Then oil prices soared, resulting in a seven-fold increase in income per head in Yemen, where elaborately carved rhino-horn dagger handles are prized as a sign of status and wealth.

接着，全球石油价格出现飙升，结果致使也门的人均收入获得了7倍的增长，在那里，精美犀牛角雕刻的剑柄被视为地位与财富的象征。

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He doesn't at first hear the horn fail to blow, and then later, when a truck pulls up behind him, he fails to hear a horn that does blow: he was looking at the sign, and he didn't hear the horn.

在一开始，是他没有注意到这点，到后来卡车停在身后时，他连响的喇叭都听不到了：，“他看着那个标牌，以至于没听到喇叭声。”

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He doesn't at first hear the horn fail to blow, and then later, when a truck pulls up behind him, he fails to hear a horn that does blow: he was looking at the sign, and he didn't hear the horn.

在一开始，是他没有注意到这点，到后来卡车停在身后时，他连响的喇叭都听不到了：，“他看着那个标牌，以至于没听到喇叭声。”

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