arrive at your silent veranda / And comfort your aching heart